Welcome Message
HELLO! WELCOME TO WPC
from Pastor Carlton Rhoden – Get Sermon
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:
If you are tired, come and worship!
If you are hungry, come and worship!
If you are filled with joy, come and worship!
If your spirit feels renewed, come and worship!
Our God desires our worship, whether we have much or little to give.
There is healing when we come before our God.
All who are gathered here, come and worship!
Amen.
Opening Praise:
“Trust in You” – Anthony Brown & Group Therapy
CHURCH NEWS & GIVING
Announcements:
FELLOWSHIP COFFEE HOUR via Zoom
Sunday 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
~ DRIVE-IN COMMUNION SERVICE ~
Sunday, August 2, 2020 at 10:00 a.m.
PLEASE ARRIVE 9:30-9:45 A.M.
On Sunday, August 2nd we will be having a special drive-in Communion service in our parking lot. Please pay close attention to upcoming emails this week about instructions for the service. So hold the first Sunday date, Aug. 2nd at 10am and join us in the WPC parking lot for our Westminster drive-in Communion service.
PRAYER MEETING:
Wednesdays at 5:30pm
Please join us for the via conference call.
Phone: (701) 802-5077 – Access Code: 3183682
BIBLE STUDY
Thursday at 12:30
Please 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!
Prayer Song:
“When You Pray” – Bebe Winans
Prayers of the People:
As we come to you in prayer, O God, we offer our thanks that you are always present to us even though there are times when we are not present to you.
We thank you that you call us by name, even though there are times when we take your name in vain.
We are sorry for the times when we have not been present to you, and for all the times when we have looked for you in all the wrong places.
We ask that you would instill in us a sensitivity to your presence as we find your glory in the majesty of a sunset and in the smile of a child.
We are thankful that when we find a human need and fill it, you are there.
We offer gratitude for the courage of martyrs who confront conflict with nonviolence. Help us likewise to search for options for a better way.
Awaken us to the opportunities for ministry. Inspire us to pray for peace and for healing of our broken world and our broken relationships.
Expand our horizons so that we might know that wherever we are, you are there, for even as we seek you, you have already found us.
Help us to live so that when we meet you face to face, we might hear you say, “You are my beloved child. With you, I am well pleased.”
Amen!
Offering Song:
“Never Gonna Break My Faith” – Aretha Franklin feat. the Boys Choir of Harlem
“Look Up” – People & Songs
Offertory Prayer:
We bring our gifts with gratitude for the opportunity to give. We thank you, O Lord, for the bounty that is ours and for the freedom we have to worship as we choose. We are grateful for the endless choices that are ours to ponder and partake. We bring our gifts with hearts full of thanksgiving for all that is ours. We ask only that you would help us to remember.
Amen.
Tithes and offerings:
SERMON MESSAGE
Sermonic Songs:
“Alabaster Box” – Cece Winans
Sermon:
“Listen Up!”
~ Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52 ~
By Pastor Carlton Rhoden
SCRIPTURE READING
SERMON by PASTOR CARLTON RHODEN
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SONG OF INVITATION
“Take Me Down to the Water” – Phillip Hill
CLOSING SONG
“No More Night” – Fountainview Academy
Closing Prayer:
Beloved, you are ambassadors for the kingdom of God! Strengthened in hearing the Word proclaimed and sitting at God’s table, go into the world secure in God’s blessing and love to share the good news.
Amen.
We hope you enjoyed Virtual Sunday Worship.
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& JOIN US FOR COFFEE HOUR on ZOOM at NOON on SUNDAY, July 26th.
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.
Good morning Pastor,
Your new set up was good. I noticed you were adjusting the lights and I think those adjustments worked.
Have A Blessed Week! Hello to the family.