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The Tenth Sunday after PentecostGod's Plan (Romans 8:28-30) And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified. Click here to download the service folder: https://relcs.org/bulletins/8092020.pdf Going forward, saved services will be available on Facebook. Copyright info: Recording and music in today’s service is used with permission under Onelicense, license #A-719913 -
ESL Classes to ResumeEnglish as a Second Language (ESL) classes will resume on Thursday, September 17, 2020 at 7:00pm. Social distancing and masks will be required. Classes will meet every Thursday evening, except Thanksgiving Day, from 9/17 until 12/10. There will be a workshop on September 10th for volunteers/tutors. If you are interested in coming to class or have any questions, please contact Aimée Rogers. -
The Ninth Sunday after PentecostSermon: The Pearl of Great Price - What is it? What makes it valuable – How is it found? Matthew 13:44–46 “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls, who, on finding one pearl of great value, went and sold all that he had and bought it. Click here to download the service folder: https://relcs.org/bulletins/8022020.pdf Going forward, saved services will be available on Facebook. Copyright info: Recording and music in today’s service is used with permission under Onelicense, license #A-719913 -
The Eighth Sunday after PentecostClick here to download the service folder: https://relcs.org/bulletins/7262020.pdf https://relcs.org/bulletins/7262020.pdf Copyright info: Recording and music in today’s service is used with permission under Onelicense, license #A-719913 -
The Seventh Sunday after PentecostClick here to download the service folder: https://relcs.org/bulletins/7192020.pdf Copyright info: Recording and music in today’s service is used with permission under Onelicense, license #A-719913 -
Installation and Ordination of Pastor Tom NicholsonClick here to download the service folder. Copyright info: Recording and music in today’s service is used with permission under Onelicense, license #A-719913 7122020b -
Installation and Ordination SundayClick here to download the service folder. Copyright info: Recording and music in today’s service is used with permission under Onelicense, license #A-719913 7122020a -
The Sixth Sunday After Pentecost - THE GATEWAY TO A FULL LIFEIt's alarming how many Bible passages are used out of context to prove a point God never intended. For example, "The Lord helps those who help themselves." Did I trap you? That's not even a Bible passage. But it demonstrates the point. Quote something religious and whatever is said thereafter is assumed to carry divine weight. Perhaps the classic misuse of Scripture is quoting Revelation chapter 3 verse 20 to support the false notion that non-Christians have the innate ability to make faith's decision for Christ. The Savior does say: "Beloved, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me." But those poetic words were addressed, not to non-Christians, but to a Christian Church whose spiritual life was waning. I think the most flagrant abuse of Scripture in this generation is what has been done with John chapter 10 verse 10. "I have come that they might have abundant life." Did Jesus really say that? Not exactly. That's the way the verse sounds when so many of today's fast-talking salesmen of success use it. You've probably heard the media manipulators of religion promising happiness success and material abundance in the name of Jesus and on the basis of John 10 verse 10. But what DID Jesus say? Let's hear that verse in its context, as our we examine the truth Jesus tells us about THE GATEWAY TO A FULL LIFE. Copyright info: Recording and music in today’s service is used with permission under Onelicense, license #A-719913 -
The Fifth Sunday after PentecostToday’s Lesson is the second in our Study on John 10 - On Good Shepherd Sunday we were urged to Relax in our Good Shepherd, Today we want to see our Good Shepherd as our Leader, Next Sunday we will more fully explore the Full Life He provides. Everyday you have to choose whom you are going to follow. The lesson from John's 10th chapter today is that it is important to follow good leaders. Usually that will mean parents, although there are exceptions. Usually that will mean good friends and peers, although there are also exceptions. Usually that will mean Christian pastors and teachers, although, even then, there are exceptions. But there is one leader with whom there is no exception, there is one leader after whom all these other leaders are to be mere models, and that one leader is Christ Jesus. Let the Bible explain why. There are three compelling reasons from John 10. Copyright info: Recording and music in today’s service is used with permission under Onelicense, license #A-719913 -
The Fourth Sunday after PentecostToday’s message reminds us that the ground-level reason and heart-level motivation for our life is to glorify God. That should be especially true of the Christian family. So today we pray: FATHER, GLORIFY YOUR NAME IN THE CHRISTIAN FAMILY. There are two significant chapters in the New Testament on the moral values and relationships of the Christian family. Ephesians chapter five begins with the appeal to be "imitators of God" because Jesus sacrificed himself to make us dearly loved children of God. We are God's family, first, and honor our Father by doing life his way. Then the apostle Paul makes an extended appeal for sexual purity and urges glorifying God together with worship and thanksgiving as the reason for the Christian lifestyle. The chapter concludes with the familiar comparison of marriage to the relationship of Christ and the Church, with "reverence for Christ" as the motivation for wives submitting to their husbands and husbands giving themselves up for their wives. The parent-child relationship which follows begins: "Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right." Think about it. The basis for Christian family life is God's love, and the reason for Christian family life is God's glory. Similarly, Colossians chapter three begins with the reminder that our life is wrapped up in Jesus Christ and destined for glory with him, as the basis for St. Paul's appeal to sexual purity. Again the apostle returns to our status as God's dearly loved children, whose forgiving love is modeled after God's forgiving love and whose relationships are given purpose in thankful worship of God. Only then does the apostle conclude the chapter with moral imperatives for marriage and parenting. Do you see the pattern? Christian family life is based on God's love and directed toward God's glory. To view the service folder, please follow the link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nyAtlPRTnZ_nJR0cm9n_B5NIe7eDvH4w/view?usp=sharing Copyright info: Recording and music in today’s service is used with permission under Onelicense, license #A-719913
