Living the Blessed Life: A Walk Through the Beatitudes
The Wideness of God’s Mercy
Fifth Sunday of Lent, March 26th, 2023 @ 9:45 AM
Rev. Dr. Paul J. Kirbas
Readings: Micah 7:14-20; Matthew 5:1-2, 7
As we conclude part 1 of our series on the Beatitudes, we discover the real meaning of Mercy, and see how it is more than just saying “that’s ok, forget about it.”
Service Bulletin: March 26, 2023 @ 9:45AM
Bulletin Insert: March 26, 2023 @ 9:45AM
Music and Hymns:
Hymn 475 “Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing” (Nettleton)
“Put Your Hand in the Hand” by Gene MacLellan
Hymn 435 “There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy” (In Babilone)
Hymn 172 “Blest Are They” (Blest Are They)
Living the Blessed Life: A Walk Through the Beatitudes
The Bread that Satisfies
Fourth Sunday of Lent, March 19th, 2023 @ 9:45 AM
Rev. Dr. Paul J. Kirbas
Readings: Exodus 16:1-6, 31-32; Matthew 5:1-2, 6
As we continue our series on the Beatitudes, we learn to be hungry and thirsty, but for something very different than food and water.
Service Bulletin: March 19, 2023 @ 9:45AM
Bulletin Insert: March 19, 2023 @ 9:45AM
Music and Hymns:
Hymn 172 “Blest Are They” (Blest Are They)
“Day by Day” by Stephen Schwartz
Hymn 509 “All Who Hunger, Gather Gladly” (Holy Manna)
Hymn 516 “For the Bread Which You Have Broken” (Kingdom)
Living the Blessed Life: A Walk Through the Beatitudes
Taming the Shrew
Third Sunday of Lent, March 12th, 2023 @ 9:45 AM
Rev. Dr. Paul J. Kirbas
Readings: Acts 9:1-9; Matthew 5:1-2, 5
As we continue our series on the Beatitudes, we hear that it is blessed to be meek. But to be meek in Jesus’s culture means something very different than in our own.
Service Bulletin: March 12, 2023 @ 9:45AM
Music and Hymns:
Hymn 32 “I Sing the Mighty Power of God” (Ellacombe)
“Trust and Obey” by Don Moen
Hymn 720 “Jesus Calls Us” (Galilee)
Hymn 172 “Blest Are They” (Blest Are They)
Living the Blessed Life: A Walk Through the Beatitudes
Turn! Turn! Turn!
Second Sunday of Lent (Communion), March 5th, 2023 @ 9:45 AM
Rev. Dr. Paul J. Kirbas
Readings: Ecclesiastes 3:1-8; Matthew 5:1-2, 4
As we continue our series on the Beatitudes, we come to the theme of mourning. Yes, we are blessed to be sad, but it all depends on what we are sad about.
Service Bulletin: March 5, 2023 @ 9:45AM
Hymns and Music:
Hymn 165 “The Glory of These Forty Days”
“Turn! Turn! Turn!” by Pete Seeger
Hymn 172 “Blest Are They”
Hymn 415 “Come, Ye Sinners, Poor and Needy”
Living the Blessed Life: A Walk Through the Beatitudes
Poor in Spirit, Rich in Joy
First Sunday of Lent, February 26th, 2023 @ 9:45 AM
Rev. Dr. Paul J. Kirbas
Readings: II Kings 5:1-14; Matthew 5:1-2
Today we begin a Lenten sermon series on the Beatitudes. What leads to a blessed life? The answers are not always what we think.
Service Bulletin: February 26, 2023 @ 9:45AM
Hymns and Music:
Hymn 172 “Blest Are They”
“Bridge Over Troubled Water” by Paul Simon
Hymn 183 “Come to Me, O Weary Traveler”
Hymn 282 “Come Down, O Love Divine”
The Purpose Behind the Action
Ash Wednesday, February 22nd, 2023 @ 7:30 PM
Rev. Dr. Paul J. Kirbas
Readings: Isaiah 58:1-12; Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21
As we begin the season of Lent, we learn that actions in themselves are empty, unless the motives of those actions are pure.
Service Bulletin: February 22, 2023 @ 7:30PM
Hymns:
Hymn 166 “Lord, Who throughout These Forty Days”
Hymn 422 “Just as I Am, Without One Plea”
Hymn 450 “Be Thou My Vision”
The Gift of Transcendence
Transfiguration Sunday, February 19th, 2023 @ 9:45 AM
Rev. Dr. Paul J. Kirbas
Readings: Exodus 24:12-18; Matthew 17:1-9
On this Transfiguration Sunday, we witness the transformation and transcendence of Jesus Christ. What does transcendence really mean, and why do we need it now more than ever?
