Order Of Worship
Pre Song
House Of The Lord
Prayer of Praise and Thanksgiving
Call to Worship & God's Greeting
BLESSed to be a BLESSing
VBS Invitations
Children's Message
“Chapter Books”
Isaiah 43:18-19
Our Morning Prayers
Offering - Doxology (stand up) - Deaconal Prayer -
Sending and God's Parting Blessing
God's Parting Blessing:
God go before you to lead you, God go behind you to protect you,
God go beneath you to support you, God go beside you to befriend you.
Do not be afraid.
May the blessing of God, the Father, Son and Holy Spirit be upon you
Do not be afraid. Go in peace to love and serve the Lord.
Amen
Closing Song
Sweet Wind
Have a Great Week!
Sermon Outline
“When It’s Time To Turn The Page”
Ecclesiastes 3:1-14
3 There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven: 2a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, 3a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build, 4a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance, 5a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and a time to refrain, 6 a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away, 7 a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak, 8 a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace. 9 What does the worker gain from his toil? 10 I have seen the burden God has laid on men. 11He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end. 12I know that there is nothing better for men than to be happy and do good while they live. 13 That everyone may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all his toil-this is the gift of God. 14 I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that men will revere him.
BLESSed to be a BLESSing
Kid's Bulletin
"Go and Make Disciples"
Matthew 28:18-20 (NIV)
Scripture:
Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."
Summary of this sermon...
Jesus gives us the Great Commission to "go and make disciples of all nations" (Matthew 28:18-20). Instead of relying on chance, like sending a message in a bottle, we're called to actively share God's love with everyone we meet. We should teach others what Jesus has commanded us, baptizing them in the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit's name.
Have you ever read a story or seen a movie about someone putting a message inside a bottle and putting it in the ocean? Perhaps it was someone who had been stranded on an island in the middle of the ocean and put a message in a bottle, hoping that someone would find it and come to rescue him. Maybe it was someone who just wanted to see where the wind and the waves might take the message.
I read a true story about a man named Harold Meyers who went on a cruise in the Caribbean. While on the ship, he took three bottles and placed a message with his name and address and a dollar inside each bottle. The dollar was to pay the postage so that the person who found the message would write to him and tell him where they found it. Next, he put a cork in the bottles, sealed them with wax, and threw them over the side of the ship into the ocean. His friends all teased him, saying that he was just throwing good money into the ocean.
Well, what happened to those bottles is quite amazing. Of those three bottles he threw into the ocean, two were found, and he received a reply from the person who found them. Two out of three! That's amazing!
"To tell you the truth," Mr. Meyers said, "I was shocked. I guess I really never expected to hear from anybody at all."
I was thinking, perhaps that might be a good way to spread the message of Jesus all around the world. We could write John 3:16 on pieces of paper. You know John 3:16, don't you? "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." We could write that on a piece of paper, put it in a bottle, and drop it in the ocean. Then the good news of Jesus would float all around the world.
Does that sound like a good plan to you? Well, to tell the truth, I think that sounds like a pretty foolish plan. I don't think that would get the message of God's love to very many people. What would be a good way to get the good news of God's love to people all around the world? Jesus told his disciples how he wanted it done, and the plan is still just as good today as it was then.
Jesus said, "Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you." Jesus wants us to tell everyone we meet about his love for them and share with them what he has taught us in the Bible. He didn't say, "Send a message in a bottle," he said, "Go and make disciples."
Dear Father, help us to obey the command that you gave us to go and make disciples. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.
