Welcome!
We are glad to have you join us for worship. Today is all about celebration. Every week, we gather to celebrate Jesus, but this week, we are pausing for an important celebration of what God has done over this past week in our Vacation Bible School.
In this week’s WILD LIFE VBS program, the kids learned about God’s love for us and how we can respond by loving God with our heart, mind, soul, strength, and our neighbor as ourselves. Living out God’s love is the wildest life of all!
Our church is a community of believers who come together to worship, pray, and learn from each other. We value the importance of family and strive to create an environment where individuals and families can grow closer to God and to each other.
At our church, we believe that everyone has the potential to impact the world. In our programs and ministries, we seek to equip individuals with the knowledge and skills needed to make a difference in our communities and in the world.
So, if you are looking for a church home that seeks to make a positive impact in Rock Hall and the world, we invite you to join us. No matter who you are or where you come from, you are welcome here. We look forward to getting to know you and to growing in our faith together.
If you have any questions or want to discuss your faith journey, please don’t hesitate to contact me directly. My email is gary@yourrockhall.church and my office telephone is 410-639-2144.
Thank you again for joining us.
Order of Worship:
Welcome Prayer of Adoration
Opening Worship
Prayer of Confession
Prayers of the People
Message
Wild Life
Celebrating all God has Done
Closing Worship Next Steps
Find practical ways you can take a first “next step” in your faith journey on our website. Just go to nextsteps.yourrhc.com.
Benediction
Life is much more than an accident. Wherever I go, I believe God needs me there. Wherever I am, I trust God has put me there. He has a purpose for me being there -
Christ, alive in me, wants to do something through me, no matter where I am.
I believe this and go in His grace and His love and His power.
If you would like someone to pray with you, please come and meet one of our ministry leaders at the end of the service.
Songs for Worship
Raum Chapel
348 Softly and Tenderly
354 I surrender All
364 Because He Lives
Combined Worship @RHUMC
Lord’s Prayer (It’s Yours)
Goodness of God
My Jesus I Love Thee
How Deep The Father's Love For Us
Three will be a special offering today after the service for Wesley Chapel Cemetery
This week’s YouVersion Bible Reading Plan:
What truly matters is loving God and loving others, but how do we do that effectively? The truth is, we can’t love people well in our own power. But when we look to God and lay ourselves down in humility, we can live from God’s authentic and powerful love. Learn more about growing in love with us in this 5-day Bible Plan.
This Week's Announcements:
Meet with Pastor Gary Do you have a question or issue you need to discuss? Pastor Gary is available for pastoral counseling with individuals and couples To schedule, just Click “Meet with Pastor Gary” on our website
Prayer Request Policy Change In order to maintain a more current prayer list, we provide a copy of this past week’s prayer requests. Submit prayer requests using the prayer request cards in the pews or the digital prayer request form on our website: pray.yourrhc.com Please make sure you have permission to share other’s information.
Current Prayer Requests
Revival in our Churches
Our Discernment Process
Our children and youth ministries
Caregivers and first responders
People of Ukraine
Our nation’s leaders
Healing of our nation
Israel and the Middle East
People battling addictions
Single parents and their kids
Pastor Gary and family
Joe & Cheryl Holliday
Dickie & Bettie Porter
Eddie & Rosalie Kuechler
Karen & Mark Weller
Dean & Anna Mae Wood
Frank & Mariann Dulin
Michael Geibel
Chase Dolgos
Mark Lusby
Rick Reedy
Patricia Brown
Hubbard Kendall
Bill Carroll
Elmer Gustafson
Marge Kelley
Active Military & their families including:
Trevion Hopkins
Kyle Schauber
Brock Willey
Makenzie Williams
Steve McCarthy
Tristan Hague
Dakota Collison
Geoffrey Andersen
John Pettit
Jonathan Conner
Dante Spagnolo
Homebound:
Phyllis Dierker
Edna Cox
Ann Leary
Jackie Price Williams
This week's prayer focus:
Join us in focused and specific prayer for our church, our community, and our world. Be prepared to see God do great things as we collectively turn to Him in prayer.
Sunday - Our Mission: God, give us a deep passion for the work of Christ. Luke 4:18-19
Monday - Our Church: God, develop spiritual growth & maturity in Your church. Hebrews 5:12-14
Tuesday - Our Leadership: God, help our pastor proclaim Your Word boldly. 2 Timothy 4:2
Wednesday - Families: God, help couples be faithful to the marriage promises they made to You and to each other. Hebrews 13:4
Thursday - Our Community: God, we thank you for those who serve in our community. 1 John 3:16
Friday - Children/Youth: God, help our young people commit themselves to a life of purity of mind and body. Psalm 119:9-11
Saturday - Adults: God, help our adults find and fulfill Your purpose for their lives. Jeremiah 29:11-14
This week’s events:
Sunday
8:30 am - Worship Celebration @RC
10:00 am - Combined Worship Celebration @RHC
Monday
11:30 am - Chosen study
Tuesday
7:00 pm - Small Group Bible Study @Rock Hall Church Hall
Wednesday
7:00 pm - Youth Group @Youth Center
Sunday
8:30 am - Worship Celebration @RC
10:00 am - Combined Worship Celebration @RHC
August 15th: RHUMC/WCUMC - Combined Leadership Board
Birthdays
Julie Lagenfelder
Debra Woodruff-Capper
Mason Schauber
Olivia Coleman
Mary Ann Melvin Lee
