Weekly Worship Service Sunday, July 4, 2021

Welcome to our Fourth of July – Independence Day Worship Service
Sunday, July 4, 2021
11:00 a.m.

Sunday Prayer Meditation
The Heart, Jeremiah 17:9-10 –Deacon George Hillman

Worship Music:
As The Deer Panteth (Instrumental), Maestro James Crumbly, NACOG Praise Raise-A-Thon (pre-recorded)*
Look and Live  – Langley Church Choir, (pre-recorded)
Let It Rise – Rev. Kerwin Manning, NACOG Praise Raise-A-Thon, (pre-recorded)**

Sermonette and Communion: “The Prescence Change!“ Genesis 28:10-28
Speaker: Pastor Mario Jenkins

Prayer Lines Are Open For You
The Langley Prayer Line is staffed by Langley ministers and prayer team members.
New Hours:
Monday prayer 6:15 am ​- 6:45​ am and 12:15 am – 12:45 pm
Wednesday prayer 6:15 am ​- 6:45​ am and 11:15 am ​-12 noon
Friday prayer 6:15 am ​- 6:45​ am
Call in with prayer requests, to connect, to pray together and for any other needs.
Let us shelter under the mighty wings of God.

Tithes & Offerings: At this time, we are asking that you give your tithes and offerings through Bill Pay only. Please do not mail or drop off your tithes and/or offering. Bill Pay can be set up through your bank (please call, go online, or visit your bank to establish this payment system). Thank you!

Announcements:

Ruth Wright Education Scholarship Recipients
Congratulations to Amarie Jenkins and Aryn Silas our 2021 recipients of the Ruth Wright Education Scholarship! Amarie will attend Albion College in Albion, Michigan, in the fall, and major in Nursing.  Aryn will attend Western Illinois University and major in Forensic Chemistry. We are very proud of these young ladies and we pray that God will continue to go with them, leading and guiding them along the way!

Creative Design. Congratulations Minister Michelle Murff-Arrington who was recognized for the creative mural that she designed and painted, with the help of some of her students, outside a father and daughter doctor’s office on the south side of Chicago. Minister Michelle is a Music and Fine Arts Teacher at Alice L. Bernard Elementary School in Chicago. She designed the mural to recognize some of the Black Pioneers in Medicine such as Dr. Justina Ford, the first black female physicians in the United States and Dr. Daniel Hale Williamson, first African American Cardiologist and the first to perform open heart surgery. We are so proud of your accomplishment. Congratulations to you and your students at Bernard Elementary School!

Save the Date: 2021 Virtual Campmeeting of the National Association of the Church of God. “A Hunger for Jesus, Righteousness, & Justice” (Matthew 5:6). Dates: August 1-8th.

Reflection: God’s Marvelous Grace***
By believing that Jesus is the perfect solution for our imperfection, we suddenly do become perfect in God’s eyes! We do not have to do anything more than to believe in Christ Jesus, because whatever else you can think of to earn salvation has already been done by Him.

Grace is defined perhaps most clearly and powerfully in John 3:16, “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.” As the old hymn says, “God’s grace brings pardon and cleansing. It is greater than all our sin. This marvelous grace brings abundant peace. We stop striving to “purchase” heaven when we know the work is done for us.

What difference has God’s grace made in your life? Read Romans 1:1-7.

Independence Day – Fourth of July History****
The Fourth of July—also known as Independence Day or July 4th—has been a federal holiday in the United States since 1941, but the tradition of Independence Day celebrations goes back to the 18th century and the American Revolution. On July 2nd, 1776, the Continental Congress voted in favor of independence, and two days later delegates from the 13 colonies adopted the Declaration of Independence, a historic document drafted by Thomas Jefferson. From 1776 to the present day, July 4th has been celebrated as the birth of American independence, with festivities ranging from fireworks, parades and concerts to more casual family gatherings and barbecues. The Fourth of July 2021 is on Sunday, July 4, 2021; the federal holiday will be observed on Monday, July 5, 2021.

Stay prayerful and read the following daily:
Psalm 119:45 (NIV) – I will walk about in freedom, for I have sought out your precepts.
1 Peter 2:16 (ESV) – Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but living as servants of God.
John 8:32 (ESV) – And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.
John 8:36 (ESV) – So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.

Credits:
*Maestro James Crumbly, NACOG Praise Raise-A-Thon (pre-recorded)
**Rev. Kerwin Manning Pasendena Church of God CA, NACOG Praise Raise-A-Thon, (pre-recorded)
***Pathways Moments with God, Daily Devotional Guide; Summer 2021;Warner Press
****Fourth of July – Independence Day.  https://www.history.com/topics/holidays/july-4th
Most photos are from UnSplash.