Sunday Worship Service: August 08, 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:
We thank you, heavenly Parent, for calling us your children. It gives us such comfort to know that this is exactly what we are. Continue to work in us, Lord, to purify us and to draw us closer to you. Strengthen our faith, our hope and our love, so that when Jesus is revealed we will be like him, and we will see him as he is. In his holy name we pray. Amen.
Opening Hymn:
“So Will I (100 Billion X)“
led by Ms. Celeste Bembry, Mr. Tony St. James and Mr. Matt Daley
CHURCH NEWS & GIVING
Announcements:
MARK YOUR CALENDARS
Drive-in Sunday Worship Twice a Month: 1st Sundays and 3rd Sundays at 10:00 a.m.
FELLOWSHIP COFFEE HOUR via Zoom
Sunday, August 8th 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, September 5, 2021 at 10:00 a.m.
PLEASE ARRIVE 9:30-9:45 A.M.
On Sunday, September 5th 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, August 22th. 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:
Oh, great God, we come with eyes eager to see you, ears straining to hear you and hearts longing to meet with you.
We come with minds open to learn of you and with hands and feet ready to respond to your leading.
We see the needs around us as great, and we recall that you are the Great Provider and Sustainer.
We feel pain in us, and around us, and we remember that you are the Great Healer.
We feel the sting of death and loss and we cling to Jesus, who is our Way, our Truth and our Life.
By the power of your Spirit, use us to meet the needs of others, even in the midst of our neediness.
By the power of your Spirit, use us to bring healing, even out of our pain.
By the power of your Spirit, use us to lead others into Truth and Life, as we follow the Way of Jesus.
Our great God, we humbly submit to Jesus, and pray that you would keep us in him until our redemption and inheritance are revealed. Amen!
Offering Song – Led by Ms. Celeste Bembry, Mr. Tony St. James and Mr. Matt Daley
“In The Name Of Jesus” No. 303
Offering Prayer:
Gracious God, you have given us so very much. We have been blessed abundantly and so we give back to you. It is with hearts of joy that we bring these gifts. We offer them up to you that your kingdom may be made great through their use. Help us always to give generously from what little or much we may have. For we know that you are filled with joy when we give fully from our hearts. Thank you for blessing us so richly. We are so grateful.
Amen.
Tithes and offerings:
SERMON MESSAGE
Sermon Song – by Barbara G. Sherrill sung by Ms. Celeste Bembry accompanied by Mr. Matt Daley
“Oh, What A Friend”
Sermon:
“The Imitators”
~ Ephesians 4:25-5:2 ~
Closing Song – Led by Ms. Celeste Bembry, Mr. Tony St. James and Mr. Matt Daley
“Till We Gather Again” No. 368
CLOSING PRAYER
Go out and imitate God, living in love.
Put your hope in God’s Word
and let your own words be truthful and constructive.
May sin rouse your anger,
. . . but never let anger cause you to sin
Don’t allow any room for evil.
And may God always hear your voice
May Christ Jesus raise you to new life;
and may the Holy Spirit nourish you for the life of love.
We go in peace to love and serve the Lord,
. . . In the name of Christ
Amen.
Postlude
“We Shall Overcome”
We hope you enjoyed Virtual Sunday Worship.
ADD YOUR COMMENTS BELOW, SHARE THE WORSHIP,
& JOIN US FOR COFFEE HOUR on ZOOM at NOON on SUNDAY, August 8th.
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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