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DisciplesNet Worship #415: (Shaw 06.03.2018)

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Jesus has some hard words for his followers today about counting the cost of being a disciple. Pastor Bob takes us through some of the consequences, the problem we all face in trying to do this and reminds us that being a disciple has benefits as well.
Our worship today is 28 minutes long and includes a time of prayer, scripture, a number of favorite Easter hymns, preaching as well as communion. You may choose to participate, or simply meditate as we tell of Jesus' invitation to "do this in remembrance of me." If you would like to share with us at the table that goes beyond earthly boundaries of time, place, and structure, we ask that you prepare a piece of bread of some type and a drink such as grape juice, wine, or water. As we pray, our prayers extend to where you are. If you are unable to eat or drink, you may want to use a symbolic gesture or mental symbol as you come together at this table of remembrance with us. (Scroll down for an Order of Worship)

We hope that as you join us for worship you will feel a blessing from being part. Please tell friends, family, and others you know about our online church that is here with doors that are always open, walls as wide as the world, and always room at the table.

ORDER OF WORSHIP:
1. Opening background music: "I Surrender All"
--- played by Dean Phelps
2. "Lord, Make Us Instruments" - Southport Christian Church Choir
3. Pastor's Prayer: Pastor Russ
--- background "Have Thine Own Way, Lord" played by Beverly Heid
4. "Jesu, Jesu" - DisciplesNet singers - Harmony by Charles H. Webb
5. Scripture: Luke 14:25-33 read by Susan McNeely
--- background "I Have Decided to Follow Jesus" played by Beverly Heid
6. Message: “Counting the Cost" Pastor Bob
7. "The Gift of Love" - played and sung by Dean Phelps
8. Communion: Pastor Deb
9. "I Come with Joy" - Southport Christian Church
9. Sending Out
10. Credits
--- background music: "I Surrender All"
--- played by Dean Phelps

If you would like to chat with one of our pastors, including talking more about belief in God, becoming a Christian or following Christ, or living as a disciple of Christ, please email us at pastor@disciplesnet.org, or contact us using the contact information on our website, disciplesnet.org, or our Facebook page, DisciplesNet Church.

INVITATION TO GIVING:
DisciplesNet Church is a not-for-profit church that exists to cross barriers and boundaries to share the Good News of God's redeeming love. We rely on the gifts of our online viewers as we continue to grow and extend our nets around the world.

We also extend the invitation for you to be part of the DisciplesNet ministry by giving a one-time gift, or ongoing, including a tithe. Even the smallest of gifts, like the mustard seed, has a way of growing in amazing ways to share God's word and the love of Jesus Christ. We have a giving page on our website, disciplesnet.org, and email address: giving@disciplesnet.org

God bless you, and thank you for joining us!

DisciplesNet Worship #414: (Smith 05.27.2018)

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Sometimes it seems as though all that we've trusted and leaned upon is no longer there to aid us. In the message for today, Pastor Russ looks at a similar time in the life of Israel and the vision that the prophet Ezekiel had to bring hope to a people with little or no hope.
Our worship today is 28 minutes long and includes a time of prayer, scripture, a number of favorite Easter hymns, preaching as well as communion. You may choose to participate, or simply meditate as we tell of Jesus' invitation to "do this in remembrance of me." If you would like to share with us at the table that goes beyond earthly boundaries of time, place, and structure, we ask that you prepare a piece of bread of some type and a drink such as grape juice, wine, or water. As we pray, our prayers extend to where you are. If you are unable to eat or drink, you may want to use a symbolic gesture or mental symbol as you come together at this table of remembrance with us. (Scroll down for an Order of Worship)

We hope that as you join us for worship you will feel a blessing from being part. Please tell friends, family, and others you know about our online church that is here with doors that are always open, walls as wide as the world, and always room at the table.

