Welcome!
I’m so glad you are able to join us for worship today. My prayer is that your faith is encouraged and inspired through your time with us in worship today.
Today we will be studying a very familiar text from the Gospel of Luke, the Lost and Found parables. We get a glimpse of God’s love for us, especially in those times when we are separated from him. One thing is clear, God is a pursuing God. This is such an encouraging picture for us and those we love.
If you didn’t know, this church is one of three in our community that share one mission, to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of Rock Hall and the world. Our gathering for worship is a testimony to our community of the power of Jesus to save, transform, and redeem.
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.
Order of Worship:
Welcome
Prayer of Adoration & Confession
Songs for worship
Prayers of the People
Message
Pastor Gary Priddy
Luke 15:1-32
Our Pursuing God
Next Steps
Practical ways you can take a “next step” in your faith journey.
Prayer of Thanksgiving
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. Amen.
If you would like someone to pray with you, please come and meet one of our ministry leaders at the altar at the end of the service.
Songs for Worship
Raum Chapel
591 Rescue The Perishing
469 Jesus Is All The World To Me
430 O Master Let Me Walk With Thee
Wesley Chapel
2022Great Is The Lord
92 For The Beauty Of The Earth
521 I Want Jesus To Walk With Me
Rock Hall Church
You Never Let Go
God Really Loves Us
Graves Into Gardens
Message Notes:
Our Pursuing God:
Luke 15:1-32
Four things to see:
It’s what you would do if you were Jesus
Luke 15:1-2
It’s what you would do with a wandering lamb
Luke 15:3-7
It’s what you would do if you lost a hundred dollars
Luke 15:8-10
It’s what you would do if your rebellious child came home
Luke 15:11-32
Three things to understand:
The heart of God
Ezekiel 33:11/ Romans 5:8-10
The consequences of rebellion
2 Samuel 12:13-14 / 1 Corinthians 3:10-15 / John 3:16 / 1 Timothy 1:15
The effect of spiritual selfishness
Jonah 4:1-2/ Matthew 20:1-16/ Matthew 18:21-35
This week’s YouVersion Bible Devotional:
Join us for 14 days of renewing our minds as we start each day with one clarifying, God-centered thought.
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 & Family
Joe & Cheryl Holliday
The Greenwell’s
Eddie & Rosalie Kuechler
Karen Weller
Dean & Anna Mae Wood
Mariann Dulin
Carole Coleman
Joe Bramble
Jackie Williams
Michael Geibel
Beth Dulin
Rick Reedy
Rose Osborn
David Kelley
Patricia Brown
Family of Nancy Plummer
Angel Stevens
Linda Hefner
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, 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:
Monday:
6:00pm- Women’s Small Group @Wesley Chapel
6:30pm - Women’s Small Group @The Priddy’s
7:00pm - Men’s Small Group @Charge Office
Tuesday:
6:00pm - Charge Conference @Raum Chapel
Wednesday:
4:00pm - Rock Solid Kids after School @RH Church Hall
6:00pm - Family Dinner @RH Church Hall
6:30pm - Youth Group @Teen Center
Thursday:
6:30pm - Choir Practice @Wesley Chapel
7:00pm - Praise Team Practice @RHUMC
Birthday’s
Joe Holliday 10/17
Michelle Rodney 10/17
Debbie Boege 10/19
Finn Dierker 10/23
