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Thursday, February 20, 2025

History Under the Lamb [Family Worship lesson in Revelation 6:1–8]

What are we to make of these dreadful things described in the seals? Revelation 6:1–8 looks forward to the hearing of God’s Word, publicly read, in the holy assembly on the coming Lord’s Day. In these eight verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that Jesus is in control of all of the dreadful things that happen in this age, bringing about the spread of His kingdom and the salvation of all of His elect.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Monday, September 16, 2024

Praising God’s Gracious, Historical Work [2024.09.15 Evening Sermon in Numbers 21:10–20]

We should sing God’s glorious grace that is necessary even for ordinary faithfulness

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Friday, September 13, 2024

Ordinary Faithfulness by Glorious Grace [Family Worship lesson in Numbers 21:10–20]

How should we respond to ordinary faithfulness in believers’ lives? Numbers 21:10–20 looks forward to the evening sermon on the coming Lord’s Day. In these eleven verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that ordinary faithfulness is produced by extraordinary grace, for which we must sing God’s praise.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Thursday, October 12, 2023

Divine, Invincible, Love of Christ [2023.10.11 Midweek Sermon in Romans 8:35–39]

Nothing can separate us from the love of Christ, which has invested His divine glory in doing us everlasting good.

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Wednesday, September 06, 2023

The Fate of Nations Is in the Hand of the God of Israel [Family Worship lesson in Isaiah 21]

Why must manmade hopes for deliverance fail? Isaiah 21 looks forward to the first serial reading in morning public worship on the coming Lord’s Day. In these seventeen verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that manmade hope for deliverance must fail, because even the troubles of this world are part of God’s design to bring forth the lasting fruit of His chosen people. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Monday, January 30, 2023

Strengthened by the Lord to Strengthen His Church [2023.01.29 Morning Sermon in Acts 18:11–23]

The Lord loved and strengthened His servant, giving him a love for the church and a desire to strengthen her.

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Monday, June 03, 2019

190603FW Gen 11:10-32 - Christ-Driven History and Living

An example of a family worship teaching time in Genesis 11:10-32

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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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