Sunday Morning
ZOOM BIBLE STUDY/COFFEE HOUR/FELLOWSHIP TIME
"Praying with Scripture During Lent" will be our focus throughout Lent.
Bring your own coffee and join us!
If you'd like to join in, let Pastor Cheryl know
and you will be sent the Zoom invitation and lesson links.
ZOOM BIBLE STUDY/COFFEE HOUR/FELLOWSHIP TIME
"Praying with Scripture During Lent" will be our focus throughout Lent.
Bring your own coffee and join us!
If you'd like to join in, let Pastor Cheryl know
and you will be sent the Zoom invitation and lesson links.
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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 02-21-2021 Worship Bulletin for Sunday morning.
The link to the service is above and will be available beginning at 5 a.m. on that day.
THEME
After his baptism,
Jesus is tested in the wilderness for forty days.
FOCUS SCRIPTURE
And a voice came from heaven,
"You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased." (Mark 1:11)
SCRIPTURE--First Lesson
Genesis 9:8-17 (NRSV)
8 Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him,
9 “As for me, I am establishing my covenant with you and your descendants after you,
10 and with every living creature that is with you,
the birds, the domestic animals, and every animal of the earth with you,
as many as came out of the ark.
11 I establish my covenant with you,
that never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of a flood,
and never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth.”
12 God said, “This is the sign of the covenant that I make between me and you
and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations:
13 I have set my bow in the clouds,
and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth.
14 When I bring clouds over the earth and the bow is seen in the clouds,
15 I will remember my covenant that is between me and you
and every living creature of all flesh;
and the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh.
16 When the bow is in the clouds,
I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God
and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.”
17 God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant that I have established
between me and all flesh that is on the earth.”
SCRIPTURE--Gospel Lesson
Mark 1:9-15 (NRSV)
9 In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee
and was baptized by John in the Jordan.
10 And just as he was coming up out of the water,
he saw the heavens torn apart and the Spirit descending like a dove on him.
11 And a voice came from heaven,
“You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased.”
12 And the Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness.
13 He was in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan;
and he was with the wild beasts; and the angels waited on him.
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.”
PRAYER OF PREPARATION
Faithful God, your son dedicated himself and his life to teaching, healing, and sharing your love with the world. Give us his willingness to shed all that hinders us from serving, for the sake of Jesus our Lord. Amen.
HYMNS WE WILL SING
#81 (vs. 1, 2) “Lord, Who Throughout Theses Forty Days” ST. FLAVIAN
#326 (1, 4) “Spirit of God, Descend Upon My Heart” MORECAMBE
#339 (vs. 1, 3) Be Thou My Vision” SLANE
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Forest Hills' COVID-19 Pandemic Update
Due to the ongoing 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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including receiving the Herald, our weekly email newsletter,
please contact our office manager via email at foresthillspcoffice@gmail.com.
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