Sunday Morning Liturgy The Call to Worship: Psalm 145:1-3, 10-12 The Psalm of Adoration:  Psalm 100 - (Tune: Lobe Den Herren) The Invocation The Hymn of Praise: "I Love Thy Kingdom, Lord" - TH#353 The Reading of Scripture: Isaiah 57:14-21 The Reading of the Law: Exodus 20 The Confession of Sin The Assurance of Pardon: Romans 8:1 The Hymn of Thanksgiving and Trust:  "Alas! and Did My Savior Bleed" TH#254    The Confession of Faith: The Apostles' Creed The Pastoral Prayer  The Lord's Prayer The Giving of God's Tithe & Our Offerings The Preaching of God's Word: REDEMPTION ACCOMPLISHED: An Exposition of the Gospel of Luke - Luke 12:13-34 - "God's Kingdom First" ...

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Waiting on God Waiting is difficult for most of us.  Nevertheless, life is replete with waiting.  Whether we are waiting for an important phone call or for a significant piece of mail, waiting in traffic, waiting for a major event to happen, waiting in line at the grocery store (while fighting the temptation to peek at the silly tabloids), or perhaps, waiting on lab results from the doctor’s office, we always seem to be waiting for something.  These ordinary times and seasons of waiting are familiar to everyone.  There is an extraordinary kind of waiting, however, which is known and...

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"Christianity Explored" is a course for those who are not familiar with the Christian Faith.  Using the book of Mark, it allows them to explore the essential teachings of Christianity by answering three basic questions: Who was Jesus? Why did he come? What is invovled in following him?  This is an opportunity for you to invite your unchurched friends to consider the claims of Christ through an informal study of Mark's Gospel.  It will be held on Thursday nights, beginning October 20, from 7:00-8:30pm at the church. (Dinner will be served.)  The course will last for six weeks. Please prayerfully consider whom you might invite...

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  The Following is a growing list of quotes that come from my weekly reading.  I hope they are as much of an encouragement to you as they are to me. - Pastor Jon  May18, 2011"From where I sit, the problem is not so much that the church is lazy but that it is distracted.  The greatest danger that the church faces in any age is not that it might not be busy enough but that it might not be Christian enough, either in its outreach to unbelievers or its weekly ministry to the saints.  Even where the message and the mission have...

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