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Tuesday, January 16, 2024

Hearing the Law from Jesus’s Mouth [2024.01.14 Morning Sermon in Matthew 5:21–26]

Jesus is not only the Lord Who thundered the law at Sinai, but the King Who has kept the law for us and is conforming us to it, and the Judge Who will make sure that only those who find His kingdom a heaven may at last enter.

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Saturday, October 21, 2023

A Perfect Man, Church, & King [Family Worship lesson in Matthew 3:17–4:11]

What sort of Son is Jesus? Matthew 3:17–4:11 looks forward to the morning sermon on the coming Lord’s Day. In these twelve verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that Jesus is the last Adam (the firstborn Son of a new humanity), the firstborn who Israel was meant to be, and the eternally blessed and perfect Son Who has redeemed us to conform us to Himself. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Saturday, October 14, 2023

Introducing Jesus: God the Son, Our Righteousness [Family Worship lesson in Matthew 3:13–4:11]

Who is Jesus? Matthew 3:13–4:11 looks forward to the morning sermon on the coming Lord’s Day. In these sixteen verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us Jesus is God the Son, Who is also the human Son that Adam, Israel, and all of us ought to have been. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Friday, July 07, 2023

Thankful for Union with Christ: Future, Past, and Present [2023.07.05 Midweek Sermon in Romans 7:25–8:4]

Distresses of all sorts point us to Christ, and union with Him, which is cause for thanksgiving.

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Monday, October 11, 2021

God, in Christ, Demonstrating His Love for His Enemies (2021.10.10 Morning Sermon in Luke 23:26–34)

Luke's account of the crucifixion focuses uniquely on the astonishing love of Jesus for His enemies—general, sympathetic love in goodness to all His enemies, and especially specific and saving love to those enemies whom He had elected in everlasting love, and for whom He was being crucified. Amazing love!(click audio title within player for a page where you can download mp3/pdf files of this sermon)

Sunday, October 03, 2021

Substitution: Christ Condemned So Sinners Could Be Released (2021.10.03 Morning Sermon in Luke 23:13–25)

Because God was determined to save sinners, and because their sin must be fully punished, One Who had not sinned had to suffer the punishment in their place.

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CURRENT ANNOUNCEMENTS

▫Midweek Prayer Meeting, Wednesday, September 10. 6:30p in the Chapel. (see the Prayer Meeting Folder) We will hear a sermon from Proverbs 17:7–15 then PRAY until around 8 p.m.

▫Children’s Catechism for September 14. Q17 Of what were our first parents made? God made the body of Adam out of the ground, and formed Eve from the body of Adam. [CC 17 Simply Explained: “Of What We Are Made”]

▫Shorter Catechism for September 14. Q101. What do we pray for in the first petition? In the first petition, which is, Hallowed be thy name, we pray that God would enable us and others to glorify Him in all that whereby He maketh Himself known; and that He would dispose all things to His own glory. [WSC 101 Simply Explained: “Reverencing the God Who Reveals Himself”]

▫Memory Verse for September 14, Matthew 22:37–38, Jesus said to him, “ ‘You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the first and great commandment.

▫Songs for public worship on September 14: TPH128B, ARP21B, ARP18A

▫Monthly Men’s Breakfast, Saturday, September 27, 7a in the Fellowship Hall

▫Session Meeting, Thursday, October 6, at 6p.m. 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: 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: Numbers)

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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