June 11, 2023
Salem Ebenezer Reformed Church RCUS (Manitowoc, WI)
Sermon: “God's Care Through Trials"
2 Kings 4NKJV
Order of Service
Prelude
Welcome and Announcements
Call to Worship - Psalm 119:73-80 (Yod)
Hymn 579 Be Still, My Soul: The Lord is On Thy Side
Salutation and Invocation
Hymn 120 O Christ, Our Hope, Our Heart's Desire
We Confess Our Christian Faith
Heidelburg Catechism #62-64
Congregational Prayer
Hymn 495 Fill Thou My Life, O Lord My God
Scripture Reading & Text: 2 Kings 4
Sermon “God's Care Through Trials”
Prayer (concluded with Lord's Prayer in unison)
Hymn 533 What a Friend We Have in Jesus
(Tithes & Offerings Collected)
Benediction
Doxology
Announcements
- Those wishing to contact Rev. Grossmann for spiritual concerns, prayer requests or pastoral needs can call him at 1-605-228-6508 or the parsonage home phone 920-726-4464.
- Those wishing to become members of the congregation are invited to contact Rev. Grossmann for information.
- Pray for the Consistory and Spiritual meeting on Tuesday night
- Covenant Church Camp will be held at Camp Sinawa June 20-23. A box for monetary donations to help the Camp effort is on a table in the Fellowship Hall.
- The annual baby bottle campaign for the Crossing of Manitowoc County continues through Father’s Day. Baby bottles are on a table in the fellowship hall.
- The Ladies Aid will be in charge of the Fellowship Time on the last Sunday in June.
- Pray for Amy Harbach's father, Dennis, who is struggling with cancer and with the treatments he is receiving.
Notable this week: Wednesday - Rich Reineking's birthday
Sermon Outline
“God's Care Through Trials”
2 Kings 4
Theme: In the Midst of a Broken World, Difficult Things Happen to God's Servants, but God Cares for Them through it all!
- God Multiplies Oil to Care for His Messenger's Widow - vv. 1-7
- God Gives, Takes, and Returns a Son to One who Cared for His Messenger - vv. 8-37
- God Provides Food for His Messengers in the Midst of Famine - vv. 38-44