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Monday, February 19, 2024

Lessons Learned from Mustering God’s People in the Wilderness [2024.02.18 Evening Sermon in Numbers 1]

God teaches us much just by the way that He organizes His church.

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Friday, February 16, 2024

Census Lessons in the Wilderness [Family Worship lesson in Numbers 1]

What can we learn from a census? Numbers 1 prepares us for the evening sermon on the Lord’s Day. In these fifty-four verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that the Lord numbered His people to teach them many things about their upcoming time in the wilderness, which things we also need to learn. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Monday, October 16, 2023

Responsibility that Rests on the Lord [Family Worship lesson in Proverbs 16:1]

Pastor teaches his family a selection from “the Proverb of the day.” In this verse of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us to prepare responsibly, depending on the Lord, while depending on Him also for the outcome, so that we are neither proud when we the outcome is favorable or over-anxious when it is not.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Wednesday, March 29, 2023

Seeing God's Mercy in Our Godliness, Despite Our Costly, Remaining Sin [Family Worship lesson in 2Kings 20:12–21]

How does mercy overrule believers’ pride and folly? 2Kings 20:12–21 looks forward to the first serial reading in morning public worship on the coming Lord’s Day. In these ten verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that in those whom He is growing in grace, God commends the goodness that comes from His gracious work, despite the harmfulness of their remaining sin, mercifully sparing much of the harm it might have cost. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Wednesday, March 22, 2023

Provoked to Prayer by the Lord Who Personally Responds to it in Almighty Power [Family Worship lesson in 2Kings 20:1–11]

Why should believers pray? 2Kings 20:1–11 looks forward to the first serial reading in morning public worship on the coming Lord’s Day. In these eleven verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that the Lord Who all-powerfully upholds all things at all times has planned to execute His holy will in personal responses to our personal prayer. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Tuesday, August 09, 2022

Principles for Punishing Criminal Negligence with Life and Property [2022.08.07 Evening Sermon in Exodus 21:28–36]

Personal responsibility puts each man in charge of taking care of his own property in a way that guards the life and property of others.

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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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