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Friday, September 06, 2024

Grace Overcoming Grumbling [Family Worship lesson in Numbers 21:4–9]

How can entrenched sinners be forgiven and saved? Numbers 21:4–9 looks forward to the evening sermon on the coming Lord’s Day. In these six verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that God shows great grace to great sinners by giving them to look to His Son for salvation. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Friday, March 15, 2024

Conscientiously Maintaining God's Dwelling Place [Family Worship lesson in Numbers 5]

How do the instructions in this chapter fit together? Numbers 5 prepares us for the evening sermon on the Lord’s Day. In these thirty-one verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that, as those among whom God dwells, Christians must conscientiously maintain their holiness, relationships, and hearts. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Saturday, December 16, 2023

Sons of God, Sons of Peace [Family Worship lesson in Matthew 5:9]

Who are the sons of God? Matthew 5:9 prepares us for the morning sermon on the Lord’s Day. In this verse of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that the sons of God are those who are in Christ, and who are being made to be like Christ.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Tuesday, March 29, 2022

Praying As Sons of Heaven (Family Worship lesson in Matthew 6:5–15)

How does Jesus teach His disciples to pray? Pastor leads his family in today’s “Hopewell @Home” passage. Matthew 6:5–15 prepares us for the opening portion of morning public worship on the coming Lord’s Day. In these eleven verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that Christ’s followers pray not for man’s eyes and ears but God’s—as children of heaven rather than sons of Hell. Trusting Him, we pray for His priorities, His provision, and His protection, unto His praise.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Monday, January 11, 2021

The God Who Sometimes Bereaves Us in Almighty Mercy (2021.01.10 Morning Sermon in Genesis 42:29–43:14)

When God's providence hurts, our thoughts must be controlled not by the pain but by His precepts and promises.

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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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