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Midweek Fellowship

Our Midweek Fellowship at the church will resume, Wednesday nights at 6 PM, April 23rd. Up next we’ll be looking at Q/A #30 from the New City Catechism. There will be snacks, discussion, and prayer.

Each week we read a question and answer from the catechism that introduces a topic about God, redemption, faith, or the like, and a Scripture that addresses that topic. We will also read brief commentary on that passage or topic, both historic and contemporary. These readings will be the basis for our discussion. This is family friendly and both young and old are encouraged to participate. Be prepared to participate in a craft or activity that gets everyone involved.

Please join us for a time of learning about and encouraging our faith. If you would like to participate, we have a book for you. We encourage you to read the short section (2-3 pages) for the week before meeting, but we will also read together, so anyone dropping in will be able to participate profitably. You can also access the devotional online by clicking the picture above.

Hope to see you there!

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Praying the Psalms

In one week we will start a second round of Praying the Psalms, Wednesday nights at 6 PM. This is a good opportunity to checkout small group ministry. Unlike most of our Growth Groups that work through a book or study guide and each week builds upon the last, each week of Praying the Psalms stands alone. So if you can’t commit to being there each week or you just want to drop in to check it out, this is the one for you. Below are a list of the Psalms we’ll be looking at this time and some questions to help guide your preparation for participation.

Praying the Psalms
Psalms 104, 143, 77, 10, 86, 63

Looking to the Holy Spirit inspired words of the psalms, let us learn how to praise God, confess our sins, express our feelings, and make our requests to God. As we read and meditate on the psalms try to answer the following questions:

What are the circumstances the psalmist is facing?

What emotions does the psalmist express?

How does this psalm apply to or connect with your life?

What do we learn about God from this psalm?

For what is God praised?

What appeals or requests are made to God?

What lessons can we learn from this psalm?

Informed by God’s word, let us pray. Notice how God is addressed, described, and praised. Notice how the psalmist honestly pours out his heart to God. Follow the psalmist’s pattern and compose your own prayer to God.

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The Letter to the Hebrews

I’m not sure we should think of “The Letter to the Hebrews” as a letter at all. It lacks the usual opening greetings and thanksgivings of a letter. In fact, it doesn’t even identify its recipients. The designation “Hebrews” was added later, though most would agree it rightly identifies its original audience as Jewish Christians. While we cannot be sure of their location, there is evidence that suggests Rome. The author, also unidentified in the text, calls his work “a word of exhortation.” Though it does not open like a letter, it does end like one. What we have is like a sermon in written form.

The author encourages faith in and faithfulness to Jesus by holding him up as High Priest and mediator of a better covenant. Using many Old Testament texts to prove the superiority of Jesus and his new covenant, the author encourages early Jewish believers to remain steadfast in their Christian faith in spite of the dangers and pressures that might tempt them to return to Judaism. Readers today are still moved to worship Jesus, God’s Son and our High Priest, and to persevere even in the face of hardships as they read about Jesus fulfilling the Old Covenant’s promises and how the New Covenant supersedes the Old.

Please join us as we study Hebrews together, Sunday mornings at 10 AM, that your faith in Jesus might be strengthened and that you would be encouraged to walk faithfully in this world.