Welcome to Church!
As we gather for services this weekend, I want to make sure you know how grateful we are to worship with you. It's a blessing to worship, pray, and serve alongside friends and neighbors.
If you have attended church before, you know every church is unique. Some of the things that we hope you will appreciate about us are that we prioritize the Scriptures in understanding all things about God and faith, we are committed to being a blessing to everyone in our community, and we seek to follow as God guides and empowers our daily lives through the Holy Spirit. We believe these are essential to our calling to be the church here in Rock Hall.
This week, we continue a study of the book of Acts. We see the church dealing with the problems created by good distractions. We see solutions that we can apply in our lives and church that will enable us to “keep the main thing, the main thing.”
After the service, take a few minutes to engage friends and neighbors in conversation, or spend some time in prayer. We hope you find our church and church family is not just a place of worship but a community of support and love.
Thank you for being a part of our family today. My prayer is that our time together in worship would be a source of inspiration, reflection, and connection in your relationship with Jesus. If you have any questions or want to discuss your faith journey, please don’t hesitate to contact me directly. My office telephone is 410-639-2144, or email me at the address below.
Richest Blessings!
Pastor Gary Priddy
Order of Worship:
Welcome Prayer of Adoration
Opening Worship Prayer of Confession
Prayers of the People
Message
Keeping the Main thing, the Main Thing
Acts 6:1-7
Pastor Gary Priddy
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
Wesley Chapel
Only Trust HIm
Where He Leads Me
My Hope is Built on Nothing Less
Rock Hall Church
Holy Forever
Same Power
Psalm 23 - Surely Goodness
Message Text
Suffering Fools
Acts 5:33-42
Team work makes the Dream work.
The Dream
OUR mission is the GREAT COMMISSION .
The Team
To FULFILL my calling I have to KNOW my calling
Your Calling - to use your SKILLS, RELATIONSHIPS & ROLES to advance the Great Commission.
We can’t COMPLETE our assignment without letting go of WHAT’S NOT my assignment
Keeping the Main Thing the Main Thing
Staying on GOD’S MISSION , we’ll FULFILL our mission.
Take it Home:
“To fulfill our calling, we must know our calling.” How do you respond to the idea of knowing your calling?
a. The concept of a calling confuses me.
b. My calling seems very vague.
c. I don’t currently know my calling, but I want to.
d. I know my calling but struggle to prioritize it.
e. I am living in the sweet spot of my calling.
Read 2 Timothy 2:4-7 and identify some things scripture teaches about keeping the main thing the main thing.
Read Luke 4:40-44, what do you think of Jesus’s approach to keeping the main thing a priority?
This Week's Announcements:
SIGN UP NOW to join us for a daily Wake-Up Call.
Wake-Up Call provides a daily encouragement to shake off the slumber of our busy lives and turn our eyes toward Jesus. Each morning our community gathers around a Scripture, a reflection, a prayer, and a few short questions, inviting us to reorient our lives around the love of Jesus who transforms our hearts, homes, churches, and cities.
Click HERE to sign up.
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
ur 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
Dickie & Bettie Porter
Frank & Mariann Dulin
Elmer Gustafson
Marge Kelley
Rick Reedy
Family of Betty Ainsworth
Sandy Scanlan
Pastor Kenny Hickman
Pastor Bill Carroll
Rosemary Elburn
Cricket Hayes (PG’s Mom)
Kat Fithian
Jean Spence
Patricia Brown
Pastor David Kelley
Piper Foley
Emma Eller
Dean Wood
Christine Weber
Family of Patsy Higgs
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
Jackie Price Williams
Edna Cox
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, grant boldness and opportunities for us to share the Gospel with others. Ephesians 6:19
Monday - Our Church: God, help us be financially responsible and good stewards of the blessings You’ve provided. Malachi 3:10
Tuesday - Our Leadership: God, allow nothing to hinder our ministers and volunteers from Your calling on their lives. Nehemiah 6:3
Wednesday - Families: God, help us recognize the importance of first making disciples of Christ in our homes. Proverbs 22:6
Thursday - Our Community: God, we ask for your healing of the broken structures and systems in our community. 2 Chronicles 7:14
Friday - Children/Youth: God, help our young people humbly submit to and honor those in authority over them. Ephesians 6:1-3
Saturday - Adults: God, cause our adults to humble themselves and seek Your face. 2 Chronicles 7:14
This week’s events:
Sunday
9:30 am - Weekend Worship @WC
11:00 am - Weekend Worship @RCMC
Monday
11:30 The Chosen @RH Church Hall
6:30 pm - Women’s Bible Study Small Group @The Robbin’s
Tuesday
6:00 pm - Charge Conference @RHMC Hall
7:00 pm - Bible Study Small Group @RHMC Hall
Wednesday
Day of Prayer - Sanctuaries are open all day for prayer.
3:30 pm - Rock Solid Kids after School @RHMC Hall
6:00 pm - Family Dinner @RHMC Hall
6:30 pm - Youth Group @RHMC Hall
Thursday
7:00 pm - Worship Team Practice @RHMC
Sunday, January 28th
Vote to approve merger of Wesley Chapel and Rock Hall Church
WCMC - Wesley Chapel Methodist Church
RHMC - Rock Hall Methodist Church
