Announcements for 5 February
Hi Everyone,
This Sunday Pastor Goligher will preach for both services. Pastoral Intern Jonathan Bartlett fills the pulpit at Sovereign Grace Community OPC, Hughson.
Sincerely,
Elder Lemen
The Lord’s Day
Sunday school this week is at 9:45 am.
The children’s Sunday school meets in two classes, both using Great Commissions Publications curricula.
Adult Sunday School Class on Parenting. The class is based on Joel Beeke's book Parenting By God's Promises. This week will be in Chapter 5. We encourage everyone to attend, especially parents!
Teens Sunday School Class. Pastor Goligher is teaching a Sunday School class for the teens using the book of Romans.
The morning service is at 11:00 am. The sermon will be "No More Boasting" from Romans 3:27-31.
The evening service is at 5:00 pm. The sermon will be “A Turn of Affairs" from 1 Kings 12:1-24.
The Lord’s Supper will be celebrated during the morning worship service. During the singing of the final hymn an offering will be taken for the work of the Deacons.
Through the Week
Prayer Meeting is on Wednesday. At 6 pm there is a shared meal – please let Pastor Goligher know if you plan to join for dinner. Prayer will be at 7:15 pm, at church and on Zoom. During the prayer time there are activities at the church for children up to the age of 6 years old.
Ladies’ Bible Study is on Thursday evening at 7 pm via Zoom, using the book The Son of David by Nancy Guthrie. This week the study will continue in “Judges.” Read the teaching chapter (pgs. 68-83.) and complete the Discussion Guide (pgs. 84-85).
Men’s Book Study is on Thursday evening at 8:15 pm via Zoom. The men are beginning a study of J. Gresham Machen’s 100-year-old classic book, Christianity and Liberalism, which is available at https://www.ccel.org/m/machen/liberalism/home.html . This week’s study will cover chapter 1.
Guest Preacher: Next Sunday, 12 February 2023, Mr. Nathaniel Vroom will teach the adult Sunday School class and preach during the morning worship service. Mr. Vroom and his wife, Emma, and their four-year-old daughter, Ada, have been invited by the session in order to explore the possibility of Mr. Vroom serving as our associate pastor. Mr. Vroom graduated from RTS, Charlotte Campus, is a licentiate of the OPC Presbytery of the Southeast (as is Jonathan Bartlett), and is currently a pastoral intern of an OPC congregation in Matthews, NC.
Thank Offering. We praise God for the generous response from our congregation of $11,405 to the Thank Offering. These gifts have been forwarded to the OPC’s Worldwide Outreach ministry that supports foreign and home missions and Christian education.
Congregational Meeting Report. Thanks to all who were present for our Congregational Meeting. If you did not receive a report and would like one, please speak to Deacon Stan Liao.
Unclaimed dishes. Please check the table in the Fellowship Hall to see if one or more of the unclaimed dishes belongs to you.
Meal Train Sign-up for Hans and Inga Retemeyer. The Mercy Ministry Team has added more dates on the Meal Train for Hans and Inga. Please sign up at this link: https://mealtrain.com/dy2626
Looking Ahead
Snow Rally: All teens (ages 12-18) are invited to the presbytery’s Snow Rally at Oak Hill Presbyterian Church in Sonora. The event starts on Friday afternoon, February 24. On Saturday the 25th, the teens will go snow-tubing at a nearby mountain. Teens may return home on Saturday evening, or stay over for Sunday worship at Oak Hill. The speaker this year is Rev. Gene Crow, the pastor of Redding Reformed Fellowship. More details will be announced soon, but mark your calendars now if you are interested in joining.
Foreign Missions Conference: You are invited to Trinity Presbyterian North Bay in Petaluma, on Saturday April 22, from 10am-3pm. Mike McCabe, OPC missonary to China, will be present to share about his work in building God's kingdom in a country that is firmly closed to the Gospel. To get the details, and to register, go to www.pncnopc.org/foreign-missions