July 21, 2012 - Church at Worship

Sermon: "Waiting for the Freedom Sunrise" - Stew Harty

Baptism: Katherine Austrie Doloksaribu Ryan Tyler Elssmann, Alexis Rose Elssmann
Sabrina Fay Chelsea Villanueva - Rob Mohr

Pastoral Welcome: Genevieve Koh Isidro

Children’s Feature: Rob Mohr

Meditation:

“If the point of life is the same as the point of a story, the point of life is character transformation.” – Donald Miller

“Only in growth, reform, and change, paradoxically enough is true security to be found.” – Anne Morrow Lindbergh

“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark. The real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.” – Plato

“Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just make the first step.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

Scripture Reading: John 3:13–17, TNIV - Andrew Caster

Sermon Notes: 

Just a few days ago, Roger Federer won Wimbledon for the seventh time. I don’t
typically watch tennis, but several years ago I happened to catch Federer playing
another well-known player, Rafael Nadal. It was one of those matches where you
thought one player was going to win the game, and then the other would rally back.
I was so impressed how each player persisted until the final match point.

Federer won that particular match, but I asked myself afterwards why didn’t they
give up when it seemed either player was too far behind to win? I realized that one
reason was simply the fact that they knew that no matter how bleak the match might
be going for them, they could still win. In fact, they expected it.

The focus today is on how we as Christ’s disciples might experience more than winning a game but expect to experience tangible transformation everyday.

Stew Harty
Media Director

Note: Baptisms and child dedications are in the extras section in the DVD