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September 6, 2020Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost |
Romans 13:1-10 (ESV)
Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment. For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval, for he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God’s wrath on the wrongdoer. Therefore one must be in subjection, not only to avoid God’s wrath but also for the sake of conscience. For because of this you also pay taxes, for the authorities are ministers of God, attending to this very thing. Pay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed, honor to whom honor is owed. Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
Pentecost 14 Bulletin 09-06-20
Announcements 09-06-20
Video of the service
This service was pre-recorded on Friday.
REMEMBER: In-person worship services have resumed with social distancing precautions. Services begin at 8 a.m., 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. There is currently no Sunday School or adult Bible class, but Sunday School and Adult Bible Classes, including Dare to Read, will resume on September 20.
Therefore, we offer you the following adult Bible Study and children’s Sunday School lessons to help you to continue learning for adults and children.
Pentecost 14 – Sunday School
Pentecost 14 – Adult Bible Study
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August 30, 2020Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost |
Romans 12:9-21 [ESV]
9 Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good. 10 Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor. 11 Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord. 12 Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. 13 Contribute to the needs of the saints and seek to show hospitality.
14 Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them. 15 Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep. 16 Live in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. Never be wise in your own sight. 17 Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all. 18 If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all. 19 Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.” 20 To the contrary, “if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals on his head.” 21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
Pentecost 13 Bulletin, 08-30-20
Announcements 08-30-20
Video of service
This service was pre-recorded on Friday.
REMEMBER: In-person worship services have resumed with social distancing precautions. Services begin at 8 a.m., 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. There is currently no Sunday School or adult Bible class.
Sunday School
Though we have resumed onsite worship services as the coronavirus quarantine is gradually lifted, we have yet to resume Sunday School or adult Bible Study. Therefore, we offer you the following adult Bible Study and children’s Sunday School lessons to help you to continue learning for adults and children.
Pentecost 13 – Children’s Materials
Pentecost 13 – Adult Bible Study
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August 23, 2020Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost |
Matthew 16:13-20 [ESV]
REMEMBER: In-person worship services have resumed with social distancing precautions. Services begin at 8 a.m., 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. There is currently no Sunday School or adult Bible class.
Sunday School
Though we have resumed onsite worship services as the coronavirus quarantine is gradually lifted, we have yet to resume Sunday School or adult Bible Study. Therefore, we offer you the following adult Bible Study and children’s Sunday School lessons to help you to continue learning for adults and children.
Pentecost 12 – Adult Bible Study
Pentecost 12 -Children’s Materials
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August 16, 2020Eleventh Sunday
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Jesus went away from there and withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon. And behold, a Canaanite woman from that region came out and was crying, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is severely oppressed by a demon.” But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came and begged him, saying, “Send her away, for she is crying out after us.” He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” But she came and knelt before him, saying, “Lord, help me.” And he answered, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.” She said, “Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table.” Then Jesus answered her, “O woman, great is your faith! Be it done for you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed instantly.
Matthew 15: 21-28
Pentecost 11 Bulletin 08-16-20
This service was pre-recorded on Friday. You may want to download and print the bulletin so you can follow along with the service.
REMEMBER: In-person worship services have resumed with social distancing precautions. Services begin at 8 a.m., 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. There is currently no Sunday School or adult Bible class.
Sunday School
Though we have resumed onsite worship services as the coronavirus quarantine is gradually lifted, we have yet to resume Sunday School or adult Bible Study. Therefore, we offer you the following adult Bible Study and children’s Sunday School lessons to help you to continue learning for adults and children.
Pentecost 11 – Children’s Materials
Pentecost 11 – Adult Bible Study
Download the bulletin for the 10th Sunday after Pentecost so you can follow along with the service.
Though we have resumed onsite worship services as the coronavirus quarantine is gradually lifted, we have yet to resume Sunday School or adult Bible Study. Therefore, we offer you the following adult Bible Study and children’s Sunday School lessons to help you to continue learning for adults and children.
SAFETY GUIDELINES FOR OUR RE-OPENING
The following are guidelines that the church Elders have compiled in order to keep everyone safe and healthy during our transition back to live services. The plan is to provide the safest environment we can for holding a service with a controlled number of people in the sanctuary. We are asking that our members do their part in helping by adhering to these procedures.
Upon entering the church, we request that everyone wear a mask of some type. We will have some masks available as needed, made by our craft ladies. Please bring your own if you have one.
An Elder or Usher will open the door to reduce number of people touching the doors.
We ask that people maintain their social distancing as they enter.
Some chairs have been removed to allow for distancing in the sanctuary. We do not want all chairs to be filled. Families may sit together but everyone else needs to distance at least one empty chair away from others.
We have removed all hymnals and the full service will be in the bulletin and in the PowerPoint presentation. Please take your bulletin home or throw it away after the service.
The church will be cleaned and sanitized once a week.
Communion will be done on a walk by procedure. People will be ushered up the middle aisle. Pastor will supply the bread and then they will walk left or right to an Elder holding the individual cup trays. Members will dispose of their cups and return to their seats. We remind everyone to self -distance as they process.
Offerings will be taken on your way out of the sanctuary.
When service is over, we request that members depart immediately to the portico or parking lot. If they choose to get together and talk in the parking lot that is up to them but we remind them to self- distance remembering that just because you want to talk does not mean the person you are talking to wants to talk. So, please respect everyone’s space and wishes.
We will not be offering coffee and snacks between services.
We will not be offering Bible classes or Sunday school for the time being.
We will continue to offer the on-line services.
Please, no hugging, hand shaking or passing the peace. ☹
Though we have resumed onsite worship services as the coronavirus quarantine is gradually lifted, we have yet to resume Sunday School or adult Bible Study. Therefore, we offer you the following adult Bible Study and children’s Sunday School lessons to help you to continue learning for adults and children.