Good News - Week of 5/21/2017

PRAYER OF THE WEEK
Holy Spirit, come and make your presence and power known in our midst. As you came during Pentecost, so come again, that we might be amazed by your miraculous presence. Amen.
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Acts 1:6-11

NOTES ON THE SCRIPTURES

Acts 1:6-14: The disciples question Jesus about the timing of God’s restoration of Israel, but Jesus promises the Holy Spirit and then ascends into heaven as they watch. Then two white-robed men tell them that Jesus will return in the same way they saw him leave.

Psalm 68:1-10, 32-35: A psalm of victory and praise, celebrating God’s might in military terms, and rejoicing in God’s protection of the weak and vulnerable, and in God’s provision of a home for God’s people.

1 Peter 4:12-14; 5:6-11: Peter encourages the persecuted believers, reminding them that they have witnessed Christ’s suffering and share in it, and that they have the hope of seeing Christ’s glory, and sharing in that as well.

John 17:1-11: Jesus prays for himself that God will take him back into the glory he shared with the Father. Then he prays for his disciples, who have received Christ’s message and have believed and given him glory, that they may be protected by God’s name and may be one as Christ and the Father are one.
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WHAT'S HAPPENING

​New Church Office Hours
As of May 1, 2017 the Church Office Hours will be: Tuesday – Thursday • 9 am – 2 pm

An Evening on the Bay with BRIDGE MD Inc.
AN EVENING ON THE BAY WITH BRIDGE MD, Inc.
SOLID FOUNDATION • STRATEGIC FOCUS •STELLAR FUTURE•
Friday, June 9, 2017 • 7 – 11 pm
Kurtz’s Beach
20170 Kurtz Avenue
Pasadena, Maryland 2112
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Tickets: Preferred - $90 (includes VIP reception), General - $75
(A limited number of buses will be available in the Baltimore area for transportation to/from the event.) Call the church office to obtain tickets. Can’t come to the event? Ask about making a Patron donation.

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