The Rock Church Worship Service

Paul Matt 4:23 / Announcements Formal men’s ministry Feb 7 8-10am Round table get together twice a month or more and intimately bond Not a bible study per se Go see Peter Pan Grace – Dreaming Out Loud This message has burned within her for a year and a half Pastor Jon is in Michigan Genesis 37-47 Our passions and their role in our spiritual life Joseph was a dreamer When she first saw Matt she thought he was cute, but he was a jerk and ignored her She’s a PK and preached at her dad’s church That’s where she fell in love with youth Saw Matt in worship and really noticed him He’s giving a friend a ride home from her house and she’s giving him directions She hangs up and tells her friend that she’s going to marry him Dreaming out loud is your heart shouting out She … Continue reading →

The Rock Church Worship Service

Paul (dance) Medley Jon 1 Samuel 1:1-11 Constant theme of barren women Elkinah bestowed more gifts on barren wife Hannah than fertile wife Peninnah Irritate – annoyed, bothered, pissed off Hebrew: To thunder and roar with deep agony Can’t even eat food Barren women were viewed as less than Couldn’t contribute to culture Double portion meant more love, giving barren wife support Build your life on the fact that I love you more than Peninnah Hannah rose – made a desicion, moved into action Goes into prayer What kind of prayer soothes agony? 1 Sam 1:11-15 Lips move, no words – must be drunk Pouring out her soul before the Lord Pouring her heart into God’s reality What do my deepest prolems look like compared with God’s blessing? Bares her soul Your heart, problems, pain melt in God’s glory Identifies God’s attributes No razor shall touch his head Everything on … Continue reading →

Value

Mark is sweating bullets. Not real bullets, like the ones in the gun he’s holding, but they might as well be. He deserves to die. Here he is standing in the lobby of Irvine’s First National with a loaded gun from the holster of the cop he just killed and he’s demanding money from the tellers. Sloppy, but not bad for an ex-Green Beret. He’s robbing a bank, but that’s small change compared to the laundry list of felonies Mark has committed in the past 24 hours. And it’s not even his fault. It’s all Bill Gates’ fault. Let’s go back to yesterday and Del Taco. Mark was munching on a chicken soft taco and reading this weeks Time magazine. On the cover is Bill Gates and his wife, with the headline “Bill Gates Cures AIDS!” Mark, a worker at the local power plant, could care less about the cover … Continue reading →