You’re Invited!
HELLO! WELCOME TO WPC
an Invitation from Pastor Carlton Rhoden
Hello Westminster Friends & Family,
Sunday, October 31st
LIVE ZOOM SUNDAY WORSHIP at 11:00 a.m.
After worship, we’ll be meeting for our Coffee & Fellowship hour.
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WELCOME & OPENING PRAYER
Welcome:
Good morning, Thank you for choosing to join Westminster in our Zoom Worship service on this 5th Sunday of October. Would you bow your heads as I pray our Opening Prayer. Please keep yourselves muted.
Opening Prayer:
Gentle God, you shepherd us in times of trouble. When the way seems dark, you guide us safely through. When we cannot bear to slow down, you show us the wisdom of Sabbath rest. In your presence there is life, overflowing, abundant and free.
As we rest in your goodness, teach us, O Lord, to see with your heart. Open our eyes to the world beyond our neighborhoods, and to your beloved children both near to us and far. Open our hearts to the blessed fierceness of your creation, which sustains us and yet is more powerful than we can imagine.
Anoint us with your spirit of blessing, that we might be as Christ to one another, in our welcome, compassion and care. Amen.
Opening Praise
Highlights
- Wednesday Bible Study 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
MARK YOUR CALENDARS
Drive-in Sunday Worship: November 7th
at 10:00 a.m.
PLEASE ARRIVE 9:30-9:45 A.M.
FELLOWSHIP COFFEE HOUR via Zoom
Sunday, October 31st 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
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
How grateful we are, most loving creator, for the abundance of life that is ours. You give us a world of beauty and eyes to behold it. You give us the joy of children to love, and the ability to feel the love in a tiny hand wrapped around one of our fingers. You give us a bounty of food, and the luxury of tasting delicious treats to savor and enjoy. You give us flowers blooming, the sea surging and the ability to take in the sweetness of fragrant flower aromas and the scent of salty air. You give us all this and even more: the time to enjoy the blessings you have bestowed upon us.
In these moments of stillness, we ask you to forgive us for squandering the wealth that is ours. We busy ourselves with tasks instead of children; we complain about shopping for groceries and washing the dishes. We waste time watching television or playing computer games instead of noticing the glory of the world around us. Turn us around, Lord.
Awaken us to the wonder in our every day: the sounds of laughter, the smell of coffee, the taste of a crisp apple, the sight of a smile on a loved one’s face. Turn us around, Lord, to the realization that this day, this moment will not come again. Turn us around, Lord, and grant us the grace to treasure what we have been given. We ask these things in the name of the one who came that we might see what a life of abundant love looks like, Jesus our Lord who taught us to say when we pray … Our Father, who art 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.
Offering Song
Offering Prayer
Lord, we thank you for your faithfulness. We are so grateful that we can always count on you. Out of your abundance and great mercy, you have given us so much. And so we give you this offering today. With it we worship you and give our whole selves to you. Take it now and use it for your kingdom and your glory. Extend and multiply its reach and influence, we pray. May it be a great blessing to many. We ask all this in the powerful name of Jesus. Amen.
Tithes and offerings:
Sermon Song
Sermon Title & Sermon Text:
Closing Song
Closing Prayer
The seeds of gospel truth have been planted in you. Go now to share your faith in Jesus and your love for each other, so that the gospel might grow in you and bear fruit throughout the world. May you be filled with the wisdom of God, the power of Christ and the patience of the Spirit, now and forever. Alleluia. Amen.
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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