Welcome!
Thank you for joining us for worship this the fourth week of Lent. Our prayer is that as you worship with us in this season your faith is renewed as you find yourself drawn into a deeper relationship with Jesus.
This week, we find Jesus being arrested on what is most certainly a night “when darkness reigns”. This is a night filled with betrayal. Jesus is betrayed by those who seemed close but never were. Peter betrays both Jesus and himself. These leave us with the question, how do we live in the midst of betrayal?
If you didn’t know, our church is one of three sister churches here in Rock Hall who share the same mission, to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of our community and the world.
Everyone is welcome here because no one here is perfect, but together anything can happen.
The same power that has transformed our lives is transforming our community as we live out our faith, sharing and showing God’s love, by serving our neighbors and telling the story of how His love transformed our lives.
If you have any questions about our church 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.
Pastor Gary
Order of Worship:
Welcome Prayer of Adoration
Songs for Worship Prayer of Confession
Prayers of the People Message
When Darkness Reigns
Luke 22:47-62 Pastor Gary
Closing Song 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
399 Take my Life and Let it Be
453 More Love to Thee O Christ
170 O How I Love Jesus
Wesley Chapel
2113 Lamb of God
496 Sweet Hour of Prayer
377 It is Well
Rock Hall Church
I Am Not Alone
Graves into Gardens
Same Power
Message Notes:
Luke #55: When Darkness Reigns
Luke 22:47-62
When Darkness Reigns
Judas: Close without being close
Luke 22:47–53 NIV
1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV
Q: What is your agenda for Jesus?
Peter's Roller-Coaster Faith
Luke 22:54–62 ESV
Do you suffer from "Gospel Amnesia"?
Remorse > Regret
Galatians 6:2–3 ESV
This week’s YouVersion Bible Reading Plan:
So why go on this journey? Lent invites me to face that which we’d rather avoid. For 40 days we go on a journey dedicated to isolation, prayer, and fasting. May this Lent journey be a confirmation of how God is always with us, give us the courage to go to places we would rather avoid, and let us experience his provision once more.
Disaffiliation Information:
To participate in the process of discernment for your church, please engage the information under the “disaffiliation” tab on our website
Stay or Go: You can view the video available on our website under the Disaffiliation tab to become informed to learn how different groups see the opposing directions of the church.
Living Faithfully: Book Study led by Pastor Gary. Meeting on Monday mornings at 9am at the Charge Office.
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 & Family
Joe & Cheryl Holliday
Dickie & Bettie Porter
Eddie & Rosalie Kuechler
Karen & Mark Weller
Dean & Anna Mae Wood
Frank & Mariann Dulin
Carole Coleman
Joe Bramble
Rosemary Elburn
Chase Dolgos
Mark Lusby
Rick Reedy
Patricia Brown
Hubbard Kendall
Bill Carroll
Joyce Bradley
Joan Stevens
Joan Melvin
Elmer Gustafson
Maria Coakley
Roswell Hynson
Chase Dolgos
Active Military & their families including:
Trevion Hopkins
Kyle Schauber
Brock Willey
Kelly Bertelsen
Steve McCarthy
Tristan Hague
Dakota Collison
Geoffrey Andersen
John Pettit
Makenzie Williams
Dante Spagnolo
Ben Coppage
Jonathan Conner
Homebound:
Phyllis Dierker
Edna Cox
Ann Leary
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, let Your church be a light in our community and world. Matthew 5:16
Monday - Our Church: God, bring unity to the Body of Christ. John 17:20-23
Tuesday - Our Leadership: God, help our worship leaders and musicians lead us before Your throne in a spirit of worship. Psalm 33:3
Wednesday - Families: God, help our families faithfully follow Your commands. John 14:15
Thursday - Our Community: God, soften the hearts of the lost in our community, show them your light. John 3:16-18
Friday - Children/Youth: God, change the world through our young people rather than letting the world change them. Romans 12:2
Saturday - Adults: God, enable our adults to live lives of faithfulness to You and perseverance to the end. Hebrews 12:1-3
This week’s events:
Sunday
8:30 am - Worship Service @Raum Chapel
9:30 am - Worship Service @Wesley Chapel
11:00 am - Worship Service @Rock Hall Church
Monday
6:00 pm - Women’s Small Group Study @Wesley Chapel
6:30 pm - Women’s small group @The Priddy’s
7:00 pm - Men’s small group @Charge Office
Tuesday
7:00 pm - Small Group Bible Study @Charge Office
Wednesday
4:00 pm - Rock Solid Kids
6:00 pm - Family Dinner
6:30 pm - Youth Group
Thursday
7:00 pm - Praise Team Practice
Sunday
8:30 am - Worship Service @Raum Chapel
9:30 am - Worship Service @Wesley Chapel
11:00 am - Worship Service @Rock Hall Church
