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Tuesday, April 28, 2026

Profile of an Upright Man [Family Worship lesson in Job 1:1–5

Who is Job? Job 1:1–5 prepares us for the opening portion of public worship on the coming Lord’s Day. In these five verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that Job is a man whose life shows that God’s grace really works. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson) Summary of the transcript of the audio: The opening verses of Job present a portrait of genuine faith rooted in reverence for God and a deep hatred of evil. Despite his prosperity, Job feared God, sanctifying his family after their feasts and offering regular burnt sacrifices, demonstrating awareness of sin’s danger. His actions reveal a profound understanding that joy and abundance are not inherently opposed to godliness, but they demand vigilant spiritual stewardship to prevent the heart from drifting from God. The passage underscores that authentic religion is not merely outward righteousness but an inward posture of worship through Christ.

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CURRENT ANNOUNCEMENTS

▫Midweek Prayer Meeting, Wednesday, April 29. 6:30p in the Chapel. (see the Prayer Meeting Folder) We will hear a sermon from Proverbs 24:23–25 then PRAY until around 8 p.m.

▫Songs for public worship on May 3: ARP1 [mp3], ARP80 [mp3], ARP98 [mp3]

▫Children’s Catechism for May 3. Q50 What is justification? It is God's forgiving sinners, and treating them as if they had never sinned. [CC 50 Simply Explained: “Right with God through Christ's Redemption”]

▫Shorter Catechism for May 3. Q27. Wherein did Christ’s humiliation consist? Christ’s humiliation consisted in His being born, and that in a low condition, made under the law, undergoing the miseries of this life, the wrath of God, and the cursed death of the cross; in being buried, and continuing under the power of death for a time. [WSC 27 Simply Explained: “Understanding the Greatness of Christ's Humiliation”]

▫Memory Verse for May 3, Ephesians 1:3, Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ.

▫Diaconate Meeting, Thursday, May 7.

▫Session Meeting, Wednesday, May 13, at 8p.m. in the Pastor’s Study.

▫Monthly Men’s Breakfast, Saturday, May 23, 7a in the Fellowship Hall

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: Nahum)
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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