Sunday, November 15, 2009
First Worship Service
- Brethren, We Have Met to Worship: Text by George Atkins; Music by William Moore
- Hear it on Bart Millard’s album “Hymned Again”
- How Firm A Foundation: From Caldwell’s Union Harmony, 1837; “K” – in Roppon’s Selections of Hymns
- Hear Jeff Wreyford’s version on “Worship Well”
- God is Great by Marty Sampson
- Hear it on Travis Cottrell’s album “Alive Forever”
- Center by Charlie Hall and Matt Redman
- Hear it on Charlie Hall’s album “Flying into Daybreak”
- Center of My Joy by Gloria Gaither, William J. Gaither, and Richard Smallwood
- Hear it on Richard Smallwood’s album “The Center of My Joy”
- Blessed Assurance: Text by Fanny J. Crosby; Music by Phoebe P. Knapp
- Hear it on Angelia Christie’s album “Hymn and I”
Second Worship Service
- Foreverandever Etc. by David Crowder, Jack Parker, and Mike Dodson
- Hear it on the David Crowder Band’s album “A Collision”
- Seen the Light by Diego Chi
- I Will Exalt You by Brooke Ligertwood
- Hear it on Hillsong United’s album “Faith+Hope+Love”
- Oh You Bring by Matt Crocker
- Hear it on Hillsong United’s album “A_CROSS // The_EARTH: Tear Down the Walls”
- We Won’t Be Quiet by David Crowder, Jack Parker, and Mike Dodson
- Hear it on the David Crowder Band’s album “Remedy”
Jewish Vocational Service
Updated on March 10th, 2010 at 4:20 pm,
Focus: Immigrants, refugees, and the disabled
Contact: TK Fu
Jewish Vocational Service (JVS) was established in 1949, dedicated to assisting a global, war weary Jewish community build new lives in America. JVS staff and volunteers focused on employment opportunities as a structural support to help its clients carry on life’s tasks. JVS also developed services to meet the vocational rehabilitation needs of returning WWII veterans, a significant number of whom were disabled.
City Union Mission
Updated on March 10th, 2010 at 4:22 pm,
Focus: Ministering to people suffering from heartbrokenness, homelessness, helplessness and hopelessness. Guiding them toward spiritual, emotional and physical wellness.
Contact: Dale Moline
City Union Mission is an evangelical Christian ministry committed to sharing the Gospel and meeting the spiritual, physical, and emotional needs of men, women, children who are poor or homeless.
For our Live Out Loud Project, we will construct a “Walkway to Wellness” – a 180 foot brick walkway between the Administrative Building and the Christian Life Center. We need men and women to prepare a foundation and install paver bricks; we need people to help serve 120 men three separate meals. In case of bad weather, the project will be delayed into late March and early April.
Veronica’s Voice
Updated on March 10th, 2010 at 4:23 pm,
Focus: Victims of commercial sexual exploitation (prostitution)
Live Out Loud Project: Our project will take place after The Summit. Veronica’s Voice is in the process of securing a permanent property to house the women they assist. Once the property is secured, there will be a need for cleanup and assisting those moving into the residence.
Contact: Amanda Jolley
We are survivors combating commercial sexual exploitation by using our experiences to develop our healing programs. Veronica’s Voice (VV) has helped pioneer the movement of survivor-designed, implemented and driven services. VV is dedicated to the voiceless and missing and is built by sheer will. That “will” is what kept us alive in the most desperate and life-threatening situations and is now present in our daily lives, fighting for our sisters and brothers.
The Week of November 15, 2009
MONDAY—EVANGELISTIC PRAYER
Chronological Reading: Ezekiel 10-12 + James 4
Monday, November 16, 2009
Jude 24 Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
Almighty God and Savior:
Faultless! I am far from it now, but since you never stop short of perfection, I know you will make me reach it one day. I thank you that you are keeping me to the end so you can present me at the last.
Ephesians 5:27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
Oh Jesus, that you would also make __________ and __________ faultless by washing them in your own blood until they are as fair as the purest angel before the throne. May they see their sin, believe the gospel, and come to you to be clothed in your righteousness, making them positively faultless and perfectly flawless in the sight of God.
Colossians 1:21-22 And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:
Your law should not only have no charge to lay against me, but actually be magnified by me. Moreover, the work of the Holy Spirit inside me should make me so perfectly holy that he takes away my tendency to sin. Make my judgment, my memory, my will—and every passion—emancipated from the power of evil.
Oh to be in heaven together with friends. Sin gone, Satan shut out, temptation past, and myself faultless before the throne. My beauty will be as great as that of the place prepared for me.
Thank you Lord Jesus, for all you did on the cross to reverse the curse and give me eternal life by faith. Thank you for your grace. Amen.
