Sunday, July 30, 2023
Bible Readings for July 30, 2023
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Prayer Requests to be shared during Sunday’s service
On Sunday, July 30, Sligo Presbyterian Church will lift to God the following needs:
- Armed Forces
- Arnold Bowser
- Barbara Yarchuk
- Betty Terwint
- Bob Varner
- Bruce Bowman
- Bus Clark
- Butch
- Canadian Wildfires
- Carol Carr
- Cass' Neice
- Charles Truitt
- Chris Sibert
- Church Leaders
- College Students
- Corbin
- Dan Lallace
- David Glatt
- Debbie Myers
- Dickey Chrissman
- Doctors & Nurses & all essential workers
- Duane Quinn
- Elaine Lerch
- Ella Henry
- Francis Maines
- Government Leaders
- Jeff Rainey
- Jim Mahle
- Jim Mason
- Jim Mason's Brother
- JR Sherry
- Lana Todd
- Lori Myers
- Marcy Hall
- Maxine Hartle
- Maxine Simpson
- Mike Hiles
- Mike Miller
- Noah
- Our Youth
- Pam Bottomley
- Patty Selle
- Phillip Durnell
- Police Officers
- Randy Frampton
- Rick Shadiow
- Riley
- Ron & Shelly Haines
- Ron Lerch
- Ron Milanovich
- Rowan Ramirez
- Rwanda Partner
- Sandy Boilegh
- Sandy Patterson
- Sara Beth Lawrence
- Sean Bayless
- Shirley Barnes
- Stephen & Alice Lucas
- Sue Black
- Tadd French
- Tamlynn
- Tammy Dell
- Velma Stewart
- Virginia Heidler
- Wes Summerville
- World Vision
- Zach Schieberl
The Bulletin for the SPC Worship Service - Sunday, July 30, 2023
We're going to spend the summer of 2023 with the Patriarchs. During eleven worship services, beginning on Father's Day, we'll use passages from the book of Genesis to look at Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph, focusing on how the Lord was consistently and actively involved in their lives. And by the end of the summer, we should have a better understanding of the one whom they followed and on how that same God can lead us. During this series, we'll look at the stories and passages below:
- June 18 - The Lord Chooses Abram (Genesis 12:1-9)
- June 25 - The Lord Promises Abraham a Son (Genesis 18:1-15)
- July 2 - Abraham Sends Hagar and Ishmael Away (Genesis 21:8-21)
- July 9 - The Lord Tests Abraham (Genesis 22:1-14)
- July 16 - Abraham's Servant Finds Isaac a Wife (Genesis 24:34-38, 42-49, 58-67)
- July 23 - Jacob and Esau (Genesis 25:19-34)
- July 30 - Jacob's Dream at Bethel (Genesis 28:10-19a)
- August 6 - Jacob with Leah and Rachel (Genesis 29:15-28)
- August 13 - Jacob Becomes Israel (Genesis 32:22-31)
- August 20 - Joseph and His Brothers (Genesis 37:1-4, 12-28)
- August 27 - Joseph Tells His Brothers Who He Is (Genesis 45:1-15)
On Sunday, we'll focus on what we can learn from the story of Jacob's dream at Bethel (Genesis 28:10-19a). The bulletin for the service is below. You can stream the service by going to the Sligo Presbyterian Church YouTube Channel at 10:00 a.m.
