Church guide

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"On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jewish leaders, Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you!" After he said this, he showed them his hands and side. The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord." - John 20: 19 –20

"Thy testimonies are very sure; holiness becometh thine house, O Lord, forever." - Psalm 93:5

"Suddenly a sound like a violent wind filled the house where they were sitting…"—Acts 2:2

"When he saw that they were straining at the oars against an adverse wind, he came towards them early in the morning, walking on the sea." - Mark 4:45-56

"O Lord, you have searched me and known me. You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from far away. You search out my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways. Even before a word is on my tongue, O Lord, you know it completely. You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me." - Psalm 139

"Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit that is from God, so that we may understand the gifts bestowed on us by God." - 1 Corinthians 2:12

"Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastpiece of judgment on his heart when he goes into the holy place, for a continual remembrance before the Lord." - Exodus 28:29

"His head and his hair were white as white wool, white as snow; his eyes were like a flame of fire, his feet were like burnished bronze, refined as in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of many waters. In his right hand he held seven stars, and from his mouth came a sharp, two-edged sword, and his face was like the sun shining with full force. When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead." - Revelation 1:14-17

"You shall put these words of mine in your heart and soul, and you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and fix them as an emblem on your forehead." - Deuteronomy 11: 18

"I have told you these things so that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete." - John 15:11

"Take heed, o women of leisure! Soon you will shudder in your complacency, for the wine will run dry and the vineyard will be strangled by thorns. Weep now for the coming disaster … until that day when the Spirit is poured out on us and the wilderness yields a harvest." - Isaiah 32:9-10, 15

"It has given me great joy to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as [God] commanded us. But now…let us love one another. And this is love, that we walk according to God's commandments; this is the commandment just as you have heard it from the beginning—you must walk in it." - 2 John 4-6

"You brought a vine out of Egypt; you drove out the nations and planted it. You cleared the ground for it; it took deep root and filled the land." - Psalm 80:8-9

"Live by the Spirit, I say, and do not gratify the desires of the flesh. For what the flesh desires is opposed to the Spirit, and what the Spirit desires is opposed to the flesh; for these are opposed to each other, to prevent you from doing what you want." - Galatians 5:16-17

"The Lord said to [Moses], ‘Enough from you! Never speak to me of this matter again! Go up to the top of Pisgah and look around you to the west, to the north, to the south, and to the east. Look well, for you shall not cross over this Jordan." - Deuteronomy 3:26-27

"Put to death, therefore, whatever in you is earthly . . . seeing that you have stripped off the old self with its practices, and have clothed yourselves with the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of its creator." - Colossians 3:5

"Deep calls unto deep in the roar of your waterfalls . . ." - Psalm 42:7

"Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me." - Psalm 23:4 KJV

Worship service, Mother's Day 2013. Special music, thanking mothers for their kindness and generosity.

Children's sermon, Mother's Day 2013. Celebrating the kindness and loving act of 'mothering' one another, and the children handing out flowers to all who provide 'mothering care' to others in this world :-)