Posted in Worship Notes on Mar 20th, 2008 Comments Off
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I’m writing you a bit earlier than usual this week because I’d love for you to meditate on the events of today, Maundy Thursday. Here are a few of my thoughts for you on this day which has been observed as an integral part of “Holy Week” by Christians for the past 2000 […]
Posted in Worship Notes on Mar 14th, 2008 Comments Off
Greetings, Redeemer Family! Matthew 21:1-11 Christ’s Triumphal Entry As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them, “Go to the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there, with her colt by her. Untie […]
Posted in Worship Notes on Mar 8th, 2008 Comments Off
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In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the
Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. (John 1:1,2)
We contiunue our study of the Gospel of John this week as Mike preaches on John 1:1-13 […]
Posted in Worship Notes on Mar 1st, 2008 Comments Off
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But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name. (John 20:31)
This week we begin a study of the Gospel of John, with the prayer that these words, written by the Apostle John, might have […]
Posted in Worship Notes on Feb 15th, 2008 Comments Off
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Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect […]
Posted in Worship Notes on Feb 8th, 2008 Comments Off
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The LORD your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing. (Zeph. 3:17)
This week as Mike preaches the second of […]
Posted in Worship Notes on Feb 1st, 2008 Comments Off
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“Recovering Intimacy”
Sounds a bit like a workshop title of some type, doesn’t it?? But it is actually our sermon title for this week, with Mike preaching out of Genesis 2:18-25.
We’ll begin with a reminder from Scripture that we are called to bring glory to our Father when we gather for worship:
Clap your hands, […]
Posted in Worship Notes on Jan 25th, 2008 Comments Off
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You are in a WAR!
Not the type of message one might expect to see in a church office, but a brother in ministry who has a heart to see the Kingdom of Christ extended sees this message each day as he opens his office door. It is an ever-present reminder that there are […]
Posted in Worship Notes on Jan 17th, 2008 Comments Off
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The godly man has his delight in the law of the Lord,
on it he meditates day and night. Psalm 1:2
Come and see the works of God, who is awesome in His deeds toward the
[…]
Posted in Worship Notes on Jan 12th, 2008 Comments Off
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Hope for Present and Future
This Sunday, Mike is preaching a message which encourages us to persevere in hope in our present struggles. Throughout our worship service, we’ll be looking at the theme of God’s amazing grace to us in Christ. Grace to sinners; grace to us in our weakness; grace coming to […]
Posted in Worship Notes on Jan 5th, 2008 Comments Off
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A blessed 2008 to you and your family!
My prayer for you as we begin a new year together is this: “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” […]
Posted in Worship Notes on Dec 14th, 2007 Comments Off
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This Sunday our worship service follows a historic order know as the “Service of Lessons and Carols.” This order of service was first used in the Church of England in 1880, and became a tradition around the World after it was used at King’s College in Cambridge on Christmas Eve during […]
Posted in Worship Notes on Dec 7th, 2007 Comments Off
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Through most of the year, our worship services are planned in a confessional and thematic model- that is, we focus on the Isaiah 6 pattern of remembering the attributes and mighty acts of the Lord, confessing our sin in the face of His holiness, being restored by the gospel of grace, and being […]
Posted in Worship Notes on Nov 30th, 2007 Comments Off
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Through most of the year, our worship services are planned in a confessional and thematic model- that is, we focus on the Isaiah 6 pattern of remembering the attributes and mighty acts of the Lord, confessing our sin in the face of His holiness, being restored by the gospel of grace, and being […]
Posted in Worship Notes on Nov 22nd, 2007 Comments Off
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An abbreviated issue of Worship Notes this week, as the Bennetch family heads up to Pennsylvania and reconnects with our agrarian roots and the Bennetch siblings. We look forward to a blessed time of fellowship and pray that your Thanksgiving will be a time of remembering the goodness of the Lord toward […]
Posted in Worship Notes on Nov 16th, 2007 Comments Off
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As Thanksgiving approaches, and as we focus particularly on giving thanks to the Lord in the beginning of our worship service this Sunday, I encourage you to read this historic hymn of thanks and allow it to prepare your heart to bring a sacrifice of praise and thanks in your heart to […]
Posted in Worship Notes on Nov 9th, 2007 Comments Off
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This Sunday, we’ll be using two psalms to guide our worship in the beginning of the service. First of all, we will read and sing Psalm 146 , wherein we are reminded of the Lord’s attributes:
1 Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord, O my soul. 2 I will praise the Lord […]
Posted in Worship Notes on Nov 2nd, 2007 Comments Off
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First of all, don’t forget to ‘fall back’ an hour on Saturday night! (That means that we’ll all be well-rested and ready for worship this Sunday….right???)
This Sunday we complete our focus on the five “solas” of the protestant reformation in the early portion of our worship service. Though these five brief […]
Posted in Worship Notes on Oct 26th, 2007 Comments Off
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Throughout the month of October we will be highlighting the five “solas” of the protestant reformation in the early portion of our worship service. Though these five brief statements cannot serve as an accurate summation of the reformed faith, they do help us to keep focused on some of the essentials of […]
Posted in Worship Notes on Oct 19th, 2007 Comments Off
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Throughout the month of October we will be highlighting the five “solas” of the protestant reformation in the early portion of our worship service. Though these five brief statements cannot serve as an accurate summation of the reformed faith, they do help us to keep focused on some of the essentials of […]
Posted in Worship Notes on Oct 12th, 2007 Comments Off
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Throughout the month of October we will be highlighting the five “solas” of the protestant reformation in the early portion of our worship service. Though these five brief statements cannot serve as an accurate summation of the reformed faith, they do help us to keep focused on some of the essentials of […]
Posted in Worship Notes on Oct 5th, 2007 Comments Off
Greetings, Redeemer Family!
Throughout the month of October we will be highlighting the five “solas” of the protestant reformation in the early portion of our worship service. Though these five brief statements cannot serve as an accurate summation of the reformed faith, they do help us to keep focused on some of the essentials of […]
Posted in Worship Notes on Sep 28th, 2007 Comments Off
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“Grace Meets Weak Faith”
Could it be?? Elijah, the man who called down fire on Mt Carmel…who
shamed the prophets of Baal and then killed them…could such a man have
a crisis of faith, after seeing God work so miraculously??
Our Call to Worship reminds us (as we sing in the following hymn) that
Jesus is a […]
Posted in Worship Notes on Sep 21st, 2007 Comments Off
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“GOD ANSWERS WITH FIRE.”
Sounds pretty dramatic, doesn’t it?? This Sunday Mike is preaching on one of the many dramatic scenes in Scripture, the confrontation between Elijah and the prophets of Baal on Mt. Carmel, found in I Kings 18:16-46.
Yes, God answers. He “shows up” as we might say in contemporary jargon. Does this […]
Posted in Worship Notes on Sep 14th, 2007 Comments Off
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This week Mike is continuing to preach in I Kings, this week in I Kings 18:1-15; the account of Elijah instructing Obadiah to carry a message to Ahab- the message which was ultimately used to bring the meeting of Ahab and Elijah on Mt. Carmel.
The struggle against the world, the flesh, […]