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DisciplesNet Worship #526: Proper 7 (Shaw 06.21.2020)

To watch this worship service on YouTube, click here.

Not all of us are called to preach, but all of us are called to share what we know of God's love for all people. Sometimes that call on us is, as Jeremiah 20-7-13 describes it, like a fire within our bones that cannot be denied. Pastor Bob helps us understand that urgent call on us and how we can respond to it.
Join us for just over 30 minutes of prayer, scripture, a number of favorite hymns, preaching as well as 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.
(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 music: - "O Love that Will Not Let Me Go" - Bev Heid
2. "Love Divine, All Loves Excelling" - Dean Phelps
3. Pastor's Prayer with Lord's Prayer: Pastor Russ
4. "Lord, Make Us Instruments" - Southport Christian Church
5. Message: "the Prophet's Choice" - Pastor Bob
6. "Here I Am, Lord" - DisciplesNet singers
7. Communion: Pastor Deb
8. "In Remembrance of Me" - DisciplesNet singers
9. Sending Out
--- Credits - background music: - "O Love that Will Not Let Me Go"
--- 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 #525: Proper 6 (Smith 06.14.2020)

To watch this worship service on YouTube, click here.

"Look at the fields. They are ripe with harvest." Jesus told his disciples. That was true in their time, and Pastor Russ shows us that many of the same types of things that made that time just right for the disciples to go and share the Good News are also true of our own time. Even in a time of pandemic and raw aggression. The call from Matthew 9:35-38 still holds for those of us who are Jesus' disciples.
Join us for 30 minutes of prayer, scripture, a number of favorite hymns, preaching as well as 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.
(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 music: - "Bringing in the Sheaves" - Bev Heid
2. "My Shepherd Will Supply My Need" - Audrey Borschel
3. Pastor's Prayer with Lord's Prayer: Pastor Deb
4. "the Ninety and Nine" - Dean Phelps
5. Matthew 9:35-38 - read by Deb Phelps
6. Message: "Still Time to Be Church" - Pastor Russ
7. "Little is Much" - Dean Phelps
8. Communion: Elder Susan
9. "Seed, Scattered and Sown" - DisciplesNet singers
10. Sending Out
--- 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 #524: Trinity (Phelps 06.07.2020)

To watch this worship service on YouTube, click here.

Jesus told his disciples to "go into all the world." and throughout the 2000 years of Church history, disciples have done just that. But how can we do that in an era where pandemic and prejudice keep us apart? Pastor Deb talks about the "Great Commission" in Matthew 28:16-20 and helps us see the unique ways we can be Church in our times and places.
Join us for 31 minutes of prayer, scripture, a number of favorite hymns, preaching as well as 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.
(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 music: - "Here I Am, Lord" - Pam Barksdale
2. Welcome - Pastor Deb
3. "Lord, I Just Can't Keep from Crying" - Twana Harris
4. Pastor's Prayer with Lord's Prayer: Pastor Bob
5. "Make Us Instruments" - Southport Christian Church
6. Matthew 28:16-20 - read by Janet Spaulding
7. Message: "Go Therefore..." - Pastor Deb
8. "Jesu, Jesu" - DisciplesNet singers
9. Communion: Pastor Russ
10. "Let Us Break Bread Together" - DisciplesNet singers
11. Sending Out
--- Credits - background music: - "Here I Am, Lord" - Pam Barksdale

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 #523: Pentecost (Hord-Owens 05.31.2020)

To watch this worship service on YouTube, click here.

The story of Pentecost (Acts 2:1-12) will be told to us by Richard Ward of Phillips Seminary. Then General Minister and President of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Terri Hord Owens will offer words of hope and encouragement for this Pentecost based on that passage.
Join us for 29 minutes of prayer, scripture, a number of favorite hymns, preaching as well as 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.
(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 music: - "Spirt Song" - Bev Heid
2. "Spirit of the Living God" - Twana Harris
3. Pastor's Prayer with Lord's Prayer: Pastor Deb
4. "Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit" - Dean Phelps & Twana Harris
5. Acts 2:1-12 - a dramatic reading by Richard Ward
6. "Spirit (verses 1&2)" - Dean Phelps
7. Message: "With Fresh Fire" - Terri Hord Owens
8. "Spirit (verses 3&4)" - Dean Phelps
9. Communion: Elder Susan
10. "In Remembrance of Me" - DisciplesNet singers
11. Sending Out
--- Credits - background music: - "Spirt 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 #522: Seventh Sunday of Easter (Cobb 05.24.2020)

To watch this worship service on YouTube, click here.