ORDER OF WORSHIP:
1. Opening background music: "Be Still and Know that I Am God"
--- played by Beverly Heid
2. "This is the Air I Breathe" - sung by Phoebe Spier, guitar by Dean Phelps
3. Pastor's Prayer: Pastor Amy
--- background "Breathe on Me Breath of God" played by Beverly Heid
4. "Spirit of the Living God" - sung by Twana Harris
5. Scripture: Ezekiel 37:1-14 read by Russ Smith and Bob Shaw
--- background "Thy Word" played by Beverly Heid
6. Message: “Can These Bones Live?" Pastor Russ
7. "Little is Much" - played and sung by Dean Phelps
8. Communion: Elder Susan
9. "Eat the Bread" - DisciplesNet Singers
9. Sending Out
10. Credits
--- background music: "Be Still and Know that I Am God"
--- played by Beverly Heid

If you would like to chat with one of our pastors, including talking more about belief in God, becoming a Christian or following Christ, or living as a disciple of Christ, please email us at pastor@disciplesnet.org, or contact us using the contact information on our website, disciplesnet.org, or our Facebook page, DisciplesNet Church.

INVITATION TO GIVING:
DisciplesNet Church is a not-for-profit church that exists to cross barriers and boundaries to share the Good News of God's redeeming love. We rely on the gifts of our online viewers as we continue to grow and extend our nets around the world.

We also extend the invitation for you to be part of the DisciplesNet ministry by giving a one-time gift, or ongoing, including a tithe. Even the smallest of gifts, like the mustard seed, has a way of growing in amazing ways to share God's word and the love of Jesus Christ. We have a giving page on our website, disciplesnet.org, and email address: giving@disciplesnet.org

God bless you, and thank you for joining us!

DisciplesNet Worship #413, Pentecost: (Nirmal 05.20.2018)

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In a world that seems without hope, God's Spirit brings hope, both with God's presence and the presence of God's people. This is the message that pastor Rahul Nirmal, our DisciplesNet minister currently living in India brings to us this Pentecost day.
Our worship today is 29 minutes long and includes a time of prayer, scripture, a number of favorite Easter hymns, preaching as well as communion. You may choose to participate, or simply meditate as we tell of Jesus' invitation to "do this in remembrance of me." If you would like to share with us at the table that goes beyond earthly boundaries of time, place, and structure, we ask that you prepare a piece of bread of some type and a drink such as grape juice, wine, or water. As we pray, our prayers extend to where you are. If you are unable to eat or drink, you may want to use a symbolic gesture or mental symbol as you come together at this table of remembrance with us. (Scroll down for an Order of Worship)

We hope that as you join us for worship you will feel a blessing from being part. Please tell friends, family, and others you know about our online church that is here with doors that are always open, walls as wide as the world, and always room at the table.

ORDER OF WORSHIP:
1. Opening background music: "Breathe on Me, Breath of God"
--- Chalice Press CD - Favorite Hymns and Songs
2. "Spirit" verses 1&2 - Dean Phelps
3. Pastoral Prayer: Sheila Spencer (prayer by Pamela Wilding
--- Prayers Encircling the World, Westminster John Knox Press 1999 pg 63)
--- background "Let Us Talents and Tongues Employ" played by Beverly Heid
4. "Every Time I Feel the Spirit" - Dean Phelps and Twana Harris
5. Scripture: Romans 8:22-27 read by Rahul Nirmal
--- background "Spirit Song" played by Beverly Heid
6. Message: “Spirit of Hope" Pastor Rahul Nirmal
7. "Spirit" verses 3&4 - Dean Phelps
8. Communion: Pastor Russ
9. "One Piece of Bread" -
9. Sending Out
10. Credits
--- background music: "Breathe on Me, Breath of God"
--- Chalice Press CD - Favorite Hymns and Songs

If you would like to chat with one of our pastors, including talking more about belief in God, becoming a Christian or following Christ, or living as a disciple of Christ, please email us at pastor@disciplesnet.org, or contact us using the contact information on our website, disciplesnet.org, or our Facebook page, DisciplesNet Church.

INVITATION TO GIVING:
DisciplesNet Church is a not-for-profit church that exists to cross barriers and boundaries to share the Good News of God's redeeming love. We rely on the gifts of our online viewers as we continue to grow and extend our nets around the world.

