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Tuesday, July 09, 2024

The Mercy of the Rejected God [2024.07.07 Evening Sermon in Numbers 16:1–40]

Without compromising wrath, God shows mercy to rebels through a Mediator.

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Friday, July 05, 2024

The Evils of Envy [Family Worship lesson in Numbers 16:1–40]

What do envy and idolatry have in common? Numbers 16:1–40 prepares us for the evening sermon on the Lord’s Day. In these forty verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that envy and idolatry both reject the Lord.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Monday, April 03, 2023

Appreciating God's Worth, Wisdom, and Kindness [Westminster Shorter Catechism 81 Simply Explained]

Pastor walks his children through Westminster Shorter Catechism question 81—especially explaining and applying how the tenth commandment forbids grumbling that despises God’s worth, wisdom, and kindness toward us and malice or envy that despise God’s kindness toward others.

Q81. What is forbidden in the tenth commandment? The tenth commandment forbiddeth all discontentment with our own estate, envying or grieving at the good of our neighbor, and all inordinate motions and affections to anything that is his.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Thursday, January 27, 2022

The Opposite Characters and Destinies of the Wicked and the Righteous (2022.01.26 Prayer Meeting sermon in Psalm 37:12–26)

The contrast in character between the wicked and the righteous genuinely corresponds to the contrast in destiny between the wicked and the righteous. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this sermon)

Friday, December 06, 2019

John 21:20-25 - "Follow Me"

An audio recording of a sample family worship lesson in today's Hopewell @Home Passage. In this last devotional in the Gospel of John, Jesus and Peter are walking along the beach and Peter gets distracted from following Christ by comparing his service and circumstances to someone else's. But John directs our attention back to Christ: the God-man who loved us and gave Himself for us.

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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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