In the scripture for this week, John 17:1-11, Jesus prays very specifically for his disciples and for us. Pastor Anita helps us understand this prayer and its call for us to be one.
Join us for just over 30 minutes of prayer, scripture, a number of favorite hymns, preaching as well as 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.
(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 music: - "O Love that Will Not Let Me Go" - Bev Heid
2. Elder's Prayer with Lord's Prayer: Elder Susan
3. "Open the Eyes of My Heart" - Dean Phelps
4. John 17:1-11 read by Deb Phelps
5. Message: "Being One" - Pastor Anita
6. "They'll Know We Are Christians" - Phoebe Spier & Dean Phelps
7. Communion: Pastor Bob
8. "One Bread, One Body" - DisciplesNet singers
9. Sending Out
--- Credits - background music:
--- "O Love that Will Not Let Me Go" - 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 #521: Sixth Sunday of Easter (Propes 05.17.2020)

To watch this worship service on YouTube, click here.

How do we overcome all that life throws at us? Richard Propes talks about his recent life experiences and how he saw the holy in them and explains that, from that perspective, we have already overcome them.
Join us for 32 minutes of prayer, scripture, a number of favorite hymns, preaching as well as 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.
(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 music: - "Beyond the Sunset" - Bev Heid
2. "Precious Lord" - Twana Harris and Phoebe Spier
3. Pastor's Prayer with Lord's Prayer: Pastor Deb
4. "Rock of Ages" - Southport Christian Church
5. Message: "You Have Already Overcome" - Pastor Richard
6. "I Was There to Hear Your Borning Cry" - DisciplesNet singers
7. Communion: Pastor Amy
8. "Let Us Break Bread Together" - DisciplesNet singers
9. Sending Out
--- Credits - background music:
--- "In the Sweet By and By" - Pam Barksdale

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 #520: Fifth Sunday of Easter (Grogan 05.10.2020)

To watch this worship service on YouTube, click here.

"We should pray always." but what does it mean to be persistent in prayer? Do we pray out of lack of faith or out of abundance of faith? Pastor Amy uses the parable of the persistent widow to help us understand Jesus call to us to be persistent prayers.
Join us for just over 30 minutes of prayer, scripture, a number of favorite hymns, preaching as well as 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.
(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 music: - "I Asked the Lord" - Bev Heid
2. "Just a Closer Walk with Thee" - Dean Phelps
3. Pastor's Prayer with Lord's Prayer: Pastor Anita
4. Luke 18:1-8 read by Bob Shaw
5. Message: "the Long Defeat" - Pastor Amy
6. "Love Divine, All Loves Excelling" - Dean Phelps
7. Communion: Pastor Deb
8. "Eat This Bread" - DisciplesNet singers
9. Sending Out
--- Credits - background music: - "I Asked the Lord" - 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 #519: Fourth Sunday of Easter (Shaw 05.03.2020)

To watch this worship service on YouTube, click here.

We live out our lives scattered and apart. It's difficult to identify with the sheep gathered safely into the fold. Pastor Bob speaks from both Psalm 23 and John 10:1-10 to help us recall, recognize, and celebrate that our Shepherd is with us, even now.
Join us for 32 minutes of prayer, scripture, a number of favorite hymns, preaching as well as 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.
(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 music:
--- "My Shepherd Will Supply My Need" - Bev Heid
2. "As the Deer" - Phoebe Spier
3. Pastor's Prayer with Lord's Prayer: Pastor Russ
4. Psalm 23 read by Anita Cobb
5. "My Shepherd Will Supply My Need" - Audrey Borschel
6. Message: "Our Shepherd is With Us" - Pastor Bob
7. "No, Never Alone" - DisciplesNet singers
8. Communion: Elder Susan
9. "Seed, Scattered and Sown" - DisciplesNet singers
10. Sending Out
--- Credits - background music:
--- "My Shepherd Will Supply My Need" - 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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