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DisciplesNet Worship #696: Proper 17A – (Shaw 9.03.2023)

To watch this worship service on YouTube, click here.

Being a disciple can be hard, and Jesus never promised anything else. But with the difficulty comes the joy of seeing God's realm come into being, seeing people find life and hope in this world. Pastor Bob speaks to us from Matthew 16:13-26 about these things and about Jesus, the one who exemplified the life of faith in God for us.
Our worship service is 28 minutes of prayer, some favorite hymns, teaching, and communion.
You may choose to participate, or simply meditate as we tell of Jesus' invitation to "do this in remembrance of me." If you would like to share with us at the table that goes beyond earthly boundaries of time, place, and structure, we ask that you prepare a piece of bread of some type and a drink such as grape juice, wine, or water. As we pray, our prayers extend to where you are. If you are unable to eat or drink, you may want to use a symbolic gesture or mental symbol as you come together at this table of remembrance with us.

We hope that as you join us for worship you will feel a blessing from being part. Please tell friends, family, and others you know about our online church that is here with doors that are always open, walls as wide as the world, and always room at the table.

ORDER OF WORSHIP:

  • Opening background music: "I Have Decided to Follow Jesus" - Bev Heid
  • "I Have Decided to Follow Jesus" - Southport Christian Church
  • Pastor's prayer and the Lord's Prayer - Pastor Russ
  • "Lord You Are More Precious" - Phoebe Spier and Dean Phelps
  • Matthew 16:13-26 read by Janet Spaulding
  • "I Love to Tell the Story" - Southport Christian Church
  • "Having Your Say" - Pastor Bob
  • "Love Divine All Loves Excelling" - Dean Phelps
  • Communion: Pastor Deb, Prayer by Susan McNeely
  • "In Remembrance of Me" - DisciplesNet singers
  • Sending Out - Pastor Bob
  • Credits - background music: - "I Have Decided to Follow Jesusg" - Bev Heid

If you would like to chat with one of our pastors, including talking more about belief in God, becoming a Christian or following Christ, or living as a disciple of Christ, please email us at pastor@disciplesnet.org, or contact us using the contact information on our website, disciplesnet.org, or our Facebook page, DisciplesNet Church.

INVITATION TO GIVING:
DisciplesNet Church is a not-for-profit church that exists to cross barriers and boundaries to share the Good News of God's redeeming love. We rely on the gifts of our online viewers as we continue to grow and extend our nets around the world.

We also extend the invitation for you to be part of the DisciplesNet ministry by giving a one-time gift, or ongoing, including a tithe. Even the smallest of gifts, like the mustard seed, has a way of growing in amazing ways to share God's word and the love of Jesus Christ. We have a giving page on our website, disciplesnet.org, and email address: giving@disciplesnet.org

God bless you and thank you for joining us!

DisciplesNet Worship #695: Proper 16A – (Perkins 8.27.2023)

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What does it mean to call Jesus "Messiah" or "Christ?" When Peter did this, Jesus told him that that was the "rock" on which the Church would be built. Rev. Anjeanette Perkins speaks to us from Matthew 16:13-20 and helps us understand Jesus as our Messiah.
Our worship service is 30 minutes of prayer, some favorite hymns, teaching, and communion.
You may choose to participate, or simply meditate as we tell of Jesus' invitation to "do this in remembrance of me." If you would like to share with us at the table that goes beyond earthly boundaries of time, place, and structure, we ask that you prepare a piece of bread of some type and a drink such as grape juice, wine, or water. As we pray, our prayers extend to where you are. If you are unable to eat or drink, you may want to use a symbolic gesture or mental symbol as you come together at this table of remembrance with us.

We hope that as you join us for worship you will feel a blessing from being part. Please tell friends, family, and others you know about our online church that is here with doors that are always open, walls as wide as the world, and always room at the table.

ORDER OF WORSHIP:

  • Opening background music: "Come Thou Almighty King" - Bev Heid
  • "Love Divine All Loves Excelling" - Dean Phelps
  • Pastor's prayer and the Lord's Prayer - Pastor Bob
  • "You are My All in All" - Phoebe Spier and Dean Phelps
  • Matthew 16:13-20 read by Susan McNeely
  • "I Will Sing of My Redeemer" - Southport Christian Church
  • "You are the Messiah" - Rev. Anjeanette Perkins
  • "Jesus Messiah" - Southport Christian Church
  • Communion: Pastor Deb
  • "Come Share the Lord" - DisciplesNet singers
  • Sending Out - Rev. Anjeanette Perkins
  • Credits - background music: - "Come Thou Almighty King" - Bev Heid

If you would like to chat with one of our pastors, including talking more about belief in God, becoming a Christian or following Christ, or living as a disciple of Christ, please email us at pastor@disciplesnet.org, or contact us using the contact information on our website, disciplesnet.org, or our Facebook page, DisciplesNet Church.

