February 7, 2021

Today was a beautiful day to worship our Lord outside in His sunshine (so that's exactly what we did!).
Hope you can join us next weekend.

We prefer worshiping and praying in person, but...we get it, really.  Some folks are still cautious about meeting in person.  So If you would like prayer for yourself, family, etc., either place it the comments below or if you want to keep it private, send us a Facebook message and ONLY the 2 admins at Highland Park Christian Church will see the request and then share the request as an "unspoken" request for all to pray over.

We continue we continue to keep uploading the sermon and providing the YouTube versions of the songs that we sang during worship today.  So even if you cannot join us, we'd still like to pray for you.  
Give us a call or email Pastor Harvey at harvey.hpcc@gmail.com to request prayer.  

UPDATE  - Please comment down below and we will respond.  Let us know how we can help and if we have blessed you with this on-line worship.  Thanks!

This weekend we have prepared a worship page for you that includes...
Thursday Night's Bible Study PowerPoint AND the Zoom meeting recording.  

The topic was "Justice in Judgment" from Matthew 13:24-30 & 36-40.
It was the parable the the wheat and the tares.

The Children's Sunday School Lesson from Mrs. Denise...
Mrs. Denise prays and sings with the children (online, of course) then tells the story of
Jesus teaching the disciples (and us) how to pray from Matthew, Mark & Luke.

We have great YouTube versions of Christian Hymns and contemporary songs that we sang today...

Finally, Pastor Harvey preached on Jesus at the Feast of Booths  in John 7:1-24 as we continue in the Gospel of John and our chapter by chapter preaching throughout 2021.

We hope this continues to bless YOU and draws you closer to God.

Remember, Denise and I are a phone call away if you want to pray together or just chat.  
(Also remember that God is NOT far away, He has promised that He would never leave us - can I get an "Amen"!)

And don't forget you can comment below about anything that we can help you with or send us a Facebook message on the Facebook message app.

You can also use the "comments below to start any conversation with us.

Thanks for all of your support!
For Him and His Kingdom,
Pastors Harvey & Denise

2021-02-04- Adult Mid Week Bible Study
 led by Albert Faust
The Parable of the Wheat and Tares - Matthew 13:24-30 & 36-40

This week Albert led us in the Parable of the Wheat and the Tares.   

Take a peek at our Mid-Week Bible Study to see what God's Word says about that and our discussion.
We love you, and would LOVE for you to join us next week at Bible study.

Remember, if you missed our meeting, you can view it below AND please sign up below to get updates and
notices of the next meeting.  See you on Zoom!

If you are NOT part of our on-line Thursday Night Bible Study, you can take care of that now.  

Two easy ways to join.  Each week we will send the ZOOM link via text and email. 

Church Prayer Requests from February 4, 2021

Harvey - Prayer for his parents and his sister who was in the hospital with a heart attack.  Please pray for full recovery.  Also pray for our sister in Christ, Christine who visits us online.  She has asthma and has requested prayer for that and for her entire family that has tested positive for COVID-19.  
Please also pray for Harvey's fraternity brother Father Marvin Samiano, who has recently been diagnoses with tongue cancer.

Larry -  Prayer unspoken request.

Randall - Pray for his family, especially his grand children and great grand children to grow to know the Lord.

Marlene -  Continue prayer for Tammy at First Baptist Torrance for healing.  Pray for 19 month old Malcom who has had MANY surgeries in his young life.

Dorothy - Prayer for an acquaintance to be able to bring her family to church.

Bryan -  Pray for his dad and unspoken request.

Albert - Albert leads our Adult Bible Study via ZOOM.  He requested prayer for his father, Larry and his friend DeeDee.

Alfredo -  Prayer for continued healing - praise that he is now COVID-19 negative!

Georgia - For traveling mercies.

Ericka -  Praise that she returned from her trip.

Denise - Pray for her brother Ray who has pneumonia.
               
Abel-     Pray for Abel and his family.  Abel's father, Rafael passed away from COVID-19.  Abel's heart is hurting now.  Please remember him. 

          And Now It's Time to Worship Christ

Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee

The Family of God
Artist: Bill Gaither

Song - The Family of God
Artist - Bill Gaither
Licensed to YouTube by - UMG (on behalf of Gaither Music Group (HSE)); Capitol CMG Publishing, LatinAutorPerf, BMI - Broadcast Music Inc., Adorando Brazil, and 5 Music Rights Societies

After singing a couple of songs, then as a congregation we read together aloud the following scripture...

Acts 3:1-10 (NASB)

<sup>1 Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the ninth hour, the hour of prayer.

2 And a man who had been unable to walk from birth was being carried, whom they used to set down every day at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, in order for him to beg for charitable gifts from those entering the temple grounds.

3 When he saw Peter and John about to go into the temple grounds, he began asking to receive a charitable gift.

4 But Peter, along with John, looked at him intently and said, “Look at us!”

5 And he gave them his attention, expecting to receive something from them.

6 But Peter said, “I do not have silver and gold, but what I do have I give to you: In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, walk!”

7 And grasping him by the right hand, he raised him up; and immediately his feet and his ankles were strengthened.

8 And leaping up, he stood and began to walk; and he entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God.

9 And all the people saw him walking and praising God;

10 And they recognized him as being the very one who used to sit at the Beautiful Gate of the temple to beg for charitable gifts, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.</sup>

God is So Good
Artist: Yancy · Little Praise Party

Song - God is So Good
Artist - Yancy · Little Praise Party
Album - My Best Friend
Licensed to YouTube by - ℗ 2008 Yancy Ministries, Inc.  Released on: 2008-04-22

All My Hope is in Jesus
Artist: Crowder

Song - All My Hope
Album Artist: Crowder
Licensed to YouTube by - UMG (on behalf of SixSteps (SIX)); LatinAutorPerf, ASCAP, BMI - Broadcast Music Inc., Adorando Publishing, LatinAutor - UMPG, Capitol CMG Publishing, and 15 Music Rights Societies

Again, Denise and I are available for prayer.

In Christ,

Pastor Harvey