Sunday Worship Service: July 11, 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:
Holy God, you are deserving of the very best we have to offer — the devotion of our hearts, the place of honor in our priorities and the first fruits of our labors. We enter this place and space of worship, asking you to be in our midst, to speak your message of love and mercy, conviction and challenge to us. We welcome your Spirit, knowing that in so doing, we abandon control and open ourselves in faith and trust to your purposes and plan, rather than our own. Come, Creator, Redeemer and Sustainer, we pray and may our worship be acceptable in your sight. Amen!
Opening Hymn:
“Blessed Assurance” No. 508
led by Ms. Celeste Bembry and Mr. Matt Daley
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, July 11th 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 18th, 2021 at 10:00 a.m.
PLEASE ARRIVE 9:30-9:45 A.M.
On Sunday, August 1st 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:
Gracious God, I ask for prayer today for this community. There are many hurts and sorrows. There are many joys and celebrations. You know them all and we are thankful. For those who are hurting, please bring great healing and peace. For those who are celebrating, we give you glory for your gifts and provisions. God, may these people know without a doubt that they belong to you and that they are precious in your sight. I ask that we may use our joys and sorrows as a testimony of your work in our lives. Thank you for seeing us, for hearing us, for knowing us. In your holy name. Amen!
Offering Song – Led by Ms. Celeste Bembry and Mr. Matt Daley
“Glory Glory Hallelujah” No. 500
Offering Prayer:
One way we express our faith is by how we use the resources that have been entrusted to us. God, through this act of worship — through the giving of the fruit of our labor —we declare our faith in your loving care. Lord, search our hearts, and if we are giving for reasons other than for the worship of you, if we are giving expecting a return, if we are giving out of a sense of wrath, please help us root out this evil. Help us be faithful disciples in all aspects of our lives.
Amen.
Tithes and offerings:
SERMON MESSAGE
Sermon Song – Led by Ms. Celeste Bembry and Mr. Matt Daley
“My Faith Looks Up To Thee” No. 456
Sermon:
“The Work of God!”
~ Mark 6:14-29 ~
Closing Song – Led by Ms. Celeste Bembry and Mr. Matt Daley
“Song Soon and Very Soon (Andrae Crouch)” No. 193
CLOSING PRAYER
MMay 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
“Praise To The Lord, The Almighty“
by Paul Manz
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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