Welcome to Church!
As we gather for worship this weekend, I want to make sure you know how grateful we are that you have joined us. It's a blessing to worship, pray, and serve alongside friends and neighbors.
If you join us in person, when the service is over, I pray you are able to hang around for a few minutes so your friends and neighbors who call our church "home" can say hello. We hope everyone finds our church is more than just a place to worship but a community of friends who love and support one another.
If you have attended church before, you know every church is unique. A few of the things we hope you will notice about us are first, the priority we give to the Bible, not just in worship, but in all things related to God and our relationship with HIm; also, we are committed to being a blessing, as we seek to represent Christ to our community; and finally we depend on the Holy Spirit to guide and empower us to live out our faith daily. and we need him. We believe each of these are essential to our becoming His church here in Rock Hall.
Thank you for being a part of our church 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 send me an email.
Richest Blessings!
Pastor Gary Priddy
Order of Worship
Welcome Prayer of Adoration
Opening Worship Prayer of Confession
Prayers of the People
Message
Lessons from the Mission
Acts 8:1-25
Pastor Gary Priddy
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.
Songs for Worship
Wesley Chapel
Jesus Keep Me Near The Cross
Great Is Thy Faithfulness
Trust And Obey
Rock Hall Church
Great Are You Lord
No Longer Slaves
Holy Spirit
Message Notes
Acts 22: Lessons from the Mission
Acts 8:1-25
Lesson #1: It’s normal to be reluctant to move at first.
Acts 8:1–4
God uses pressure to move us
Where are you experiencing pressure in your life today?
Lesson #2: A Church on mission experiences surprising growth.
Acts 8:4-17
Release expectations and embrace God’s plan
2 Kings 5
What expectations have you been trying to get God to live up to?
Lesson #3: A church on mission often experiences messiness
God uses correction to turn you.
Acts 8:18–25
Who corrects you?
Take it Home:
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
Dickie & Bettie Porter
Frank & Mariann Dulin
Pastor Kenny Hickman
Pastor Bill Carroll
Cricket Hayes (PG’s Mom)
David Porter
Joan Melvin
Joanne Carson
Patricia Brown
Dot Ritchie
Rick Reedy
Sara Gagalski
Scott Smith
Jean Spence
Kevin Nelson Sr
Danielle Johnson
Pastor David Kelley
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 and Membership Class @WC
12:15 pm - Membership Class @RHMC Hall
Monday
9:00 am - VBS planning meeting @RHMC Hall
11:30 am - The Chosen @RHMC Hall
6:00 pm - Bible Study @Debbie Elburn’s
6:30 pm - Women’s Bible Study @The Robbin’s
7:00 pm - Men’s Bible Study @Charge Office
Tuesday
12:00 pm - Ruth’s Circle @Debbie Elburn’s
7:00 pm - Bible Study @RHMC Hall
Wednesday
Day of Prayer - Sanctuaries are open all day for prayer
1:00 pm - Midday Prayer Service @RHMC Sanctuary
3:30 pm - Rock Solid Kids @RHMC Hall
6:00 pm - Dinner @RHMC Hall
6:30 pm - Youth @Youth Center
Sunday
8:30 am - Bible Studies and Membership Class @WC
9:30 am - Weekend Worship Celebration @WC
11:00 am - Weekend Worship Celebration @RHMC
12:15 am - Membership Class @RHMC
WCMC - Wesley Chapel Methodist Church
RHMC - Rock Hall Methodist Church
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