Welcome to
Garden Church!!!
●Please practice safe distancing throughout the yard
●Port-a-John for your use.
●Please do not enter the houses
●There will be no communion today
●Tithes and offering can be placed in the jar or give online @ anchorwilmington.org under the “giving” tab
Psalm Reading: Psalm 68:1-10
Sermon Scripture: 2 Timothy 1:1-14 Common English Bible (CEB)
“God is Powerful Enough” by Meg McBride
1 From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by God’s will, to promote the promise of life that is in Christ Jesus.
2 To Timothy, my dear child.
Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
3 I’m grateful to God, whom I serve with a good conscience as my ancestors did. I constantly remember you in my prayers day and night. 4 When I remember your tears, I long to see you so that I can be filled with happiness. 5 I’m reminded of your authentic faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice. I’m sure that this faith is also inside you. 6 Because of this, I’m reminding you to revive God’s gift that is in you through the laying on of my hands. 7 God didn’t give us a spirit that is timid but one that is powerful, loving, and self-controlled.
8 So don’t be ashamed of the testimony about the Lord or of me, his prisoner. Instead, share the suffering for the good news, depending on God’s power. 9 God is the one who saved and called us with a holy calling. This wasn’t based on what we have done, but it was based on his own purpose and grace that he gave us in Christ Jesus before time began. 10 Now his grace is revealed through the appearance of our savior, Christ Jesus. He destroyed death and brought life and immortality into clear focus through the good news. 11 I was appointed a messenger, apostle, and teacher of this good news. 12 This is also why I’m suffering the way I do, but I’m not ashamed. I know the one in whom I’ve placed my trust. I’m convinced that God is powerful enough to protect what he has placed in my trust until that day. 13 Hold on to the pattern of sound teaching that you heard from me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. 14 Protect this good thing that has been placed in your trust through the Holy Spirit who lives in us
Prayer for a Pandemic
May we who are merely inconvenienced remember those whose lives are at stake. May we who have no risk factors remember those most vulnerable.
May we who have the luxury of working from home remember those who must choose between preserving their health or making their rent.
May we who have the flexibility to care for our children when their schools close remember those who have no options.
May we who have to cancel our trips remember those that have no place to go. May we who are losing our margin money in the tumult of the economic market remember those who have no margin at all.
May we who settle in for a quarantine at home remember those who have no home. During this time when we cannot physically wrap our arms around each other, let us yet find ways to be the loving embrace of God to our neighbors.
We ask this through Christ the Healer. Amen.
Source: Mepkin Abbey, SC
https://mepkinabbey.org/prayer-resources-in-a-time-of-crisis/
THE GARDEN SONG ⚘⚘⚘
Inch by inch, row by row, Gonna make this garden grow
Gonna plant it deep and low, Gonna make it fertile ground
Inch by inch, row by row, God bless these seeds I sow
Please keep them safe below ‘Til the rain comes tumbling down
Pullin’ weeds and pickin’ stones, We are made of dreams and bones
I need a place to call my own, for the time is near at hand
Grain from grain, sun and rain, Find my way in nature’s chain
Tune my body and my brain to the music of the land
So plant your rows straight and long, temper them with prayer and song
Mother Earth will make you strong if you give Her loving care
Old crow watching from a tree, has his hungry eyes on me
In my garden I’m as free as that feathered thief up there
Your Grace Is Enough →→→
Great is Your faithfulness oh God
You wrestle with the sinner’s heart
You lead us by still waters and to mercy
And nothing can keep us apart
So remember Your people
Remember Your children
Remember Your promise Oh God
Your grace is enough
Your grace is enough
Your grace is enough for me
Great is Your love and justice God
You use the weak to lead the strong
You lead us in the song of Your salvation
And all Your people sing along
YOU ARE MY ALL IN ALL ♫♪♩
YOU ARE MY STRENGTH WHEN I AM WEAK
YOU ARE THE TREASURE THAT I SEEK,
YOU ARE MY ALL IN ALL
SEEKING YOU AS A PRECIOUS JEWEL
LORD TO GIVE UP I’D BE A FOOL,
YOU ARE MY ALL IN ALL
JESUS, LAMB OF GOD,
WORTHY IS YOUR NAME
JESUS, LAMB OF GOD,
WORTHY IS YOUR NAME
TAKING MY SIN, MY CROSS, MY SHAME
RISING AGAIN I BLESS YOUR NAME,
YOU ARE MY ALL IN ALL
WHEN I FALL DOWN YOU PICK ME UP
WHEN I AM DRY YOU FILL MY CUP,
YOU ARE MY ALL IN ALL
Jesus, Jesus ♰♰♰
Jesus, Jesus, can I tell you how I feel
You have given me Your Spirit
I love you so
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The Anchor is called to embody hope and real and tangible ways throughout our city. Please visit our website for more information and to give offerings. www.anchorwilmington.org/giving
Next worship gathering:
Garden Church, Sunday, May 31st @ 6pm at Hope Recuperative Care.
Stay tuned for more information about worship gatherings.
Pastor, Philip Chryst – 910-524-5676
(Returns from Sabbactical June 1, 2020)
Interim Pastor, Meg McBride – 910-523-9739
(*Pastor, Hope Recovery Church, July 1, 2020)
www.anchorwilmington.org POB 1642, Wilmington NC 28402