We also extend the invitation for you to be part of the DisciplesNet ministry by giving a one-time gift, or ongoing, including a tithe. Even the smallest of gifts, like the mustard seed, has a way of growing in amazing ways to share God's word and the love of Jesus Christ. We have a giving page on our website, disciplesnet.org, and email address: giving@disciplesnet.org

God bless you, and thank you for joining us!

A Servant’s Heart

DisciplesNet

From the ministry of housekeeping

Servants, do what you’re told by your earthly masters. And don’t just do the minimum that will get you by. Do your best. Work from the heart for your real Master, for God, confident that you’ll get paid in full when you come into your inheritance.… Read the rest “A Servant’s Heart”

DisciplesNet Worship #412, Easter 7: (Shaw 05.13.2018)

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The Church has spent much of its life talking about God as "father." Yet there are many ways that God acts in the ways we'd expect from a mother. As we near the time when "Mothers Day" is celebrated in the States, Pastor Bob shows us how thinking of God as "mother" helps us understand God in new and important ways.
Our worship today is 29 minutes long and includes a time of prayer, scripture, a number of favorite Easter hymns, preaching as well as communion. You may choose to participate, or simply meditate as we tell of Jesus' invitation to "do this in remembrance of me." If you would like to share with us at the table that goes beyond earthly boundaries of time, place, and structure, we ask that you prepare a piece of bread of some type and a drink such as grape juice, wine, or water. As we pray, our prayers extend to where you are. If you are unable to eat or drink, you may want to use a symbolic gesture or mental symbol as you come together at this table of remembrance with us. (Scroll down for an Order of Worship)

We hope that as you join us for worship you will feel a blessing from being part. Please tell friends, family, and others you know about our online church that is here with doors that are always open, walls as wide as the world, and always room at the table.

ORDER OF WORSHIP:
1. Opening background music: "O Love that Will Not Let Me Go"
--- played by Bev Heid
2. "Love Divine, All Loves Excelling" - Dean Phelps
3. Pastor's Prayer with Lord's Prayer: Elder Susan
4. Scripture Song: "On Eagles Wings" - Dean Phelps and Twana Harris
--- based on Isaiah 40
5. Message: “God, Like a Mother" Pastor Bob
6. “I Was There to Hear Your Borning Cry” - DisciplesNet Singers
7. Communion: Pastor Russ
8. "In Remembrance of Me" - DisciplesNet Singers
9. Sending Out
10. Credits - with "O Love that Will Not Let Me Go"
--- played by Bev Heid

If you would like to chat with one of our pastors, including talking more about belief in God, becoming a Christian or following Christ, or living as a disciple of Christ, please email us at pastor@disciplesnet.org, or contact us using the contact information on our website, disciplesnet.org, or our Facebook page, DisciplesNet Church.

INVITATION TO GIVING:
DisciplesNet Church is a not-for-profit church that exists to cross barriers and boundaries to share the Good News of God's redeeming love. We rely on the gifts of our online viewers as we continue to grow and extend our nets around the world.

We also extend the invitation for you to be part of the DisciplesNet ministry by giving a one-time gift, or ongoing, including a tithe. Even the smallest of gifts, like the mustard seed, has a way of growing in amazing ways to share God's word and the love of Jesus Christ. We have a giving page on our website, disciplesnet.org, and email address: giving@disciplesnet.org

God bless you, and thank you for joining us!

DisciplesNet Worship #411, Easter 6: (Miller 05.06.2018)

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There are many reasons to experience joy in this world, yet God's Spirit gives us joy above and beyond our circumstances; even when those circumstances might lean us away from joy. Pastor Carolynn Miller uses Psalm 98 to show us how we can be joyful in every circumstance.
Our worship today is 28 minutes long and includes a time of prayer, scripture, a number of favorite Easter hymns, preaching as well as communion. You may choose to participate, or simply meditate as we tell of Jesus' invitation to "do this in remembrance of me." If you would like to share with us at the table that goes beyond earthly boundaries of time, place, and structure, we ask that you prepare a piece of bread of some type and a drink such as grape juice, wine, or water. As we pray, our prayers extend to where you are. If you are unable to eat or drink, you may want to use a symbolic gesture or mental symbol as you come together at this table of remembrance with us. (Scroll down for an Order of Worship)

We hope that as you join us for worship you will feel a blessing from being part. Please tell friends, family, and others you know about our online church that is here with doors that are always open, walls as wide as the world, and always room at the table.

