Welcome to the Midtown Midweek, a resource to equip you to be with Jesus and become more like Him as we continue the conversation from Sunday’s teaching.
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Untangling Emotions by J. Alasdair Groves and Winston T. Smith
Sermon by Jon Ludovina for September 13, 2020.
Here is this week's sermon along with a digital worship guide that will include songs to sing, prayers, and scripture to read. Also, for those with children, please use our Kidtown guide as a resource to teach and lead your children each week.
Use this guide as a script, and, if possible, ask for a volunteer, roommate, or virtual participant to read the parts aloud. There are links to the songs to play and sing along with or, sing them a cappella. We want this to be a helpful guide for you and your community to participate together in worshipping the Lord.
Have someone pray for your time together
Have one person read the confession below, and a different person read the scripture of assurance that follows:
Most merciful God, we confess
That we have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed,
By what we have done, and by what we have left undone.
We have not loved you with our whole heart;
We have not loved our neighbors as ourselves.
We are truly sorry and we humbly repent,
For the sake of your Son Jesus Christ, have mercy on us and forgive us;
That we may delight in your will, and walk in your ways,
To the glory of your Name. Amen.
Psalm 103:8, 10-12
The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in loving kindness. He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His loving kindness toward those who fear Him. As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.
Have someone pray aloud, asking for focus, and wisdom as we hear the Word being taught.
Have someone read this aloud:
I will now read this scripture and prayer over us as we conclude:
Excerpts from Galatians 5
It is for freedom that Christ has set us free.
You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free.
So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever you want. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.
Lord help us walk in Your Spirit, forgiving one another, and seeking reconciliation. Lord give us the strength to repent, and root out any anger or frustration, that ultimately keeps us from You. Amen.
Welcome to the Midtown Midweek, a resource to equip you to be with Jesus and become more like Him as we continue the conversation from Sunday’s teaching.
Questions? Send us an email.
Recommended Resources
“Why Sinai Still Matters” (podcast episode from Food Trucks in Babylon)
To begin learning about how to the Bible works, check out The Bible Project
We also did a sermon in the Spring on the Law, that you can check out here
Some verses on biblical rewards - Mt. 5:12, 2 Cor. 5:10, 1 Cor. 3:8-15, Luke 19:11-27, Luke 12:33-34, Mt. 6:19-21
“Christian Responsibility and Mosaic Law” (article by The Village Church)
Sermon by Jon Ludovina for September 6, 2020.
Here is this week's sermon along with a digital worship guide that will include songs to sing, prayers, and scripture to read. Also, for those with children, please use our Kidtown guide as a resource to teach and lead your children each week.
Use this guide as a script, and, if possible, ask for a volunteer, roommate, or virtual participant to read the parts aloud. There are links to the songs to play and sing along with or, sing them a cappella. We want this to be a helpful guide for you and your community to participate together in worshipping the Lord.
Have someone pray for your time together
Have someone read this scripture aloud:
Psalm 34:1-3
I will bless the Lord at all times;
his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
My soul makes its boast in the Lord;
let the humble hear and be glad.
Oh, magnify the Lord with me,
and let us exalt his name together!
Let’s sing the words of scripture together, and pray that the Truth shapes our hearts through it.
Have someone pray aloud, asking for focus, and wisdom as we hear the Word being taught.
Have someone read this aloud:
I will now read this prayer over us as we conclude:
May the grace of Christ, which daily renews us, and the love of God, which enables us to love all, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, which unites us in one body, make us eager to obey the will of God until we meet again, through Jesus Christ, our Lord.
Welcome to the Midtown Midweek, a resource to equip you to be with Jesus and become more like Him as we continue the conversation from Sunday’s teaching.
Questions? Send us an email.
Recommended Resources
"Willow Creek: 'We’ve Really Upset the Christ-Centered People’" from The Gospel Coalition
Reveal Where are You? by Greg Hawkins and Cally Parkinson (research from Willow Creek)
Sermon by Jon Ludovina for August 30, 2020.
