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Thursday, July 27, 2023

God's Word for God's Work in God's Man and His Good Works [Family Worship lesson in 2Timothy 3:16–17]

Why can Christians be sure that the Scriptures will make them wise unto salvation? 2Timothy 3:16–17 looks forward to the second serial reading of in morning public worship on the coming Lord’s Day. In these two verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that Christians can be sure that the Scriptures will make them wise unto salvation, because they are God’s Word for doing God’s work in God’s man for God’s man’s works. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Tuesday, June 27, 2023

God-Sized Confidence about His Word and His Church [Family Worship lesson in Psalm 93]

Upon what may we found proper confidence in God’s Word and about God’s church? Psalm 93 looks forward to the opening portion of morning public worship on the coming Lord’s Day. In these five verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that for confidence in God’s Word and about His church, we should consider God Himself. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Tuesday, October 19, 2021

Famous Last Words: Divine Revelation, Christ's Reign, and Glorious Revenge (2021.10.17 Evening Sermon in 2Samuel 23:1–7)

David's last words point us to the every-word-God's-very-own nature of the Scripture, the light-after-darkness and life-after-death reign of Christ, and the perfectly timed and executed utter burning of the wicked.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this sermon)

Friday, October 15, 2021

God's Glorious Revelation, Reign, and Revenge (Family Worship lesson in 2Samuel 23:1–7)

Upon what do David’s brief last words focus? Pastor leads his family in today’s “Hopewell @Home” passage. 2Samuel 23:1–7 prepares us for the evening sermon on the coming Lord’s Day. In these seven verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us the importance of dwelling upon the divine nature of the Spirit-inspired Scriptures; the light-giving, life-giving, perfectly planned, perfectly sure, and everlastingly increasing reign of Christ; and, the sure and complete wrath of God upon the wicked.(click audio title within player for a page where you can download mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

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.