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Bulletin – Week of May 27, 2018

Glorifying God by Knowing, Living and Proclaiming our Hope in Christ Hope in Christ Church Bulletin May 27, 2018 Order of Worship Holy, Holy, Holy Call to Worship Psalm 89:1-5 You Alone Can Rescue Wonderful Merciful Savior Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone) Offering:  Kingdom Advancement Speak O Lord Reflection on The Story:  Christine S Baptism: …

A Poem on Suffering by a Chinese Christian

Only a seasoned Saint, who has suffered much for his faith could write the Poem that follows. Zhang Rongliang has spent 1/4 of his life in Chinese prisons for the crime of preaching Jesus. He has been beaten, tortured, starved, humiliated, worked hard and endured countless other forms of punishment simply because he refuses to…

Pentecost 2018 Joint Worship and Prayer Service

This past Sunday, We had a wonderful joint service with participants from four area churches representing 6 languages.  Hope in Christ hosted what hopes to be its first annual international pentecost Prayer and worship Service.  Iglesia hispana de Lynden, the Ethiopian and Eritrean Members of Whatcom New Life Assembly, and members of Bellingham’s Chinese Christian…

Bulletin – Week of May 20, 2018

Hope in Christ Church Bulletin May 20, 2018 Order of Worship Prince of Peace Responsive Reading: Heidelberg Catechism Q. 27, 28 This Is My Father’s World Sovereign O the Deep, Deep Love ‘Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus Offering:  G.E.M.S. Reflection on The Story:  Alice Brakke Prayer Scripture:  Ezra Message:  Providence, Pagans, and the Worship…

Discipleship in the first century

From The Epistle of Barnabas chap. xix.—the way of light. The way of light, then, is as follows. If any one desires to travel to the appointed place, he must be zealous in his works. The knowledge, therefore, which is given to us for the purpose of walking in this way, is the following. Thou…

What does it mean to be the temple of God?

“Learn [as follows]. Having received the forgiveness of sins, and placed our trust in the name of the Lord, we have become new creatures, formed again from the beginning. Wherefore in our habitation God truly dwells in us. How? His word of faith; His calling of promise; the wisdom of the statutes; the commands of…