Here is this week's sermon along with a digital worship guide that will include songs to sing, prayers, and scripture to read. Also, for those with children, please use our Kidtown guide as a resource to teach and lead your children each week.
Use this guide as a script, and, if possible, ask for a volunteer, roommate, or virtual participant to read the parts aloud. There are links to the songs to play and sing along with or, sing them a cappella. We want this to be a helpful guide for you and your community to participate together in worshipping the Lord.
Have someone pray for your time together
Have someone read this scripture aloud:
Psalm 103:1-5
Praise the Lord, my soul;
all my inmost being, praise his holy name.
Praise the Lord, my soul,
and forget not all his benefits—
who forgives all your sins
and heals all your diseases,
who redeems your life from the pit
and crowns you with love and compassion,
who satisfies your desires with good things
so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
Have someone pray aloud, asking for focus, and wisdom as we hear the Word being taught.
Have someone read this aloud:
I will now read this prayer over us as we conclude:
Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways! For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen.
Welcome to the Midtown Midweek, a resource to equip you to be with Jesus and become more like Him as we continue the conversation from Sunday’s teaching.
Questions? Send us an email.
Recommended Resources
Sermon by Adam Gibson for August 23, 2020.
Check out our blog on the Beatitudes for a breakdown on what each one means.
Here is this week's sermon along with a digital worship guide that will include songs to sing, prayers, and scripture to read. Also, for those with children, please use our Kidtown guide as a resource to teach and lead your children each week.
Use this guide as a script, and, if possible, ask for a volunteer, roommate, or virtual participant to read the parts aloud. There are links to the songs to play and sing along with or, sing them a cappella. We want this to be a helpful guide for you and your community to participate together in worshipping the Lord.
Have someone pray for your time together
Have someone read this scripture aloud:
Psalm 66:1-2, 4, NRSV
Make a joyful noise to God, all the earth;
sing the glory of his name;
give to him glorious praise.
All the earth worships you;
they sing praises to you,
sing praises to your name.
Have someone pray for your time listening to the sermon together
Read this aloud:
I will now read this prayer over us as we conclude:
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Welcome to the Midtown Midweek, a resource to equip you to be with Jesus and become more like Him as we continue the conversation from Sunday’s teaching.
Questions? Send us an email.
Recommended Resources
Sermon by Michael Bailey for August 16, 2020.
Here is this week's sermon along with a digital worship guide that will include songs to sing, prayers, and scripture to read. Also, for those with children, please use our Kidtown guide as a resource to teach and lead your children each week.
Use this guide as a script, and, if possible, ask for a volunteer, roommate, or virtual participant to read the parts aloud. There are links to the songs to play and sing along with or, sing them a cappella. We want this to be a helpful guide for you and your community to participate together in worshipping the Lord.
Have someone pray for your time together
Have someone read this scripture aloud:
Psalm 96 : 1 - 6
Sing to the Lord a new song;
sing to the Lord, all the earth.
Sing to the Lord, praise his name;
proclaim his salvation day after day.
Declare his glory among the nations,
his marvelous deeds among all peoples.
For great is the Lord and most worthy of praise;
he is to be feared above all gods.
For all the gods of the nations are idols,
but the Lord made the heavens.
Splendor and majesty are before him;
strength and glory are in his sanctuary.
Have someone pray this aloud
Psalm 1:1-4
Blessed is the man
who walks not in the counsel of the wicked,
nor stands in the way of sinners,
nor sits in the seat of scoffers;
but his delight is in the law of the Lord,
and on his law he meditates day and night.
He is like a tree
planted by streams of water
that yields its fruit in its season,
and its leaf does not wither.
In all that he does, he prospers.
Father, Your word is truth, and Your truth is for our good. Open our ears to hear your voice. We need you. Amen.
Read this aloud:
I will now read this prayer over us as we conclude:
May the grace of Christ, which daily renews us, and the love of God, which enables us to love all, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, which unites us in one body, make us eager to obey the will of God until we meet again, through Jesus Christ, our Lord.