The Rock Covenant Church

The Rock Church Worship Service

Paul chorus / interlude Jon Growing up in Michigan, you didn’t go outside in winter But you could play outside in the summer humidity Sometimes my mom would splurge and get me a gallon of grape drink First choice was always water, but I was only interested in something sweet So I would decline and go back out playing Pleasure center of my brain was looking for that dopamine hit from sugar When I finally got desperate, I would pick up the hose, no matter where it was lying, no matter what it smelled like, put my mouth on it and quench my thirst Liquid is discussed a lot in the Bible 4 But he had to go through Samaria. 5 So he came to a Samaritan city called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. 6 Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, … Continue reading →

The Rock Church Worship Service

Paul coda Jon Jeremy (not me) is going in for hip surgery tomorrow 15 years in pain hopefully ended Philippians 1:12-14 Phroneo Christou – the mind and attitude of Jesus Later on he’ll talk about contentment while being in chains Paul’s imprisonment helps to spread the gospel Learning to be content in all situations and circumstances Excerpt from Jon’s emails to a friend who’s dealing with pain Ecclesiastes – the Old Testament book of wisdom by Solomon Peace is not the absence of conflict, but sitting in the questions and the pain and still smiling Even in my despair and my confusion, I will still praise You my Lord and my God Paul is writing from a perspective of joy in sorrow You develop phroneo christou in sorrow and pain When we said yes to the open tomb and yes to the cross and yes to Jesus, we said yes … Continue reading →

The Rock Church Worship Service

Paul Katie Sept 9 kids move up Need more volunteers Sept 22 free seminar about discipline your child’s Life covenant 9-1230 Sept 25 parent info night 730pm Women’s ministry 2 bible studies Dessert for women Sept 19 Men’s fraternity starting up, talk to Mike The Rock Youth go karting Paul Communion Jon Connor will pray, Melody will read Psalm 23 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Surely … Continue reading →

The Rock Church Worship Service

Paul Say hi to someone near you that you don’t recognize and tell them what your kids were for Halloween Jon On November 20th the Watoto choir will be rocking it out here We need 4 more homes and 12 volunteers for the concert Talk to Jeami and signup on the sheets Agora on Thanksgiving Day – if you don’t have anything else to do, Adam Ebert is opening up his house for a Thanksgiving feast Talk to Chrissy Miles I’m 43 years old As I’m getting older, I’m less impressed with what people do and accomplish and more impressed with what people are becoming Compassion and love and hope and kindness … Shortly after the whole Red Sea incident People are freaking out and they’re saying now what Our leader is supposedly communing with God So they convince Aaron to melt down their gold to make a graven image … Continue reading →

Worship and Commissioning Service for Moses Barrios and Crave Life Covenant Church @ Tree of Life Brethren Church/South Bay Community Church of The Brethren

Paul Duncan (worship leader of The Rock Covenant Church of Manhattan Beach) Tim Morey (lead pastor of Life Covenant Church) Walter Contreras (director of church planting for the Pacific Southwest Covenant Conference) Psalm 133 Paul Duncan Jon Woolner (pastor of The Rock Covenant Church of Manhattan Beach) Always hearing what people are against rather than what they are for Continuing the mission of Jesus Christ Luke 4:?? Proclamation of Jesus from the Old Testament We’re longing to see oppressed people set free in Buena Park Want to pray these words over Buena Park Eddie Espinosa (pastor of Real Life Covenant in Norwalk) We are a brand new, bilingual, multiethnic church plant, barely a year old The first thing I felt was overwhelmed and under-resourced I would get angry, frustrated and upset at my team for not bringing 100% The Lord told me: “It’s not what you or your people do … Continue reading →

The Rock Church Worship Service

Paul (Unchanging) (Your Love Knows No Bounds) Jon Prayer for Jeami’s Uganda trip English Standard Version (ESV) Matthew 5:14-16 14 “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. 16In the same way, let your light shine before others, so(C) that they may see your good works and(D) give glory to your Father who is in heaven. 1 Peter 2:9 9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Romans 12 A Living Sacrifice 1 I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your … Continue reading →

The Rock Church Worship Service

Paul (?) Jeff Goodrich, an opportunity and his story 1987 high school relationship Married in 91 Kayla in 94 Didn’t change his role of husband to daddy 2nd child in 98 Julie sufferred post-partum depression Didn’t know how to fix her, so he reclused into his cave Put problem onus on the lack of things Dedicated themselves to a church, but it didn’t help Finally talked about giving 110% to their marriage Now he understand for better or worse, God took them completely apart and put them back together 23 years of being with her he finally gets it Brad Paisley’s Van Som friends are having or have had separations for foolish reasons Once a month at his house No workbook Open to all men In a relationship or about to be in a relationship Not a Rock exclusive gathering Scripture-based Jon Reflection of us as a people that we’re … Continue reading →

The Rock Church Worship Service

Paul (Saved by Your Mercy), chaser of Jon Free To Love / Galatians 5:1-18 Salvation = Freedom This letter was written to people saved out of paganism and started following Jesus Some pagan leaders were converted and started introducing confusing teachings 1 For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be subject again to the yoke of slavery. 2 Listen! I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no benefit to you at all! 3 And I testify again to every man who lets himself be circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law. 4 You who are trying to be declared righteous by the law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace! 5 For through the Spirit, by faith, we wait expectantly for the hope of righteousness. 6 For in Christ … Continue reading →