INVITATION TO GIVING:
DisciplesNet Church is a not-for-profit church that exists to cross barriers and boundaries to share the Good News of God's redeeming love. We rely on the gifts of our online viewers as we continue to grow and extend our nets around the world.

We also extend the invitation for you to be part of the DisciplesNet ministry by giving a one-time gift, or ongoing, including a tithe. Even the smallest of gifts, like the mustard seed, has a way of growing in amazing ways to share God's word and the love of Jesus Christ. We have a giving page on our website, disciplesnet.org, and email address: giving@disciplesnet.org

God bless you and thank you for joining us!

DisciplesNet Worship #694: Proper 15A – (Mullen 8.20.2023)

To watch this worship service on YouTube, click here.

Preachers often cite our scripture for today, Genesis 45:1-15 in sermons about forgiveness, but Pastor Mary Beth shows us that it's more about how God moves even people who aren't the most forgiving to act in ways that bring reconciliation and wholeness, helping us understand how God works through imperfect people.
Our worship service is 30 minutes of prayer, some favorite hymns, teaching, and communion.
You may choose to participate, or simply meditate as we tell of Jesus' invitation to "do this in remembrance of me." If you would like to share with us at the table that goes beyond earthly boundaries of time, place, and structure, we ask that you prepare a piece of bread of some type and a drink such as grape juice, wine, or water. As we pray, our prayers extend to where you are. If you are unable to eat or drink, you may want to use a symbolic gesture or mental symbol as you come together at this table of remembrance with us.

We hope that as you join us for worship you will feel a blessing from being part. Please tell friends, family, and others you know about our online church that is here with doors that are always open, walls as wide as the world, and always room at the table.

ORDER OF WORSHIP:

  • Opening background music: "Through it All" - Bev Heid
  • "Gather Us In" - DisciplesNet singers
  • Pastor's prayer and the Lord's Prayer - Pastor Russ
  • Genesis 45:1-15 read by Susan McNeely
  • "Balm in Gilead" - Twana Harris and Dean Phelps
  • "Moved by God" - Pastor Mary Beth
  • "Lord Make Us Instruments" - Southport Christian Church
  • Communion: Pastor Amy
  • "We Have Been Redeemed" - Audrey Borschel; Words and Music by Michael Carlson
  • Sending Out - Pastor Mary Beth
  • Credits - background music: - "Through it All" - Bev Heid

If you would like to chat with one of our pastors, including talking more about belief in God, becoming a Christian or following Christ, or living as a disciple of Christ, please email us at pastor@disciplesnet.org, or contact us using the contact information on our website, disciplesnet.org, or our Facebook page, DisciplesNet Church.

INVITATION TO GIVING:
DisciplesNet Church is a not-for-profit church that exists to cross barriers and boundaries to share the Good News of God's redeeming love. We rely on the gifts of our online viewers as we continue to grow and extend our nets around the world.

We also extend the invitation for you to be part of the DisciplesNet ministry by giving a one-time gift, or ongoing, including a tithe. Even the smallest of gifts, like the mustard seed, has a way of growing in amazing ways to share God's word and the love of Jesus Christ. We have a giving page on our website, disciplesnet.org, and email address: giving@disciplesnet.org

God bless you and thank you for joining us!

DisciplesNet Worship #693: Proper 14A – (Borschel 8.13.2023)

To watch this worship service on YouTube, click here.

We have no promise that life will not include situations that are difficult and sometimes even scary. What do we do in situations that might cause us to fear? Pastor Audrey speaks to us from Matthew 14:22-33, the story of Jesus coming to the disciples in the midst of a storm and shows us how faith can confront our fears.
Our worship service is 28 minutes of prayer, some favorite hymns, teaching, and communion.
You may choose to participate, or simply meditate as we tell of Jesus' invitation to "do this in remembrance of me." If you would like to share with us at the table that goes beyond earthly boundaries of time, place, and structure, we ask that you prepare a piece of bread of some type and a drink such as grape juice, wine, or water. As we pray, our prayers extend to where you are. If you are unable to eat or drink, you may want to use a symbolic gesture or mental symbol as you come together at this table of remembrance with us.

