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Monday, March 16, 2026

God's Elect, in and for Christ [Children's Catechism 44—Theology Simply Explained]

Pastor walks his children through Children's Catechism question 44—especially explaining how the Covenant of Grace flows out of God’s love for His Son, and those whom He has loved in Him.

Q44. Whom did Christ represent in the covenant of grace? His elect people. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson) Summary of the transcript of the audio: The lesson centers on Christ's role as the representative of His elect people within the covenant of grace. Drawing from Isaiah, Hebrews, and Ephesians, it underscores that Christ’s 'offspring' are not biological but the redeemed community chosen by God before the foundation of the world, united to Him, Who is the last Adam.

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CURRENT ANNOUNCEMENTS

▫Midweek Prayer Meeting, Wednesday, March 18. 6:30p in the Chapel. (see the Prayer Meeting Folder) We will hear a sermon from Proverbs 22:17–21 then PRAY until around 8 p.m.

▫Session Meeting, Wednesday, March 18, at 8p.m. in the Pastor’s Study.

▫Children’s Catechism for March 22. Q44 Whom did Christ represent in the covenant of grace? His elect people. [CC 44 Simply Explained: “God's Elect, in and for Christ”]

▫Shorter Catechism for March 22. Q21. Who is the Redeemer of God’s elect? The only Redeemer of God’s elect is the Lord Jesus Christ, Who, being the eternal Son of God, became man, and so was, and continueth to be, God and man in two distinct natures, and one Person, forever. [WSC 21 Simply Explained: “Only the God-Man Can Redeem”]

▫Memory Verse for March 22, Nahum 1:7, YHWH is good, a Stronghold in the day of trouble; and He knows those who trust in Him.

▫Songs for public worship on March 22: TPH405 [mp3], ARP108A [mp3], ARP7B [mp3]

▫Monthly Men’s Breakfast, Saturday, March 28, 7a in the Fellowship Hall

▫Church Workday, Saturday, March 28, 8:30a in the Fellowship Hall

▫Diaconate Meeting, Thursday, April 2.

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: Matthew)
1p - Coffee/Fellowship Time
1p - Catechism Class
1:15p - Shared Food Fellowship (there's always plenty, so come!)
2:50p - Memory Verse Recitations and Song Requests
3:00p - Psalm/hymn Sing
3:45p - Evening Sermon (current series: Song of Songs)

Wednesdays
6:30p in the Chapel - Midweek Prayer Meeting for all ages. We hear a sermon from Proverbs and then join all together in prayer led by men, before splitting into groups and individuals for intercession, thus balancing being led in praying corporately together with giving everyone an opportunity to pray out loud and covering our requests list.

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 4th Saturday of each month, men ages 1-121 gather for breakfast at 7 a.m. and read and discuss some profoundly helpful Scripture or scriptural book. We’re currently studying Building a Godly Home, v1: A Holy Vision for Family Life by William Gouge—the first volume of a masterfully exposited and applied treatment of Ephesians 5:21–6:9.

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