Welcome Message
HELLO! WELCOME TO WPC
Sunday, February 20, 2022
Good morning, Thank you for choosing to join Westminster in our Zoom Worship service on the 3rd Sunday of February, February 20th, 2022. Would you bow your heads as I pray our Opening Prayer.
(Please keep yourselves muted.)
Shhh, Virtual Worship is Starting
Opening Prayer:
Sisters and brothers, let us lift our hearts in faith to the one who hears all prayers and holds close all those in need.
May today there be peace within. May you trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be. May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are born of faith. May you use those gifts that you have received, and pass on the love that has been given to you. May you be confident knowing you are a child of God. Let this presence settle into your bones, and allow your soul the freedom to sing, dance, praise and love.
It is there for each and every one of us. Amen.
Opening Praise:
“All Hail The Power of Jesus’ Name No. 292”
(Mr. Justin Jordan, Mr. Devin Pruden, and Mr. Matt Daley)
CHURCH NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
MARK YOUR CALENDARS
Next FELLOWSHIP COFFEE HOUR via Zoom
on Sunday, February 20th at 12:00 p.m. / Noon
Fellowship with your 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
~ WEEKLY REMINDERS ~
- Wednesday Bible online 1:00 pm
- Prayer Meeting via phone 5:30 pm
- Thursday Food Give Away in Parking Lot 11:00 am
- 1st Sunday worship 10:00 am in the Parking Lot
ANNUAL MEETING
Sunday, February 20th
The Annual Meeting: to be held on Sunday, February 20, 2022, at 1:00 p.m. via Zoom. Annual Reports to the Congregation will be mailed via U.S. Postal Service, as well as emailed to electronically-capable members. For Zoom Link invitation – CLICK HERE
VOTING
Sunday, February 20th
On February 20, 2022 the congregation will vote for people to serve on the Session or Board of Deacons. The Nominating Committee is presenting the following list of people for your consideration. To participate and get a list of nominees – CLICK HERE
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.
As of Wednesday, September 9th, 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.
LEARN MORE ~ Click Here
——— Break Out Rooms for meet and passing of the peace ——–
Prayers of the People:
We come before you in prayer, loving Creator, and ask that you would help us to create with you. As we humble ourselves before you, we thank you for the seeds of faith you have planted in us when we were yet little children. We thank you for the Sunday school teachers, preachers, choir directors and parents who encouraged the growth of your word in us. Grant us the courage, we pray, to release the things in our lives which choke us and prevent us from growth. You know what hinders us, loving God; make us aware of the detritus of our lives and help us to clear a pathway for you. In those now uncluttered spaces, help us to fill up with your strength. Nourish us with your gifts of bread and wine that we might be able to give to others your patience, your hope and your love, that others, too, might grow and be freed from the weeds that stifle their lives. We offer our gratitude that, out of the gift of your grace, you have allowed us to flourish in spite of ourselves and granted us a place always at your table, regardless of the loads we carry and our own feelings of unworthiness. In this, the middle of summer, some of us are ready to give up because it is too hot, too windy or too uncomfortable, and we confess we would rather stop growing and giving and just rest in the shade. Keep us mindful, O God, that you did not call us to be cool and comfortable but rather hot and bothered by the needs of a weary world. How grateful we are that you are always present to us; let us now be present to you that we might be fed and nourished and therefore able to be present to others. We pray all this in the name of the one who came that we might know what a life of love looks like, Jesus, the Christ, who taught us to say when we pray.
Our Father, who is in heaven, Hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen. Amen.
GIVING
Offering Song:
“You Can’t Beat God Giving No. 671/Doxology No. 650”
(Ms. Celeste Bembry and Mr. Matt Daley)
Offering Prayer:
Holy God of light and life that overcomes darkness and death: as we offer our tithes and offerings to you this morning, we pray that we may give the confidence and assurance of those fully convinced in our promise of Resurrection! Help us to experience our generosity as those who have no need to hold back or hedge our bets. May we live our days giving freely with love and grace, not as those who have the hope of salvation, but the promise! In Christ, we pray. Amen.
Tithes and offerings:
SERMON MESSAGE
Sermon Song:
“Give Me Jesus No. 561”
(Ms. Celeste Bembry and Mr. Matt Daley)
Sermon:
“Blessed Mess“
~ Luke 6:17-26 ~
Closing Song:
“When We All Get To Heaven No. 594”
(Mr. Justin Jordan, Mr. Devin Pruden and Mr. Matt Daley)
CLOSING PRAYER
Go forth from this place with the determination and will to make of your life an island of calm in the storm, a spot of serenity in the whirling pace of your daily lives and a place of peace in a world sorely yearning for a safe place. Let that safe place be you as you go forth surrounded by the love of God.
Amen.
We hope you enjoyed Virtual Sunday Worship.
ADD YOUR COMMENTS BELOW, SHARE THE WORSHIP,
& JOIN US FOR OUR NEXT COFFEE HOUR on ZOOM at NOON on Sunday, February 20th.
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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