Order of Service: May 4, 2025

Order of Service:

Welcome and Call to Worship
Worship with “The River”
Greeting Time
Prayer for the Offering
Dismiss Koinonia Kids
Message — Pastor Jesse Davis
“Ezekiel: A Major Prophet”
Selections from the Book of Ezekiel
Closing Song
Benediction & Open Worship
 
Next Sunday Preview: Mother’s Day
 
Events & Notes

The Fireside Room and Fellowship Hall, as well as FellowSip, are now open starting at 9 a.m. Sunday mornings. Come have some coffee and chit chat before service. Maybe answer the FellowSip question, which changes every week.

Prayer Meeting – Mondays at 12 p.m. in room #8 to pray for our community.
The River – GUEST WORSHIP TODAY! Welcome!
Christian Ed – Meeting today in room #8 after worship.
Hobby Night – Wednesday, May 7th at 6:30 p.m. All are welcome.
Stewards – Meeting Thursday, May 8th at 2 p.m. in room #8.
Mother’s Day – Sunday, May 11th. Happy Mother’s Day!
 

Friends Women Fellowship invites you to pray for the following:

PRAISE:

 
Ireland: Missionary is scheduled to begin “activity fundraising in June. Pray for full recovery from surgery and obedience to the leading of the Lord as He is preparing for her financial / prayer support.
 
Hungary — For the church members who faithfully give weekly help with the work needed at the Friends Charity House.
 
PRAY: 
 
Hungary — That God will, in His perfect timing, raise up an assistant Pastor to help replace the Pastor who now seeks retirement.
 
 

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Order of Service, April 27, 2025

Order of Service:

Welcome and Call to Worship
“Crown Him”
Greeting Time
“Blessed Be Your Name”
“How Majestic is Your Name”
Prayer for the Offering
“Strength Will Rise (As We Wait Upon the Lord)”
Koinonia Kids Dismissal (Kindergarten to Middle School)
Message — Pastor Jesse Davis
“Obadiah: A Minor Prophet” Selections from the book of Obadiah
Closing Song
“People Need the Lord”
Benediction & Open Worship
 
BUSINESS MEETING TODAY after Worship.
 
Next Sunday Preview: “Ezekiel: A Major Prophet”
 
Events And Notes:
 
Please Be Aware: The end of the month is the last day for our surplus library books. If you want any of the now FREE surplus books, this is your last chance to get them before they go to the book orphanages around the valley. (Donations of cardboard boxes are quite welcome as well, if you have some. Just leave them neatly stacked in the corner by the Free Book shelves.)
 
The Fireside Room and Fellowship Hall, as well as FellowSip, are now open starting a 9am Sunday mornings. Come have some coffee and chit chat before service. Maybe answer the FellowSip Question, which changes every week.
 
Prayer Meeting — Mondays at Noon in Conference Room 8. Come pray for our neighbors and community.
 
Breakfast & Bibles — Saturday, May 3rd. Breakfast 8am to 9am. Bible Study 9am-10am. RSVP by Circling ‘M’ on your Friendship Sheet.
 
The River — NEXT Sunday, May 4th, join the band in Worship.
 
Friends Women Fellowship invites you to join in prayer and praise for the following:
 
Praise:
 
EFM Office: A Delegation from the Friends churches in Bhutan was able to travel to India to participate in a conference for Friends leaders from the Churches there.
 
EFM Five-Year Goal: The internships about to begin for our Future Missionaries.
 
Pray:
 
EFM Office: For the family in Cambodia and the Mission Mobilizers for Hispanic Friends as they continue deputation in US.
 
EFM Five-Year Goal: “For the Lord to stir the hearts of those participating in this year’s Future Missionary Retreat, May 26-29 at Quaker Ridge Camp in Woodland Park, CO.

