Welcome to Church!
We're so glad to have you worship with us as we begin the season of Advent this weekend. As we gather, I want to make sure you know how grateful we are to have you worship with us. It's a blessing to explore the hope, joy, love, and peace of Advent alongside friends and neighbors.
This weekend, we continue our study of the early church in Acts as we consider Peter and John’s confident hope following their arrest for preaching Jesus.. It’s an inspiring and challenging story that has great applications for our lives today.
After the service, we will have a short information meeting, but before that starts, take a few minutes to engage friends and neighbors in conversation, or spend some time in prayer. We hope you find our church is not just a place of worship but a community of support and love.
Thank you for being a part of our family today. My prayer is that our time together in worship would be a source of inspiration, reflection, and connection in your relationship with Jesus. If you have any questions or want to discuss your faith journey, please don’t hesitate to contact me directly. My office telephone is 410-639-2144, or just use the question cards in each pew.
Richest Blessings!
Pastor Gary Priddy
gary@yourrockhall.church
Order of Worship:
Welcome Prayer of Adoration
Opening Worship
Prayers of the People
Message
Acts 4:1-22
Living a Hope Filled Life
Pastor Gary Priddy
Prayer of Confession
Holy Communion
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.
Closing Worship 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.
Songs for Worship
O Come all Ye Faithful
Come Thou Long Expected Jesus
Build My Life
Holy is His Name
Message Text
Living a Hope Filled Life
Acts 4:1-22
Too good to be true
Acts 4:1–22
Lessons from Opposition:
Lesson 1: Sometimes OBEDIENCE brings OPPOSITION.
Luke 12:11–12
Lesson 2: Opposition may not be our COST, but be our REWARD.
Luke 21:10–15
Lesson 3: Let’s pray for more MINISTRY, not just less MISERY.
Romans 5:3–5
The key to a truly good life:
If the good life means no problems, then our life won’t ALWAYS BE GOOD;
But if good means GLORIFYING GOD, then life can never really BE BAD.
Romans 8:28
1 Corinthians 10:31
Philippians 4:11-13
James 1:2-4
Unquenchable, courageous hope is a result of a Spirit-filled life.
Take it Home:
Read Acts 4:1-12. What do you notice about Peter and John in this passage? What were these men teaching about Jesus? What do we learn about the Holy Spirit in this passage? Why do you think the early church grew so quickly?
Read Acts 4:13-22. What did the religious leaders fear about the message of Peter and John? Is there anything about Peter and John that you can relate to as you read this story? What? If God could use these men, how do you suppose he could use you?
The Rock Hall Community needs the hope that can only be found in Jesus Christ. What are some practical ways you could serve our city this week?
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
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 and family
Joe Holliday
Dickie & Bettie Porter
Karen & Mark Weller
Dean & Anna Mae Wood
Frank & Mariann Dulin
Elmer Gustafson
Marge Kelley
Rick Reedy
Sandy Scanlan
Pastor Kenny Hickman
Pastor Bill Carroll
Rosemary Elburn
Cricket Hayes (PG’s Mom)
Kat Fithian
Jean Spence
Patricia Brow
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
Homebound:
Phyllis Dierker
Jackie Price Williams
Edna Cox
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
8:30 am- Bible Studies @WCMC Hall
10:00 am - Weekend Worship @WCMC
11:15 am - Merger Information Meeting @WCMC Hall
Monday
6:30 pm - Women’s Bible Study at @The Robbin’s
Tuesday
7:00 pm - Small Group Bible Study @RHMC Hall
Wednesday
3:30 pm - Rock Solid Kids @ RHMC Hall
6:00 pm - Dinner @ RHMC Hall
6:30 pm - Youth @ RHMC Hall
Thursday
6:00 pm - Choir @WCMC
7:00 pm - Worship Team Practice @WCMC
Sunday
8:30 am- Bible Studies @WCMC Hall
10:00 am - Weekend Worship @WCMC
11:15 am - WC Church Conference @WCMC Hall
Church Meetings:
Rock Hall Church - December 17th
WCMC - Wesley Chapel Methodist Church
RHMC - Rock Hall Methodist Church
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