Order Of Worship
Call to Worship & God's Greeting
Because He Lives (Amen)
The Stand
Offering - Doxology - Deaconal Prayer
Bless to be a Blessing
Hammers & Heels
Children’s Message
“Learn Without Ceasing”
Proverbs 9:9
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
Have a Great Week!
No Sunday School
Sermon Outline
“Teach without Ceasing”
Deuteronomy 6
6These are the commands, decrees and laws the Lord your God directed me to teach you to observe in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess, 2 so that you, your children and their children after them may fear the Lord your God as long as you live by keeping all his decrees and commands that I give you, and so that you may enjoy long life. 3 Hear, O Israel, and be careful to obey so that it may go well with you and that you may increase greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the Lord , the God of your fathers, promised you. 4 Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 5 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. 6 These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. 7 Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. 8 Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. 9 Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates. 10When the Lord your God brings you into the land he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to give youa land with large, flourishing cities you did not build, 11houses filled with all kinds of good things you did not provide, wells you did not dig, and vineyards and olive groves you did not plant-then when you eat and are satisfied, 12be careful that you do not forget the Lord , who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. 13Fear the Lord your God, serve him only and take your oaths in his name. 14Do not follow other gods, the gods of the peoples around you; 15for the Lord your God, who is among you, is a jealous God and his anger will burn against you, and he will destroy you from the face of the land. 16Do not test the Lord your God as you did at Massah. 17Be sure to keep the commands of the Lord your God and the stipulations and decrees he has given you. 18Do what is right and good in the Lord 's sight, so that it may go well with you and you may go in and take over the good land that the Lord promised on oath to your forefathers, 19thrusting out all your enemies before you, as the Lord said. 20In the future, when your son asks you, "What is the meaning of the stipulations, decrees and laws the Lord our God has commanded you?" 21tell him: "We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, but the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand. 22Before our eyes the Lord sent miraculous signs and wonders-great and terrible-upon Egypt and Pharaoh and his whole household. 23But he brought us out from there to bring us in and give us the land that he promised on oath to our forefathers. 24The Lord commanded us to obey all these decrees and to fear the Lord our God, so that we might always prosper and be kept alive, as is the case today. 25And if we are careful to obey all this law before the Lord our God, as he has commanded us, that will be our righteousness."
Love > Grow > Serve
Kid Bulletin
"Can You Believe It?"
John 20:19-31
Before class, fill a small, clear bowl with water. Tear or cut a small piece of paper towel about the size of a small Post-It Note.
Have you ever had to see something with your own eyes before you were willing to believe it? Suppose your mom came in and told you a puppy was waiting for you at home. You might have a hard time believing it was true until you got home and saw the puppy with your own eyes, right? The same is true for many of us. We often have to see something to believe it.
Let’s try something together. (Hold up the paperclip.) If I put this paperclip in water, do you think it will sink or float? (Pause for responses.) Let’s see. (Drop the paperclip in the clear bowl of water. It should sink.)
Now, what if I told you that I could make this paperclip float? Would you believe me? Or would it feel so impossible that you would have to see it to believe it? (Pause for responses.)
Let’s try it now. (Put a small paper towel about the size of a Post-It Note on the surface of the water and then carefully place the paper clip on the piece of paper towel. When the paper towel becomes saturated, it will sink, leaving the paper clip floating on the surface of the water.) Wow! That's amazing! The paper clip is floating! I wouldn't believe it if I hadn't seen it with my own two eyes.
Our Bible lesson today is about believing what we cannot see.
On the evening of the first Sunday after Jesus was crucified, His disciples were together in a locked room. They were afraid that those who had crucified Jesus would also want to put them to death. Suddenly, Jesus appeared in the locked room with the disciples. It was hard for the disciples to believe, but they saw Him with their eyes. Jesus showed them the wounds in His hands and His side, so they knew it was Him.
One of the disciples, whose name was Thomas, was not with the others when Jesus appeared to them. When they told Thomas they had seen Jesus, he did not believe them. He had seen Jesus crucified and buried; how could He be alive? Thomas said, "Unless I see the wound in His side and put my finger in the holes where the nails were in His hands, I will not believe it!"
A week later, the disciples were in the locked room again, and this time Thomas was with them. Again, Jesus came and stood among the disciples. Jesus said to Thomas, "Put your finger here; see My hands. Reach out your hand and put it into My side. Stop doubting and believe."
Thomas fell on his knees and answered Jesus, "My Lord and my God!"
Jesus said to him, "Because you have seen Me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed."
You and I have never seen Jesus with our own eyes. The question is, will we be a doubter like Thomas? Or will we be blessed because we believe, even though we have not seen?
Dear Father, help us to believe in our hearts those truths we find in Your Holy Word, even though we have not seen them with our eyes. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.