On the Road to Jerusalem: A Study of Luke - Approaching the City (Luke 18:31–19:28)
Join us as we use the Gospel of Luke to discuss the journey made by Jesus Christ to the city of Jerusalem, from his birth to his ascension. During our time together, we’ll look at the following:
- Session 1 - An Introduction (Luke 1:1-4)
- Session 2 - Before the Beginning (Luke 1:5–2:52)
- Session 3 - Preparing for the Big Day (Luke 3:1–4:13)
- Session 4 - Off and Running (Luke 4:14–6:16)
- Session 5 - Preparing His Followers (Luke 6:17–8:21)
- Session 6 - You Are the Christ of God (Luke 8:22–9:50)
- Session 7 - Beginning the Journey (Luke 9:51–12:1)
- Session 8 - The Yeast of Hypocrisy (Luke 12:1–13:21)
- Session 9 - Being a Disciple (Luke 13:22–14:35)
- Session 10 - Joy and Wealth (Luke 15:1–16:31)
- Session 11 - What’s Coming (Luke 17:1–18:30)
- Session 12 - Approaching the City (Luke 18:31–19:28)
- Session 13 - Ministry in Jerusalem (Luke 19:29–21:38)
- Session 14 - The Passion of the Christ [Part 1] (Luke 22:1-71)
- Session 15 - The Passion of the Christ [Part 2] (Luke 23:1-56)
- Session 16 - Resurrection (Luke 24:1-53)
During our twelfth session in the series, we used Luke 18:31–19:28 to discuss Jesus's approach to Jerusalem. The discussion and passage are below:
Luke 18:31–19:28
As he approached Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging. When he heard a crowd going by, he asked what was happening. They told him, “Jesus of Nazareth is passing by.” Then he shouted, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” Those who were in front sternly ordered him to be quiet; but he shouted even more loudly, “Son of David, have mercy on me!” Jesus stood still and ordered the man to be brought to him; and when he came near, he asked him, “What do you want me to do for you?” He said, “Lord, let me see again.” Jesus said to him, “Receive your sight; your faith has saved you.” Immediately he regained his sight and followed him, glorifying God; and all the people, when they saw it, praised God.
As they were listening to this, he went on to tell a parable, because he was near Jerusalem, and because they supposed that the kingdom of God was to appear immediately. So he said, “A nobleman went to a distant country to get royal power for himself and then return. He summoned ten of his slaves, and gave them ten pounds, and said to them, ‘Do business with these until I come back.’ But the citizens of his country hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to rule over us.’ When he returned, having received royal power, he ordered these slaves, to whom he had given the money, to be summoned so that he might find out what they had gained by trading. The first came forward and said, ‘Lord, your pound has made ten more pounds.’ He said to him, ‘Well done, good slave! Because you have been trustworthy in a very small thing, take charge of ten cities.’ Then the second came, saying, ‘Lord, your pound has made five pounds.’ He said to him, ‘And you, rule over five cities.’ Then the other came, saying, ‘Lord, here is your pound. I wrapped it up in a piece of cloth, for I was afraid of you, because you are a harsh man; you take what you did not deposit, and reap what you did not sow.’ He said to him, ‘I will judge you by your own words, you wicked slave! You knew, did you, that I was a harsh man, taking what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow? Why then did you not put my money into the bank? Then when I returned, I could have collected it with interest.’ He said to the bystanders, ‘Take the pound from him and give it to the one who has ten pounds.’ (And they said to him, ‘Lord, he has ten pounds!’) ‘I tell you, to all those who have, more will be given; but from those who have nothing, even what they have will be taken away. But as for these enemies of mine who did not want me to be king over them—bring them here and slaughter them in my presence.’”
After he had said this, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.
Prayers for Our Community, Our Nation and Our World
SPC Brunch Bunch Pizza Cruise
On Wednesday, July 26, the SPC Brunch bunch took a 90-minute boat and pizza cruise in Moraine State Park. We thank Paula Conner for organizing the trip and all those who provided transportation. Below are some picture from the event.
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The Bible Passage for Our Sunday Service (Genesis 28:10-19a)
- June 18 - The Lord Chooses Abram (Genesis 12:1-9)
- June 25 - The Lord Promises Abraham a Son (Genesis 18:1-15)
- July 2 - Abraham Sends Hagar and Ishmael Away (Genesis 21:8-21)
- July 9 - The Lord Tests Abraham (Genesis 22:1-14)
- July 16 - Abraham's Servant Finds Isaac a Wife (Genesis 24:34-38, 42-49, 58-67)
- July 23 - Jacob and Esau (Genesis 25:19-34)
- July 30 - Jacob's Dream at Bethel (Genesis 28:10-19a)
- August 6 - Jacob with Leah and Rachel (Genesis 29:15-28)
- August 13 - Jacob Becomes Israel (Genesis 32:22-31)
- August 20 - Joseph and His Brothers (Genesis 37:1-4, 12-28)
- August 27 - Joseph Tells His Brothers Who He Is (Genesis 45:1-15)
On Sunday, we'll focus on what we can learn from the story of Jacob's dream at Bethel, Genesis 28:10-19a. Below is the passage on which we'll focus.
