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Sunday Morning
We are on hiatus for our
JANUARY 24
ZOOM BIBLE STUDY/COFFEE HOUR FELLOWSHIP TIME
We are taking a break on January 24 from Zoom Sunday School and will return on January 31 to begin a study on the Letter of James.
If you'd like to join in, let Pastor Cheryl know
and you will be sent the Zoom invitation link.
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All of our online worship services are available
on our
Forest Hills Presbyterian Martinsville VA YouTube Channel.
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All of our online worship services are available
on our
Forest Hills Presbyterian Martinsville VA YouTube Channel.
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Join us as we worship together online.
Here's the link to the 01-24-2021 Worship Bulletin .
The link to the service is above and will be available beginning at 5 a.m. on that day.
THEME
Jesus calls four fishermen: Simon, Andrew, James, and John.
FOCUS SCRIPTURE
“Now after John was arrested, Jesus came to Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God, and saying, ‘The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near; repent, and believe in the good news.’”(Mark 1:14)
SCRIPTURE--First Lesson
Hebrew Scripture: Jonah 3:1-5, 10
3:1 The word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time, saying, 2 “Get up, go to Nineveh, that great city, and proclaim to it the message that I tell you.” 3 So Jonah set out and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly large city, a three-days’ walk across. 4 Jonah began to go into the city, going a day’s walk. And he cried out, “Forty days more, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!” 5 And the people of Nineveh believed God; they proclaimed a fast, and everyone, great and small, put on sackcloth. 10 When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil ways, God changed His mind about the calamity that He had said He would bring upon them; and He did not do it.
SCRIPTURE--Gospel Lesson
Mark 1:14–20 (NRSV)
14 Now after John was arrested, Jesus came to Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God, 15 and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near; repent, and believe in the good news.” 16 As Jesus passed along the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the sea—for they were fishermen. 17 And Jesus said to them, “Follow me and I will make you fish for people.” 18 And immediately they left their nets and followed him. 19 As he went a little farther, he saw James son of Zebedee and his brother John, who were in their boat mending the nets. 20 Immediately he called them; and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men, and followed him.
PRAYER OF PREPARATION
Faithful God, your disciples left everything they knew to follow you. Give us such faith that we dare to risk stepping out of the familiar and into the adventure , which is your Gospel mission, for the sake of Jesus. Amen.
HYMNS WE WILL SING
345 (1,2) "Dear Lord and Father of Mankind" REST
339 (1,3) "Be Thou My Vision" SLANE
316 (1,3) "Breathe on Me, Breath of God" TRENTHAM
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Forest Hills' COVID-19 Pandemic Update
Due to the increasing threat of COVID-19
in our community,
we are suspending all In-Person Worship Services
until conditions improve. (12/2-20)
During this time,
our church will continue to be open and active
remotely for worship, ministries and activities.
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Contact Us
Our Staff is working remotely at this time
and the Church Office is closed except by appointment.
Please contact Rev. Peeples at CherylRPeeples@gmail.com
for any pastoral concerns or emergencies that you may have
or our Office Manager, Janet Roetken, at foresthillspcoffice@gmail.com
for Herald/bulletin announcements or office concerns.
Please check our website, Facebook, and email for updates as they become available.
We look forward to the upcoming day when we can all again be together in person.
Until then, we will provide opportunities
to meet the needs of our congregation and community
in the best ways we can.
We are the church together, wherever we may be, so let us take care of each other by following the best guidelines available at this time of how to do so.
Whatever comes, Jesus has promised,
“And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” (Matthew 28:20)
Many blessings to you – Pastor Cheryl
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For all other requests and information,
including receiving the Herald, our weekly email newsletter,
please contact our office manager via email at foresthillspcoffice@gmail.com.
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