Song: Preserve Me, O God Welcome: Alan Clarkson Call to Worship Song: Oh, To See The Dawn Prayer Of Confession Song: All Heaven Declares Affirming our Faith: The Apostles’ Creed Song: Worship, Honour, Glory, Blessing Bible Reading: 2 Corinthians 4: 1-18 – The gospel of the glory of Christ is contrasted with the “jars of …

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At Gentle Reformation Jared Olivetti offers a formula that seeks to narrow the gap between communication practice and communication desired outcomes. The formula is: Information + Inclusion = Importance & Involvement +++ So before we start pointing fingers at congregation members for not showing up to work days or not “buying in” to the latest …

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Will Willimon on why human understanding never expects resurrection: Mary’s perfectly logical, understandably natural need to pursue the body of her beloved Jesus has not yet room for the miracle that has happened. The voice of Jesus has called to her, across an abyss of death, thrown a line to her across the cavernous expanse …

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Westminster Confession Of Faith – Lord’s Day 16 Chapter 9 – Of Free Will I. God has endued the will of man with that natural liberty, that is neither forced, nor by any absolute necessity of nature determined to good or evil. II. Man, in his state of innocency, had freedom and power to will …

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