For January 6, 2019

Worship Next Sunday

January 6, 2018

Preaching: Steve Magee

Sermon Text: Mark 6:7-13

Sermon Title: What is Our Mission?

Music:

Opening Hymn: (#103E) O Come, My Soul, Bless Thou ...

Preparation Hymn: (#241) O God beyond All Praising

Response Hymn: (#437) How Marvelous, How Wise, ...

Closing Hymn: (#351) How Deep the Father's Love for Us

Meditation on God's Law: Loving Neighbor

Supporting Passages: Psalm 91

Preparation Guide

Sunday: Psalm 90 (Tonight: Main Text)

Monday: (NO Daily Worship)

Tuesday: (NO Daily Worship)

Wednesday: (NO Daily Worship)

Thursday: Psalm 91 (Next Sunday: OT Reading)

Friday: James 1:5-8 (Next Sunday: NT Reading)

Saturday: Mark 6:7-13 (Next Sunday: Main Text)

Meditating on the Scriptures Together

Morning: Mark 6:7-13

[7] And he called the twelve and began to send them out two by two, and gave them authority over the unclean spirits. [8] He charged them to take nothing for their journey except a staff—no bread, no bag, no money in their belts—[9] but to wear sandals and not put on two tunics. [10] And he said to them, “Whenever you enter a house, stay there until you depart from there. [11] And if any place will not receive you and they will not listen to you, when you leave, shake off the dust that is on your feet as a testimony against them.” [12] So they went out and proclaimed that people should repent. [13] And they cast out many demons and anointed with oil many who were sick and healed them.

Evening: Psalm 91

Show Us Your Salvation

For December 30, 2018

Worship Next Sunday

December 30, 2018

Preaching: Steve Magee

Sermon Text: Mark 6:1-6

Sermon Title: What now, Lord?

Music:

Opening Hymn: (#230) Holy, Holy, Holy!

Preparation Hymn: (#465) Love Divine, All Loves Excelling

Response Hymn: (#444) Come to the Waters

Closing Hymn: (#341) Alas! and Did My Savior Bleed

Meditation on God's Law: Loving God

Supporting Passages: Psalm 90

Preparation Guide

Sunday: Psalm 89 (Tonight: Main Text)

Monday: Luke 2:1-20 (Christmas Eve – 5pm)

Tuesday: (NO Daily Worship)

Wednesday: (NO Daily Worship)

Thursday: Psalm 90 (Next Sunday: OT Reading)

Friday: James 1:1-4 (Next Sunday: NT Reading)

Saturday: Mark 6:1-6 (Next Sunday: Main Text)

Meditating on the Scriptures Together

Morning: Mark 6:1-6

[1] He went away from there and came to his hometown, and his disciples followed him. [2] And on the Sabbath he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were astonished, saying, “Where did this man get these things? What is the wisdom given to him? How are such mighty works done by his hands? [3] Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us?” And they took offense at him. [4] And Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor, except in his hometown and among his relatives and in his own household.” [5] And he could do no mighty work there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick people and healed them. [6] And he marveled because of their unbelief. And he went about among the villages teaching.

Evening: Psalm 90

Establish the work of our hands

For December 23, 2018

Worship Next Sunday

December 23, 2018

Preaching: Steve Magee

Sermon Text: Luke 1:57-80

Sermon Title: Birth of John

Music:

Opening Hymn: (#322) Once in Royal David's City

Preparation Hymn: (#271) Blessed Jesus, at Your Word

Response Hymn: (#313) Angels from the Realms of Glory

Closing Hymn: (#404) The Church's One Foundation

Meditation on God's Law: Following Jesus

Supporting Passages: Psalm 89

Preparation Guide

Sunday: Psalm 88 (Tonight: Main Text)

Monday: WSC #95, Psalm 89A, Acts 12 (Daily Worship)

Tuesday: WSC #96, Psalm 90A, Acts 13 (Daily Worship)

Wednesday: WSC #97, Psalm 91B, Acts 14 (Daily Worship)

Thursday: Psalm 89 (Next Sunday: OT Reading)

Friday: Luke 9:23-27 (Next Sunday: Law)

Saturday: Luke 1:57-80 (Next Sunday: Main Text)

Meditating on the Scriptures Together

Morning: Luke 1:57-80

[57] Now the time came for Elizabeth to give birth, and she bore a son. [58] And her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown great mercy to her, and they rejoiced with her. [59] And on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child. And they would have called him Zechariah after his father, [60] but his mother answered, “No; he shall be called John.” [61] And they said to her, “None of your relatives is called by this name.” [62] And they made signs to his father, inquiring what he wanted him to be called. [63] And he asked for a writing tablet and wrote, “His name is John.” And they all wondered. [64] And immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue loosed, and he spoke, blessing God. [65] And fear came on all their neighbors. And all these things were talked about through all the hill country of Judea, [66] and all who heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, “What then will this child be?” For the hand of the Lord was with him.

