Online Worship

 ORDER OF WORSHIP

(This Online Worship will be updated each Sunday by the afternoon. This is offered for those who may be shut-ins or for those who are unable to physically attend an in-person worship or as a supplemental blessing... but is not a replacement for regularly attending congregational worship service.)

JULY 21, 2024

HYMN OF PRAISE    Come, Thou Almighty King (Lyric Video) - Keith & Kristyn Getty Ft. The Getty Girls

 

THE WISDOM KEEPING        by Sister Trinity Norwood

THE RESPONSIVE READING * The Westminster Shorter Catechism  (94-95)

(A Summary of Biblical Teachings in a Question and Answer Format… scripture verses are provided for further study) 

Leader:  What is Baptism?

People:    Baptism is a sacrament, wherein the washing with water in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost [a], doth signify and seal our ingrafting into Christ, and partaking of the benefits of the covenant of grace, and our engagement to be the Lord's [b]. 

[a]. Matt. 28:19; [b]. Acts 2:38-42; 22:16; Rom. 6:3-4; Gal. 3:26-27; I Pet. 3:21 

Leader:  To whom is Baptism to be administered?

People:    Baptism is not to be administered to any that are out of the visible church, till they profess their faith in Christ, and obedience to him [a]; but the infants of such as are members of the visible church are to be baptized [b]. 

[a]. Acts. 2:41; 8:12, 36, 38; 18:8; [b]. Gen. 17:7, 9-11; Acts 2:38-39; 16:32-33; Col. 2:11-12  

PRAYER - (Modified from “A Christian’s Prayer” at https://banneroftruth.org/us/devotional/a-christians-prayer/  Used with Permission)

BLESSED GOD, Ten thousand snares are mine without and within, defend thou me; When sloth and indolence seize me, give me views of heaven; When sinners entice me,  give me disrelish of their ways; When sensual pleasures tempt me, purify and refine me; When I desire worldly possessions, help me to be rich toward thee; When the vanities of the world ensnare me, let me not plunge into new guilt and ruin. May I remember the dignity of my spiritual release, never be too busy to attend to my soul, never be so engrossed with time that I neglect the things of eternity; thus may I not only live, but grow towards thee. Form my mind to right notions of religion, that I may not judge of grace by wrong conceptions, nor measure my spiritual advances by the efforts of my natural being. May I seek after an increase of divine love to thee, after unreserved resignation to thy will, after extensive benevolence to my fellow creatures, after patience and fortitude of soul, after a heavenly disposition after a concern that I may please thee in public and private. Draw on my soul the lineaments of Christ, in every trace and feature of which thou wilt  take delight, for I am thy workmanship, created in Christ Jesus, thy letter written with the Holy Spirit’s pen, thy tilled soil ready for the sowing, then harvest. Amen.

MINISTRY OF MUSIC  O How I Love Jesus - Brian Haney

THE SERMON The Rev. Pastor J. R. Norwood, PhD  “A Witness in Samaria” 

Sermon Focal Text - Acts 8:1-8 (ESV); 1 ...And there arose on that day a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles. 2 Devout men buried Stephen and made great lamentation over him. 3 But Saul was ravaging the church, and entering house after house, he dragged off men and women and committed them to prison. 4 Now those who were scattered went about preaching the word. 5 Philip went down to the city of Samaria and proclaimed to them the Christ. 6 And the crowds with one accord paid attention to what was being said by Philip, when they heard him and saw the signs that he did. 7 For unclean spirits, crying out with a loud voice, came out of many who had them, and many who were paralyzed or lame were healed. 8 So there was much joy in that city. 

Additional Scriptures Cited: Acts 8:1b-17; Isaiah 55:8–9; Acts 1:6–8;John 4:39–42; Luke 9:51–52; Romans 12:20–21; Luke 9:54–56; Galatians 3:26–29; Ephesians 4:4–6; John 17:20–23

A CALL TO REPENTANCE (write up Guidance for converts)

BLESSING OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS [EXPLANATION]

CLOSING BLESSING (2 Tim. 4:22) “The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you.”

Whom Shall I Fear (The God of Angel Armies) - David Wesley

This Week's Devotional Scripture Readings

July’s Theme: “God’s Guiding Word: Faith”

Sunday: Joel 2:1–17         

Monday: Joel 2:18–32

Tuesday: Zephaniah 1:1–18

Wednesday: Zephaniah 2:1–15

Thursday: Zephaniah 3:1–20

Friday: Psalm 32

Saturday: Psalm 38

Next Sunday’s Children’s Bible Memory Verse

Matthew 22:39