March 27, 2022                                                                 Luke 6:20-26

LISTEN TO THE MESSAGE

Called To Hope

I.         Jesus will ____________ your _________.

Looking at His disciples, He said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours

is the kingdom of God.                                                                Luke 6:20

Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied. Blessed are

you who weep now, for you will laugh.                               Luke 6:21

II.        Jesus will ___________ your ________________.

Blessed are you when people hate you,  when they exclude you and insult

you  and reject your name as evil, because of the Son of Man.

                                                                                                        Luke 6:22

“Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in

heaven.  For that is how their ancestors treated the prophets.

                                                                                                      Luke 6:23

III.       Jesus will ____________ His ____________.

“But woe to you who are rich, for you have already received your comfort.

Woe to you who are well fed now,  for you will go hungry. Woe to you

who laugh now,  for you will mourn and weep.                Luke 6:24-25

Woe to you when everyone speaks well of you,  for that is how their

ancestors treated the false prophets.                                      Luke 6:26

NEXT STEPS

1.       Recognize the poverty and hunger of your soul can

           only be satisfied with Jesus. So stop wasting time

           running after the things of this world. Followers of

           Jesus will have their tears wiped away one day.

‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’ or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things

has passed away.”                                        Revelation 21:4

2.       Embrace the applause of heaven as Jesus did when

           He knew He was doing the will of His Father. Don’t      take personally the rejections of people. Pray for

           them and look forward to heavenly rewards.

So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded.

You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised.           Hebrews 10:35-36

3.       Allow Jesus to judge the wicked in His time. Anyone

           who opposes our faith is really an enemy of Jesus by

           their rejection of His truth and grace. Only those

           who die in their unforgiven sins are without hope.

Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death.   Anyone whose name was not found

written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.

                                                                          Revelation 20:14-15

Easter Egg Hunt will be on April 9th at 11:00 am. We are beginning to collect monetary donations for candy. If you would like to donate, please place your donation in the tithing boxes. Please see Bonnie Shockey or Stephanie Doell with questions. Rain date is April 16th.

Softball Team will be having a baked goods fundraiser on April 10th. If you would like to donate baked goods, please contact the office or Pastor Greg with any questions. If you would like to make a monetary gift place envelope marked “Softball” in the tithing box.

Property Work Day will be May 14 from 9 am – 1 pm. If you are able or interested in helping, please see signup sheet on bulletin board.

How to Give Online: We encourage you to begin giving through our new online giving platform, Faithlife Giving. It’s easy to make one-time and recurring gifts, plus view your giving history.  

Simply go to www.bluerockchurch.org and click ‘giving’ in the top right corner of the webpage.

or text “Give” with the amount (e.g. “Give $50”) to 717-200-4911 and follow the prompts. For a recurring gift, you’ll need to create a Faithlife account so you can keep track of your giving methods. 

Please contact the church office if you have any questions. Thank you for being part of what God is doing at Blue Rock Church!

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updates on church services, new events, prayer requests and weather related matters.

With Winter Weather approaching, it will be the fastest and most accurate way for the church to communicate with the congregation.

Test Bluerock to 94000, you will receive a text back asking for your name to verify the number.

April

 9th  Easter Egg Hunt – 11:00 (Corrected Date)

10th  Easter Event/Communion/Palm Sunday

15th  Good Friday

16th  Easter Egg Hunt – 11:00 am (Rain Date)

17th  Easter

19th  Senior Citizens – Parlor House – 11:30 am

19th  VBS Meeting 6:30 pm

20th  Executive Leadership Board – 5:00 pm

        Congregation Welcome – 6:30 pm

 8th Mother’s Day & Dedication

14th Property Work Day 9 am – 1 pm

       (see sign up sheet on bulletin board)

15th Fellowship Church Picnic

17th Senior Citizens – Parlor House – 11:30 am

18th Executive Leadership Board – 5:00 pm

        Congregation Welcome – 6:30 pm

24th VBS Meeting – 6:30 pm

30th Memorial Day

Prayer Requests

Who are YOU praying for this week?

Harold Rosenberger                                Debbie Knepper

GeorgeWalls                                     NoreenSelby                                                   Betty Monn                                               Kathy

Lee Eisenhard                                          David Hinkle

Pat Izer                                                     Bristol

Jeff Wingert                                              Bob Calimer

Becky, Darren & Brent Allison family      Debbie Rohrer

Leroy Benshoff family