Hopewell Herald –
February 7, 2026
We’ve been learning much, from Song of Songs, about the desires and delights of Christ. In Mark 3:34–35, Jesus says, “Here are My mother and My brothers! For whoever does the will of God is My brother and My sister and mother.”
Sometimes, we speak of one another as “church family,” but the truth and reality is much better: that Jesus has made us to be His own family.
It truly is a wonderful thing that we are about to do—entering heaven with Him, Who presents us there, saying, “Here am I and the children whom God has given Me” (Heb 2:13).
Looking forward to going to heaven with you, Christ’s family,
Pastor
Audio lessons to help you prepare for the
Lord’s Day:
▪Theology
Simply Explained — CC38, The Holiness Needed for Heaven
▪Theology
Simply Explained — WSC15, The Fall as Covenant-Breaking
▪Song of Songs 4:16, “The Desires of the Delightful Bride”
▪Deuteronomy 29:2–21, “Covenant with God, Now and Forever”
▪Ecclesiastes 11:1–6, “Delighted, Dependent Diligence”
▪Matthew 27:26–44, “An Overpowering Salvation”
▪Song of Songs 5:1, “Glorious Answer to Prayer”
LORD'S DAY – February
8, 2026
9:50 a.m. Breakfast Line Opens
10 a.m. Sabbath School
We are preparing our minds and hearts for
public worship by studying our Confession of Faith from Scripture, affirming
that Scripture is our only ultimate authority, but also discovering that what
we confess is thoroughly Scriptural.
11 a.m. Public Worship
▫Children’s Catechism for February 8. Q38 Can anyone go to heaven
with this sinful nature? No; our hearts must be changed before we can
be fit for heaven. [CC 38 Simply Explained: “The Holiness Needed for Heaven”]
▫Shorter Catechism for February 8. Q15. What was the sin whereby
our first parents fell from the estate wherein they were created? The
sin whereby our first parents fell from the estate wherein they were created
was their eating the forbidden fruit. [WSC 15 Simply Explained: “The Fall as Covenant-Breaking”]
▫Songs for public worship on February 8: TPH400 [mp3], ARP22A [mp3], ARP2 [mp3]
Scripture Text for first portion of worship service
Song of Songs 4:16
Scripture Readings and basis for confession of sin
and petition for help
Deuteronomy 29:2–21
Ecclesiastes 11:1–6
Sermon Scripture text and topic
We will be hearing the sermon from Matthew 27:26–44
about “Against YHWH and Against His Christ”
Lord’s Supper! (Please see the section at the end of the Worship Booklet on how rightly to prepare for and take it).
1 p.m. Coffee Fellowship and Catechism Class
1:30 p.m. Fellowship Lunch
▫Memory
Verse for February 8, Matthew 27:41–42, Likewise the chief
priests also, mocking with the scribes and elders, said, “He saved others;
Himself He cannot save. If He is the King of Israel, let Him now come down from
the cross, and we will believe Him.”
3:00 p.m. Evening Praise and Preaching
We will be singing at least ten Psalm
selections and hearing the sermon from Song of Songs 5:1
about “Enjoying the Church with Christ”
Hopewell this Month
Hopewell’s Presbytery
Prayer Focus for February
Madison-Monrovia
ARP in Harvest, AL
February Psalm of the
Month
ARP22A My
God, My God
• Wednesday,
February 11, Midweek Prayer Meeting. 6:30 p.m. in the Chapel. We will
hear a sermon from Proverbs 21:10–18 then pray until 8 p.m.
• Wednesday, February 11, Session Meeting, 8
p.m. in the Pastor’s Study
• Saturday, February 14, Covenant Child
Celebration Brunch, 10a in the Fellowship Hall
• Saturday, February 14, Storm Debris Cleanup,
12p
• Saturday, February 28, Men’s (and future men)
breakfast, 7a in the Fellowship Hall
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