Welcome!!
Thank you for joining us for worship this week. I pray that you get a sense of God’s presence as we worship together.
Today we continue a message series focused on some of the core beliefs of our faith titled Firm Foundations. Each week we take on one of the essential doctrines of the historic Christian faith to understand the doctrine as well as how it impacts our faith.
This week we are considering the doctrine of God the Father, specifically how God as Creator and Sustainer of all that we know of this world reveals God’s caring heart for each one of us. How are we to respond to his caring heart?
Now, if you didn’t know, we are three sister churches here in Rock Hall who share the same mission, to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world, including our community.
Everyone is welcome here because no one here is perfect, but together anything can happen.
The same power that was at work in Jesus is transforming our lives, and our community as we live out our faith - sharing and showing God’s love - by serving our neighbors and telling the story of His love working in our lives.
If you have any questions about our church or want to discuss your faith journey, please don’t hesitate to contact me directly. My email is gary@yourrockhall.church and my office telephone is 410-639-2144.
Thank you again for joining us.
Pastor Gary
Order of Worship:
Welcome Prayer of Adoration
Opening Worship
Great Things
Prayer of Confession
Hymn of Reflection
This Is My Father's World
Prayers of the People Song of Preparation
Goodness of God
Message
Firm Foundations
The God the Father Gen 1:1,31, 2 Peter 3:8-9
Closing Worship Next Steps
Find practical ways you can take a first “next step” in your faith journey on our website. Just go to nextsteps.yourrhc.com.
Benediction
Life is much more than an accident. Wherever I go, I believe God needs me there. Wherever I am, I trust God has put me there. He has a purpose for me being there -
Christ, alive in me, wants to do something through me, no matter where I am.
I believe this and go in His grace and His love and His power.
If you would like someone to pray with you, please come and meet one of our ministry leaders at the end of the service.
This week’s YouVersion Bible Reading Plan:
Because of your relationship with Jesus, your Abba Father looks at you and says, “That's my child!” God’s first thought is of you as His son or daughter, all from a heart of love. K-LOVE Books’ inaugural release from artist, actor, and author Michael W. Smith, The Way of the Father, offers this five-day study to encourage and inspire every Christ-follower in a personal journey of faith with the Father.
Disaffiliation Information:
To participate in the process of discernment for your church, please engage the information under the “disaffiliation” tab on our website
Church Conference:
Rock Hall Church and Wesley Chapel are holding a Church Conference on Saturday May 6th at 1:00 pm in order to vote on a motion to disaffiliate from the UMC and join the Global Methodist Church.
This Week's Announcements:
Meet with Pastor Gary Do you have a question or issue you need to discuss? Pastor Gary is available for pastoral counseling with individuals and couples To schedule, just Click “Meet with Pastor Gary” on our website
Prayer Request Policy Change In order to maintain a more current prayer list, we provide a copy of this past week’s prayer requests. Submit prayer requests using the prayer request cards in the pews or the digital prayer request form on our website: pray.yourrhc.com Please make sure you have permission to share other’s information.
Current Prayer Requests
Revival in our Churches
Our Discernment Process
Our children and youth ministries
Caregivers and first responders
People of Ukraine
Our nation’s leaders
Healing of our nation
Israel and the Middle East
People battling addictions
Single parents and their kids
Pastor Gary & Family
Joe & Cheryl Holliday
Dickie & Bettie Porter
Eddie & Rosalie Kuechler
Karen & Mark Weller
Dean & Anna Mae Wood
Frank & Mariann Dulin
Michael Geibel
Chase Dolgos
Mark Lusby
Rick Reedy
Patricia Brown
Hubbard Kendall
Bill Carroll
Philip Schwenger
Marge Kelley
Joan Melvin
Elmer Gustafson
Maria Coakley
Roswell Hynson
Eric Price
Linda Heffner
Bonnie Kellas
Sandy Scanlan’s family
Rosemary Elburn
John Caraway
Teresa Robertson
Active Military & their families including:
Trevion Hopkins
Kyle Schauber
Brock Willey
Makenzie Williams
Steve McCarthy
Tristan Hague
Dakota Collison
Geoffrey Andersen
John Pettit
Jonathan Conner
Dante Spagnolo
Ben Coppage
Homebound:
Phyllis Dierker
Edna Cox
Ann Leary
Jackie Price Williams
This week's prayer focus:
Join us in focused and specific prayer for our church, our community, and our world. Be prepared to see God do great things as we collectively turn to Him in prayer.
Sunday - Our Mission: God, grant boldness and opportunities for us to share the Gospel with others. Ephesians 6:19
Monday - Our Church: God, help us be financially responsible and good stewards of the blessings You’ve provided. Malachi 3:10
Tuesday - Our Leadership: God, allow nothing to hinder our ministers and volunteers from Your calling on their lives. Nehemiah 6:3
Wednesday - Families: God, help us recognize the importance of first making disciples of Christ in our homes. Proverbs 22:6
Thursday - Our Community: God, we ask for your healing of the broken structures and systems in our community. 2 Chronicles 7:14
Friday - Children/Youth: God, help our young people humbly submit to and honor those in authority over them. Ephesians 6:1-3
Saturday - Adults: God, cause our adults to humble themselves and seek Your face. 2 Chronicles 7:14
This week’s events:
Sunday
11:30 am - Youth Group SOUP SALE @Rock Hall fellowship hall
Monday
6:00 pm - Women’s Small Group Study @Wesley Chapel
6:30 pm - Women’s Small Group @the Priddy’s
7:00 pm - Men’s small group @Charge Office
Tuesday
7:00 pm - Small Group Bible Study @Charge Office
Wednesday
4:00 pm - Rock Solid Kids
6:00 pm - Family Dinner
6:30 pm - Youth Group
Thursday
7:00 pm - Praise Team @Rock Hall Church
Sunday
8:30 am - Worship Celebration @Raum Chapel
9:30 am - Worship Celebration @Wesley Chapel
11:00 am - Worship Celebration @Rock Hall Church
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