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DisciplesNet Worship #346 Ash Wednesday 2017

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We begin our Lenten season with an Ash Wednesday service which has a centerpiece prayer of repentance and for forgiveness and culminating in communion. It is just under 17 minutes.
(Scroll down for an Order of Worship)

If you would like to share communion with us you may prepare for yourself a piece bread and a drink such as grape juice, wine, or water. As we pray, our prayers extend to your time and place as well.
If you are unable to eat or drink, you may use a symbolic gesture or mental symbol as we come together to this table of remembrance.
We hope that as you join us for worship you will feel a blessing from being a 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:
1. Opening background music: “You Are Merciful To Me”
2. Welcome, Pastor Russ
3. Opening hymn: “You Are Merciful To Me", sung by Phoebe Spier and Dean Phelps
4. Prayer of Repentance for Forgiveness
5. Communion: Elder Susan
6. Hymn: “Let Us Break Bread Together (On Our Knees)", Southport Christian Church
7. Sending out

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 #340 Love-Poetry in Motion (Case 01 22 17)

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To say that "God is Love" is to say that loving relationships are at the core of God's being. Rev. Patti Case looks at Psalm 27 as a means of understanding this vital aspect of who God is and who God wants us to be.

Our worship this week is 31 minutes long, with sing-along hymns, prayers, and a special guest preacher, Rev. Patti Case, bringing the word.
As we do every week, our time together includes a time of communion (breaking of the bread) where 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 are given to 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. (Scroll down for an Order of Worship)

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:

1. Opening background music: Softly and Tenderly
2. Welcome, Deb Phelps, with Psalm 30:10-12
3. Opening hymn: "Sanctuary" sung by Phoebe Spier and Dean Phelps, Jim Eads percussion
4. Scripture: Psalm 27 from "Psalms for Praying" by Nan C. Merrill
5. Pastor's Prayer with Lord's Prayer: Rev. Russ
background music: "Near to the Heart of God"
6. Hymn: “Gather Us In” sung by the DisciplesNet singers
7. Message: "Love-Poetry in Motion" by guest preacher Rev. Patti Case
8. Hymn: “the Gift of Love" sung by Dean Phelps
9. Communion: Elder Susan
10. Hymn: “Come Share the Lord” sung by the DisciplesNet Singers
11. Sending out

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 #338, “First Sunday after Epiphany” (Smith 01.08.2017)

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In the Sunday following Epiphany, we look at Jesus use of power. God doesn't act in our world through irresistible force, but through gentle persuasive action. Jesus, as God's great example for us, acts as an agent of change, but never through force and especially never through violence. Pastor Russ leads us to God's call for us to use gentle power and so to be Christ's presence in our world in our times and places. Continue reading →

DisciplesNet Worship #336 Blue Christmas

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Welcome to DisciplesNet Church, an online church with walls as wide as the world, doors that are always open, and always room at the table.

We invite you to join us for this special Christmas worship, made especially for persons who are sad, mourning loss, in pain, depressed, lonely, whatever reason you have to come here, even none at all. all are welcome without exception.

This worship service is 20 minutes long, with a time of prayer, lighting candles to remember, singing some quiet Christmas songs, and hearing the Christmas story. Continue reading →

Introduction to Jeremiah

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The prophets were preachers and usually not writers so, though the book bears his name and contains his words, it is not written by Jeremiah. The actual author is unknown, but Jeremiah stands at the time when prophecy changed from quotations passed down through oral tradition to written works that could be referenced.… Read the rest “Introduction to Jeremiah”

Introduction to Genesis

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Historically, the book has been attributed to Moses, but current scholarship does not, leaving the author of this book unknown.  It is likely to be a compilation of several authors. (Comparing chapter 1 with chapter 2 and 3, we see a different emphasis and order to creation which could well come from different authors.).… Read the rest “Introduction to Genesis”

Introduction to Luke

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This gospel is generally considered the work of Luke. Specifically, Luke the Gentile by birth, well educated in Greek culture, physician by profession, a companion of Paul at various times from his second missionary journey to his final imprisonment in Rome, and, according to the letter to Timothy, a loyal friend who remained with the apostle after others had deserted him.… Read the rest “Introduction to Luke”

Introduction to Hebrews

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Some suggest Paul as the author, but the author does not name himself, which is not typical for Paul. The Eastern Church lists it among Paul's writings. Tertullian suggests Barnabas as the author. Several early letters and works quote it, which shows it was considered part of the authoritative Christian writings by the second century.… Read the rest “Introduction to Hebrews”

Introduction to Job

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The author of the book of Job is unknown and the text does not identify any. It is part of a collection of what is called "wisdom literature" by biblical scholars. The author uses the divine name YHWH found in Exodus so is certainly an Israelite.… Read the rest “Introduction to Job”

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