Welcome to Church!
This is Palm Sunday weekend and we want you to know how grateful we are that you have joined us. It's a blessing to worship, pray, and serve alongside friends and neighbors on this special beginning of Holy Week..
After today’s worship, 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.
If you have attended church before, you know every church is unique. A few of the things we hope you will notice about us are first, the priority we give to the Bible, not just in worship, but in all things related to God and our relationship with HIm; also, we are committed to being a blessing, as we seek to represent Christ to our community; and finally we depend on the Holy Spirit to guide and empower us to live out our faith daily. and we need him. We believe each of these are essential to our becoming His church here in Rock Hall.
Thank you for being a part of our church 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 send me an email.
Richest Blessings!
Pastor Gary Priddy
Order of Worship
Welcome Prayer of Adoration
Opening Worship Prayer of Confession
Prayers of the People
Message
The Chosen
Acts 9:1-18
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
Hosanna, Loud Hosanna
All Glory Laud and Honor
Majesty
Rock Hall Church
Revelation Song
Jesus Messiah,
At the Cross, Love Ran Red
Message Notes
Acts 24: The Chosen
Acts 9:1-18
God’s Unexpected Choices:
Privileged Priests
Shameful Samaritans
An Offensive Foreigner
A Sworn Enemy
The Choosing of Saul
Acts 9:1-22
Preparing for the Invitation:
We don’t get to pick our family.
Isaiah 64:6 - Romans 3:23 - Matthew 10:2-4 - Jonah 1-4
No one is too far gone to join God’s chosen.
Acts 8:3 - Acts 9:15 - 1 Corinthians 6:9-11
The chosen owe others undeserved grace and mercy.
Romans 5:10 - 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 - Matthew 18:21-35 - Matthew 7:1-2
The life of the chosen requires transformed hearts and minds.
Romans 12:1-2
Take it Home:
We spoke last week about how we can be intentional about sharing Christ with our one. This week we are challenged to remember that the ones who a ctually respond to God's invitation aren't always the ones we expect.
Read Titus 3:3-7 and 1 Corinthians 1:26-30 how might these help you overcome the hurdles of inviting and welcoming people into a relationship with Jesus?
Renewing our minds involves developing the mind and character of Christ rather than our natural (worldly or humanistic) way of thinking. How do these verses reinforce the idea of becoming more like Christ by renewing our minds?
Romans 8:5-6,
Ephesians 4:22-24,
Colossians 3:7-11
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
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
Dickie & Bettie Porter
Frank & Mariann Dulin
Pastor Kenny Hickman
Pastor Bill Carroll
Robin & Ed Kurowski
Cricket Hayes (PG’s Mom)
Linda Morgan
Joan Melvin
Joanne Carson
Patricia Brown
Rick Reedy
Sara Gagalski
Scott Smith
Jean Spence
Kevin Nelson Sr
Danielle Johnson
Pastor David Kelley
Hubbard Kendall
Family of Tiffani Gagalski Hague
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, 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
12:15 pm - New Member Reception @RHMC Hall
Monday
9:00am - VBS planning meeting @RHMC Hall
6:00 pm - Bible Study @Debbie Elburn’s
6:30 pm - Women’s Bible Study @The Robbin’s
7:00 pm - Men’s Bible Study @Charge Office
Tuesday
12:00 pm - Ruth’s Circle @Debbie Elburn’s
7:00 pm - Bible Study @RHMC Hall
Wednesday: Day of Prayer (Sanctuaries are open all day for prayer)
1:00 pm - Midday Prayer Service @RHMC Sanctuary
3:30 pm - Rock Solid Kids @RHMC Hall
6:00 pm - Dinner @RHMC Hall
6:30 pm - Youth @Youth Center
Holy Thursday
7:00 pm - Last Supper @WC
Good Friday
12:00 pm - CrossWalk @RHMC
Sunday
7:00 am - Sunrise Worship @Main Street Pavilion
7:30 am - Easter Breakfast @RHMC Hall
9:30 am - Easter Worship Celebration @WC
11:00 am - Easter Worship Celebration @RHMC
WCMC - Wesley Chapel Methodist Church
RHMC - Rock Hall Methodist Church