ORDER OF WORSHIP:
1. Opening background music: "Peace Like a River"
--- played by Bev Heid
2. "Over My Head" - Dean Phelps and Twana Harris
3. Scripture: Psalm 98 read by Rev. Anita Cobb
4. Pastor's Prayer with Lord's Prayer: Pastor Russ
5. "Sing Hallelujah / We are Standing" - Southport Christian Church choir
6. Message: “Shout for Joy" Rev. Carolynn Miller
8. “Stepping in the Light” - Dean Phelps
9. Communion: Elder Susan
10. "I Come with Joy" - DisciplesNet Singers
11. Sending Out
12. Credits - with "Peace Like a River"
--- played by Bev Heid

If you would like to chat with one of our pastors, including talking more about belief in God, becoming a Christian or following Christ, or living as a disciple of Christ, please email us at pastor@disciplesnet.org, or contact us using the contact information on our website, disciplesnet.org, or our Facebook page, DisciplesNet Church.

INVITATION TO GIVING:
DisciplesNet Church is a not-for-profit church that exists to cross barriers and boundaries to share the Good News of God's redeeming love. We rely on the gifts of our online viewers as we continue to grow and extend our nets around the world.

We also extend the invitation for you to be part of the DisciplesNet ministry by giving a one-time gift, or ongoing, including a tithe. Even the smallest of gifts, like the mustard seed, has a way of growing in amazing ways to share God's word and the love of Jesus Christ. We have a giving page on our website, disciplesnet.org, and email address: giving@disciplesnet.org

God bless you, and thank you for joining us!

DisciplesNet Worship #410, Easter 5: (Phelps 04.29.2018)

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As Christians, we are called to dwell in Christ's love and to freely give that love to each other and all people. Pastor Deb talks about how that call to love and the new ways we have to connect come together in an opportunity for we who follow Christ in a sermon based in Acts 8:26-40 and John 15:1-8.
Our worship today is 29 minutes long and includes a time of prayer, scripture, a number of favorite Easter hymns, preaching as well as communion. You may choose to participate, or simply meditate as we tell of Jesus' invitation to "do this in remembrance of me." If you would like to share with us at the table that goes beyond earthly boundaries of time, place, and structure, we ask that you prepare a piece of bread of some type and a drink such as grape juice, wine, or water. As we pray, our prayers extend to where you are. If you are unable to eat or drink, you may want to use a symbolic gesture or mental symbol as you come together at this table of remembrance with us. (Scroll down for an Order of Worship)

We hope that as you join us for worship you will feel a blessing from being part. Please tell friends, family, and others you know about our online church that is here with doors that are always open, walls as wide as the world, and always room at the table.

ORDER OF WORSHIP:
1. Opening background music: "Blest Be the Tie that Binds"
--- played by Pam Barksdale
2. "Blest Be the Tie that Binds" - DisciplesNet Singers
3. Scripture Acts 8:26-40 read by Rev. Blanche Edwards
4. Pastor's Prayer with Lord's Prayer: Rev. Anita Cobb
5. "Weave (Us Together)" - Southport Christian Church
6. Scripture: John 15:1-8 read by John Richardson
7. Message: “Where Prayers are Answered" Pastor Deb
8. “They'll Know We Are Christians” - Dean Phelps and Phoebe Spier
9. Communion: Pastor Amy
10. "Eat this Bread" - DisciplesNet Singers
11. Sending Out
12. Credits - with "Blest Be the Tie that Binds" --- played by Pam Barksdale

If you would like to chat with one of our pastors, including talking more about belief in God, becoming a Christian or following Christ, or living as a disciple of Christ, please email us at pastor@disciplesnet.org, or contact us using the contact information on our website, disciplesnet.org, or our Facebook page, DisciplesNet Church.

INVITATION TO GIVING:
DisciplesNet Church is a not-for-profit church that exists to cross barriers and boundaries to share the Good News of God's redeeming love. We rely on the gifts of our online viewers as we continue to grow and extend our nets around the world.

