Sunday Worship Service: June 27, 2021
Westminster Presbyterian Church of Los Angeles
Westminster Presbyterian Church of Los Angeles invites you to experience Virtual Worship. Scroll the page to participate in Virtual Sunday Worship and join us on Sunday’s at noon for the Video Chat Coffee Hour on Zoom. See you soon.
Shhh, Virtual Worship is Starting
Opening Prayer:
Living and faithful Spirit, the God in whom we live and move and have our being, the God who is made known in Christ Jesus, bless us one and all as we wait on you this day.
Please remove from our minds and hearts whatever impediments hinder worship or dampen our joy. Increase within us that holy longing for closeness which can open our lives to fuller delight and to a deeper commitment.
May our hymns and prayers, our searching thoughts and our hearing of the Scriptures, be an exercise in the holiest love making.
By you, with you and for you, may our lives publish your praise. In the name of Christ Jesus.
Amen!
Opening Hymn:
“Joyful Joyful, We Adore Thee” No. 120
led by Mr. Matt Daley and Ms. Tiana Whittington
CHURCH NEWS & GIVING
Announcements:
MARK YOUR CALENDARS
Drive-in Sunday Worship Twice a Month: 1st Sundays and 3rd Sundays
FELLOWSHIP COFFEE HOUR via Zoom
Sunday, June 27th at 12:00 p.m. / Noon
Please join Pastor Carlton Rhoden for Fellowship with our Westminster Family. Let’s join one another for a check in and fellowship following the morning virtual worship service via zoom. Join the Zoom Coffee Hour Meetings – Let’s Chat! – CLICK HERE
Attention Westminster Family
~ DRIVE-IN COMMUNION SERVICE ~
Sunday, July 4th, 2021 at 11:00 a.m.
PLEASE ARRIVE 10:30-10:45 A.M.
On Sunday, July 4th – “Fourth of July” we will be having our drive-in Communion Sunday Worship Service in our parking lot. Please pay close attention to upcoming emails this week about instructions for the service. We will also meet for a drive-in worship service on the third Sunday, July 18th. So mark your calendar dates and join us in the WPC parking lot for our Westminster drive-in Sunday service.
PREVIEW
DRIVE-IN COMMUNION SERVICE TODAY
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PRAYER MEETING:
Wednesdays at 5:30pm
Please join us for the via conference call.
Phone: (339) 209-4324 – (no code is needed)
BIBLE STUDY
Wednesday at 1:00 p.m.
We will meet for our Bible Study at 1pm as to not conflict with the food giveaway ministry. Join Pastor Rhoden for our weekly zoom virtual Bible Study. – CLICK HERE
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BIBLE STUDY & PRAYER:
Wednesdays at 12 Noon
Interaction Based discussions/Scripture Translation will continue until the end of the summer. – GET DETAILS!
*** FOOD GIVE AWAY ***
Thursdays at 11:00 a.m.
We know that times are tough. Thanks to our partnership with Immanuel Presbyterian Church, we’re giving away FREE FOOD to the community. Come and get your free box of food in the parking lot of Westminster Presbyterian Church of Los Angeles on Thursdays.
View Food Give Away ~ Click Here
Prayers of the People:
Holy and gracious God, like the deaf man and the Syrophoenician daughter, we are all in need of healing. Some of us have sick bodies, others have sick souls, minds or spirits. We need a word or a touch from the Great Physician, for we are incapable of making ourselves well. We are powerless over the demons that beset us. Anger, worry and fear grip our hearts. Depression and anxiety steal our joy, and disease robs us of vitality. Circumstances beyond our control plant seeds of doubt. Look upon us with mercy and compassion as we mention today those in need of your healing touch [here include specific needs as appropriate]. Come, O healing God, to our rescue with words of hope and reassurance, that we might faithfully trust in your healing and guiding presence. Amen!
Offering Song – Led by Mr. Matt Daley and Ms. Tiana Whittington
“Jesus, The Light Of The World” No. 217
Offering Prayer:
We come every week to this place of prayer when we offer gratitude for all the blessings we enjoy and dedicate what we give that others might share in our bounty. Let our giving be different this time. Let us not give out of routine. Let us not give out of guilt. Let us not give because we don’t want others to see the offering plate pass us by without putting anything in it. Let us not pray by rote. Let us pause instead by the shore at the feet of Jesus. Let us feel the soft breeze and hear the babbling of the babies, and see the love in the eyes of Jesus as his gaze falls upon us. And then, in gratitude and awe, let us be like the child who offers what he has: bread and fish to feed the hungry through the grace of Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Tithes and offerings:
SERMON MESSAGE
Sermon Song – Led by Mr. Matt Daley and Ms. Tiana Whittington
“Were It Not For Grace”
Sermon:
“Healing Faith”
~ Mark 5: 21-43 ~
Closing Song – Led by Mr. Matt Daley and Ms. Tiana Whittington
“Risen”
CLOSING PRAYER
May the love of God surround you as you go out from this place and return to your daily life;
May Jesus Christ always stand before you with an invitation to know him and to follow him;
May the Spirit give you wisdom and grace for the journey, and kindle your imagination;
And may the love of this community be like a warm cloak to shield you from despair and keep you strong in hope.. Amen.
Postlude
“How Great Thou Art” #148
Led by Mr. Matt Daley and Ms. Tiana Whittington
We hope you enjoyed Virtual Sunday Worship.
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& JOIN US FOR COFFEE HOUR on ZOOM at NOON on SUNDAY, JUNE 27th.
MEET PASTOR RHODEN
Rev. Carlton A. Rhoden
Westminster Presbyterian Church / Los Angeles
Rev. Carlton A. Rhoden became the Pastor/Head of Staff of the Westminster Presbyterian Church in April, of 2014. Rev. Rhoden comes with a wealth of experience, having formerly served as Senior Minister of the First Baptist of Los Angeles from 2006 until 2013. Rev. Rhoden earned a Masters of Divinity from the American Baptist Seminary of the West in Berkeley California in 2005. Upon graduation Rev. Rhoden was awarded “The J. Alfred Smith Sr. Award for Outstanding Ministry in the Black Church”. He is also a graduate of the Harvard Divinity School Summer Leadership Program class of 2005. Rev. Rhoden received a Bachelor of Science in Social Work with a minor in African American Studies from the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey in 1999. While at Stockton, Rev. Rhoden was a member of the Men’s Basketball team, a member of Student Government, and pledged Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc.
He is also active in community organization, most recently with Oakland Community Organizations. He is nationally recognized for his expertise in this field and has provided advice and consulting for community organization groups from coast to coast.
Carlton is married to Nikki Thomas-Rhoden. Nikki holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology and a Master’s Degree in Public Administration. They have two children, CJ and Maya. Nikki is a Social Worker who has a great concern for children in need. She is a graduate of Richard Stockton College of N.J. (B.A.), and a Master’s of Public Administration from Cal State Hayward. She is currently employed at Penny Lane Centers as a Site Director of Wrap Around. She is devoted to her family and the ministry of Westminster Presbyterian Church Los Angeles. Most importantly she is the best wife and mother a man and his children (Maya and C.J.) can have.
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