Genesis 28:10-19 [Contemporary English Version]
Jacob left the town of Beersheba and started out for Haran. At sunset he stopped for the night and went to sleep, resting his head on a large rock. In a dream he saw a ladder that reached from earth to heaven, and God's angels were going up and down on it.
The Lord was standing beside the ladder and said:
I am the Lord God who was worshiped by Abraham and Isaac. I will give to you and your family the land on which you are now sleeping. Your descendants will spread over the earth in all directions and will become as numerous as the specks of dust. Your family will be a blessing to all people. Wherever you go, I will watch over you, then later I will bring you back to this land. I won't leave you—I will do all I have promised.
Jacob woke up suddenly and thought, “The Lord is in this place, and I didn't even know it.” Then Jacob became frightened and said, “What a frightening place! It must be the house of God and the gateway to heaven.”
When Jacob got up early the next morning, he took the rock that he had used for a pillow and stood it up as a place of worship. Then he poured olive oil on the rock to dedicate it to God, and he named the place Bethel.
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From Captivity to Freedom: A Study of the Exodus - Moses Is the Man (Exodus 33:9 – 34:35; 40:1-38; Numbers 10:11-36)
During the SPC Wednesday morning Bible Study, we're studying the story of the Hebrew Exodus as recorded in the books of Exodus and Numbers. During the ten sessions in this series, we’ll look at the following topics:
- Session 1 – The Man of the Hour (Exodus 1:1 – 4:31)
- Session 2 – Let My People Go (Exodus 5:1 – 11:10)
- Session 3 – Exit (Exodus 12:1 – 15:21)
- Session 4 – Now What (Exodus 15:21 – 18:27)
- Session 5 – OOPS (Exodus 19:1 – 20:26; 24:1-18; 32:1 – 33:8)
- Session 6 – Moses Is the Man (Exodus 33:9 – 34:35; 40:1-38; Numbers 10:11-36)
- Session 7 – A Complaining Bunch (Numbers 11:1 – 14:45)
- Session 8 – Leadership and Control (Numbers 16:1 – 20:13)
- Session 9 – About to Enter the Land (Numbers 20:14 – 24:25)
- Session 10 – On Your Mark, Get Set (Numbers 25:1 – 26:4; 31:1 – 32:42)
During our sixth session, we looked at Exodus 33:9 – 34:35; 40:1-38; and Numbers 10:11-36. Below is a recording our discussion and the passage.
Exodus 33:9 – 34:35; 40:1-38; Numbers 10:11-36
Moses said to the Lord, “See, you have said to me, ‘Bring up this people’; but you have not let me know whom you will send with me. Yet you have said, ‘I know you by name, and you have also found favor in my sight.’ Now if I have found favor in your sight, show me your ways, so that I may know you and find favor in your sight. Consider too that this nation is your people.” He said, “My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.” And he said to him, “If your presence will not go, do not carry us up from here. For how shall it be known that I have found favor in your sight, I and your people, unless you go with us? In this way, we shall be distinct, I and your people, from every people on the face of the earth.” The Lord said to Moses, “I will do the very thing that you have asked; for you have found favor in my sight, and I know you by name.” Moses said, “Show me your glory, I pray.” And he said, “I will make all my goodness pass before you, and will proclaim before you the name, ‘The Lord’; and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy. But,” he said, “you cannot see my face; for no one shall see me and live.” And the Lord continued, “See, there is a place by me where you shall stand on the rock; and while my glory passes by I will put you in a cleft of the rock, and I will cover you with my hand until I have passed by; then I will take away my hand, and you shall see my back; but my face shall not be seen.”