We also extend the invitation for you to be part of the DisciplesNet ministry by giving a one-time gift, or ongoing, including a tithe. Even the smallest of gifts, like the mustard seed, has a way of growing in amazing ways to share God's word and the love of Jesus Christ. We have a giving page on our website, disciplesnet.org, and email address: giving@disciplesnet.org

God bless you, and thank you for joining us!

DisciplesNet Worship #409, Easter 4: (Shaw 04.22.2018)

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How do we continue to hope when times are tough? Using the text from Psalm 126:5-6, Pastor Bob helps us to see how we can believe that our patience and endurance now can be done in the hope that we will not be disappointed.
Our worship today is 32 minutes long and includes a time of prayer, scripture, a number of favorite Easter hymns, preaching as well as communion. You may choose to participate, or simply meditate as we tell of Jesus' invitation to "do this in remembrance of me." If you would like to share with us at the table that goes beyond earthly boundaries of time, place, and structure, we ask that you prepare a piece of bread of some type and a drink such as grape juice, wine, or water. As we pray, our prayers extend to where you are. If you are unable to eat or drink, you may want to use a symbolic gesture or mental symbol as you come together at this table of remembrance with us. (Scroll down for an Order of Worship)

We hope that as you join us for worship you will feel a blessing from being part. Please tell friends, family, and others you know about our online church that is here with doors that are always open, walls as wide as the world, and always room at the table.

ORDER OF WORSHIP:
1. Opening background music: "Great is Thy Faithfulness"
--- played by Pam Barksdale
2. "Gather Us In" - DisciplesNet Singers
3. Pastor's Prayer with Lord's Prayer: Pastor Deb
4. "In the Bulb, There is a Flower" - DisciplesNet Singers
5. Scripture: Psalm 126:5-6 - read by Pastor Deb
6. Message: “Believe in the Harvest” Pastor Bob
7. “Farther On” - Dean Phelps
8. Communion: Elder Susan
9. "Seed, Scattered and Sown" - DisciplesNet Singers
10. Sending Out
11. Credits - with "Great is Thy Faithfulness" --- played by Pam Barksdale

If you would like to chat with one of our pastors, including talking more about belief in God, becoming a Christian or following Christ, or living as a disciple of Christ, please email us at pastor@disciplesnet.org, or contact us using the contact information on our website, disciplesnet.org, or our Facebook page, DisciplesNet Church.

INVITATION TO GIVING:
DisciplesNet Church is a not-for-profit church that exists to cross barriers and boundaries to share the Good News of God's redeeming love. We rely on the gifts of our online viewers as we continue to grow and extend our nets around the world.

We also extend the invitation for you to be part of the DisciplesNet ministry by giving a one-time gift, or ongoing, including a tithe. Even the smallest of gifts, like the mustard seed, has a way of growing in amazing ways to share God's word and the love of Jesus Christ. We have a giving page on our website, disciplesnet.org, and email address: giving@disciplesnet.org

God bless you, and thank you for joining us!

DisciplesNet Worship #408, Easter 3: (Phelps 04.15.2018)

To watch this worship service on YouTube, click here.

What does it mean to encounter Jesus after the resurrection? Pastor Deb teaches from John 21:1-19 on some of the possibilities that opens for us.
Our worship today is just over 33 minutes and includes a time of prayer, scripture, a number of favorite Easter hymns, preaching as well as communion. You may choose to participate, or simply meditate as we tell of Jesus' invitation to "do this in remembrance of me." If you would like to share with us at the table that goes beyond earthly boundaries of time, place, and structure, we ask that you prepare a piece of bread of some type and a drink such as grape juice, wine, or water. As we pray, our prayers extend to where you are. If you are unable to eat or drink, you may want to use a symbolic gesture or mental symbol as you come together at this table of remembrance with us. (Scroll down for an Order of Worship)

We hope that as you join us for worship you will feel a blessing from being part. Please tell friends, family, and others you know about our online church that is here with doors that are always open, walls as wide as the world, and always room at the table.

