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Monday, June 24, 2024

Mercy and Justice Kiss [2024.06.23 Evening Sermon in Numbers 15:22–31]

The Lord provides atonement for sin, both for the visible church and for individuals, but He does not tolerate sin in either of them.

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Friday, August 11, 2023

God Provides Cleansing from a Guilty Conscience [Family Worship lesson in Leviticus 4:1–6:7]

How could the sinner approach God, if he had committed a new/particular sin? Leviticus 4:1–6:7 looks forward to the evening sermon on the coming Lord’s Day. In these sixty-one verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that while God had provided a way by which sinners may ascend with tribute and enjoy God’s peace, any specific sins had to be specifically dealt with before they could come near via the three main offerings. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Tuesday, May 17, 2022

From the Greatness of Our Sin, through the Greaterness of God's Grace, unto Great Joy (Family Worship lesson in Psalm 51:1–8)

How can a believer contend with the greatness of his remaining sin? Pastor leads his family in today’s “Hopewell @Home” passage. Psalm 51:1–8 looks forward to the opening portion of morning public worship on the coming Lord’s Day. In these eight verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that because the cause of forgiveness is found entirely in God and not at all in us, we are freed to admit fully the extent of our sinfulness, because there is sufficient cleansing from Him in Christ to bring us all the way through to limitless joy!(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Friday, April 22, 2022

Word of Life: Jesus Cleanses from Sin! (2022.04.20 Prayer Meeting lesson in 1John 1)

The Word of Life, the Word of fellowship with God, the Word by which we walk, and the Word Who cleanses us from all sin.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this sermon)

Monday, September 06, 2021

"Of Repentance unto Life" part 13, WCF 15.6.3, The Duty of Confession to One Another

Those who are righteous by faith in Jesus Christ have the duty of glorifying His forgiveness by confessing sin to one another, and praying for one another upon that reconciliation.(click audio title within player for a page where you can download mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Sunday, August 22, 2021

WCF 15.6.1, The Nature and Duty of Private Confession (2021.08.22 Sabbath School in Psalm 32, 51)

Every man is bound to make private confession of his sins to God, praying for the pardon thereof(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, 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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