The Lord said to Moses, “Cut two tablets of stone like the former ones, and I will write on the tablets the words that were on the former tablets, which you broke. Be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning to Mount Sinai and present yourself there to me, on the top of the mountain. No one shall come up with you, and do not let anyone be seen throughout all the mountain; and do not let flocks or herds graze in front of that mountain.” So Moses cut two tablets of stone like the former ones; and he rose early in the morning and went up on Mount Sinai, as the Lord had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tablets of stone.
The Lord descended in the cloud and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name, “The Lord.” The Lord passed before him, and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for the thousandth generation, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, yet by no means clearing the guilty, but visiting the iniquity of the parents upon the children and the children’s children, to the third and the fourth generation.” And Moses quickly bowed his head toward the earth, and worshiped. He said, “If now I have found favor in your sight, O Lord, I pray, let the Lord go with us. Although this is a stiff-necked people, pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for your inheritance.”
He said: I hereby make a covenant. Before all your people I will perform marvels, such as have not been performed in all the earth or in any nation; and all the people among whom you live shall see the work of the Lord; for it is an awesome thing that I will do with you. Observe what I command you today. See, I will drive out before you the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. Take care not to make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land to which you are going, or it will become a snare among you. You shall tear down their altars, break their pillars, and cut down their sacred poles (for you shall worship no other god, because the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God). You shall not make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to their gods, someone among them will invite you, and you will eat of the sacrifice. And you will take wives from among their daughters for your sons, and their daughters who prostitute themselves to their gods will make your sons also prostitute themselves to their gods. You shall not make cast idols.
You shall keep the festival of unleavened bread. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the time appointed in the month of Abib; for in the month of Abib you came out from Egypt. All that first opens the womb is mine, all your male livestock, the firstborn of cow and sheep. The firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb, or if you will not redeem it you shall break its neck. All the firstborn of your sons you shall redeem. No one shall appear before me empty-handed. Six days you shall work, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even in plowing time and in harvest time you shall rest. You shall observe the festival of weeks, the first fruits of wheat harvest, and the festival of ingathering at the turn of the year. Three times in the year all your males shall appear before the Lord God, the God of Israel. For I will cast out nations before you, and enlarge your borders; no one shall covet your land when you go up to appear before the Lord your God three times in the year. You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven, and the sacrifice of the festival of the passover shall not be left until the morning. The best of the first fruits of your ground you shall bring to the house of the Lord your God. You shall not boil a kid in its mother’s milk. The Lord said to Moses: Write these words; in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.
The Lord spoke to Moses: On the first day of the first month you shall set up the tabernacle of the tent of meeting. You shall put in it the ark of the covenant, and you shall screen the ark with the curtain. You shall bring in the table, and arrange its setting; and you shall bring in the lampstand, and set up its lamps. You shall put the golden altar for incense before the ark of the covenant, and set up the screen for the entrance of the tabernacle. You shall set the altar of burnt offering before the entrance of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, and place the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it. You shall set up the court all around, and hang up the screen for the gate of the court. Then you shall take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it, and consecrate it and all its furniture, so that it shall become holy. You shall also anoint the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and consecrate the altar, so that the altar shall be most holy. You shall also anoint the basin with its stand, and consecrate it. Then you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tent of meeting, and shall wash them with water, and put on Aaron the sacred vestments, and you shall anoint him and consecrate him, so that he may serve me as priest. You shall bring his sons also and put tunics on them, and anoint them, as you anointed their father, that they may serve me as priests: and their anointing shall admit them to a perpetual priesthood throughout all generations to come.
Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. Moses was not able to enter the tent of meeting because the cloud settled upon it, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. Whenever the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, the Israelites would set out on each stage of their journey; but if the cloud was not taken up, then they did not set out until the day that it was taken up. For the cloud of the Lord was on the tabernacle by day, and fire was in the cloud by night, before the eyes of all the house of Israel at each stage of their journey.
