Holmesville Church of the Brethren

Midweek Prayer Service August 31, 2022

Join us in prayer! 

Our hymn today is "Help us to help each other, Lord." Lyrics are here: https://www.jubilate.co.uk/songs/help_us_to_help_each_other_lord_jubilate_version.

 

 

Worship Service August 28, 2022

We continue our "Unravelled" series with the familiar story of Peter's walking on water.This morning, I am borrowing Nadia Bolz Weber's sermon, "Jesus Walking on the Water – A Sermon Sarcastic and Serious," which she preached at House for All Sinners and Saints on August 4, 2011. 

Our hymns are "O worship the King," "As the deer," and "You shall go out with joy." Lyrics are here: https://www.hymnsite.com/lyrics/umh073.sht, https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS853US853&sxsrf=ALiCzsZYyfgpJ-e5HvGOQYYqHS1ckozccg:1661604931136&q=As+the+deer+lyrics+hymn&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi1qLXdiOf5AhWFGTQIHfoRCCAQ1QJ6BAgtEAE&biw=1412&bih=587&dpr=2, and here: https://www.firstpreswh.org/daily-devotional/you-shall-go-out-with-joy-hymn-80/. 

(Some of our lyrics are slightly different!)

Midweek Prayer Service August 24, 2022

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Our hymn today is "I know not why God's wondrous grace." Lyrics are here: https://www.hymnal.net/en/hymn/h/333. (We do not sing verse 4.)

Please keep our brothers and sisters in Ukraine in your prayers. The war is now six months old, and the destruction and death seem never-ending. Pray for peace! 

Worship Service August 21, 2022

Join us in worship! We continue our "Unraveled" series with "When Dreams Unravel," a message based on Jeremiah 29:1-14. Our hymns are "O God our help in ages past" and "Great is thy faithfulness." Lyrics are here: https://hymnary.org/text/our_god_our_help_in_ages_past_watts and here: https://hymnary.org/text/great_is_thy_faithfulness_o_god_my_fathe. 

During our worship service, I have asked Grant to sing "On the Willows" from Godspell. To listen to that number done by the original Broadway cast, click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IWZlye6Hao.

Midweek Prayer Service August 17, 2022

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Our hymn this week is "O worship the king." Lyrics are here: https://hymnary.org/text/o_worship_the_king_all_glorious_above

(We sing only verses 1-4.)

Worship Service August 14, 2022

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We continue our sermon series, "Unraveled," by visiting the New Testament story of the Gerasene Demoniac. The title of our message this Sunday is "Legion: The Unraveling of the Mind." Our hymns are "Morning has broken," "Dear Lord and Father of Mankind," and "Will you let me be your servant." Lyrics are here: https://hymnary.org/text/morning_has_broken, https://hymnary.org/text/dear_lord_and_father_of_mankind (beautiful words by poet John Greenleaf Whittier) and here: https://charlesghose.com/2020/05/23/will-you-let-me-be-your-servant/. (We do not sing all these lyrics.)

Midweek Prayer Service August 10, 2022

Join us in prayer!

Our hymn is "Will you let me be your servant?" Lyrics are here: https://charlesghose.com/2020/05/23/will-you-let-me-be-your-servant/. (We do not sing ALL of the lyrics.)

Please remember to keep in your prayers our brothers and sisters in Ukraine, especially brother Alex, sister Tanya, and their family. May peace prevail on earth!

Worship Service August 7, 2022

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We are taking a break from our "Unraveled" series to bring reports of Annual Conference and District Conference. If anyone is interested in enjoying the worship services at conference, they may be found recorded through brethren.org. Our hymns are "Come, let us all unite to sing," Praise, I will praise you, Lord," and "Teresa's Prayer," which we sang at one or the other of our conferences. Lyrics are here: https://hymnary.org/text/come_let_us_all_unite_to_sing_god_is, https://digitalsongsandhymns.com/songs/7711, and here: “Christ be in my mind, and in my thinking. Christ be in my eyes, in everything I see. Christ be in my ears and in my hearing, Christ be in my mouth, in every word I speak. Christ be in my heart, and in my loving. Christ be in my life, each moment that I live.”

Worship Service July 17, 2022

We continue our series, "Unravelled: Seeking God When Our Plans Fall Apart" with the story of Rizpah from 2 Samuel 3:7, 21:1-14. 

Our hymns are "For God so loved us,” "Holy, Holy, Holy," and "For all the saints," vs. 1-4. Lyrics are here: http://adventisthymns.com/lyrics/078-for-god-so-loved-us, https://hymnary.org/text/holy_holy_holy_lord_god_almighty_early, and here:  https://hymnary.org/text/for_all_the_saints_who_from_their_labors

Midweek Prayer Service August 3, 2022

Join us in prayer!

Our hymn is "Low in the grave he lay." Lyrics are here:

https://hymnary.org/text/low_in_the_grave_he_lay_jesus_my_savior