Worship: June 19th, 2016

On Sunday, June 19th, Rev. Mike Hershberger preached. He reminded us that the world calls us to believe in love and do whatever makes us happy. God has a better way. Believe in Him and in His only Son, and you will come to know the God who demonstrated His eternal love for you being set free to joyfully obey Him in all that He says.

Preaching: Rev. Michael Hershberger (Sermon Audio Page| Other Sermons)

Text: 1 John 5:1-5

[1] Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him. [2] By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments. [3] For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome. [4] For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. [5] Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

Worship Hymns:

Hymn of Adoration: # 101 Come, Thou Almighty King
Hymn or Spiritual Songs: # 535 O the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus!
Hymn of Response: # 167 When Morning Gilds the Skies 
Dismissal Hymn: # 243 Praise the Savior Now and Ever (4)

Additional Readings: The Nicene Creed

We believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible.
And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all worlds; God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God; begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father, by whom all things were made.
Who, for us men and for our salvation, came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the virgin Mary, and was made man; and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate; He suffered and was buried; and the third day He rose again, according to the Scriptures; and ascended into heaven, and sits on the right hand of the Father; and He shall come again, with glory, to judge the quick and the dead; whose kingdom shall have no end.
And I believe in the Holy Ghost, the Lord and Giver of Life; who proceeds from the Father and the Son; who with the Father and the Son together is worshiped and glorified; who spoke by the prophets.
And I believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church. I acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins; and I look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come.
Amen.

 Full Liturgy for June 19th, 2016 (PDF)