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The evening service will be led by Mr. Stephen Corbitt, a student from Mid America Reformed Seminary. The consistory gave me a half Sunday relief due to classis. Let's pray that the evening service is a rich blessing to us and good encouragement to the man who will led us.

I hope you all had a good week and much joy in the Lord. As we go through good weeks or hard weeks we look to the Lord and wait on His mercies. We come into the house of the Lord on Sunday for corporate worship. Nothing all week is more important. In the morning we continue in Mark 4 at verses 21-25. This text comes right on the heels of the parable of the soils and presses us to consider what we do with the word we hear. This section of Mark is incredibly important as it allows us to work slowly through texts that ask us to meditate on divine revelation. Let's not rush too quickly past these important Words of our Lord. SERMON OUTLINE: Mark 4.21-25 Is the Light Working Growth? Theme: We are called to evaluate whether we are growing in the Word 1. He causes light to be brought in 2. His light reveals His way of growth 3. We must answer to what we have heard 4. We will be growing under the light of His good Word

After our fellowship meal we will worship the Lord again in the afternoon taking up Leviticus 24.10-16 to explain to us the third commandment at Lord's day 36 of the Catechism. Is it right for people to be upset that God had a man put to death for blasphemy? How should Christians today think about the third commandment? We need help here! Pray that the Lord would lead us to humble ourselves and accept what He tells us in His Word. What He says is always best! Please pray that we will exalt the Lord together and that He will satisfy us with good things.

We come to worship our Savior and Lord on Sunday with every expectation to be well fed. In the morning we will return to Mark 4.13-20, our second sermon on the parable of the soils. We will learn about the four different categories of responses to preaching. This is a very important biblical truth and we need to have our hearts and minds made ready to receive what the Lord has for us. We also have the Lord's supper as a great blessing in the morning so there is much to look forward to!

The second service on holiday schedule will be after coffee time and the sermon will be from Habakkuk 2.18-20 directing our understanding of Lord's day 35 of the Catechism. What is regulated worship, what does that question have to do with idols, and where are we at in the postmodern america church scene? May the Lord direct our attention to the goodness and sufficiency of His Word and Son!

On this Lord's day we will have blessings before us from the Lord's hand. In the morning we continue in Mark. We have come to chapter 4 and what is often called the parable of the Sower. I also see it as the parable of the soils - you will see why. So we will take our first look at this parable, but will focus largely on the middle section - verses 9-12. We will begin to explore the four kinds of soils mentioned by the Lord in the parable, but a deeper explanation of those will come in the preparatory booklet you will get on Sunday and the second sermon on the parable next week. Please pray that this is all for our good and to God's glory.

In the evening we have to consider the first commandment. The issue of the rich young ruler provides an excellent mirror to carefully examine 'having no God but the Lord God.' May He direct our attention to Him alone. Thank you ahead of time for the earnest praying prior to and in preparation for corporate worship twice this coming Lord's day. May our worship be pleasing to Him and edifying for us.