Good Morning, Devonshire Church!
It’s week five of our weekly Worship Home Edition, and today we’re going to conclude our “Upside Down” series. This week, we begin our home edition with some more “He is risen!” greetings from individuals and families in our church family. I encourage you to celebrate our Risen Savior this morning in your homes – let’s sing, pray, recite Scripture, give, listen, and reflect/discuss together.
Below you’ll find a guide for home worship along with this week’s message. Please read through the announcements below.
*Also, I’m including links to resources that parents can use with children throughout the week, and information on ways to pray and give.
**If you have any prayer concerns/needs, that you would like to share with me, please don’t hesitate to contact me. I and your church leadership love you and are here to serve you.
Your Brother in Christ,
Pastor Derek
WEEKLY BULLETIN
INFORMATION & RESOURCES
THE ART OF NEIGHBORING
All of our lives have been significantly altered in an effort to limit the spread and impact of the cornavirus. Being deligent to practice social distancing and following the guidelines established by public officials is vital to our own safety and to the safety of others. However, as we engage in physical distancing practices, it’s important to note that there is a big difference between social distancing and social isolation. As the Church, we called to love our neighbors. If you are looking for some creative and safe ways to connect with your neighbors, click here.
HE IS RISEN
We are looking to do one more week of featuring our church family members on a short video proclaiming our Lord’s resurrection. If you haven’t already, we’d love for you to play a part in this! Simply record yourself or your family saying “He is risen!” or “He is risen indeed”! Then, send your videos to [email protected] by Thursday morning, April 23, so we have time for some editing.
It’s been such a joy to see so many of your faces (even if it’s just for a second)! Please consider participating if you haven’t already!
PRAYING FOR OUR PARTNERS
This month, please join with us in lifting up the Kegg family and those serving with them in Indonesia as they minister among the Rejang people. Click here to read through the requests that they have shared with us. https://devonshirechurch.org/praying-for-our-partners/
DEVONSHIREKIDS | CHILDREN’S RESOURCES
Parents, I want to encourage you to check out https://studio252.tv/ and https://orangekidmin.com/coronavirus/ there are resources to the curriculum that we use. Resources such as videos for the lessons that our children would be learning at Children’s Church, and cues for you as a parent to take the lessons further throughout the week. Resources have also been posted on the DevonshireKids FB page.
Also, for our preschool children, I encourage you to check out Mrs. Hannold’s Storytime Playlist on Youtube. Each week she’s telling a Bible story for our little ones: Click Here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7GJpzfndlNRs6qBES9f_jwmciK73DPeE
NEED PRAYER/HELP?
As COVID-19 (coronavirus) affects an increasing number of people in our community. As much as we are able, we want to provide care and help. Please reply to this email if you have any prayer concerns/needs, please don’t hesitate to contact me ([email protected] or 717.545.8485).
GIVING
As part of our worship, we respond by giving our tithes and offerings to God. You are able to give online at devonshire.church/give. There you will see a number of options for giving.
Praise God for His provision demonstrated through His people’s generous giving towards the special Easter Offering to provide Bibles and practical assistance to our brothers and sisters in Sierra Leone. To date, we have raised over $3,600!
WEDNESDAY NIGHT PRAYER MEETING (online)
This Wednesday, from 7 to 7:30pm, we’ll be holding our weekly prayer meeting online using Zoom. All are welcome to join this time of praying for our church family, our community, country and world. Please plan to attend if you are able. You can join via computer or phone at this link: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/326845993
DISCIPLESHIP EXPLORED COURSE
While fear grips our world – there is nothing better than reminding ourselves of the gospel and growing in our love of it. I want to encourage you to join in on a study through Paul’s letter to the Philippians over these coming weeks entitled, “Discipleship Explored.”
This course helps followers of Jesus turn up the gospel soundtrack to their lives, and goes beyond simply teaching the right moves – go to church, pray, read the Bible, share the gospel – and focuses on the music which drives discipleship: the love of Christ. The greatest love anyone can ever know.
This is ideal for believers at any stage of the Christian life.
If you are interested in joining this study online using Zoom, please sign up by clicking on the appropriate button below for login details.
FOR TEENS: Tuesday Lunch Break at 12:15 pm | Click Here
FOR ADULTS: Wednesday Evenings at 7:45 pm | Click Here
FOR YOUNG ADULTS: Friday Mornings at 10 am | Click Here
SONG PLAYLIST
Looking for some music that you can sing or pray through as you lead into your time of worship? Spotify Link (no video/lyrics)
Here is a YouTube playlist for the songs we’ll be singing throughout the service – pull it up on a phone, tablet, laptop, or TV and sing along with whoever you’re gathered with. This also includes other videos along with the message. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7GJpzfndlNT_mc_UJqvTsR9OU8awavOo
ORDER OF WORSHIP
Pray through the liturgy below and watch this morning’s message…
CALL TO WORSHIP
1 Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation.
2 Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song.
3 For the Lord is the great God, the great King above all gods.
4 In his hand are the depths of the earth, and the mountain peaks belong to him.
5 The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands formed the dry land.
6 Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the Lord our Maker;
7 for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture, the flock under his care.
-Psalm 95:1-7 NIV
SONG: Great Things
PRAYER
Praise be to you, O God the Father: You created all things by your power and wisdom and so loved the world that you gave your Son to be our Savior.
Praise be to you, O God the Son: You became human like us in all things, but lived without sin, died for our offenses, and rose again for our justification.
Praise be to you, O God the Holy Spirit: You lead us into all truth and spread the love of God in our hearts
Holy God, we often mold you into something less than you are and doubt your love and power in our lives.
Forgive us Lord. Help us to see you and to know you more fully.
Fill us with the vision of your glory, that we may always serve and praise you. Amen
SONG: Holy Holy Holy
ASSURANCE
Hear this assurance from the Gospel of John.
But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God. (John 1:12 NLT)
God sent Christ into the world that he might restore us to himself to live with him. When we believe in Jesus Christ and what he has done for us, responding in faith to this beautiful invitation, we become a part of God’s family. We become God’s children and he promises to never leave us or forsake us. Hallelujah!
This means we are safe – safe to live in the presence of a Holy God, safe to confess our sin and share in suffering without the fear of being rejected. Safe to carry the gospel in the face of hostility, and ultimately safe with him forevermore.
GIVING
This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.
If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person? Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth. -1 John 3:16-18
Your giving has gone towards the work of supporting ministries serving in our local community, our country around the world through our partnerships with missioniaries.
As God’s prized possessions, let’s take a moment and pass the virtual giving baskets. You can give online via Devonshire’s website or snail mail.
SONG: I Got Saved
SERMON
Video: https://youtu.be/RD6Sdzfedsw / Audio: see below
BENEDICTION
The LORD bless you and keep you;
the LORD make his face to shine upon you
and be gracious to you;
the LORD turn his face toward you
and give you peace.
—Numbers 6:24-26, NIV
QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION AND DISCUSSION
- How did the Holy Spirit speak to you today?
- What are the implications of this passage for our church family? For our community?
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