Members, make plans to join us at 7:30 PM as we prayerfully consider the business of the church. Agenda & meeting materials are available in the secured document library. For assistance, please contact Krista Horne.
REMEMBER: Honor a Mother and/or Father Figure
The fifth of the Ten Commandments instructs Christ followers to give honor to those who have served as mother or father figures. There are countless ways to follow this commandment and ahead of Mother’s (May 12) and Father’s Day (June 16), we’d like to offer one more.
Use the button below to read more and to submit information for a mother or father figure you would like to give honor.
Questions? Contact us.
Read the Bible: Psalm 50
The Mighty One, God, the LORD, speaks;
he summons the earth
from the rising of the sun to its setting.
2 From Zion, the perfection of beauty,
God appears in radiance.
3 Our God is coming; he will not be silent!
Devouring fire precedes him,
and a storm rages around him.
4 On high, he summons heaven and earth
in order to judge his people:
5 “Gather my faithful ones to me,
those who made a covenant with me by sacrifice.”
6 The heavens proclaim his righteousness,
for God is the Judge. Selah
7 “Listen, my people, and I will speak;
I will testify against you, Israel.
I am God, your God.
8 I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices
or for your burnt offerings,
which are continually before me.
9 I will not take a bull from your household
or male goats from your pens,
10 for every animal of the forest is mine,
the cattle on a thousand hills.
11 I know every bird of the mountains,
and the creatures of the field are mine.
12 If I were hungry, I would not tell you,
for the world and everything in it is mine.
13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls
or drink the blood of goats?
14 Offer a thanksgiving sacrifice to God,
and pay your vows to the Most High.
15 Call on me in a day of trouble;
I will rescue you, and you will honor me.”
Psalms 50:1-15 (CSB)
Read the rest of Psalm 51, a psalm revealing God as judge, using the link below.
Sunday School is for All Ages!
In the very moment Moses felt defeated by failure, God repeated His promises, refocused on Himself as the One who would deliver Israel, and then recounted Moses and Aaron’s family lineage. Why such an oddly placed family tree in this story of deliverance?
Moses & Aaron were descendants of Levi, son of Jacob (Israel). In recounting the generations of the line of promise, God reminds Moses that he and Aaron were born for this purpose. God had indeed called the right man for the job, and what felt like temporary failure would not thwart the ultimate plans of God.
Sunday School for all ages begins weekly at 9:45 AM. All are warmly welcome.
Read the Bible: Psalm 49
Hear this, all you peoples;
listen, all who inhabit the world,
2 both low and high,
rich and poor together.
3 My mouth speaks wisdom;
my heart’s meditation brings understanding.
4 I turn my ear to a proverb;
I explain my riddle with a lyre.
5 Why should I fear in times of trouble?
The iniquity of my foes surrounds me.
6 They trust in their wealth
and boast of their abundant riches.
7 Yet these cannot redeem a person
or pay his ransom to God —
8 since the price of redeeming him is too costly,
one should forever stop trying —
9 so that he may live forever
and not see the Pit.
10 For one can see that the wise die;
the foolish and stupid also pass away.
Then they leave their wealth to others.
11 Their graves are their permanent homes,
their dwellings from generation to generation,
though they have named estates after themselves.
12 But despite his assets, mankind will not last;
he is like the animals that perish.
13 This is the way of those who are arrogant,
and of their followers,
who approve of their words. Selah
14 Like sheep they are headed for Sheol;
Death will shepherd them.
The upright will rule over them in the morning,
and their form will waste away in Sheol,
far from their lofty abode.
15 But God will redeem me
from the power of Sheol,
for he will take me. Selah
Psalms 49:1-15 (CSB)
Read all of Psalm 49 using the link below.
Read the Bible: Psalm 48
The LORD is great and highly praised
in the city of our God.
His holy mountain,
2 rising splendidly,
is the joy of the whole earth.
Mount Zion — the summit of Zaphon —
is the city of the great King.
3 God is known as a stronghold
in its citadels.
4 Look! The kings assembled;
they advanced together.
5 They looked and froze with fear;
they fled in terror.
6 Trembling seized them there,
agony like that of a woman in labor,
7 as you wrecked the ships of Tarshish
with the east wind.
8 Just as we heard, so we have seen
in the city of the LORD of Armies,
in the city of our God;
God will establish it forever. Selah
9 God, within your temple,
we contemplate your faithful love.
10 Like your name, God, so your praise
reaches to the ends of the earth;
your right hand is filled with justice.
11 Mount Zion is glad.
Judah’s villages rejoice
because of your judgments.
12 Go around Zion, encircle it;
count its towers,
13 note its ramparts; tour its citadels
so that you can tell a future generation:
14 “This God, our God forever and ever —
he will always lead us.”
Psalms 48:1-14 (CSB)
Read the Bible: Psalm 47
Clap your hands, all you peoples;
shout to God with a jubilant cry.
2 For the LORD, the Most High, is awe-inspiring,
a great King over the whole earth.
3 He subdues peoples under us
and nations under our feet.
4 He chooses for us our inheritance —
the pride of Jacob, whom he loves. Selah
5 God ascends among shouts of joy,
the LORD, with the sound of a ram’s horn.
6 Sing praise to God, sing praise;
sing praise to our King, sing praise!
7 Sing a song of wisdom,
for God is King of the whole earth.
8 God reigns over the nations;
God is seated on his holy throne.
9 The nobles of the peoples have assembled
with the people of the God of Abraham.
For the leaders of the earth belong to God;
he is greatly exalted.
Psalms 47:1-9 (CSB)
Read the Bible: Psalm 46
God is our refuge and strength,
a helper who is always found
in times of trouble.
2 Therefore we will not be afraid,
though the earth trembles
and the mountains topple
into the depths of the seas,
3 though its water roars and foams
and the mountains quake with its turmoil. Selah
4 There is a river —
its streams delight the city of God,
the holy dwelling place of the Most High.
5 God is within her; she will not be toppled.
God will help her when the morning dawns.
6 Nations rage, kingdoms topple;
the earth melts when he lifts his voice.
7 The LORD of Armies is with us;
the God of Jacob is our stronghold. Selah
8 Come, see the works of the LORD,
who brings devastation on the earth.
9 He makes wars cease throughout the earth.
He shatters bows and cuts spears to pieces;
he sets wagons ablaze.
10 “Stop fighting, and know that I am God,
exalted among the nations, exalted on the earth.”
11 The LORD of Armies is with us;
the God of Jacob is our stronghold. Selah
Psalms 46:1-11 (CSB)
Honor a Mother and/or Father Figure
The fifth of the Ten Commandments instructs Christ followers to give honor to those who have served as mother or father figures. There are countless ways to follow this commandment and ahead of Mother’s (May 12) and Father’s Day (June 16), we’d like to offer one more.
Use the button below to read more and to submit information for a mother or father figure you would like to give honor.
Questions? Contact us.
NEXT WEEK: Quarterly Business Meeting
Members, make plans to join us April 10 at 7:30 PM as we prayerfully consider the business of the church. Agenda & meeting materials are available in the secured document library. For assistance, please contact Krista Horne.