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May 16, 2021 The Seventh Sunday of Easter

I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life.  And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him.

1 John 5:13-15

May 9, 2021 The Sixth Sunday of Easter

“In the sight of God” is a phrase used throughout Scripture. It reminds us of God’s unceasing care and concern for His creation. In Proverbs: “Let not steadfast love and faithfulness forsake you; bind them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart. So you will find favor and good success in the sight of God and man” (Proverbs 3:3–4). All our life is in God’s amazingly loving sight as He watches over all His creation and especially over people. Out of love for Christ and one another, we can strive to see others around us in the same way that God sees them.

As We Gather

Easter 6 bulletin 05-09-21
Announcements 05-09-21
Video of service

This service was pre-recorded on Friday.

Please note that the practice of holding Friday services for seniors will be discontinued after the next-to-last weekend of May. Look for livestreamed services on Sunday mornings going forward.

In-person worship services and Sunday School classes have resumed with social distancing precautions. Services begin at 8 a.m., 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. Sunday School and Adult Bible classes are meeting in Grace Hall at 9:30 a.m.

May 2, 2021 The Fifth Sunday of Easter

This service was pre-recorded on Friday. (Please note that the practice of holding Friday services for seniors will be discontinued at the end of May).

In-person worship services and Sunday School classes have resumed with social distancing precautions. Services begin at 8 a.m., 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. Sunday School and Adult Bible classes are meeting in Grace Hall at 9:30 a.m.

April 25, 2021 The Fourth Sunday of Easter

I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep. And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd.

John 10:14-16

Easter 4 bulletin 04-25-21
Announcements 04-25-21
Video of service

This service was pre-recorded on Friday.
In-person worship services and Sunday School classes have resumed with social distancing precautions. Services begin at 8 a.m., 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. Sunday School and Adult Bible classes are meeting in Grace Hall at 9:30 a.m.

April 18, 2021 The Third Sunday of Easter

See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears[a] we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is. And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.
1 John 3:1-3

Easter 3 bulletin 04-18-21
Announcements 04-18-21
Video of service

This service was pre-recorded on Friday.
In-person worship services and Sunday School classes have resumed with social distancing precautions. Services begin at 8 a.m., 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. Sunday School and Adult Bible classes are meeting in Grace Hall at 9:30 a.m.

April 11, 2021 The Second Sunday of Easter

And with great power the apostles were giving their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was upon them all. There was not a needy person among them, for as many as were owners of lands or houses sold them and brought the proceeds of what was sold and laid it at the apostles’ feet, and it was distributed to each as any had need.

Acts 4:33-35

2nd Sunday of Easter bulletin 04-11-21
Announcements 04-11-21
Video of service

This service was pre-recorded on Friday.
In-person worship services and Sunday School classes have resumed with social distancing precautions. Services begin at 8 a.m., 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. Sunday School and Adult Bible classes are meeting in Grace Hall at 9:30 a.m.

Maundy Thursday – 7 p.m.

Good Friday – 7 p.m.

Easter Sunday – 7 a.m. , 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m.

March 28, 2021 Palm Sunday

Today, the beginning of the great and Holy Week of Lent, we begin with the note of great joy as the crowds receive Jesus entering Jerusalem. This will be the last time He comes to the holy city. For we then follow Him to the judgment hall, the cross of suffering, and the fearful tomb of death.

As We Gather

Palm Sunday bulletin 03-28-21
Announcements 03-28-21
Video of service

This service was pre-recorded on Friday.
In-person worship services and Sunday School classes have resumed with social distancing precautions. Services begin at 8 a.m., 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. Sunday School and Adult Bible classes are meeting in Grace Hall at 9:30 a.m.

Due to Pastor Willsea being quarantined with a mild case of COVID-19, we will not be holding an in-person service on Wednesday, March 24. That service will be conducted by Pastor Pierce and will be  available via livestream on our YouTube channel, our Facebook page, or at live.gracesummerville.org.

March 21, 2021 The Fifth Sunday in Lent

And Jesus called them to him and said to them, “You know that those who are considered rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.  But it shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be slave of all.  For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

Mark 10:42-45

Lent 5 bulletin 03-21-21
Announcements 03-21-21
Video of service