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DisciplesNet Worship #686: Proper 7A – (Mullen 6.25.2023)

To watch this worship service on YouTube, click here.

Baptism is an important sacred act in the life of Christians, but what is it for? What does it do? What does it mean? Pastor Mary Beth speaks to us from Romans 6:1b-11 where Paul is explaining these things to the church in Rome.
Our worship service is just over 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: "Amazing Grace" - Bev Heid
  • Pastor's prayer and the Lord's Prayer - Pastor Bob
  • Romans 6:1b-11 read by Deb Phelps
  • "Amazing Grace" - DisciplesNet singers
  • "Baptism - from death to life" - Pastor Mary Beth
  • "I Surrender All" - DisciplesNet singers
  • Communion: Pastor Russ
  • "Let Us Break Bread Together" - DisciplesNet singers
  • Sending Out - Pastor Mary Beth
  • Credits --- background music: - "Amazing Grace" - 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 #685: Proper 6A – (Smith 6.18.2023)

To watch this worship service on YouTube, click here.

Why does the Church exist? There are people throughout the world who are seeking for a message of hope and love and we are meant to bring that to them. Pastor Russ speaks to us from Matthew 9:35-38 calling us into that vision: It's time to be Church.
Our worship service is 31 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: "Bringing in the Sheaves" - Bev Heid
  • "Gather Us In" - DisciplesNet singers
  • Elder's prayer and the Lord's Prayer - Elder Susan
  • "the Ninety and Nine" - Dean Phelps
  • Matthew 9:35-38 read by Deb Phelps
  • "Softly and Tenderly" - Southport Christian Church
  • "Time to Be Church" - Pastor Russ
  • "Little is Much" - Dean Phelps
  • Communion: Pastor Deb
  • "Seed, Scattered and Sown" - DisciplesNet singers
  • Sending Out - Pastor Russ
  • Credits --- background music: - "Bringing in the Sheaves" - 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 #684: Proper 5A – (Cobb 6.11.2023)

To watch this worship service on YouTube, click here.

Abraham was called to leave his home and travel to a faraway place. If he did so, God promised that he would be blessed in such a way that the whole world would be blessed by him. Pastor Anita speaks to us from this story from Genesis 12:1-3 and helps us understand how being uprooted can be a way that we can be "blessed to be a blessing as well."
Our worship service is just over 29 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: "All the Way My Savior Leads Me" - Bev Heid
  • "Lead Me Guide Me" - Southport Christian Church
  • Pastor's prayer and the Lord's Prayer - Pastor Deb
  • "Where He Leads Me I Will Follow" - DisciplesNet singers
  • Genesis 12:1-3 Carolynn Miller
  • "Farther On" - Dean Phelps
  • "Uprooted" - Pastor Anita
  • "Just a Closer Walk" - Dean Phelps
  • Communion: Pastor Ann
  • "Here at Thy Table Lord" - DisciplesNet singers
  • Sending Out - Pastor Anita
  • Credits --- background music: - "All the Way My Savior Leads Me" - 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 #683: Trinity Sunday A – (Phelps 6.04.2023)

To watch this worship service on YouTube, click here.

The story of Jesus and his message of God's love, freely given to all people, is an old one, yet we live in a world where new technologies give us ways of sharing that message in exciting ways. Pastor Deb speaks to us from the story of the Great Commission, "Go into all the world...", from Matthew 28:16-20 and shows us how we can tell "the old, old story" using these new ways.
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 Love to Tell the Story" - Bev Heid
  • "Here I Am Lord" - DisciplesNet singers
  • Pastor's prayer and the Lord's Prayer - Pastor Bob
  • "Jesu, Jesu" - DisciplesNet singers
  • Matthew 28:16-20 read by Janet Spaulding
  • "Lord Make Us Instruments" - Southport Christian Church
  • "Telling the Old, Old Story" - Pastor Deb
  • "I Love to Tell the Story" - Southport Christian Church
  • Communion: Pastor Russ
  • "Let Us Break Bread Together" - DisciplesNet singers
  • Sending Out - Pastor Deb
  • Credits --- background music: - "I Love to Tell the Story" - 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 #682: Pentecost A – (Smith 5.28.2023)

To watch this worship service on YouTube, click here.

