This Sunday's Worship Materials can be found in the "Featured Sermon" below. We meet in person at Harper Park Middle School, and the service is also livestreamed on our YouTube channel.

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Heart Prep for Sunday, June 25th

Everyone cries. Some people cry a lot. Some people don't. Some people cry over the smallest of things. Some people only cry when faced with great loss. But everyone cries. The Bible doesn't have much to say about crying (in terms of shedding tears). But it has a lot to say about weeping. Probably because weeping involves overwhelming emotion, and because weeping is so comm...

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Heart Prep for Sunday, June 18th

Every month, as we prepare to come to the Lord's Table, one of the Elders comes down front and gives "Words for Sinners," calling everyone to repent. Even though we all would be wise to heed this call to repent, some do not. Besides being restricted from communion, what are the consequences of not repenting? If you desire to hold on to your sin and not repent, what do you ...

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Heart Prep for Sunday, June 4th

Summer in the Psalms with Valley

This week we're starting a new sermon series I've called "Summer in the Psalms." So far this year, we've looked at "Bringing Back the Wanderer" and "A Man Called Job." One dealt with the pain of lost relationships and the other examined how we respond to suffering. For thousands of years, believers have responded to both of these demanding situations by turning to the Ps...

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Heart Prep for Sunday, June 11th

This has been a crazy week. I've been out most nights this week, and will be out every night next week. We've had graduations. There's a wedding this weekend. And General Assembly starts next week in Memphis. The sermon's not done and I'm running out of time. So the anxiety level is a little high. You ever have a week like that? Maybe, like me, you're having one right n...

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Heart Prep for Sunday, May 21st

Todd Pruitt

Please be in prayer for our Officer Retreat this weekend. Our guest speaker for the retreat and this Sunday will be Rev. Todd Pruitt of Covenant PCA in Harrisonburg, VA. Todd has been the Pastor of Covenant since 2013. Originally from Houston, he was raised Southern Baptist. He's a graduate of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City and has served churches i...

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Heart Prep for Sunday, May 28th

We've come to the end of our series on "A Man Called Job." Of course, we went over the last chapter two weeks ago, so what's left? Well, Job shows up one more time, in the Book of James. While Job is not mentioned by name in the "Hall of Faith" in Hebrews 11, he is the only one mentioned by name in the "Hall of Patience" in James 5. Not only is Job counted among the prop...

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Heart Prep for Sunday, May 14th

We're in the last chapter in our series on "A Man Called Job" as this week we'll be in Job 42. And we're really looking for the "happily ever after" ending. And we sort of get it and we sort of don't. Yes, Job is restored and blessed, but his suffering was real and will never be forgotten. And then there's a lot of unanswered questions. If Job hadn't sinned, why is he re...

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Heart Prep for Sunday, April 30th

We're in the final stretch for our series on "A Man Called Job" and this week we'll be in Job 38-40. And finally, after thirty plus chapters of dialogue, debate, discussion, and division, we finally get to hear from God. I've called this chapter, "God's Famous Words" and that's because, well, they are. God finally responds to all of the arguments we've heard from Job and ...

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Heart Prep for Sunday, April 23rd

After a few weeks off for Easter and pastors being out of town, we're back in the book of Job with another length chunk of text. We've got 6 chapters this week: 32-37. Again, I encourage you to read the passage ahead of Sunday worship. I won't have the chance to read all of it during the sermon. I also encourage you to flip back a few chapters, read some subheadings, and g...

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Heart Prep for Sunday, April 16th

This week, both Dr. Dave and I will be out of town. He's down with Sam and Jill to help them care for Kaydence, his newest granddaughter who was born several weeks premature. Please pray for them as it has been a difficult road for this set of new parents. As for me, I'll be with a number of the high schoolers at Modgnik. Pray that we would have a profitable time worshipin...

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