ORDER OF WORSHIP:
1. Opening background music: "Nearer, My God to Thee"
--- played by Pam Barksdale
2. "Because He Lives" - Southport Christian Church
3. Pastor's Prayer with Lord's Prayer: Elder Susan
4. "No, Never Alone" - DisciplesNet Singers, Sue Dykes on piano
5. Scripture: John 21:1-19 - read by Pastor Deb
6. Message: “Disciples at Dawn” Pastor Deb
7. “Lord, You Have Come to the Lakeshore” - Dean Phelps
8. Communion: Pastor Russ
9. "Let Us Break Bread Together" - DisciplesNet Singers
10. Sending Out
11. Credits - with "Nearer, My God to Thee" --- played by Pam Barksdale

If you would like to chat with one of our pastors, including talking more about belief in God, becoming a Christian or following Christ, or living as a disciple of Christ, please email us at pastor@disciplesnet.org, or contact us using the contact information on our website, disciplesnet.org, or our Facebook page, DisciplesNet Church.

INVITATION TO GIVING:
DisciplesNet Church is a not-for-profit church that exists to cross barriers and boundaries to share the Good News of God's redeeming love. We rely on the gifts of our online viewers as we continue to grow and extend our nets around the world.

We also extend the invitation for you to be part of the DisciplesNet ministry by giving a one-time gift, or ongoing, including a tithe. Even the smallest of gifts, like the mustard seed, has a way of growing in amazing ways to share God's word and the love of Jesus Christ. We have a giving page on our website, disciplesnet.org, and email address: giving@disciplesnet.org

God bless you, and thank you for joining us!

DisciplesNet Worship #407, Easter 2: (Smith 04.08.2018)

To watch this worship service on YouTube, click here.

When we believe in the resurrection; when we believe that Jesus is present in our lives, where do we go from here? Pastor Russ helps us find answers to that question from the story of the disciple that asked questions, Thomas, from the scripture in John 20:29-31.
Our worship today is just over 26 minutes and includes a time of prayer, scripture, a number of favorite Easter hymns, preaching as well as communion. You may choose to participate, or simply meditate as we tell of Jesus' invitation to "do this in remembrance of me." If you would like to share with us at the table that goes beyond earthly boundaries of time, place, and structure, we ask that you prepare a piece of bread of some type and a drink such as grape juice, wine, or water. As we pray, our prayers extend to where you are. If you are unable to eat or drink, you may want to use a symbolic gesture or mental symbol as you come together at this table of remembrance with us. (Scroll down for an Order of Worship)

We hope that as you join us for worship you will feel a blessing from being part. Please tell friends, family, and others you know about our online church that is here with doors that are always open, walls as wide as the world, and always room at the table.

ORDER OF WORSHIP:
1. Opening background music: "I Have Decided to Follow Jesus"
--- played by Dean Phelps
2. "I Have Decided to Follow Jesus" - Southport Christian Church
3. Pastor's Prayer with Lord's Prayer: Pastor Bob
4. "It is Well with My Soul" - Dean Phelps and Twana Harris
5. Scripture: John 20:19-31 - read by Pastor Deb
6. Message: “Going On from Here” Pastor Russ
7. “Lead Me, Guide Me” - Southport Christian Church
8. Communion: Pastor Deb
9. "Come, Share the Lord" - DisciplesNet Singers
10. Sending Out
11. Credits - with "I Have Decided to Follow Jesus" played by Dean Phelps

If you would like to chat with one of our pastors, including talking more about belief in God, becoming a Christian or following Christ, or living as a disciple of Christ, please email us at pastor@disciplesnet.org, or contact us using the contact information on our website, disciplesnet.org, or our Facebook page, DisciplesNet Church.

INVITATION TO GIVING:
DisciplesNet Church is a not-for-profit church that exists to cross barriers and boundaries to share the Good News of God's redeeming love. We rely on the gifts of our online viewers as we continue to grow and extend our nets around the world.

We also extend the invitation for you to be part of the DisciplesNet ministry by giving a one-time gift, or ongoing, including a tithe. Even the smallest of gifts, like the mustard seed, has a way of growing in amazing ways to share God's word and the love of Jesus Christ. We have a giving page on our website, disciplesnet.org, and email address: giving@disciplesnet.org

God bless you, and thank you for joining us!

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