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Thursday, April 30, 2020

In Ephesians 1:20–23, we learn that the power by which God works in us is the same power by which our resurrected Redeemer bodily ascended to the throne of the third heaven in paradise. What grace God has given us, that this power makes us the glorious Bride of this glorious One!

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Current Announcements

▫Prayer Meeting, Wednesday, Sep 30. 6:30p. in the Fellowship Hall. Also streamed at bit.ly/harpclive (see the Prayer Meeting Folder)

▫200^th Anniversary Conference with Dr. Nick Willborn, October 2–4

▫Full Lord’s Day Schedule for Oct 4 (see “weekly schedule” section below)

▫Children’s Catechism for Oct 4
Q49. What did God the Father undertake in the covenant of grace? A. To justify and sanctify those for whom Christ should die.

▫Shorter Catechism for Oct 4
Q57. Which is the fourth commandment? A. The fourth commandment is, Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work: but the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

▫Memory Verse for Oct 4, 2Samuel 9:3, Then the king said, “Is there not still someone of the house of Saul, to whom I may show the kindness of God?” And Ziba said to the king, “There is still a son of Jonathan who is lame in his feet.”

▫Monthly Elders’ Meeting, Oct 12, 6p
▫Annual HCCFS Campout, Oct 16, on the Hopewell campus
▫Monthly Men’s Breakfast (ladies invited this month!), Oct 17, 6:30a

Weekly Schedule: Study, Worship, Fellowship, and Pray with Hopewell!

Each Lord's Day
9:50a - Free full breakfast during…
10a - Sabbath School for all ages
11a - Public Worship (current series: Genesis)
12:45p - Coffee/Fellowship Time
12:45p - Catechism Class
1p - Shared Food Fellowship (there's always plenty, so come!)
2:30p - Psalm/hymn Sing
3:30p - Evening Sermon (current series: Ephesians)

Wednesdays
6:30p in the Fellowship Hall - Prayer Meeting for all ages. We pray for a solid hour, splitting into groups to balance praying corporately with giving everyone an opportunity to pray out loud as much as possible. One of the great encouragements is to hear so much earnest, Scripture-informed prayer by children of all ages!

Every Day in Your Home
You are the most important individual on earth in your and your children's spiritual lives!

Scripture teaches us that shepherd-teachers and every other member of the church are given as gifts from Jesus to help us grow up into Him. But there is nothing that anyone else can do that will substitute for daily worship of Him, by those means that He has appointed, through which He works in us by His grace.

The Hopewell at Home daily devotional guide is a weekly publication that comes alongside to facilitate personal and family devotions. Freshly written every week by a pastor who knows those entrusted to his spiritual care (Heb 13:17), it not only enables you to see the meaning of the text by asking simple, inductive questions, but also gives a sample exposition and application for you to use for yourself, as a couple, or as a family.

Other Service, Fellowship, and Worship Opportunities
The ministry of the Gospel at Hopewell focuses especially upon those church activities started and commanded by Christ Himself. While formalized/programmed events can be useful to get us going, our elders encourage us to take the initiative ourselves.

Some examples have included a ladies' book club, sidewalk ministry at Planned Parenthood of Nashville, and a ladies' fellowship tea put on by some of the youngest ladies in the congregation.

What ministries will you be starting, or are you already participating in, that you will use to encourage the rest of the church in walking with the Lord?

Men's Breakfasts
Led by one of our elders, on the Saturday before the 3^rd Lord's Day each month, men ages 2-102 gather for breakfast at 6:30 a.m. and read and discuss some profoundly helpful Scripture or scriptural book. We’re currently studying Ecclesiastes--a book about how our lives can only be whole when our whole lives are received from God and lived unto God!