For September 11, 2016

Worship Next Sunday

September 11, 2016

Preaching: Pastor Steve Magee

Sermon Text: 1 John 3:5

Sermon Title: No Sin in Him

Music:

Opening Hymn: (#6) O Come, My Soul, Bless Thou the Lord

Preparation Hymn: (#303) Blessed Jesus, at Your Word

Response Hymn: (#248) Ah, Holy Jesus, How Hast Thou...

Closing Hymn: (#342) Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation

Meditation on God's Law: Tenth Commandment

Supporting Passages: Esther 2, Luke 9:7-9

Preparation Guide

Sunday: Esther 1 (Tonight: Main Text)

Monday: (NO Daily Worship)

Tuesday: Jeremiah 4, Psalm 126 (Daily Worship)

Wednesday: Jeremiah 5, Psalm 127 (Daily Worship)

Thursday: Esther 2 (Next Sunday: OT Read.)

Friday: Luke 9:7-9 (Next Sunday: Gospel)

Saturday: 1 John 3:5 (Next Sunday: Main Text)

Meditating on the Scriptures Together

1 John 3:5

You know that he appeared

in order to take away sins,

and in him there is no sin.

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.

For July 31, 2016

Worship Next Sunday

July 31, 2016

Preaching: Pastor Steve Magee

Sermon Text: 1 John 2:28-29

Sermon Title: Christlikeness

Music:

Opening Hymn: (#98) Now Thank We All Our God

Preparation Hymn:(#W8) God's Sufficient Word

Response Hymn: (#559) Father, I Know That All My Life

Closing Hymn: (#621) Sometimes a Light Surprises

Meditation on God's Law: Fourth Commandment

Supporting Passages: Ezekiel 37:15-28, Luke 8:16-18

Preparation Guide

Sunday: Jeremiah 32:16-44 (Tonight: Main Text)

Monday: Isaiah 61, Psalm 119-Part 4 (Daily Worship)

Tuesday: Isaiah 62, Psalm 119-Part 5 (Daily Worship)

Wednesday: Isaiah 63, Psalm 119-Part 6 (Daily Worship)

Thursday: Ezekiel 37:15-28 (Next Sunday: OT Read.)

Friday: Luke 8:16-18 (Next Sunday: Gospel)

Saturday: 1 John 2:28-29 (Next Sunday: Main Text)

Meditating on the Scriptures Together

1 John 2:28-29

[28] And now, little children,

abide in him,

so that when he appears

we may have confidence

and not shrink from him in shame

at his coming.

[29] If you know that he is righteous,

you may be sure

that everyone who practices righteousness

has been born of him.