Moses said to Hobab son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses’ father-in-law, “We are setting out for the place of which the Lord said, ‘I will give it to you’; come with us, and we will treat you well; for the Lord has promised good to Israel.” But he said to him, “I will not go, but I will go back to my own land and to my kindred.” He said, “Do not leave us, for you know where we should camp in the wilderness, and you will serve as eyes for us. Moreover, if you go with us, whatever good the Lord does for us, the same we will do for you.” So they set out from the mount of the Lord three days’ journey with the ark of the covenant of the Lord going before them three days’ journey, to seek out a resting place for them, the cloud of the Lord being over them by day when they set out from the camp. Whenever the ark set out, Moses would say, “Arise, O Lord, let your enemies be scattered, and your foes flee before you.” And whenever it came to rest, he would say, “Return, O Lord of the ten thousand thousands of Israel.”
Bible Readings for July 26, 2023
Tuesday, July 25, 2023
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SPC Summer Adult Sunday School: The Righteous Reign of God (The Weeds Among the Wheat)
The Prophets Proclaim God’s Power
Jesus Envisions the Kingdom
- July 9 - The Kingdom Has Come Upon You (Matthew 12:22-32)
- July 16 - The Sower and the Seed (Matthew 13:1-9,18-23)
- July 23 - The Weeds Among the Wheat (Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43)
- July 30 - Finding and Gathering (Matthew 13:44-52)
God’s Eternal Reign
- Aug. 6 - Inheriting the Kingdom (Galatians 5:13-26)
- Aug. 13 - The Nature of the Kingdom (Romans 14:10-23)
- Aug. 20 - Judgment in the Kingdom (1 Corinthians 4:1-6,17-21)
- Aug. 27 - God’s Kingdom Will Be All in All (1 Corinthians 15:20-28)
During our sixth meeting, we used Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 to discuss the parable of the weeds among the wheat. Below is a recording of our discussion and the scripture we used.
Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43
He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to someone who sowed good seed in his field; but while everybody was asleep, an enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and then went away. So when the plants came up and bore grain, then the weeds appeared as well. And the slaves of the householder came and said to him, ‘Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? Where, then, did these weeds come from?’ He answered, ‘An enemy has done this.’ The slaves said to him, ‘Then do you want us to go and gather them?’ But he replied, ‘No; for in gathering the weeds you would uproot the wheat along with them. Let both of them grow together until the harvest; and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, Collect the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my barn.’” Then he left the crowds and went into the house. And his disciples approached him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds of the field.” He answered, “The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man; the field is the world, and the good seed are the children of the kingdom; the weeds are the children of the evil one, and the enemy who sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels. Just as the weeds are collected and burned up with fire, so will it be at the end of the age. The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will collect out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all evildoers, and they will throw them into the furnace of fire, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Let anyone with ears listen!
The Sligo Presbyterian Church Celebration Service - Sunday, July 23, 2023
We're going to spend the summer of 2023 with the Patriarchs. During eleven worship services, beginning on Father's Day, we'll use passages from the book of Genesis to look at Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph, focusing on how the Lord was consistently and actively involved in their lives. And by the end of the summer, we should have a better understanding of the one whom they followed and on how that same God can lead us. During this series, we'll look at the stories and passages below:
- June 18 - The Lord Chooses Abram (Genesis 12:1-9)
- June 25 - The Lord Promises Abraham a Son (Genesis 18:1-15)
- July 2 - Abraham Sends Hagar and Ishmael Away (Genesis 21:8-21)
- July 9 - The Lord Tests Abraham (Genesis 22:1-14)
- July 16 - Abraham's Servant Finds Isaac a Wife (Genesis 24:34-38, 42-49)
- July 23 - Jacob and Esau (Genesis 25:19-34)
- July 30 - Jacob's Dream at Bethel (Genesis 28:10-19a)
- August 6 - Jacob with Leah and Rachel (Genesis 29:15-28)
- August 13 - Jacob Becomes Israel (Genesis 32:22-31)
- August 20 - Joseph and His Brothers (Genesis 37:1-4, 12-28)
- August 27 - Joseph Tells His Brothers Who He Is (Genesis 45:1-15)
On Sunday, the message focused on what we can learn from the story of Jacob and Esau according to Genesis 25:19-34. A video of the service, a recording of the sermon and copy of the bulletin are below. You can stream the service by going to the Sligo Presbyterian Church YouTube Channel at 10:00 a.m.
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