The coming of the Holy Spirit marks the birthday of the Church as well. Pastor Russ speaks to us from the story of Pentecost from Acts 2:1-21 about how the Spirit's coming and the power that created the Church can be a reality in our lives today.
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: "Spirit Song" - Bev Heid
  • "Gather Us In" - DisciplesNet singers
  • Pastor's prayer and the Lord's Prayer - Pastor Deb
  • "Spirit of the Living God" - Twana Harris and Dean Phelps
  • The Story of Pentecost as told by Richard Ward
  • "The Fullness of Time" - Pastor Russ
  • Communion: Pastor Audrey with a Communion Prayer by Emma Lou Endres
  • "Seed Scattered and Sown" - DisciplesNet singers
  • Sending Out - Pastor Russ
  • Credits --- background music: - "Spirit Song" - 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 #681: Easter 7 – (Nirmal 5.21.2023)

To watch this worship service on YouTube, click here.

What does it mean to encounter the risen Christ? There are many stories of such encounters in our New Testament. Pastor Rahul takes us through several of these stories, including John 21:1-19 and helps us understand how we can encounter the risen Christ in our lives today.
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.

This is Pastor Rahul's last sermon for us at DisciplesNet. On 29-April-2023, Pastor Rahul passed from this life into the next. His compassion, humor, humility, and thoughtful theology will be missed.
To view some of Pastor Rahul's other contributions to DisciplesNet, click here.

ORDER OF WORSHIP:

  • Opening background music: "Because He Lives" - Bev Heid
  • Elder's prayer and the Lord's Prayer - Elder Susan
  • John 21:1-19 read by Deb Phelps
  • "Easter 2.0" - Pastor Rahul
  • "I Have Decided to Follow Jesus" - Southport Christian Church
  • Communion: Pastor Russ
  • "In Remembrance of Me" - DisciplesNet singers
  • Sending Out - Pastor Rahul
  • Credits --- background music: - "Because He Lives" - 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!

Rahul Nirmal – Memorial Service

Our beloved brother in Christ and DisciplesNet's India staff member, Rahul Nirmal passed from this world on 29-April-2023.
Here is a service of memory and celebration of Rahul's life which took place physically in Indianapolis, IN on 10-May-2023 and included people that knew Rahul from Indian and the United States.
Here is the Order of Service:

  • Welcome, Words of Comfort and Grace - Deb Phelps (DisciplesNet)
  • John 14:1-6a (NRSV) - Paul Hartig (First Christian Church, Beech Grove, IN)
  • Romans 8:35, 37-40 (NIV) - Daren Huber (New Palestine Christian Church, IN)
  • Time of Sharing with Rahul's Family - Pastor Govind Koypare (Yavatmal, India)
  • Psalm 121 - Susan McNeely (DisciplesNet)
  • Matthew 25:34-40 - Anita Cobb (DisciplesNet)
  • John 13:34-35 - Marjorie Hill and Rahul Nirmal (recorded in Hindi)
  • Pastoral Prayer - Rahul Nirmal (recorded as part of DisciplesNet worship #080)
  • "Lord, You Have Come to the Lakeshore" - Dean Phelps
  • Remembrance - Dr. Brian Grant (Professor Emeritus, Christian Theological Seminary and Practicing Psychologist)
  • Remembrance - Dr. Paul Chepas (President Bethany Mission)
  • Remembrance - Dani Prakash (friend and classmate, SAIACS)
  • Remembrance - Nirmal Samuel (friend and classmate, SAIACS)
  • "Precious Lord, Take My Hand" - Congregation led by Dean Phelps
  • Remembrance and Homily - Pastor Mandi Gould
  • Breaking Bread/Communion/Lord's Supper - Deb Phelps and Rev. Blanche Wright
  • Psalm 23 - Bob Shaw (DisciplesNet)
  • Prayer and Benediction (adapted by Jewish Chaplain M. Vandervort from Gates of
    Prayer- Evening Worship)

This service is just under 1 hour and 33 minutes and includes a time of Breaking Bread/Communion/Lord's Supper 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.

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