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Saturday, June 29, 2024

The Value of Words and Names [Children's Catechism 99—Theology Simply Explained]

Pastor walks his children through Children’s Catechism question 99—especially explaining how names are valuable as our neighbor’s most precious earthly possession, and words are valuable as being created to worship God and image Him in serving others.

Q99. What is the ninth commandment? The ninth commandment is, Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Friday, September 24, 2021

The Long Term Value of a Good Name with God (Family Worship lesson in Proverbs 22:1–4)

Pastor leads his family in a verse from “the Proverb of the day.” In these four verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that we should take the long view of things, both within this life, but especially with respect to eternity.(click audio title within player for a page where you can download mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Thursday, August 12, 2021

The Spirit's Prescription for When You're Falsely Accused (2021.08.11 Prayer Meeting lesson in Psalm 26)

When we are falsely accused, let us set before ourselves the LORD as all our confidence and all our desire, so that we will walk with integrity from the assemblies of the godly in this life to that great assembly of the godly in that to come.(click audio title within player for a page where you can download mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

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CURRENT ANNOUNCEMENTS

▫Midweek Prayer Meeting, Wednesday, August 12. 6:30p in the Chapel. (see the Prayer Meeting Folder) We will hear a sermon from Proverbs 26:20–22 then PRAY until around 8 p.m.

▫Songs for public worship on August 16: ARP107DE [mp3], ARP60B [mp3], ARP40A [mp3]

▫Children’s Catechism for August 16. Q65 What are they? The offices of a prophet, of a priest, and of a king. [CC 65 Simply Explained: “Christ's Three Offices”]

▫Shorter Catechism for August 16. Q42. What is the sum of the Ten Commandments? The sum of the Ten Commandments is to love the Lord our God with all our heart, with all our soul, with all our strength, and with all our mind; and our neighbor as ourselves. [WSC 42 Simply Explained: “The Sum of the Ten Commandments”]

▫Memory Verse for August 16, Ephesians 3:7of which I became a minister according to the gift of the grace of God given to me by the effective working of His power.

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

▫Diaconate Meeting, Thursday, September 3.

▫Session Meeting, Wednesday, September 9, at 8p.m. in the Pastor’s Study.

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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