ANNOUNCEMENTS Welcome! Greetings in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! Following our worship service, please stay and join us for coffee and fellowship downstairs. Grace Church 2015 - This year's theme for the combined Chinese/English Ministries is "Equip the Saints, Evangelize the World" based on Ephesians 4:12 and John 3:16. Let us pray and work together as one Body in Christ to bring glory to our Lord Jesus Christ. Today's Sunday School – Join us at 11:30am. Adult Sunday School: “Studies in the Sermon on the Mount”, College and Career: “Discipline Essentials”, Youths: “Studies in the New Testament”. Calling all Women of Grace! Women of Grace is open to all women of Grace Church and is designed to strengthen our bond as sisters as we grow in Christ. Please sign up to attend the next meeting on May 16th from 9:30am – 12:00pm. For more information, see Sally Chin or Lucy Lam. English Congregation Family Fellowship – Calling all nature lovers! The next English Congregation Family Fellowship will be a midday hike, lunch, and outdoor devotion at the Flat Rock Brook Nature Center in Englewood on May 2nd, from 11am-3pm. Please bring a packed lunch and plenty of water, which you will need to carry in a backpack on the hike. Parking is limited at the Center so car pool if at all possible. Please also pray for good weather as there is no rain date. RSVP to Sally Chin. Vacation Bible School – Summer 2015 Blast to the Past! God’s Everlasting Love – August 10-14 (6:30pm to 9:30pm). We are looking for a dedicated Christian director and co-director and other volunteers to use their gifts in making VBS happen this summer for our God, for our children, for our church and for the community. Our church theme is “equip the saints, evangelize the world”. Let us join together and put our theme into action. There is a sign-up list in the back of the sanctuary. We need to have a team in place by April 30. Sign up today! Community Service Opportunity – Please join the Bergen Regional Hospital Volunteers today at 1:30pm. See Susan Chien for more information. Oversea Chinese Mission Pastor John will be preaching at OCM Canaan Church next Sunday, May 3. Please welcome Rev. Howard Chan to Grace Church that morning as he shares God’s Word with us. April 26 2015 Grace Church SCHEDULE Sunday Prayer (Pastor John’s office) Sunday Worship Sunday School 9:15 am 9:45 am 11:30 am OTHER ACTIVITIES Wednesday Prayer/Bible Study in Ephesians 8:00 pm Friday Prayer/Bible Study in Ephesians 8:00 pm Saturday Recreational Fellowship/Ping Pong 9:00 am CONTACT INFORMATION OCM Website www.ocmgracechurch.org Please find us on Facebook: OCM Grace Church "to equip the saints for the work of the ministry, for building up the body of PASTORAL STAFF Pastor John Chung Pastor John Maxham Office: 201-440-2677 [email protected] 908-510-8478 Tues-Fri 9-5pm [email protected] Christ…”Ephesians 4:12 “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16 Last week’s attendance: 40 ________________________________________________ 90 Mt Vernon Street, Ridgefield Park, NJ 07660 OUR PRAYERS Call to Worship Christ our Head and Savior: (Ephesians 5) Isaiah 40:28 (ESV) Confession of Sin All Apostles Creed* All Lord, we humbly come to you today and honor you as our head and Savior. We pray that we would be submissive and loving, just as you gave up yourself and loved us. You sanctified your church by cleansing with the word, so that you might present us to yourself without wrinkle or spot. CALL TO WORSHIP John Shih Praise* Boaz Chung 28 Have you not known? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable. Children's Message/Prayer of Blessing APOSTLES CREED Offerings We thank you for your nourishment and for the comfort of knowing that we are cherished by you. Corporate Prayer May we as your church, your bride, cherish and submit to you, Scripture Reading* our Lord and Master. Sermon Li-Chan Maxham Mark 6:1-6 Pastor Bill Redekop Omnipotence Stymied Prayers of Intercession: Song of Commitment* Please continue to pray for God's healing in the lives of Mrs. Shu, Amy Chan, Amy Yu, Steven Chung and Mr. Landau. Announcements I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth. And in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary; suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead and buried. He descended into hell; on the third day He rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven and sits on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Christian Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting. Amen. All FOOD FOR THOUGHT Mark 9:17-24 (ESV) Benediction* Postlude Who is My Neighbor? Pray that God will help you to invite one friend to church this week. Pray for our family, friends and neighbors to be saved by the Gospel. Pray for the Lord to awaken our hearts and eyes to the poor and needy. *All those who are able, please stand. 17 And someone from the crowd answered him, “Teacher, I brought my son to you, for he has a spirit 18 that makes him mute. And whenever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams and grinds his teeth and becomes rigid. So I asked your disciples to cast it 19 out, and they were not able.” And he answered them, “O faithless generation, how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him to me.” 20 And they brought the boy to him. And when the spirit saw him, immediately it convulsed the boy, and he fell on the ground and rolled about, foaming at the mouth. 21 And Jesus asked his father, “How long has this been happening to him?” And he said, “From childhood. 22 And it has often cast him into fire and into water, to destroy him. But if you can do anything, have 23 compassion on us and help us.” And Jesus said to him, “‘If you can’! All things are possible for one who 24 believes.” Immediately the father of the child cried out and said, “I believe; help my unbelief!”
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