We hope that as you join us for worship you will feel a blessing from being part. Please tell friends, family, and others you know about our online church that is here with doors that are always open, walls as wide as the world, and always room at the table.

ORDER OF WORSHIP:

  • Opening background music: "Be Not Afraid" - Bev Heid
  • "Drifting Too Far from the Shore" - Dean Phelps
  • Pastor's prayer and the Lord's Prayer - Pastor Anjeanette
  • Matthew 14:22-33 read by Janet Spaulding
  • "Prescious Lord" - Twana Harris and Phoebe Spier
  • "Faith the Confronts Fears" - Pastor Audrey
  • "It is Well" - Dean Phelps and Twana Harris
  • Communion: Pastor Deb
  • "Let Us Break Bread Together" - DisciplesNet singers
  • Sending Out - Pastor Audrey
  • Credits --- background music: - "Be Not Afraid" - Bev Heid

If you would like to chat with one of our pastors, including talking more about belief in God, becoming a Christian or following Christ, or living as a disciple of Christ, please email us at pastor@disciplesnet.org, or contact us using the contact information on our website, disciplesnet.org, or our Facebook page, DisciplesNet Church.

INVITATION TO GIVING:
DisciplesNet Church is a not-for-profit church that exists to cross barriers and boundaries to share the Good News of God's redeeming love. We rely on the gifts of our online viewers as we continue to grow and extend our nets around the world.

We also extend the invitation for you to be part of the DisciplesNet ministry by giving a one-time gift, or ongoing, including a tithe. Even the smallest of gifts, like the mustard seed, has a way of growing in amazing ways to share God's word and the love of Jesus Christ. We have a giving page on our website, disciplesnet.org, and email address: giving@disciplesnet.org

God bless you and thank you for joining us!

DisciplesNet Worship #692: Proper 13A – (Dean Phelps 8.06.2023)

To watch this worship service on YouTube, click here.

Who is my neighbor? We tend to think of our neighbor as someone like us who lives in the same community and has many of the same values that we have. Yet Jesus' story of the Samaritan who helped the man who was robbed and beaten on the road to Jericho tells us we need to look further. Rev. Dean Phelps talks to us from Luke 10:30-35 about this story and how Jesus calls us to a much wider idea of who our neighbors are.
Our worship service is 28 minutes of prayer, some favorite hymns, teaching, and communion.
You may choose to participate, or simply meditate as we tell of Jesus' invitation to "do this in remembrance of me." If you would like to share with us at the table that goes beyond earthly boundaries of time, place, and structure, we ask that you prepare a piece of bread of some type and a drink such as grape juice, wine, or water. As we pray, our prayers extend to where you are. If you are unable to eat or drink, you may want to use a symbolic gesture or mental symbol as you come together at this table of remembrance with us.

We hope that as you join us for worship you will feel a blessing from being part. Please tell friends, family, and others you know about our online church that is here with doors that are always open, walls as wide as the world, and always room at the table.

ORDER OF WORSHIP:

  • Opening background music: "On the Jericho Road" - Bev Heid
  • "What Does the Lord Require of You?" - DisciplesNet singers
  • Pastor's prayer and the Lord's Prayer - Pastor Anita
  • "Lord Make Us Instruments" - Southport Christian Church
  • Luke 10:30-35 read by Susan McNeely
  • "Jesu, Jesu" - DisciplesNet singers
  • "Given the Choice" - Rev. Dean Phelps
  • "More Love to Thee" - Dean Phelps
  • Communion: Pastor Deb
  • "In Remembrance of Me" - DisciplesNet singers
  • Sending Out - Rev. Dean Phelps
  • Credits --- background music: - "On the Jericho Road" - Bev Heid

If you would like to chat with one of our pastors, including talking more about belief in God, becoming a Christian or following Christ, or living as a disciple of Christ, please email us at pastor@disciplesnet.org, or contact us using the contact information on our website, disciplesnet.org, or our Facebook page, DisciplesNet Church.

INVITATION TO GIVING:
DisciplesNet Church is a not-for-profit church that exists to cross barriers and boundaries to share the Good News of God's redeeming love. We rely on the gifts of our online viewers as we continue to grow and extend our nets around the world.

We also extend the invitation for you to be part of the DisciplesNet ministry by giving a one-time gift, or ongoing, including a tithe. Even the smallest of gifts, like the mustard seed, has a way of growing in amazing ways to share God's word and the love of Jesus Christ. We have a giving page on our website, disciplesnet.org, and email address: giving@disciplesnet.org

God bless you and thank you for joining us!

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