The Church in the Heart of the City with the City at Heart
15 S. Mulberry Street, Hagerstown, MD
Sunday Services
8:30—9:15 am
Praise Worship
Fellowship Hall
9:30—10:30 am
Sunday School
Individual classrooms
10:45 am Worship
Sanctuary &
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Sunday Worship
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Hagerstown MD 21740
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Junior Church
During the 10:45 service on the 2nd & 4th Sundays each month, children in kindergarten through grade 6 gather in the Rainbow Room.
Food Pantry Sunday
On the first Sunday of month, bring dry items: boxed or in cans, but not in glass jars. Place items on the cart inside the west entrance.
Take a Moment Prayer : Week of Mar 1
I come to you in these moments of prayer with a spirit filled with praise for you, O God. I offer to you also my heart-felt thanksgiving for your care and unconditional love. I am humbled, knowing that you loved the world so very much that you gave your only Son as the ultimate sacrifice for our sin…for my sin. And so, I seek to be faithful. I want to be close to you and I want to please you. I confess that sometimes questions stir from within me because I don’t understand all of your ways. Maybe that’s because many of the ways and thoughts of the world are contrary to the teachings we find in the Bible. At those times when questions arise and my faith is challenged, I will bring them to you; knowing that some questions may be answered clearly and others may remain a mystery. When, for whatever reason, the answers remain a mystery, send your Spirit to give me inner peace, and to help strengthen my faith. Guide me on my journey today. May knowing of your great love for me be all that I really need to know, to keep me on the path that leads to you. Amen.
March
Jesus said to Satan, “Away from me, Satan!” (Matthew 4: 10a)
We find ourselves in the season of Lent. It’s a time of self-examination and repentance. We think of ourselves walking with Jesus towards Jerusalem where he will suffer and die…paying the ultimate price for our sin. While we know as Christians that confession and repentance of our sin should not be just a once-a-year practice, we recognize the opportunity more clearly during lent.
We all sin and fall short of the glory of God. There are many reasons why we sin. Sometimes we do it without thinking about it, and other times…well, we know what we are about to do is not pleasing to God and may cause problems…but we do it anyhow. The old saying, “The devil made me do it” can be our default excuse for our sin. We find ourselves at the booth of temptation…sometimes mesmerized by what is available there. It can look so good…so right, and Satan will gladly let us have it…saying it is free…but in reality, we sell our souls for the purchase of sin. We separate ourselves from God and the glorious gifts and promises he has for us when we cave-in to temptation.