Service Order for 9:00 AM Sunday, January 13, 2013 Nemmers Family Chapel at Advocate Condell Prelude Welcome — Barbara Shafer, Christ Church Highland Park Invocation—Pastor Rick Sutton, Lakeview Presbyterian Church Prayer Worship in Song Hymn 288 Hymn 224 Scripture Reading: Isaiah 42:1-7 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) The Servant, a Light to the Nations […]
Waiting isn’t most people’s favorite activity. As a matter of fact, I hate waiting. I will take alternate routes to avoid waiting at stoplights or being stuck in traffic. I will treat the checkout lanes like a NASCAR event in which I–like so many others–rapidly scan all the lanes to assess which has the shortest […]
I don’t know about you, but it seems there are times in my life when it rains and it pours and it rains some more. While it is tempting to sink into depression, it is better to trust in the LORD. It is not a vain trust. Nor is it a fruitless one. Even though […]
Sometimes people view narrowness as being intolerant or small-minded. They view it as exclusivity–something evil, available only to the rich or powerful. God views narrowness differently. He views His Narrow Way as universally life-giving and open to all even though not all will choose Him. When we choose to seek Him and not to rely […]
One of the things we can expect in this world is trouble. Each day has enough of its own. Some days, it feels like a whole week’s worth hits you all at once as if you’ve been banking it for such a time as that. Jesus tells us to expect it because when we’re unprepared, […]
Service Order for 9:00 AM Sunday, January 6, 2013 Nemmers Family Chapel at Advocate Condell Prelude Welcome — Barbara Shafer, Christ Church Highland Park Worship in Song Prayer Scripture Reading: Matthew 2:1 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem 2 and […]