Service Bulletin: February 19, 2023 @ 9:45AM
Hymns:
Hymn 749 “Come, Live in the Light”
Hymn 193 “Jesus, Take Us to the Mountain”
Hymn 192 “Lord, the Light of your Love is Shining”
I Pledge my Allegiance, to….
Sixth Sunday after Epiphany, February 12th, 2023 @ 9:45 AM
Rev. Dr. Paul J. Kirbas
Readings: Psalm 119:1-8; 1 Corinthians 3:1-9
Loyalty is generally a good thing, as long as we place it in a proper direction. This Valentine’s Day, let’s reclaim our proper love and allegiance, not to people, but to a higher power.
Service Bulletin: February 12, 2023 @ 9:45AM
Hymns:
Hymn 2 “Come, Thou Almighty King”
Hymn 321 “The Church’s One Foundation”
Hymn 320 “The Church of Christ, in Every Age”
Down the Drain
Fifth Sunday after Epiphany (Communion), February 5th, 2023 @ 9:45 AM
Rev. Dr. Paul J. Kirbas
Readings: Psalm 133; I Corinthians 13
What can truly rain on the parade of our gifts and abilities? One of the most famous passages of the Bible shows us the answer!
Service Bulletin: February 5, 2023 @ 9:45AM
Hymns and Music:
Hymn 37 “Let All Things Now Living”
“All You Need Is Love”
Hymn 693 “Thou I May Speak”
Hymn 300 “We Are One in the Spirit”
In the Belly of the Whale
Fourth Sunday after Epiphany, January 29th, 2023 @ 9:45 AM
Rev. Jennifer Kirbas
Readings: Jonah 3:10-4:11; Ephesians 2:1-10
You may be very familiar with the story of Jonah and the Whale. But what do you think might be the real moral of the story?
Service Bulletin: January 29, 2023 @ 9:45AM
Hymns:
Hymn 619 “Praise, My Soul, the God of Heaven”
Hymn 435 “There’s A Wideness in God’s Mercy”
Hymn 649 “Amazing Grace”
Morning by Morning
Third Sunday after Epiphany, January 22nd, 2023 @ 9:45 AM
Congregational Meeting immediately following service
Rev. Dr. Paul J. Kirbas
Readings: Isaiah 43: 16-21; Revelation 21:5-7
The ancient Hebrews had an answer that was becoming less and less helpful, but the problem was that when it came to the past, they were supposed to remember the “who”, not the “what”.
Service Bulletin: January 22, 2023 @ 9:45AM
Hymns:
Hymn 35 “Praise Ye the Lord, the Almighty” (Lobe Den Herren)
Hymn 39 “Great is Thy Faithfulness” (Faithfulness)
Hymn 320 “The Church of Christ, in Every Age” (Wareham)
One New Humanity
Second Sunday after Epiphany, January 15th, 2023 @ 9:45 AM
Rev. Dr. Paul J. Kirbas
Readings: Isaiah 49: 1-7; Ephesians 2:11-22
As we celebrate the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday this weekend, we hear an important lesson from a past president and see how it aligns with the words of the Bible itself.
Service Bulletin: January 15, 2023 @ 9:45AM
Hymns:
Hymn 761 “Called as Partners in God’s Service” (Beecher)
Hymn 749 “Come! Live in the Light!” (We Are Called)
Hymn 754 “Help Us Accept Each Other” (Baronita)
Washed in the Waters
Baptism of the Lord Sunday (Communion), January 8th, 2023 @ 9:45 AM
Rev. Dr. Paul J. Kirbas
Readings: Isaiah 42: 1-9; Matthew 3:13-17
On this Baptism of the Lord Sunday, we look at the two ingredients that go into the water to make Baptism the perfect dish. Different churches seem to add more of one than the other, but both are needed for a successful recipe.
Service Bulletin: January 8, 2023 @ 9:45AM
Hymns:
Hymn 475 “Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing” (Nettleton)
Hymn 163 “Wild and Lone the Prophet’s Voice” (Aberystwyth)
Hymn 694 “Great God of Every Blessing” (Aurelia)
New Years Day
First Sunday of Christmas, January 1st, 2023
The church did not offer a worship service on New Years Day (Sunday, January 1st, 2023).