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 or join us on August 2nd at 10:00 a.m. for our Drive-In Communion Service. See announcements.
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Opening Prayer:
Great Healer, make us aware of your great Spirit here in this place. Touch and heal our brokenness, and lift us out of despair and doubt. Dry our tears of pain and sorrow. Comfort and nourish us with the many blessings of your great love, O God. May we flourish and blossom in the warmth and compassion of your healing love and grace.
Amen.
Opening Praise:
“My Weapon” – Natalie Grant
CHURCH NEWS & GIVING
Announcements:
FELLOWSHIP COFFEE HOUR via Zoom
Sunday at 12:00 p.m. / Noon
There will be no Fellowship on zoom due to the Drive-In Communion Service on Sunday August 2, 2020 in the WPC Parking Lot. Let’s join one another for a check in and fellowship following for morning worship service at Westminster Church. – CLICK HERE
Attention Westminster Family
~ DRIVE-IN COMMUNION SERVICE ~
Sunday, August 2, 2020 at 10:00 a.m.
On Sunday, August 2nd we will be having a special drive-in Communion service in our parking lot. Please arrive at the parking lot between 9:15am and 9:45am. And 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!
Prayers of the People:
God of holy hospitality, you make the world your neighborhood. Opening yourself to all, you care for those in special need, of body, mind or soul. As those who long to re-create your beloved community, we discover many neighbors, far and near, many in great need. Today we remember neighbors near and far, those around the corner and those around the world. We lift up those in our community and those around the world who are injured or sick, who long for your healing…whose disagreements bring discord … whose differences keep them from seeing their common humanity … For all of our neighbors, Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer. Jesus our Host, you tell us that the door is open to anyone who knocks. You invite us to gather around your table to share the meal that you have prepared. Help us to live as neighbors with all those who eat with us, and with all those who long to eat. Teach us also to create a new community with those who eat in other houses, around other tables. Unite us with brothers and sisters everywhere, as neighbors of yours, and ours. We pray in your name.
Amen!
Offertory Prayer:
Source of life, may the works of our hands bring you honor. May the life we live reflect the risen Word of life. May the service we offer be inspired by the Breath of life.
Amen.
Offering Song:
“The Blood” – Charles Butler & Trinity
Tithes and offerings:
SERMON MESSAGE
Sermonic Songs:
“Trust Me” – Richard Smallwood
Sermon:
“The Ten Commandments of Trust”
~ Matthew 14: 13-21 ~
By Pastor Carlton Rhoden
SCRIPTURE READING
SERMON by PASTOR CARLTON RHODEN
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COMMUNION
Communion Song:
“The Blood Will Never Lose Its Power” – Chrystal Washington and Lillie Knauls
Call to Confession:
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he who is faithful and just will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness (1 John 1:8-9). In humility and faith, let us confess our sin to God.
Prayer of Forgiveness:
Gracious God, our sins are too heavy to carry, too real to hide and too deep to undo. Forgive what our lips tremble to name, what our hearts can no longer bear, and what has become for us a consuming fire of judgment. Set us free from a past that we cannot change; open to us a future in which we can be changed; and grant us grace to grow more and more in your likeness and image, through Jesus Christ, the Light of the World. Amen!
Assurance of Pardon:
The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. He will not always accuse, nor will he keep his anger forever. He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities. For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far he removes our transgressions from us.
Communion:
COMMUNION CLOSING SONG
“God With Us” – Terrian
Closing Prayer:
As you go forth from this place, may you be an ambassador of peace and grace, whether you are in the parking lot or on a playground. May Jesus lead you through the gateway of another week with the good news that life is worth living. Regardless of what you do, or where you are, grace abounds. May you go forth with eyes open to see the miracles of God’s world and may the love and peace of God sustain you and all those you love, wherever they may be, as you leave this place renewed and refreshed.
Amen.
We hope you enjoyed Virtual Sunday Worship.
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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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