For March 27, 2016

Worship Next Sunday

March 27, 2016

Preaching: Pastor Steve Magee

Sermon Text: 1 John 2:9-11

Sermon Title: The King's Community of Healing Light

Music:

Opening Hymn: 277 Christ the Lord is Risen Today

Preparation Hymn: 335 Gracious Spirit Dwell with Me

Response Hymn: 252 When I Survey the Wondrous Cross

Closing Hymn: 465 Marvelous Grace Of Our Loving Lord

Meditation on God's Law: 1^st Great Commandment

Supporting Passages: Ezra 6:13-18, Luke 6:1-5

Preparation Guide

Sunday: 2 Chronicles 7:11-22 (Tonight: Main Text)

Monday: Isaiah 20 (Daily Worship)

Tuesday: Isaiah 21 (Daily Worship)

Wednesday: Isaiah 22 (Daily Worship)

Thursday: Ezra 6:13-18 (Next Sunday: OT Read.)

Friday: Luke 6:1-5 (Next Sunday: Gospel)

Saturday: 1 John 2:9-11 (Next Sunday: Main Text)

Meditating on the Scriptures Together

1 John 2:9-11

[9] Whoever says he is in the light

and hates his brother

is still in darkness.

[10] Whoever loves his brother

abides in the light,

and in him there is no cause for stumbling.

[11] But whoever hates his brother

is in the darkness

and walks in the darkness,

and does not know where he is going,

because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

For March 20, 2016

Worship Next Sunday

March 20, 2016

Preaching: Pastor Steve Magee

Sermon Text: 1 John 2:7-8

Sermon Title: Already Shining

Music:

Opening Hymn: 97 We Praise You, O God, ...

Preparation Hymn: 377 Jesus, Where'er Your People Meet

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: “Follow Me” – Luke 9:23-26

Supporting Passages: 2 Chronicles 7:11-22, Luke 5:33-39

Preparation Guide

Sunday: 1 Chronicles 10 (Tonight: Main Text)

Monday: Isaiah 17 (Daily Worship)

Tuesday: Isaiah 18 (Daily Worship)

Wednesday: Isaiah 19 (Daily Worship)

Thursday: 1 Chronicles 10 (Next Sunday: OT Read.)

Friday: Luke 5:33-39 (Next Sunday: Gospel)

Saturday: 1 John 2:7-8 (Next Sunday: Main Text)

Meditating on the Scriptures Together

1 John 2:7-8

Beloved,

I am writing you no new commandment,

but an old commandment

that you had from the beginning.

The old commandment

is the word that you have heard.

At the same time,

it is a new commandment

that I am writing to you,

which is true in him and in you,

because the darkness is passing away

and the true light is already shining.

For March 13, 2016

Worship Next Sunday

March 13, 2016

Preaching: Pastor Steve Magee

Sermon Text: 1 John 2:3-6

Sermon Title: The Fruit of Knowing Jesus

Music:

Opening Hymn: 166 Wondrous King, All-Glorious

Preparation Hymn: 303 Blessed Jesus, at Your Word

Response Hymn: 493 We Have Not Known Thee …

Closing Hymn 573 Am I a Soldier of the Cross

Meditation on God's Law: #10. Covetousness

Supporting Passages: 1 Chronicles 10, Luke 5:27-32

Preparation Guide

Sunday: 2 Kings 4:18-37 (Tonight: Main Text)

Monday: Isaiah 14 (Daily Worship)

Tuesday: Isaiah 15 (Daily Worship)

Wednesday: Isaiah 16 (Daily Worship)

Thursday: 1 Chronicles 10 (Next Sunday: OT Read.)

Friday: Luke 5:27-32 (Next Sunday: Gospel)

Saturday: 1 John 2:3-6 (Next Sunday: Main Text)

Meditating on the Scriptures Together

1 John 2:3-6

[3] And by this we know

that we have come to know him,

if we keep his commandments.

[4] Whoever says “I know him”

but does not keep his commandments

is a liar, and the truth is not in him,

[5] but whoever keeps his word,

in him truly the love of God is perfected.

By this we may know that we are in him:

[6] whoever says he abides in him

ought to walk in the same way

in which he walked.

