Sunday Morning Sermon: Sunday's sermon is titled “How Majestic!” from Psalm 8. The Old Testament reading is Job 7:17-21, and the New Testament reading is I Corinthians 15:42-49.
There will be only one MCC in-person service this Sunday at 9:00 AM.
Live streamed Virtual Church (link) is available streaming at 9:00 AM.
Virtual Foyer on Zoom (link) at 10:15 AM.
The recorded services are also available on MCC YouTube Channel (Link).
Week 36 of 52 Hebrew Words Every Christian Should Know by Dave Adamson: “Emunah” = faith. Adamson illustrates the connection between belief and practice with an analogy: You cannot become a talented musician just by reading about the instrument and studying music theory. You must also pick up the instrument and play it. This Hebrew word for faith means to “act with firmness.” The most faithful people are not ones with particular ministries or callings but all who are actively living lives punctuated by “Yes, Lord!”
Andy Stanley says faith “is measured by how well one loves, not by how much one knows.” It’s like a staircase. We know it goes higher, but we must climb the stairs to experience the next level. Our actions display our faith more than our words do, and those actions also help build our faith.
Let’s pray for Tuesday’s election. Our Lord is Sovereign over all of history, including the future parts. This was true even before voting was invented. I’m glad we get to vote, but it’s God whom I trust to bring good things to his people out of any circumstance (even if it’s not easy to recognize the good part at first).
MCC News: Chris and Sharon Struna have their plane tickets, and we expect them to be back in Brevard County in mid-November. We are looking forward to hearing from Chris and Sharon and seeing their photos on the last Sunday in November and the first Sunday in December.
Tomorrow is the end of our Psalms We Sing series for this year, and we will finish with Psalm 8. Next week we will start a 3-week series on Habakkuk. (I hope that our kids who are going back to Sunday school class won’t be too sad about missing out on my Habakkuk series). As usual, I invite you to engage early if you can by reading the entire book before we start. This time it’s only three chapters. For those who like to plan ahead, after the Strunas, our advent series this year will be titled “Prepare the Way” and it is from Matthew 1-3. After the New Year, we will finish our 3-part series on Luke’s gospel.
MCC News (that is no longer new): Please continue to pray for the family of Patricia Carter. There will be a memorial service with limited seating at her home church, Hope Episcopal in Melbourne, on Sunday, November 1st at 1:00 PM. There will also be a drive-by memorial for students and colleagues on Monday, November 2nd at 7:00-8:00 PM. (Gina and I will not be attending the church service Sunday, but we are participating in the drive-by memorial on Monday).
Last night was our second “History vs. Hamilton” zoom meeting. We will continue the next two weeks on Fridays at 6:00 PM. Next week, we’ll be ready to discuss the first part of Act II. Come with questions if you can. All are invited. If you don’t see the invitation on Facebook, let me know and I can send you a link.
Please join us for worship at Melbourne Community Church this weekend, however you can. The live service begins at 9:00 AM, and it is live streamed on our YouTube channel. The full service is available on our website after that.
Our “virtual foyer” Zoom meeting has settled into a steady group of virtual attenders who connect briefly (about 30-45 minutes) after the worship service. Newcomers are always welcome. Please contact me any way you can if you would like to join us this Sunday.