Little Church On The Lane

Sermon – Love As It Is Intended

Steve Wilson — Sun, 13 May 2012 12:20:20 +0000

When we abide in Christ we are given everything we need to love as God intended. Jesus experienced love by following the commands of the father – perfect love. Love as God loved and share it with another person. 1 John 4:16-18, 1 Cor 13, John 13:15, John 15:9-1, John 14:23
www.littlechurchonthelane.com/audio/2012.05.13.mp3

Summer Women’s Book Discussion Group — 05.11.2012

Patti Smith — Fri, 11 May 2012 14:47:08 +0000

We would like to invite all women of the congregation, and friends, to our new summer women’s book discussion group! We will be reading the book, A Lineage of Grace, by Francine Rivers. This is historical fiction about five women in the lineage of Christ—Tamar, Rahab, Ruth, Bathsheba, and Mary. We will meet every 2 weeks, beginning May 15, from 1:00-2:30 pm in the chapel area of the church. Please let the church office know if you are interested in this group. You may also contact Erin Hayles (ebhayles@hotmail.com); or Bonnie Smith (bondesm@hotmail.com), so that we may order enough books. The cost of the book is $9.23. Please make your check out to Bonnie Smith.

S.O.L.E. Sunday — 05.20.2012

Patti Smith — Fri, 11 May 2012 14:43:40 +0000

There is a ministry team called S.O.L.E. (Serving Our Lord Everyday). They have met to establish a purpose and vision for this ministry at LCOL. At this time, the purpose is to provide information about present ministries being done by members of Little Church on the Lane. Members may find they want to join others who are active in a ministry. This team will also encourage, equip and empower members to serve our Lord by serving others in the community.

S.O.L.E. Sunday for 2012 will take place THIS SUNDAY on May 20. This is a time when the church family serves others. The morning will be in service as each person can pick a place to give of themselves in some way. We will gather at 9:00 a.m. at the church to go out to our task

On May 20, our normal worship service at 11:00 a.m. will not take place within our sanctuary. Instead our worship for that day will be in serving others outside of the walls of Little Church on the Lane. Also, there will be no Sunday School that day.

We will be sharing our stories (like the disciples did when Jesus sent them out!) at our worship service on Sunday, May 27. You don’t want to miss this service and the stories people have to share.

Gospel Lesson — 05.13.2012

Patti Smith — Fri, 11 May 2012 14:19:21 +0000

⁹“As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. ¹⁰If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love. ¹¹I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. ¹²My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. ¹³Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. ¹⁴You are my friends if you do what I command. ¹⁵I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you. ¹⁶You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you. ¹⁷This is my command: Love each other.

— John 15:9-17

Epistle Lesson — 05.13.2012

Patti Smith — Fri, 11 May 2012 14:13:56 +0000

5 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well. ²This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and carrying out his commands. ³In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands. And his commands are not burdensome, ⁴for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. ⁵Who is it that overcomes the world? Only the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.

⁶This is the one who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ. He did not come by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.

— 1 John 5:1-6

Psalm of Praise — 05.13.2012

Patti Smith — Fri, 11 May 2012 14:10:29 +0000

It is good to praise the Lord
and make music to your name, O Most High,
²proclaiming your love in the morning
and your faithfulness at night,
³to the music of the ten-stringed lyre
and the melody of the harp.

⁴For you make me glad by your deeds, Lord;
I sing for joy at what your hands have done.
⁵How great are your works, Lord,
how profound your thoughts!
⁶Senseless people do not know,
fools do not understand,
⁷that though the wicked spring up like grass
and all evildoers flourish,
they will be destroyed forever.

⁸But you, Lord, are forever exalted.

⁹For surely your enemies, Lord,
surely your enemies will perish;
all evildoers will be scattered.
¹⁰You have exalted my horn like that of a wild ox;
fine oils have been poured on me.
¹¹My eyes have seen the defeat of my adversaries;
my ears have heard the rout of my wicked foes.

¹²The righteous will flourish like a palm tree,
they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon;
¹³planted in the house of the Lord,
they will flourish in the courts of our God.
¹⁴They will still bear fruit in old age,
they will stay fresh and green,
¹⁵proclaiming, “The Lord is upright;
he is my Rock, and there is no wickedness in him.

— Psalm 92

Time of Silence — 05.13.2012

Patti Smith — Fri, 11 May 2012 13:59:13 +0000

He has shown you, O mortal, what is good.
And what does the Lord require of you?
To act justly and to love mercy
and to walk humbly with your God.

— Micah 6:8

Silent Meditation — 05.13.2012

Patti Smith — Fri, 11 May 2012 13:55:33 +0000

To love is not to experience a particular sensation in the heart; that emotion is but a reflex phenomenon, a detail of love at the least. To love is to wish for the good, it is to give the best of one’s self for the good of another; it does not mean grasping for one’s self; love means giving one’s self.

— Maurice Landrieux

Watchword for the Week — 05.13.2012

Patti Smith — Fri, 11 May 2012 13:51:05 +0000

Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth; break forth into joyous song and sing praises.

Psalm 98:4

Sermon – The Mental Health of Our Church

Steve Wilson — Mon, 07 May 2012 10:00:20 +0000

There is a joy in love when we love as God designed. Love requires sacrifice – giving of our time and energy. Love is valuing one another – being concerned about someone other than yourself. Grace is there for each of us to love and receive. John 15:9-14; Luke 15:11-32; Esp 4:25-26, 29.
www.littlechurchonthelane.com/audio/2012.05.06.mp3