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Saturday, May 17, 2025

Truly Christian Marriage [Family Worship lesson in Matthew 19:1–12]

What should we think of divorce? Matthew 19:1–12 prepares us for the sermon in the morning public worship on the coming Lord’s Day. In these twelve verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that we should hate divorce, just as God does. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

Married for the Lord (and Refusing to Divorce Against Him) [2024.01.28 Morning Sermon in Matthew 5:31–32]

Marriage is for Christ, so Christians mustn't end their marriages. A lesson in Jesus's hermeneutics, showing that God hates adultery and divorce because He loves godly marriage, godly seed, and the glory of His Son!

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Friday, June 02, 2023

Holy Ever After [2023.05.31 Midweek Sermon in Romans 7:1–4]

Union with Christ releases us, by death, from being bound to sin and brings us to a forever-life of bearing fruit unto holiness for God.

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Monday, May 29, 2023

Holily (& Happily) Ever After [Family Worship lesson in Romans 7:1–4]

How can a man bear fruit unto God? Romans 7:1–4 looks forward to the sermon in the midweek meeting. In these four verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that for a sinner to be free to be married to the risen Christ, free to bear fruit unto God, he must die first to be released from his slave-marriage to sin; and, this can only happen through the body of Christ.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

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▫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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