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Order of Service, April 20, 2025

Order of Service:

Welcome and Call to Worship
Hymn 217: “Christ The Lord Is Risen Today”
Greeting Time
Song: “Celebrate Jesus, Celebrate”
Hymn 97: “All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name”
Song: “King of Kings”
Prayer for the Offering
Song: “In Christ Alone”
Hymn 220: “He Lives” (Sing-Along with the kids)
Koinonia Kids Dismissed
Message — Pastor Jesse Davis
“Resurrection Sunday” Matthew 28:1-10
Closing Song: “Christ is Risen, He is Risen Indeed”
Benediction and Open Worship
Next Sunday Preview: “Obadiah: A Minor Prophet”

Events & Notes:

Prayer Meeting: Monday at Noon in Conference Room 8. Come pray for our community and friends.
BUSINESS MEETING: Next Sunday, April 27th immediately following service.

Praise:

“We are very grateful for the positive response, attendance, and unity we experienced at the Mexico Yearly Meeting sessions held in Aguascalientes, and the exciting reports each church gave about the hard work they are doing to continue expanding God’s kingdom in Mexico. It was very exciting to have confirmation from another young couple from Mexico City who are being prepared to be sent to one of the 32 states of Mexico under Vision Mexico 32. Glory to God!” (E & M G, Missions Mobilizers to Hispanic Friends)

Pray:

1. For the young couple in Mexico City who have begun the process of planting a new church.
2. For the seven other people who have begun training in the Friends Theological Institute in Mexico for God to confirm where they will be sent. (E & M G)


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Order of Service, April 13, 2025

Order of Service:

Greeting Time
“I Come to the Cross”
Prayer for the Offering
“The Wonderful Cross”
“Hosannah to the Son of David
Dismiss Koinonia Kids to Fellowship Hall (Kindergarten – Middle School)
Message – Jesse Davis
“Come & See”
John 1:35-51
Closing Song
“The Old Rugged Cross”
Benediction & Open Worship
Next Sunday Preview: Resurrection
 
Events & Notes
  • Christian Ed – Meeting after worship TODAY.
  • Prayer Meeting – Mondays at 12 PM in room #8 to pray for our community.
  • Good Friday – Don’t miss our remembrance of Jesus’ sacrifice on Friday, April 18th at 6 PM. Childcare is available.
  • Resurrection Sunday – NEXT Sunday, April 20th. Breakfast at 9 AM, Worship at 10 AM, and the youth will enjoy an Easter Escape Room.
Praise
  • EFM Missionary Candidates for The Balkans “For progress in fundraising and in field planning, there is a lot to do still, but we see pieces coming together… It is a privilege and a delight to spend time, even very short visits, with so many brothers and sisters around the Yearly Meeting and beyond!”
  • India “Our ministry in the Red-light area is growing. We are working hard. Some girls are getting ready to make public testimonies of baptism. We are being helped locally in this ministry.”
  • Ukraine “One of our team members has found a way to avoid being drafted. He is not in good health, but the army pays no attention to health exemptions. Men are picked up all the time, and those papers are just torn up. He has been offered a job in a hospital for the duration of the war. It means he can only work part-time for us, but if he were in the army, he could do nothing, and he plays a critical part in the computer end of the ministry. This is an answer to prayer, his and ours.”
Pray
  • EFM Missionary Candidates for The Balkans “The last day of work will be May 22. Please pray that God will provide for us to transition straight to full-time work with EFM at that point.”
  • Ukraine “That these new believers will be discipled into an active, vibrant faith. Sometimes in the enthusiasm of evangelism, discipleship gets second place, but evangelism and discipleship MUST go hand in hand if these communities are to have strong churches.”

EASTER OFFERING – We are now collecting for Evangelical Friends Mission’s 2025 Easter Offering. If you would like to donate, simply make a check out to Medford Friends Church and write “EFM” on the memo line or on a giving envelope. Donations go towards propelling the Luke 10 Initiative – to send out missionaries “that all would experience the transforming power of Resurrection”.

Worship in Giving – There’s a time of offering during service. You may mail your offering, or visit our website at medfordfriendschurch.org and select “Give”. Thank you.

We would like to join you in prayer or help you in any way we can. To help us do that, we invite you to fill out the contact form on this website or make use of our Prayer Wall in the Menu at the top. Thank you.


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