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Jul '25

Order of Service, July 20th, 2025

Posted on Jul 20, 2025 in Bulletins |

Jul '25

Order of Service:

Welcome and Call to Worship

Hymn #74: “Majesty”

Greeting Time

Hymn #409: “I Know Whom I Have Believed”

Song: “Jesus Thank You”

Prayer for the Offering

Song: “Take My Life”

Kid’s Song: “One Day I Looked Up”

Koinonia Kids Dismissal (Kindergarten to Middle School — Fellowship Hall)

Today’s Message: “Annual Sessions”
Pre-Recorded
Jim Le Shana, Northwest Yearly Meeting Superintendent

Closing Song: “You Are God Alone (Not A god)”

Question for Reflection: Do you speak out for justice and morality, and against oppression, exploitation, and public wrong? Do you recognize the equality of every person regardless of race, gender, or economic status?

Benediction & Open Worship

Next Sunday: Message by Micah Brewster

Events & Notes:

Prayer Meeting — Monday at Noon. Conference Room 8

NWYM Annual Sessions Start Today.

The Friends Women Fellowship invites you to join them this week in prayer and praise for The Howell Missionary Care Team as they do visits in Ireland. All Friends Church Area Meetings and the Health and Well-Being of all our Missionaries.

Jul '25

Order of Service, July 13th, 2025

Posted on Jul 13, 2025 in Bulletins |

Jul '25

Order of Service:

Welcome and Call to Worship

Song: “Because He Lives”

Greeting Time

Song: “Cannons”

Song: “My Lighthouse”

Prayer for the Offering

Song: “Jesus Keep Me Near the Cross”

Koinonia Kids Dismissal (Kindergarten to Middle School — Fellowship Hall)

Today’s Message: “Sand and Stone”
Luke 6: 46-47
Pastor Jesse Davis

Closing Song: “Nothing but the Blood”

Question for Reflection: Do you discipline your mind and body to serve as instruments of the Lord? Do you avoid pornography? Do you abstain from harmful, addictive, and unnecessary substances and from profiting through their use? Do you refrain from gambling and taking part in lotteries?

Benediction & Open Worship

Next Sunday: Annual Sessions begin. Message from Jim Le Shana.

Events & Notes:

Prayer Meeting — Mondays at Noon, Conference Room 8

Christian Ed — Meets TODAY after Service in Room 8

Hayes BBQ — Was supposed to be today, but has been cancelled due to Heat Advisory Warnings

The Friends Women Fellowship invites you to join them this week in prayer and praise for the members of DOOR International in Kenya and Members of Mission Aviation Fellowship in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Jul '25

Order of Service, July 6, 2025

Posted on Jul 6, 2025 in Bulletins |

Jul '25

Order of Service:

Welcome and Call to Worship

Song: “God of Our Fathers”

Greeting Time

Song: “My Country ‘Tis of Thee”

Song: “God Bless America”

Prayer for the Offering

Song: “America the Beautiful”

Kid’s Song: “The Joy of the Lord”

Koinonia Kids Dismissal (Kindergarten to Middle School — Fellowship Hall)

Today’s Message: “Light Among Men”
Matthew 5: 14-16
Pastor Jesse Davis

Closing Song: “God Be With You”

Question for Reflection: Are you honest and just in your dealings? Are you true to your promises, prompt in paying your debts and responsible in handling money or property entrusted to you?

Benediction & Open Worship

Next Sunday: “Sand and Stone” Luke 6: 46-47

Events & Notes:

Prayer Meeting — Monday at Noon. Conference Room 8

Elders –- Zoom Meeting, Tuesday, July 8th, 6:30pm

Stewards — Thursday July 10th, 2:00pm, Conference Room 8

Hayes BBQ — Sunday, July 13th at 12 pm at Jeremy & Chelsey’s Home. RSVP with Name and number attending.

Friends Women — Wednesday, July 9th, 10:00 am, Conferemce Room 8

The Friends Women Fellowship invites you to join them this week in prayer and praise for our missionary in Ireland’s many needs and offer praise for their many accomplishmnets.

Jul '25

What Church Revitalization Is and Is Not*

Posted on Jul 1, 2025 in Community Outreach, Pastor's Blog | Tags: Community Outreach, Discipleship, Evangelism

Jul '25

*Excerpt from an Alan Weinacht article first presented in NMYM Connection 6/21/25

“Church revitalization is not a new program or trendy way of trying to engage a post-modern culture. Whatever it is, it is not a cure-all, follow this program and all will succeed proposition. Thankfully it is not about trying to become a megachurch or assuming that the biggest church is the best church. So, what is revitalization?

Church Revitalization is (and this is why it may be so hopeful for Evangelical Friends) an open door to slowly but surely work on the disconnect between our churches’ cultures where we think we are committed to outreach but we really are not. Looking back, over my being a member and eventually a recorded Friends minister with an entire working career in pastoral and yearly meeting leadership among Friends, I’ve concluded that the real issue for Friends is culture. We believe that we are outreach-minded, when in reality our mindset is that anyone is welcome in our churches if they want to take us, just as we are.

This is not a mindset that stands beside Jesus and sees that the fields are ready for harvest. Church Revitalization is not about creating outreach and evangelism strategies that are an add-on to our current programming and life of fellowship in the church. If a church hangs with Church Revitalization it has the potential to vastly improve how it opens its doors to the community and reaches out to invite people in. In the process, the mindset and pace of Church Revitalization creates room for the faithful believers to adapt and adjust, so that they become effective at passing on what they’ve learned about cultivating an intimate walk with Jesus to new believers.”