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DisciplesNet Worship #851, Proper 16 (Smith, 08.23.2026)

To watch this worship service on YouTube, click here.

What comes after confessing Christ as Savior? Watching some of the worst examples might give the idea that being a Christian means judging others and deciding for the world whose beliefs are right and are wrong. Rev. Russ Smith looks at it from another angle, however, preaching from the text of Matthew 16:13-20, of the Good Confession of the disciple Peter.
Our worship service is just over 27 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 music: - "My Hope is Built" - Chalice Press CD (used with permission)
  • "Great is Thy Faithfulness" - Dean Phelps
  • Pastor's Prayer with Lord's Prayer: Pastor Bob
  • Matthew 16:13-20 read by Susan McNeely
  • Message: "On this Rock" - pastor Russ
  • "Have Thine Own Way Lord" - sung by Dean Phelps
  • Communion: Pastor Deb
  • "When You Do This, Remember Me" - DisciplesNet singers
  • Sending Out
    --- Credits - background music: - "My Hope is Built" - Chalice Press CD (used with permission)

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 #841, Proper 6 (Smith, 06.14.2026)

To watch this worship service on YouTube, click here.

Jesus says, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few." in our scripture for today. Looking at our world today we see people longing for truth, hoping for some justice, wanting to see mercy in action and we can recognize the same fertile ground for people seeing the gospel in us. Pastor Russ speaks to us from Matthew 9:35-38 and encourages us that now is the time to be the Church that our world needs.
Join us for just over 29 minutes of worship, prayer, scripture, a number of favorite hymns, 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.
(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:

  • Opening background: "Sowing in the Morning (Bringing in the Sheeves)" - Bev Heid
  • "Gather Us In" - DisciplesNet singers
  • Psalm 100 - DisciplesNet staff and friends
  • "Have Thine Own Way Lord" - Southport Christian Church
  • Elder's Prayer with Lord's Prayer: Elder Susan
  • "Here I Am Lord" - DisicplesNet singers
  • Scripture: Matthew 9:35-38 read by Deb Phelps
  • Message: "Time to be Church" - pastor Russ
  • "Little is Much" - Dean Phelps
  • Communion: Pastor Blanche
  • Communion hymn "One Bread One Body" - DisciplesNet singers
  • Sending Out: Pastor Russ
  • Closing Music, credits: "Sowing in the Morning (Bringing in the Sheeves)" - 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 #755 Proper 24 – (Shaw 10.20.2024)

To watch this worship service on YouTube, click here.

What does it take to become great? Whether we ask that question of ourselves as individuals, or as a congregation, or as the Church throughout the world, the answer is much the same. Pastor Bob speaks to us from Mark 10:35-45 about what true greatness is and how we can become great in that way.
Join us for 30 minutes of worship, prayer, scripture, a number of favorite hymns, 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.
(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:

  • Opening music: "Take My Life and Let it Be" - Bev Heid
  • "Gather Us In" - DisciplesNet singers
  • Pastor's Prayer with Lord's Prayer: Pastor Anita
  • Mark 10:35-45 read by Susan McNeely
  • "Blest Be the Tie that Binds" - DisciplesNet singers
  • Message "How to be a Great Church" - pastor Bob
  • "What Does the Lord Require of You?" - Audrey Borschel
  • Communion: pastor Deb and pastor Anita
  • "In Remembrance of Me" - DisciplesNet singers
    Credits -- closing music: "Take My Life and Let it Be" - 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!

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