The Rock Covenant Church

The Rock Church Worship Service

Paul Maria Advent Conspiracy Worship fully Spend less Give more Love all … Advent is about celebrating the coming of God into our world … What helps us celebrate God, Christ, Emmanuel (God with us) … Regina … My mom gave me this stuffed Christmas tree with stuffed Nativity ornaments and we hang new items to match the theme of the week 30% of Manhattan Beach is Jewish, so we celebrate Chanukah I think it’s a bridge for the boys to some of the other kids in their school Celebrate the day of Epiphany El Molina sells king bread with plastic babies inside it … Maria Can draw ideas from each other but also the church calendar, I hadn’t even thought about celebrating epiphany If you want to share let us know You can also write on a paper ornament and hang it on the tree and see what other … Continue reading →

The Rock Covenant Church

The Rock Church Worship Service

Paul Jon …. The apostle Paul has the audacity to say that even in this I am content I’ve learned the secret of contented ness What if Paul never met Jesus, his life would be pretty awesome Went to a good school, had a good career as a Pharisee Then he met this resurrected Jesus Jesus doesn’t promise the good life, He promises us abundant life What if Paul had told the story from a different perspective, of unaccomplished goals and unfinished plans A story were Paul wasn’t doing so good In 1909 a no longer young woman named Henrietta Sol Founding HADASA, a women’s Zionist group Channeling her unrequited love into something productive and beautiful What if her story had been about getting married to the right man? Do you ever question the good life? Do you compare it with the abundant life that Jesus offers? So Paul says … Continue reading →

The Rock Church Worship Service

Paul I realized 5 minutes ago that I didn’t like any of the songs I had prepared, so it’s going to be one of those nights Lay your love down (???) Jon Stoakia tocosmo – Basic elements of the earth No other gods before me and no graven images Martin Luther’s thesis on Galatians 3-10 are rooted in 1 and 2 All leads back to idolatry and what’s going on in our hearts Tim Keller Time, energy, passion, money, these things are all gifts, but they can turn into idol factories None of these basic elements, these gifts cannot hold us up, they’re finite Any of these things can enslave us Transitioning from being irreligious to being REALLY religious We all have religious impulses that say “there must be something I can do to receive God’s favor” The Gospel says that there’s nothing but trusting in Jesus Enslaved actually translates … Continue reading →

The Rock Church Worship Service

Paul coda Heather Mercy’s Village sign-up sheet going around, sponsor a child The pot luck November 18th Online sign-ups Men’s Olympics next Sunday Danny Ray at youth ministry this Friday Pizza at six, show at seven Middle/high school, but elementary appropriate Paul Disappearing Mercy’s Village sign-up sheet Jon Philippians 1:9-11 Grace and Peace to you And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God. (Philippians 1:9-11 ESV) I had the pleasure of working on these verses with a friend of mine over a couple of phone calls This is my prayer Agape – God love, selfless, pursues, sacrificial Perissos – grow, increase, with no … Continue reading →

The Rock Church Worship Service

Josh Kauffman Stephen Keating Announcements Katie Keating South Bay Agora meeting at the Grimes’ house Katie Tiffany Recruiting for children’s ministry Sun May 22nd after church Children’s tribute to mother’s Matthew Kennedy I still consider this my home church I don’t know what to say, Mark says just cry and you’ll be fine Relationships affect all of us We all fail at relationships We’re human but God is perfect and He gives us hope Ephesians 5:22-33 Don’t freak out by the word submit This verse has saved my marriage There’s a lot here to dissect It’s a beautiful thing as Steven Tyler would say on American Idol This is only my second time preaching since going into ministry The first time, Byron McDonald, the lead pastor for Rolling Hills Covenant Church flew off to Japan and asked me to take over There’s 2 verses for girls but 8 or 9 … Continue reading →

The Rock Church Worship Service

Paul (As morning dawns) –Today is the start of Advent We celebrate in advance, we see it coming Janes Family Isaiah 11 Paul A song of longing (How Great Is Your Love) –Don’t want to stop being thankful 2 days after Thanksgiving (waltz) (What could I say?) (You stood before creation) Jon Genesis 1 Colossians Philippians Start out with separating light from darkness Then land/water, vegetation Sequence of order in complexity Tree more advanced than a rock Now we have animal life Woman final creation Amen and it was good More advanced, complex, beautiful to look upon Look upon this progression and the thing that strikes me is that we mean something to somebody, to our Creator Person next to you easy to love, what about the person who cut you off? Family? Realizing that they had dominion over everything, they tried to find an identity other than God Began … Continue reading →

The Rock Church Worship Service

Paul (Be Lifted High) Jon Hebrews 13:1-8 1 Let brotherly love continue. 2 Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. 3 Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them, and those who are mistreated, since you also are in the body. 4 Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous. 5 Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” 6 So we can confidently say, “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?” 7 Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God. Consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate … Continue reading →