For September 4, 2016

Worship Next Sunday

September 4, 2016

Preaching: Pastor Steve Magee

Sermon Text: 1 John 3:4

Sermon Title: Sin Is Lawlessness

Music:

Opening Hymn: (#3) Give to Our God Immortal Praise

Preparation Hymn: (#463) A Debtor to Mercy Alone

Response Hymn: (#461) Not What My Hands Have Done

Closing Hymn: (# 699) Like a River Glorious

Meditation on God's Law: Ninth Commandment

Supporting Passages: Esther 1, Luke 9:1-6

Preparation Guide

Sunday: Deuteronomy 7:6-11 (Tonight: Main Text)

Monday: (NO Daily Worship)

Tuesday: (NO Daily Worship)

Wednesday: (NO Daily Worship)

Thursday: Esther 1 (Next Sunday: OT Read.)

Friday: Luke 9:1-6 (Next Sunday: Gospel)

Saturday: 1 John 3:4 (Next Sunday: Main Text)

Meditating on the Scriptures Together

1 John 3:4

Everyone who makes a practice of sinning

also practices lawlessness;

sin is lawlessness.

For August 28, 2016

Worship Next Sunday

August 28, 2016

Preaching: Rev. Nathan Snyder

Sermon Text: Titus 2:11-14

Sermon Title: Living for Jesus

Music:

Opening Hymn: (#76) Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven

Preparation Hymn: (#727) Lead Me, Lord, Lead Me in...

Response Hymn: (#455) And Can It Be That I Should Gain

Closing Hymn: (#W6) 'Round the Throne in Radiant Glory

Meditation on God's Law: Eighth Commandment

Supporting Passages: Deuteronomy 7:6-11, Luke 8:40-56

Preparation Guide

Sunday: Psalm 98 (Tonight: Main Text)

Monday: (NO Daily Worship)

Tuesday: (NO Daily Worship)

Wednesday: (NO Daily Worship)

Thursday: Deuteronomy 7:6-11 (Next Sunday: OT Read.)

Friday: Luke 8:40-56 (Next Sunday: Gospel)

Saturday: 1 John (Next Sunday: Main Text)

Meditating on the Scriptures Together

Titus 2:11-14

[11] For the grace of God has appeared,

bringing salvation for all people,

[12] training us to renounce ungodliness

and worldly passions,

and to live self-controlled,

upright, and godly lives in the present age,

[13] waiting for our blessed hope,

the appearing of the glory

of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,

[14] who gave himself for us

to redeem us from all lawlessness

and to purify for himself a people

for his own possession

who are zealous for good works.

For August 21, 2016

Worship Next Sunday

August 21, 2016

Preaching: Rev. Nathan Snyder

Sermon Text: Titus 1:1-4

Sermon Title: Hope Promised and Proclaimed

Music:

Opening Hymn: (#604) Rejoice, Ye Pure in Heart!

Preparation Hymn: (#140) O Word of God Incarnate

Response Hymn: (#474) Blow Ye the Trumpet, Blow!

Closing Hymn: (#W9) Alive in Christ

Meditation on God's Law: Seventh Commandment

Supporting Passages: Psalm 98, Luke 8:26-39

Preparation Guide

Sunday: Joel 3:18-21 (Tonight: Main Text)

Monday: (NO Daily Worship)

Tuesday: (NO Daily Worship)

Wednesday: (NO Daily Worship)

Thursday: Psalm 98 (Next Sunday: OT Read.)

Friday: Luke 8:26-39 (Next Sunday: Gospel)

Saturday: Titus 1:1-4 (Next Sunday: Main Text)

Meditating on the Scriptures Together

Titus 1:1-4

[1] Paul, a servant of God

and an apostle of Jesus Christ,

for the sake of the faith of God's elect

and their knowledge of the truth,

which accords with godliness,

[2] in hope of eternal life,

which God, who never lies, promised

before the ages began

[3] and at the proper time manifested

in his word through the preaching

with which I have been entrusted

by the command of God our Savior;

[4] To Titus,

my true child in a common faith:

Grace

and peace

from God the Father

and Christ Jesus our Savior.

For August 14, 2016

Worship Next Sunday

August 14, 2016

Preaching: Pastor Steve Magee

Sermon Text: 1 John 3:2-3

Sermon Title: Who Is He? Who Are We?

Music:

Opening Hymn: (#4) All Praise to God, Who Reigns Above

Preparation Hymn: (#334) Breathe on Me, Breath of God

Response Hymn: (#644) May the Mind of Christ My Savior

Closing Hymn:(#585) Take My Life, and Let It Be

Meditation on God's Law: Sixth Commandment

Supporting Passages: Joel 3:18-21, Luke 8:22-25

Preparation Guide

Sunday: Daniel 1 (Tonight: Main Text)

Monday: Jeremiah 1, Psalm 123 (Daily Worship)

Tuesday: Jeremiah 2, Psalm 124 (Daily Worship)

Wednesday: Jeremiah 3, Psalm 125 (Daily Worship)

Thursday: Joel 3:18-21 (Next Sunday: OT Read.)

Friday: Luke 8:22-25 (Next Sunday: Gospel)

Saturday: 1 John (Next Sunday: Main Text)

Meditating on the Scriptures Together

1 John 3:2-3

[2] Beloved,

we are God's children now,

and what we will be

has not yet appeared;

but we know that when he appears

we shall be like him,

because we shall see him as he is.

[3] And everyone who thus hopes in him

purifies himself

as he is pure.

For August 7, 2016

Worship Next Sunday

August 7, 2016

Preaching: Pastor Steve Magee

Sermon Text: 1 John 3:1

Sermon Title: The Uncomfortable Gift of Divine Adoption

Music:

Opening Hymn: (#166) Wondrous King, All-Glorious

Preparation Hymn: (#156) O Lord, How Shall I Meet You

Response Hymn: (#298) The Head That Once ...

Closing Hymn: (#261) What Wondrous Love Is This

Meditation on God's Law: Fifth Commandment

Supporting Passages: Daniel 1, Luke 8:19-21

Preparation Guide

Sunday: Ezekiel 37:15-28 (Tonight: Main Text)

Monday: Isaiah 64, Psalm 120 (Daily Worship)

Tuesday: Isaiah 65, Psalm 121 (Daily Worship)

Wednesday: Isaiah 66, Psalm 122 (Daily Worship)

Thursday: Daniel 1 (Next Sunday: OT Read.)

Friday: Luke 8:19-21 (Next Sunday: Gospel)

Saturday: 1 John 3:1 (Next Sunday: Main Text)

Meditating on the Scriptures Together

1 John 3:1

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.