Christian Heights UMC

June 2 – Joint worship service and potluck picnic with Dawson Springs UMC at Pennyrile State Park

Sermon: Can We Be a Church on Fire? (EJ Hatton)

MP3: sermon-e.hattton-May19-2013

Acts 4:31-35 (NET)

4:31 When they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak the word of God courageously. 4:32 The group of those who believed were of one heart and mind, and no one said that any of his possessions was his own, but everything was held in common. 4:33 With great power the apostles were giving testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was on them all. 4:34 For there was no one needy among them, because those who were owners of land or houses were selling them and bringing the proceeds from the sales 4:35 and placing them at the apostles’ feet. The proceeds were distributed to each, as anyone had need.

Prayers

Added Elvadean Dunn (rehab for broken hip)
Added Todd Duball (brain tumor)
Added Family of Glenda Holland
Added Junior McCord (cancer behind eye)

Eric Brake and Amy Dunn announced their engagement to be married today. The church prays for God’s blessing in their new life together.

June 2 – Joint worship service and potluck picnic with Dawson Springs UMC at Pennyrile State Park

Sermon: Mothers are Special Because… (EJ Hatton)

MP3: sermon-e.hatton-May12-2013

Isaiah 49:13-17 (NET)

49:13 Shout for joy, O sky!
Rejoice, O earth!
Let the mountains give a joyful shout!
For the Lord consoles his people
and shows compassion to the oppressed.
The Lord Remembers Zion
49:14 “Zion said, ‘The Lord has abandoned me,
the sovereign master has forgotten me.’
49:15 Can a woman forget her baby who nurses at her breast?
Can she withhold compassion from the child she has borne?
Even if mothers were to forget,
I could never forget you!
49:16 Look, I have inscribed your name on my palms;
your walls are constantly before me.
49:17 Your children hurry back,
while those who destroyed and devastated you depart.

Prayers

Added Shirley McCord (surgery recovery)
Added Gale Hagensick (at Covington’s)
Added Eva Joyce’s granddaughter (house break-in)
Added Ms. Alice Stagner (at Christian Health)
Added Wyatt Fleming (broken arm) PTL!

Sermon: Why Does God Bless? (EJ Hatton)

MP3: sermon-e.hatton-May5-2013

Psalm 67:1-7 (NET)

67:1 For the music director; to be accompanied by stringed instruments; a psalm, a song. May God show us his favor and bless us! May he smile on us! (Selah)
67:2 Then those living on earth will know what you are like; all nations will know how you deliver your people.
67:3 Let the nations thank you, O God! Let all the nations thank you!
67:4 Let foreigners rejoice and celebrate! For you execute justice among the nations, and govern the people living on earth. (Selah)

Prayers

Added Carolyn Johnson (surgery)
Added Family of Wanda Gard
Added George Turley and father
Added Ms. Alice Stagner (broken hip)
Added Wyatt Fleming (broken arm)

Church Basement Sale – Fri, Sat. May 3rd – 4th. 6 AM. If you have large items to bring contact the church first.

Sermon: Making the Most of Life (EJ Hatton)

MP3: sermon-e.hatton-Apr21-2013

Psalm 102:11 (NET)

102:11 My days are coming to an end, and I am withered like grass.

Prayers

Added family of Mrs. Collins

Church Basement Sale – Fri, Sat. May 3rd – 4th. 6 AM. If you have large items to bring contact the church first.

Sermon: The Lamb is the Lion (EJ Hatton)

MP3: sermon-e.hatton-Apr14-2013

Revelation 5:1-14 (NET)

5:3 But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or look into it. 5:4 So I began weeping bitterly because no one was found who was worthy to open the scroll or to look into it. 5:5 Then one of the elders said to me, “Stop weeping! Look, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, has conquered; thus he can open the scroll and its seven seals.”

5:6 Then I saw standing in the middle of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the middle of the elders, a Lamb that appeared to have been killed. He had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth. 5:7 Then he came and took the scroll from the right hand of the one who was seated on the throne, 5:8 and when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders threw themselves to the ground before the Lamb. Each of them had a harp and golden bowls full of incense (which are the prayers of the saints). 5:9 They were singing a new song:

Prayers

Added Elena Bolser (liver transplant)
Added Family of Dan Power’s mother
Added Gale Hagensick (covington’s)
Added Kim Allen (miraculous escape from wreck)
Added Joyce Ogle (back surgery)
Added Don Ladd (cancer)
Added Rosalyn Smith (cataract surgery) PTL!
Added A.V. Birdsong (dizziness)

Serenity

Church Basement Sale – Fri, Sat. May 3rd – 4th. 6 AM.