For March 6, 2016

Worship Next Sunday

March 6, 2016

Preaching: Pastor Steve Magee

Sermon Text: 1 John 2:2

Sermon Title: The Propitiation

Music:

Opening Hymn: 101 Come, Thou Almighty King

Preparation Hymn: 242 Not All the Blood of Beasts

Response Hymn: 378 Here, O My Lord, I See Thee …

Closing Hymn: 299 Look, Ye Saints, the Sight is Glorious

Meditation on God's Law: #9. False Witness

Supporting Passages: 2 Kings 4:18-37, Luke 5:17-26

Preparation Guide

Sunday: 1 Kings 4:20-34 (Tonight: Main Text)

Monday: Isaiah 11 (Daily Worship)

Tuesday: Isaiah 12 (Daily Worship)

Wednesday: Isaiah 13 (Daily Worship)

Thursday: 2 Kings 4::18-37 (Next Sunday: OT Read.)

Friday: Luke 5:17-26 (Next Sunday: Gospel)

Saturday: 1 John 2:2 (Next Sunday: Main Text)

Meditating on the Scriptures Together

1 John 2:2

He is the propitiation for our sins,

and not for ours only

but also for the sins of the whole world.

For February 28, 2016

Worship Next Sunday

February 28, 2016

Preaching: Pastor Steve Magee

Sermon Text: 1 John 2:1

Sermon Title: An Advocate for the Children of God

Music:

Opening Hymn: 53 Praise to the Lord, the Almighty

Preparation Hymn: 145 The Spirit Breathes upon the Word

Response Hymn: 305 Arise, My Soul, Arise

Closing Hymn: W9 Alive in Christ

Meditation on God's Law: #8. Stealing

Supporting Passages: 1 Kings 4:20-34, Luke 5:12-16

Preparation Guide

Sunday: 2 Samuel 3:26-39 (Tonight: Main Text)

Monday: Isaiah 8 (Daily Worship)

Tuesday: Isaiah 9 (Daily Worship)

Wednesday: Isaiah 10 (Daily Worship)

Thursday: 1 Kings 4:20-34 (Next Sunday: OT Read.)

Friday: Luke 5:12-16 (Next Sunday: Gospel)

Saturday: 1 John 2:1 (Next Sunday: Main Text)

Meditating on the Scriptures Together

1 John 2:1

My little children,

I am writing these things to you

so that you may not sin.

But if anyone does sin,

we have an advocate with the Father,

Jesus Christ the righteous.

For February 21, 2016

Worship Next Sunday

February 21, 2016

Preaching: Pastor Steve Magee

Sermon Text: 1 John 1:10

Sermon Title: God's Honest Truth About Sin

Music:

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

Preparation Hymn: 376 Open Now Thy Gates of Beauty

Response Hymn: 347 The Church's One Foundation

Closing Hymn: 246 Man of Sorrows! What a Name

Meditation on God's Law: #7. Adultery

Supporting Passages: 2 Samuel 3:26-39, Luke 5:1-11

Preparation Guide

Sunday: 1 Samuel 7:3-17 (Tonight: Main Text)

Monday: Isaiah 6 (Daily Worship)

Tuesday: Isaiah 7 (Daily Worship)

Wednesday: Isaiah 8 (Daily Worship)

Thursday: 2 Samuel 3:26-39 (Next Sunday: OT Read.)

Friday: Luke 5:1-11 (Next Sunday: Gospel)

Saturday: 1 John 1:10 (Next Sunday: Main Text)

Meditating on the Scriptures Together

1 John 1:10

If we say we have not sinned,

we make him a liar,

and his word is not in us.

For February 14, 2016

Worship Next Sunday

February 14, 2016

Preaching: Rev. Nathan Snyder

Sermon Text: 1 John 1:9

Sermon Title: God Will Keep His New Covenant Promises

Music:

Opening Hymn: 168 I Greet Thee, Who My Sure

Preparation Hymn: W2 How Marvelous, How Wise,

Response Hymn: 247 O Sacred Head, Now Wounded

Closing Hymn: 309 Rejoice, the Lord Is King

Meditation on God's Law: #6. Murder

Supporting Passages: 1 Samuel 7:3-17, Luke 4:38-44

Preparation Guide

Sunday: Joshua 7:10-26 (Tonight: Main Text)

Monday: Isaiah 3 (Daily Worship)

Tuesday: Isaiah 4 (Daily Worship)

Wednesday: Isaiah 5 (Daily Worship)

Thursday: 1 Samuel 7:3-17 (Next Sunday: OT Read.)

Friday: Luke 4:38-44 (Next Sunday: Gospel)

Saturday: 1 John 1:9 (Next Sunday: Main Text)

Meditating on the Scriptures Together

1 John 1:9

If we confess our sins,

he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins

and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.