[67] And his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied, saying,

[68] “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel,

for he has visited and redeemed his people

[69] and has raised up a horn of salvation for us

in the house of his servant David,

[70] as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old,

[71] that we should be saved from our enemies

and from the hand of all who hate us;

[72] to show the mercy promised to our fathers

and to remember his holy covenant,

[73] the oath that he swore to our father Abraham, to grant us

[74] that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies,

might serve him without fear,

[75] in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.

[76] And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High;

for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,

[77] to give knowledge of salvation to his people

in the forgiveness of their sins,

[78] because of the tender mercy of our God,

whereby the sunrise shall visit us from on high

[79] to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,

to guide our feet into the way of peace.”

[80] And the child grew and became strong in spirit, and he was in the wilderness until the day of his public appearance to Israel.

Evening: Psalm 89

Remember, O Lord!

For December 23, 2018

Worship Next Sunday

December 23, 2018

Preaching: Steve Magee

Sermon Text: Luke 1:57-80

Sermon Title: Birth of John

Music:

Opening Hymn: (#322) Once in Royal David's City

Preparation Hymn: (#271) Blessed Jesus, at Your Word

Response Hymn: (#313) Angels from the Realms of Glory

Closing Hymn: (#404) The Church's One Foundation

Meditation on God's Law: Following Jesus

Supporting Passages: Psalm 89

Preparation Guide

Sunday: Psalm 88 (Tonight: Main Text)

Monday: WSC #95, Psalm 89A, Acts 12 (Daily Worship)

Tuesday: WSC #96, Psalm 90A, Acts 13 (Daily Worship)

Wednesday: WSC #97, Psalm 91B, Acts 14 (Daily Worship)

Thursday: Psalm 89 (Next Sunday: OT Reading)

Friday: Luke 9:23-27 (Next Sunday: Law)

Saturday: Luke 1:57-80 (Next Sunday: Main Text)

Meditating on the Scriptures Together

Morning: Luke 1:57-80

[57] Now the time came for Elizabeth to give birth, and she bore a son. [58] And her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown great mercy to her, and they rejoiced with her. [59] And on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child. And they would have called him Zechariah after his father, [60] but his mother answered, “No; he shall be called John.” [61] And they said to her, “None of your relatives is called by this name.” [62] And they made signs to his father, inquiring what he wanted him to be called. [63] And he asked for a writing tablet and wrote, “His name is John.” And they all wondered. [64] And immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue loosed, and he spoke, blessing God. [65] And fear came on all their neighbors. And all these things were talked about through all the hill country of Judea, [66] and all who heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, “What then will this child be?” For the hand of the Lord was with him.

[67] And his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied, saying,

[68] “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel,

for he has visited and redeemed his people

[69] and has raised up a horn of salvation for us

in the house of his servant David,

[70] as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old,

[71] that we should be saved from our enemies

and from the hand of all who hate us;

[72] to show the mercy promised to our fathers

and to remember his holy covenant,

[73] the oath that he swore to our father Abraham, to grant us

[74] that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies,

might serve him without fear,

[75] in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.

[76] And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High;

for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,

[77] to give knowledge of salvation to his people

in the forgiveness of their sins,

[78] because of the tender mercy of our God,

whereby the sunrise shall visit us from on high

[79] to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,

to guide our feet into the way of peace.”

[80] And the child grew and became strong in spirit, and he was in the wilderness until the day of his public appearance to Israel.

Evening: Psalm 89

Remember, O Lord!

For December 9, 2018

Worship Next Sunday

December 9, 2018

Preaching: Steve Magee

Sermon Text: Luke 1:26-38

Sermon Title: Birth of Jesus Foretold

Music:

Opening Hymn: (#300) Come Thou Long Expected Jesus

Preparation Hymn: (#167) Jesus, Where'er Your People Meet

Response Hymn: (#292) Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence

Closing Hymn: (#343) What Wondrous Love Is This

Meditation on God's Law: Truth

Supporting Passages: Psalm 87

Preparation Guide

Sunday: Psalm 86 (Tonight: Main Text)

Monday: WSC #89, Psalm 83, Acts 6 (Daily Worship)

Tuesday: WSC #90, Psalm 84B, Acts 7 (Daily Worship)

Wednesday: WSC #91, Psalm 85, Acts 8 (Daily Worship)

Thursday: Psalm 87 (Next Sunday: OT Reading)

Friday: Exodus 20:16 (Next Sunday: Law)

Saturday: Luke 1:26-38 (Next Sunday: Main Text)

Meditating on the Scriptures Together

Morning: Luke 1:26-38

[26] In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, [27] to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin's name was Mary. [28] And he came to her and said, “Greetings, O favored one, the Lord is with you!” [29] But she was greatly troubled at the saying, and tried to discern what sort of greeting this might be. [30] And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. [31] And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. [32] He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David, [33] and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.”

[34] And Mary said to the angel, “How will this be, since I am a virgin?”

[35] And the angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy—the Son of God. [36] And behold, your relative Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son, and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren. [37] For nothing will be impossible with God.” [38] And Mary said, “Behold, I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her.

Evening: Psalm 87

This one and that one were born in her