This week at Clarendon
Check out what is happening at our church. We invite you to join us as we Become Better Together and discover a life of purpose and passion through Christ.
21 Days of Prayer & Fasting
| Suggested Fasting Schedule INCREASE water intake while fasting!! Jan 2-22 (All 21 Days): Fast from all sweets, alcohol, and smoking. Fast from eating during the designated hours (8am-4pm) of fasting. Ask God if you should fast from anything else. Jan 2-8: Fast from all caffeine products (soda, tea, coffee, etc.) January 9-15: Fast from (or minimize) social media and television. January 16-22: Fast from negative talking, thinking, complaining, judging, etc. Just PRAY! We will gather on our prayer conference call line every Monday-Friday of our fast from 7-7:15am to hear a word of inspiration and pray together (Call 605.313.4162, access code 701912#). Please opt in to alerts in our mobile app and join our Prayer & Bible Study Facebook Group so that you can stay connected! |
Birthdays & Anniversaries
We would like to wish Happy Birthday to all those celebrating birthdays this week! May God continue to bless and prosper you. And, Happy Anniversary, to all couples celebrating this week! We pray God's grace, strength, and peace be upon your union!
January Sermon Series
We will be in our Sanctuary for worship every Sunday at 11am! You can also continue to join us virtually via our Website or YouTube Page.
Our 2023 Preaching and Teaching focus is Togetherness. Join us this month as Pastor Danielle shares messages about the importance of believing in Christ in our daily lives.
Prayerfully consider who you can invite to come with you to worship this Sunday. We look forward to seeing you!!
Our 2023 Preaching and Teaching focus is Togetherness. Join us this month as Pastor Danielle shares messages about the importance of believing in Christ in our daily lives.
Prayerfully consider who you can invite to come with you to worship this Sunday. We look forward to seeing you!!
Worship is giving God the best that He has given you. Be careful what you do with the best you have. Whenever you get a blessing from God, give it back to Him as a love-gift. Take time to meditate before God and offer the blessing back to Him in a deliberate act of worship. If you hoard it for yourself, it will turn into spiritual dry rot, as the manna did when it was hoarded (see Exodus 16:20). God will never allow you to keep a spiritual blessing completely for yourself. It must be given back to Him so that He can make it a blessing to others.
Bethel is the symbol of fellowship with God; Ai is the symbol of the world. Abram “pitched his tent” between the two. The lasting value of our public service for God is measured by the depth of the intimacy of our private times of fellowship and oneness with Him. Rushing in and out of worship is wrong every time— there is always plenty of time to worship God. Days set apart for quiet can be a trap, detracting from the need to have daily quiet time with God. That is why we must “pitch our tents” where we will always have quiet times with Him, however noisy our times with the world may be. There are not three levels of spiritual life— worship, waiting, and work. Yet some of us seem to jump like spiritual frogs from worship to waiting, and from waiting to work. God’s idea is that the three should go together as one. They were always together in the life of our Lord and in perfect harmony. It is a discipline that must be developed; it will not happen overnight.
Opening Hymn:
“The Solid Rock”
Suggested Artist: Timothy Wright
Opening Song:
“You Are My Strength”
Suggested Artist: Miranda Curtis
Musical Offering:
“Bless the Lord With Me”
Suggested Artist: Judith McAllister
Song of Praise and Invitation:
“I Offer My Life”
Suggested Artist: Bishop Clarence McClendon
Bethel is the symbol of fellowship with God; Ai is the symbol of the world. Abram “pitched his tent” between the two. The lasting value of our public service for God is measured by the depth of the intimacy of our private times of fellowship and oneness with Him. Rushing in and out of worship is wrong every time— there is always plenty of time to worship God. Days set apart for quiet can be a trap, detracting from the need to have daily quiet time with God. That is why we must “pitch our tents” where we will always have quiet times with Him, however noisy our times with the world may be. There are not three levels of spiritual life— worship, waiting, and work. Yet some of us seem to jump like spiritual frogs from worship to waiting, and from waiting to work. God’s idea is that the three should go together as one. They were always together in the life of our Lord and in perfect harmony. It is a discipline that must be developed; it will not happen overnight.
- Oswald Chambers
Opening Hymn:
“The Solid Rock”
Suggested Artist: Timothy Wright
Opening Song:
“You Are My Strength”
Suggested Artist: Miranda Curtis
Musical Offering:
“Bless the Lord With Me”
Suggested Artist: Judith McAllister
Song of Praise and Invitation:
“I Offer My Life”
Suggested Artist: Bishop Clarence McClendon