10:45 a.m. Morning Worship Service

(Following is a sample of our order of service)

Worship in Prayer of Adoration & Petition Concluded by Corporate recitation of the Lord's Prayer

Worship in Song

A Mighty Fortress is Our God – Trinity #81
O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing - Trinity #133

Worship in Common Confession

Worship Through The Reading of the Word
Romans Chapter 8

Worship in Song (Please Stand)

Keep watching and Be Ready - HMR #12
Christ is Made the Sure Foundation – Trinity #268

Worship in the Preaching of the Word

Worship in Communion (Monthly)

Worship in Prayer (Intercession)

Gloria Patri or Doxiology

Ministerial Benediction

Sermon Material for Sunday 11/18/07:

Imagine living your entire Christian life, raising your boys and girls, going to the Sunday meetings and evangelizing in a community always under the shadow of Artemis! To help you do this you had this letter of Paul's. It was the one piece of New Testament that you had, and hopefully, soon you would be getting more.

Amongst the distractions competing with Paul, and detractors speaking against Paul  there were annual and seasonal "Games" the biggest held in the month of May, and these were generally held in this provincial capital. Paul speaks of 'fighting with wild beasts at Ephesus'. Also in the city were the headquarters for Asia Minor of the cult of the Emperor which encouraged the worship of the State and Caesar as a divine being. The practice of magic and fortune telling was widespread. It was one of the wealthiest cities of the world with at least a hundred thousand slaves, and so there existed a chasm between the lifestyles of the rich and the poor, Christian and non-Christian.

Come, be with us Sunday morning at 10:45 and let's consider that cultural implications and the practical applications of faith in Jesus Christ.

Sermon Outline:

HOW ARE OUR ATTEMPTS AT WITNESS SIMILAR TO THOSE OF THE EPHESIANS?

1. THE CHRISTIAN LIFE IS CENTERED UPON THE TRIUNE GOD.

2. THE CHRISTIAN LIFE IS ONE OVERWHELMED WITH SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS.

    a] God has blessed us in the heavenly realms.

    b] These blessings are strictly found in Christ.

    c] These blessings are Spiritual in nature but practical in application

3.  THE CHRISTIAN LIFE IS NOT PERFECT, RATHER, PROGRESSIVE, PERSEVERING, PRESERVING, PERFECTING.