Welcome to Forest Hills!
As we begin to worship together again in person,
we will be following current suggested practices of
- maintaining a distance of at least six feet
between people not of the same household,
- wearing a mask indoors,
- singing and making responses softly
so that we can take care of each other.
As we begin to worship together again in person,
we will be following current suggested practices of
- maintaining a distance of at least six feet
between people not of the same household,
- wearing a mask indoors,
- singing and making responses softly
so that we can take care of each other.
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All of our online worship services are available
on our
Forest Hills Presbyterian Martinsville VA YouTube Channel.
The latest worship service is posted each week following worship. Click on the YouTube post below to be taken to it.
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WORSHIP
11 a.m. in our Sanctuary
and online at our YouTube Website
following worship.
05-09-2021 Bulletin
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May 9, 2021
CHURCH SANCTUARY
11:00 am
"LOVE ONE ANOTHER"
Rev. Cheryl Peeples, Pastor
THEME
Jesus invites us to the joy which comes from loving our neighbors.
FIRST LESSON
Psalm 98 (NRSV)
1 O sing to the Lord a new song,
for he has done marvelous things.
His right hand and his holy arm
have gained him victory.
2 The Lord has made known his victory;
he has revealed his vindication in the sight of the nations.
3 He has remembered his steadfast love and faithfulness
to the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen
the victory of our God.
4 Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth;
break forth into joyous song and sing praises.
5 Sing praises to the Lord with the lyre,
with the lyre and the sound of melody.
6 With trumpets and the sound of the horn
make a joyful noise before the King, the Lord.
7 Let the sea roar, and all that fills it;
the world and those who live in it.
8 Let the floods clap their hands;
let the hills sing together for joy
9 at the presence of the Lord, for he is coming
to judge the earth.
He will judge the world with righteousness,
and the peoples with equity.
FOCUS SCRIPTURE
This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. John 15:12
SECOND LESSON
John 15:9-17
9 “As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love.
10 If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love.
11 I have said these things to you so that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete.
12 “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
13 No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.
14 You are my friends if you do what I command you.
15 I do not call you servants any longer, because the servant does not know what the master is doing; but I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have heard from my Father.
16 You did not choose me but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that will last, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask him in my name.
17 I am giving you these commands so that you may love one another.”
PRAYER OF PREPARATION
Loving God,
You no longer call us servants, but friends.
Make us true ambassadors of Your love,
willing to put others first and to find joy
in the happiness of our neighbors,
for the sake of Christ. Amen.
HYMNS WE WILL SING
#276 (vv. 1, 3)
"Called as Partners in Christ's Service" BEECHER
#403 (vv. 1, 2)
"What a Friend We Have in Jesus" CONVERSE
#368 (vv. 1,2)
"I've God Peace Like a River"
African-American Spiritual
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Contact Us
The Church Office is open Mon. - Fri. 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
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.
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)
Contact Us
The Church Office is open Mon. - Fri. 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
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.
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)
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including receiving the Herald, our weekly email newsletter,
please contact our office manager via email at foresthillspcoffice@gmail.com.
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