WEEKLY BULLETIN
FAMILY CALENDAR
- 09.28 Parent Commissioning
- 10.03-10.04 Women's Retreat
- 10.05 College Age Lunch
PARENT COMMISSIONING
SEPTEMBER 28
Celebrate With Us!
This morning we're having a special time to pray over and commission parents who have completed the Parent Commissioning Class. Join us as we celebrate these families and encourage them in their commitment to raise children who know and follow Jesus!
This morning we're having a special time to pray over and commission parents who have completed the Parent Commissioning Class. Join us as we celebrate these families and encourage them in their commitment to raise children who know and follow Jesus!
WOMEN'S RETREAT
Walking Worthy – Women’s Retreat
We’re so excited for our upcoming Walking Worthy Women’s Retreat on October 3–4. This will be a refreshing weekend set apart to slow down, connect with one another, and soak in the life-changing power of the gospel!
Be praying for God to work in the hearts of our women as we prepare for this special weekend!
Be praying for God to work in the hearts of our women as we prepare for this special weekend!
COLLEGE AGE LUNCH
SUNDAY | OCTOBER 5
Calling all college aged people! We want to invite you to a special, informal hang out on October 5th, immediately following our 10:30 am gathering. Come enjoy a meal provided by Aletheia as well as some fellowship with others your age! Hope to see you there!
Click the button below to let us know you'll be there.
Click the button below to let us know you'll be there.

BLESS EVERY HOME
HOMES: 2,100
PRAYED FOR: 1,124
CONNECTIONS MADE: 92
DO YOU NEED PRAYER
ORDER OF SERVICE
CALL TO WORSHIP: Psalm 113:1-3
SING: You Cannot Be Stopped
SING: Great Are You Lord
SING: Great Are You Lord
SERMON: The Accusation | Acts 21:18-40
REFLECT
In what ways can I make some compromises in life, so that those around me may be able to know Christ?
CONFESSION:
Oh Lord, our guilt is before you. Our prayers are weak, our praise is hollow, and even our best works fall short. Yet in Jesus Christ we find refuge. His wounds plead for us, his righteousness lifts us up, and his cross secures our pardon. Forgive our many sins, and keep us clinging to your grace; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
ASSURANCE: Romans 8:34
Who then will condemn us? No one—for Christ Jesus died for us and was raised to life for us, and he is sitting in the place of honor at God’s right hand, pleading for us. Thanks be to God.
RESPONSE & COMMUNION
SING: Who You Say I Am
BENEDICTION: Jude 1:24-25
TODAY'S PASSAGE
Acts 21:18-40
18 On the following day Paul went in with us to James, and all the elders were present.19 After greeting them, he related one by one the things that God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry. 20 And when they heard it, they glorified God. And they said to him, “You see, brother, how many thousandsthere are among the Jews of those who have believed. They are all zealous for the law, 21 and they have been told about you that you teach all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or walk according to our customs. 22 What then is to be done? Theywill certainly hear that you have come. 23 Do therefore what we tell you. We have four men who are under a vow; 24 take these men and purify yourself along with them and pay their expenses, so that they may shave their heads. Thus all will know that there is nothing in what they have been told about you, but that you yourself also live in observance of the law. 25 But as for the Gentiles who have believed, we have sent a letter with our judgment that they should abstain from what has been sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from what has been strangled, and from sexual immorality.” 26 Then Paul took the men, and the next day he purified himself along with them and went into the temple, giving notice when the days of purification would be fulfilled and the offering presented for each one of them.
27 When the seven days were almost completed, the Jews from Asia, seeing him in the temple, stirred up the whole crowd and laid hands on him, 28 crying out, “Men of Israel, help! This is the man who is teaching everyone everywhere against the people and the law and this place. Moreover, he even brought Greeks into the temple and has defiled this holy place.” 29 For they had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian with him in the city, and they supposed that Paul had brought him into the temple. 30 Then all the city wasstirred up, and the people ran together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple, and at once the gates were shut. 31 And as they were seeking to kill him, word came to the tribune of the cohort that all Jerusalem was in confusion. 32 He at once took soldiers and centurions and ran down to them.And when they saw the tribune and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.33 Then the tribune came up and arrested him and ordered him to be bound with two chains. He inquired who he was and what he had done. 34 Some in the crowd were shouting one thing, some another. And as he could not learn the facts because of the uproar, he ordered him to be brought into the barracks.35 And when he came to the steps, he was actually carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the crowd, 36 for the mob of the people followed, crying out,“Away with him!”
37 As Paul was about to be brought into the barracks, he said to the tribune, “May I say something to you?” And he said, “Do you know Greek? 38 Are you not the Egyptian, then, who recently stirred up a revolt and led the four thousand men of the Assassins out into the wilderness?” 39 Paul replied, “I am a Jew, from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no obscure city. I beg you, permit me to speak to the people.” 40 And when he had given him permission, Paul, standing on the steps, motioned with his hand to the people. And when there was a great hush, he addressed them in the Hebrew language, saying: