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Tuesday, October 15, 2024

Gentle, Humble, Almighty Savior [2024.10.13 Morning Sermon in Matthew 12:9–21]

Christ, the almighty Victor, distinguishes Himself by gentleness and humility that gives life and joy to His people.

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Tuesday, July 09, 2024

The Lord and His Harvest [2024.07.07 Morning Sermon in Matthew 9:35–38]

Jesus has prepared a harvest of people whom He redeems through preaching in response to prayer.

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Tuesday, February 27, 2024

Redeemed to Praise the Glory of Our Compassionate God [Family Worship lesson in Psalm 113]

What is the point of redemption? Psalm 113 prepares us for the opening portion of public worship on the Lord’s Day. In these nine verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that the point of the great God’s redeeming of lowly men is to be praised for it forever—especially by the redeemed. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Wednesday, August 16, 2023

Pride, an Enemy More Deadly Than Armies (and the God Who Weeps Over the Proud) [Family Worship lesson in Isaiah 15–16]

What do we learn from the Lord who judges, even as He weeps? Isaiah 15–16 looks forward to the first serial reading in morning public worship on the coming Lord’s Day. In these twenty-three verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that pride is a soul-destroyer, because it hinders us from accepting the Lord’s gracious invitation to be saved by Him. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Monday, April 10, 2023

Christ's Own Ministry to Comfort Those Made Poor and Miserable by Sin [2023.04.09 Sabbath School Lesson, Biblical Theology of the Diaconate #29]

Having considered Christ's servant character, we considered a few instances in the gospels to see the compassion/service in His earthly ministry, which would be a template for the character and conduct of the church.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Wednesday, February 01, 2023

God's Compassion and Covenant Faithfulness in Surprising Hands [Family Worship lesson in 2Kings 14:23–29]

Why do good things happen to bad churches? 2Kings 14:23–29 looks forward to the first serial reading in morning public worship on the coming Lord’s Day. In these seven verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that the Lord’s compassion is so great that it breaks out in surprising moments of great mercy even to the most feeble and least faithful instances of the visible church. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

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CURRENT ANNOUNCEMENTS

▫Midweek Prayer Meeting, Wednesday, June 24. 6:30p in the Chapel. (see the Prayer Meeting Folder) We will hear a sermon from Proverbs 25:21–22 then PRAY until around 8 p.m.

▫Songs for public worship on June 28: ARP90B [mp3], ARP5 [mp3], ARP72C [mp3]

▫Children’s Catechism for June 28. Q58 Can you repent and believe in Christ by your own power? No; I can do nothing good without the help of God's Holy Spirit. [CC 58 Simply Explained: “Faith Only by Grace”]

▫Shorter Catechism for June 28. Q35. What is sanctification? Sanctification is the work of God’s free grace, whereby we are renewed in the whole man after the image of God, and are enabled more and more to die unto sin, and live unto righteousness. [WSC 35 Simply Explained: “God's Work to Fit Us for Glory”]

▫Memory Verse for June 21, Ephesians 1:22–23, And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.

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

▫Diaconate Meeting, Thursday, July 2.

▫Session Meeting, Wednesday, July 8, 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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