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Thursday, March 29, 2018

Holy Week Schedule

Holy Week Schedule
Thursday, March 29, 2018 - Maundy Thursday Communion at 6 PM
Good Friday, March 30, 2018 - Tenebrae at 6 PM
** Child Care will be available at each service
Easter Sunday, April 1, 2018 - We will have our annual Easter Egg Hunt during the Sunday School hour. 

Monday, March 26, 2018

Scripture for Sunday (3/25/18) | Holy Week Schedule

Holy Week Schedule

  1. Thursday March 29, 2018 Maundy Thursday Communion – 6 PM 
  2. Good Friday March 30, 2018 Tenebrae – 6 PM 
  3. Child Care will be available at each service

Easter Sunday April 1, 2018 - We will have our annual Easter Egg Hunt during the Sunday School hour

Scripture for Sunday
John 19:16-22 (ESV)  
So he delivered him over to them to be crucified.  So they took Jesus, [17] and he went out, bearing his own cross, to the place called the place of a skull, which in Aramaic is called Golgotha. [18] There they crucified him, and with him two others, one on either side, and Jesus between them. [19] Pilate also wrote an inscription and put it on the cross. It read, "Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews." [20] Many of the Jews read this inscription, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and it was written in Aramaic, in Latin, and in Greek. [21] So the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, "Do not write, 'The King of the Jews,' but rather, 'This man said, I am King of the Jews.' " [22] Pilate answered, "What I have written I have written." 

Monday, March 12, 2018

Scripture & Questions for Sunday (3/11/18)

Announcements:

  • Please keep the Colston family in your prayers. Bobby and Diane lost their daughter-in-law this week.
  • Please pray for Andrew Helton and our Library staff and please don't be upset with any of them over the Eckankar meeting that is taking place on Saturday. This is not their fault. As a County facility the Library cannot "cherry pick" what groups use the meeting room.
  • Eckankar is not affiliated with any other religious group. Followers believe its purpose is to help individuals find their way back to God through direct personal spiritual experiences. It is not a Christian religion. I am praying that they will not get a foothold in our community.

Scripture for Sunday
John 18:28-40 (ESV)  
Then they led Jesus from the house of Caiaphas to the governor's headquarters. It was early morning. They themselves did not enter the governor's headquarters, so that they would not be defiled, but could eat the Passover.  [29] So Pilate went outside to them and said, "What accusation do you bring against this man?"  [30] They answered him, "If this man were not doing evil, we would not have delivered him over to you."  [31] Pilate said to them, "Take him yourselves and judge him by your own law." The Jews said to him, "It is not lawful for us to put anyone to death."  [32] This was to fulfill the word that Jesus had spoken to show by what kind of death he was going to die. 
[33] So Pilate entered his headquarters again and called Jesus and said to him, "Are you the King of the Jews?"  [34] Jesus answered, "Do you say this of your own accord, or did others say it to you about me?"  [35] Pilate answered, "Am I a Jew? Your own nation and the chief priests have delivered you over to me. What have you done?"  [36] Jesus answered, "My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have been fighting, that I might not be delivered over to the Jews. But my kingdom is not from the world."  [37] Then Pilate said to him, "So you are a king?" Jesus answered, "You say that I am a king. For this purpose I was born and for this purpose I have come into the world— to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice."  [38] Pilate said to him, "What is truth?"
After he had said this, he went back outside to the Jews and told them, "I find no guilt in him.  [39] But you have a custom that I should release one man for you at the Passover. So do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?"  [40] They cried out again, "Not this man, but Barabbas!" Now Barabbas was a robber. 

Questions for reflection
1.    How might a politician rationalize his or her bending of the rules in order to please a group of concerned citizens?
2.    When have you been tempted to do what works rather than what’s right?
3.    How did Jesus affirm Pilate? (18:37)
4.    Why is it easier to observe religious traditions than to love other people?
5.    When have you felt betrayed or used by people hiding behind religious motives?
6.    When, like Jesus, have you been willing to stand your ground regardless of the consequences?
7.    When, like Pilate, have you been willing to sacrifice your principles in order to do something self-serving?

Friday, March 2, 2018

Scripture & Questions for Sunday (3/4/18)

Announcements:

  • Men's Breakfast Saturday morning 8 AM. Coffee will be on at 6:30 so come early to visit and bring a friend. 
  • Wear your work clothes, after breakfast we will be trimming up the shrubbery around or parking lot. Please bring a trailer if you have one.

Scripture for Sunday
John 18:12-27 (ESV)  
So the band of soldiers and their captain and the officers of the Jews arrested Jesus and bound him.  [13] First they led him to Annas, for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.  [14] It was Caiaphas who had advised the Jews that it would be expedient that one man should die for the people. 
[15] Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple. Since that disciple was known to the high priest, he entered with Jesus into the court of the high priest,  [16] but Peter stood outside at the door. So the other disciple, who was known to the high priest, went out and spoke to the servant girl who kept watch at the door, and brought Peter in.  [17] The servant girl at the door said to Peter, "You also are not one of this man's disciples, are you?" He said, "I am not."  [18] Now the servants and officers had made a charcoal fire, because it was cold, and they were standing and warming themselves. Peter also was with them, standing and warming himself. 
[19] The high priest then questioned Jesus about his disciples and his teaching.  [20] Jesus answered him, "I have spoken openly to the world. I have always taught in synagogues and in the temple, where all Jews come together. I have said nothing in secret.  [21] Why do you ask me? Ask those who have heard me what I said to them; they know what I said."  [22] When he had said these things, one of the officers standing by struck Jesus with his hand, saying, "Is that how you answer the high priest?"  [23] Jesus answered him, "If what I said is wrong, bear witness about the wrong; but if what I said is right, why do you strike me?"  [24] Annas then sent him bound to Caiaphas the high priest. [25] Now Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. So they said to him, "You also are not one of his disciples, are you?" He denied it and said, "I am not."  [26] One of the servants of the high priest, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, asked, "Did I not see you in the garden with him?"  [27] Peter again denied it, and at once a rooster crowed. 

Questions for Reflection
1.    Who are today’s recognized religious authorities?
2.    How do you think Jesus felt when He was arrested?
3.    When have you ever felt humiliated for being a Christian?
4.    How would you feel if you were falsely arrested? What would you do?
5.    What religious authorities do you respect?
6.    If Jesus were arrested today, to what religious authority might He be taken?