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!


  1. God Multiplies Oil to Care for His Messenger's Widow - vv. 1-7
  2. God Gives, Takes, and Returns a Son to One who Cared for His Messenger - vv. 8-37
  3. God Provides Food for His Messengers in the Midst of Famine - vv. 38-44