Sermon: A Happy Church is the Result of Happy People (EJ Hatton)

MP3: sermon-e.hatton-Apr7-2013

Revelation 1: 3 – 8 (NET)

1:3 Blessed is the one who reads the words of this prophecy aloud, and blessed are those who hear and obey the things written in it, because the time is near!

1:4 From John, to the seven churches that are in the province of Asia: Grace and peace to you from “he who is,” and who was, and who is still to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, 1:5 and from Jesus Christ – the faithful witness, the firstborn from among the dead, the ruler over the kings of the earth. To the one who loves us and has set us free from our sins at the cost of his own blood 1:6 and has appointed us as a kingdom, as priests serving his God and Father – to him be the glory and the power for ever and ever! Amen.

Prayers

Added Larry Davidson (heart attack)
Added Sheryl Shelton (diabetes, dialysis)

Easter Lilies

In Memory –> Given By

Debbie Dunn  –> Amy Dunn
Wallace Smith, Margie Glass –> Rosalyn Smith
Ken and Margaret Litchfield –> Sherry/Greg and Michelle/Dudley
Willis and Fleming Families –> Patsy, O.L. and Lou Willis
M/M Henry Cain; M/M Corbitt Birdson –> A.V. and Brenda
Charles Johnson –> Karen, Tommy, Amber, and Aaron
Beverly Rogers, Bob Rogers –> Bobby and Jim Rogers
IN HONOR OF the faithful members of CHUMC –> Sarah Belle and Ed Lawrence

Sermon: Hosanna in the Highest; He Is Risen (EJ Hatton)

MP3: sermon-e.hatton-Mar31-2013

Matthew 28:1-10 (NET)

28:1 Now after the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb. 28:2 Suddenly there was a severe earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descending from heaven came and rolled away the stone and sat on it. 28:3 His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow. 28:4 The guards were shaken and became like dead men because they were so afraid of him. 28:5 But the angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid; I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. 28:6 He is not here, for he has been raised, just as he said. Come and see the place where he was lying. 28:7 Then go quickly and tell his disciples, ‘He has been raised from the dead. He is going ahead of you into Galilee. You will see him there.’ Listen, I have told you!” 28:8 So they left the tomb quickly, with fear and great joy, and ran to tell his disciples. 28:9 But Jesus met them, saying, “Greetings!” They came to him, held on to his feet and worshiped him. 28:10 Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee. They will see me there.”

Prayers

Added Joe Jordan (brain tumor, spot on the lung)
Added Billy Rogers (stroke)
Added Angela Hargrove (life issues)
Added Junior Deason (spot on lung)
Added Family of Valynna Willy
Added Don Kramer (cancer)

Maundy Thursday service – March 28th, 6PM
Good Friday we will be watching “The Passion of Christ” – March 29th, 6PM. Guarding of the Tomb begins after the movie.

Sermon: Are You Yelling Hosanna or Crucify? (EJ Hatton)

MP3: sermon-e.hatton-Mar24-2013

Matthew 26: 59-64 (NET)

26:59 The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were trying to find false testimony against Jesus so that they could put him to death. 26:60 But they did not find anything, though many false witnesses came forward. Finally two came forward 26:61 and declared, “This man said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.’” 26:62 So the high priest stood up and said to him, “Have you no answer? What is this that they are testifying against you?” 26:63 But Jesus was silent. The high priest said to him, “I charge you under oath by the living God, tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God.” 26:64 Jesus said to him, “You have said it yourself. But I tell you, from now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power and coming on the clouds of heaven.”

Prayers

Added Diane Wright (hand surgery)
Added Frank McCargo
Added Family of Bly Goliday
Added Joy and Fary Lester (house fire)

Maundy Thursday service – March 28th, 6PM
Good Friday we will be watching “The Passion of Christ” – March 29th, 6PM. Guarding of the Tomb begins after the movie.

Sermon: Fourth Week of Lent (EJ Hatton)

MP3: sermon-e.hatton-Mar10-2013

2 Corinthians 5:17-21 (NET)

5:17 So then, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; what is old has passed away – look, what is new has come! 5:18 And all these things are from God who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and who has given us the ministry of reconciliation. 5:19 In other words, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting people’s trespasses against them, and he has given us the message of reconciliation. 5:20 Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His plea through us. We plead with you on Christ’s behalf, “Be reconciled to God!” 5:21 God made the one who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that in him we would become the righteousness of God.

Prayers

Added Family of Allene Cornelius
Added Ricki Valvis (fall and broken shoulder)
Added Family of Jimmy Matthews
Added Marsha Hall
Added Cindy (drug addiction)
Added Randy Gresham (cancer of the mouth)

Prayer