TUESDAY— CORPORATE PRAYER MINISTRY
Chronological Reading: Ezekiel 13-15 + James 5
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Nehemiah 2:4 Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
Glorious Lord and Master:
Nehemiah prayed for months about the ruined walls of his Jerusalem. Day and night the distress of his city was written on his heart. With one single passion for God’s mission to build a kingdom, you sent Nehemiah an opportunity. The king queried what Nehemiah wanted to do for Jerusalem. The question was not followed by an immediate answer, but by an exclamatory prayer!
This is not the prayer that stands knocking at mercy’s door. No, this was the concentration of many prior knocks into one sharp blow. As a battering ram, it happened between the king’s question and Nehemiah’s answer, an interval not long enough to be noticed. But it was long enough for God to notice. We seek to obtain similar guidance from you as your church.
It says Nehemiah was very sore afraid at that moment. He offered his prayer like a flash of electricity. It was done intuitively from spiritual instinct. It was a prayer that prevailed with you.
We know this was a silent prayer. In the inmost shrine of his bodily temple—in the holy of holies of his secret soul—there did Nehemiah pray. Short and silent, it was effectual, fervent “prayer on the spot.”
He did not go into his chamber like Daniel did. Daniel was right, but this was a different occasion. He did not turn his face to the wall like Hezekiah did. But there and then—with king’s cup in hand—he prayed to the God of heaven.
Oh Lord, give us such grace! Make our prayer both intense and direct. We know who we are praying to, God of heaven. We are going straight for the thing we know you want us to accomplish. Bring glory to yourself. Amen.
WEDNESDAY—REVIVAL PRAYING
Chronological Reading: Ezekiel 16-18 + 1 Peter 1
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
1 Samuel 18:14-15 And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD was with him. Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was afraid of him.
Dear Lord and Master:
It does me no good to say I believe in the principle of amazing grace if I practice ungodliness. If I want to talk to others about your grace, I have to make sure that I feel its full power to restore, renew, and revive me. If the grace of God does not go so far as to save me from drunkenness, lustfulness, lies and lewdness, or even from slandering and scowling at others, then the grace I talk about is very different from the grace God really bestows. If I can speak of grace and still live in sin, then either my judgment is off or I am really not saved.
The grace of God comes into my life freely, but it comes to make me different in character. I am not saved by works, for it is all of grace. And yet that is not quite the language used regarding David. You were with him as he behaved. If good works do not follow my faith, my faith needs to be revived.
My need for power means a need for prayer. Many of the writers of scripture interweave their word from you with a word to you. Constantly I catch them underlining a principle with a prayer to you. Just like the lumberjack stops to sharpen his chainsaw without loss of time overall, stopping to pray will make me faster in my busy-ness.
Lord, I want to be wise. Come teach me! I want to behave wisely. Holy Spirit, come sanctify me! I do not know how to act until you show me. I need the influence of your grace to guide me in your ways, because that is true revival.
Come and assist me. If there is any holiness to which I have not attained, lift me up. Do this to the glory of your Son Jesus. Amen.
A DAILY PATTERN FOR PRAYER & BIBLE READING
Chronological Reading: Ezekiel 19-21 + 1 Peter 2
Thursday, November 19, 2009
1 Thessalonians 4:17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
THERE is coming a day when no heartaches shall come
No more clouds in the sky, no more tears to dim the eye.
All is peace forevermore on that happy golden shore,
What a day, glorious day that will be.
No more sickness, no pain, no more parting over there;
And forever I will be with the One who died for me,
What a day, glorious day that will be.
What a day that will be when my Jesus I shall see,
And I look upon His face,
The One who saved me by His grace;
When He takes me by the hand
And leads me through the Promised Land,
What a day, glorious day that will be.
What a day, glorious day that will be!
—Jim Hill
FRIDAY—FOCUS ON CHRIST’S CROSS
Chronological Reading: Ezekiel 22-24 + 1 Peter 3
Friday, November 20, 2009
2 Corinthians 5:21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
Gracious God and Holy Father:
Help me contemplate Christ in his sayings on the cross. First is his fellowship with men: Father, forgive them. He stands with the sinners who crucified him and tries to make apology for them, For they know not what they do.
Next is his Kingly power as he opens heaven’s gate to the dying thief, To day shalt thou be with me in Paradise. Third, I see his human relationships. How near of kin he is to me as, even in his death throes, he thinks of his mother and says, Woman, behold thy son. He is more a human than any man has been.
I see him next, taking my sin saying, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Let me never forget it was because he bore my sin that he was forsaken by God (2 Cor 5:21). I behold him in the fifth cry saying, I thirst. There he takes not only my sin, but steps into my suffering and all the infirmity and limitations of my physical nature and flesh.
But if I want to see his fullness as well as his weakness, and his all-sufficiency as well as his sorrow, I need to listen to him cry, It is finished. Jesus has drained-dry the bitter cup of gall that God gave him. There is not a penny to be added to the ransom price. Jesus paid it all. And if I want to see how he reconciles me to himself because of that completed redemption, I behold him taking me with him as he draws up that last word, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit. Christ goes back to the Father, and I can come to the Father, because It is finished on the cross.
Seven sayings from the cross. A harp of seven strings. Nether time nor eternity will be able to gather all the music out of them. Praise the Lord! Amen.
SATURDAY—IN THE PSALMS
Chronological Reading: Ezekiel 25-27 + 1 Peter 4
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Psalm 108:1 O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory.
O God My Father:
Sometimes I have to climb the ladder of prayer to praise you. Other times I have to praise you for the past first, in order to be able to pray in faith for the present and the future. By the help of your Spirit today, I can either pray myself up to praise, or praise myself into a proper frame of mind for prayer!
Let me resolve to magnify you with a steadfast heart. Many times I use the same words over and over to draw near to you. Because while you cannot endure vain repetitions, I know you also despise vain variations. Some phrases are so useful I just have to use them over again. I don’t throw away a cup just because I drank from it before, and so I preserve the best words to use to praise you again.
Psalm 108:13 Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies.
Sometimes the future of a nation seems to hang on the prayers of one person. It is easy for me to pray for the Lord’s people, because your heart is already set on doing them good. But it is serious work to pray when I feel like my city and society depends on what you intend to do through my prayer.
You made great promises to David, and your holiness guaranteed them. For this reason, David prays as if the blessing is already received. Let me begin my prayer on your promises, and then I can do the same.
Your help to me will inspire help to others. And since faith is never fearful or lazy, I pray to you great King for great things. If prayer and praise precede the battle, I know I can expect heroic deeds and decisive victories. For this reason I pray before the pastor preaches (and even to help aid him preach). Let me use the power of God and see the glory of your work this weekend. Amen.
Week 20
This week we made great strides in enclosing the building. The north side has most of the sheathing over the structural studs and a gold coating for weather protection. Most of the metal floor decking and wire mesh are in place so second floor concrete floor can be poured next week. Midland Steel has put red iron up around the new entrance, including the supports for the canopy on the south doors we have been using. The escalators should be delivered next week, and they start very soon on the canopy for the new entrance. When the red iron is complete the roofing contractor can put material down. The plumbing contractor is working on areas where pipes will go through the roof and putting plastic boots in the floor to keep concrete from filling the space. They are working to route the gas line around the building from the east corner.
Be sure to view the time lapse videos of the construction progress. Each video shows what happened from one Wednesday morning until the next week with the weekend time span removed.
Sunday, November 8, 2009
First Worship Service
- Here is Our King by David Crowder
- Hear it on the David Crowder Band’s album “A Collision”
- Forever by Chris Tomlin
- Hear it on Darwin Hobbs’s album “Worshipper”
- Hosanna by Brooke Fraser
- Hear it on Hillsong United’s album “The I Heart Revolution: With Hearts as One”
- Sovereign Hands by Mia Fieldes
- Hear it on Hillsong United’s album “United We Stand”
- Holy, Holy, Holy: Text by Reginald Heber; Music by John B. Dykes
- Hear it on the soundtrack to “Amazing Grace”
- Grace by Laura Story
- Hear it on Laura Story’s album “Great God Who Saves”
Second Worship Service
- What the World Will Never Take by Matt Crocker, Scott Ligertwood, and Marty Sampson
- Hear it on Hillsong United’s album “Look to You”
- Seen the Light by Diego Chi
- Marvelous Light by Charlie Hall
- Hear it on Charlie Hall’s album “Flying Into Daybreak”
- Jesus Paid it All: Words by Elvina M. Hall; Music by John T. Grape; Music by Kristian Stanfill
- Hear it on Passion’s album “Passion: Everything Glorious”
- We Win by David Crowder, Mike Dodson, and Jack Parker
- Hear it on the David Crowder Band’s album “A Collision”
India and Nepal
Updated on September 2nd, 2010 at 10:54 am,
Dates (changes reflected): Dec 27, 2010 to Jan 11, 2011
Trip Leaders: Jim Lee and Isaac Gomez
Trip Type: Cultural Discovery and Evangelism
Number of people needed: 10. This trip is now full. (sign up for waiting list)
Approximate Cost: $2,500.00 ($800 + Airfare)
Passport Required: Passport Information
Visa Required: Visa fees are not included in trip cost; work with Isaac Gomez to obtain a visa to India in a timely fashion. You must notify the trip leader if you are not a US citizen.
Required Paperwork: Short Term Missions Application
Staff Contact: Rachel Latore
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