Service Archives

We look forward to joining you in Worship this Sunday, starting at 11:00AM in the Sanctuary. You can also find our services online at the HVBC YouTube Channel. Today’s sermon is titled, On Withered Hands. We will be reading from Mark 3:1-6, and our Call to Worship comes from 1 John 3.

Question for Further Reflection:
In this passage, there is a dispute over how to be faithful on the Sabbath.
How can we respond faithfully to God’s call in ways that respect traditions, while remaining open to something new?

Happy are those who consider the poor;
The Lord delivers them in the day of trouble.
The Lord protects them and keeps them alive;
They are called happy in the land.
The Lord sustains them on their sickbed;
In their illness you heal all their infirmities.
As for me, I said, “O Lord, be gracious to me;”
“Heal me, for I have sinned against you.”
My enemies wonder in malice when I will die,
And my name perish.
All who hate me whisper together about me;
They imagine the worst for me.
But you, O Lord, be gracious to me,
And raise me up, that I may repay them.
By this I know that you are pleased with me;
Because my enemy has not triumphed over me.
But you have upheld me because of my integrity,
And set me in your presence forever. – from Psalm 41

We look forward to joining you in Worship this Sunday, starting at 11:00AM in the Sanctuary. You can also find our services online at the HVBC YouTube Channel. Today’s sermon is titled, “Friends Like These”. We will be reading from Mark 2:1-12, and our Call to Worship comes from Psalm 41.

Questions for Further Reflection:
This passage is a reminder of the power of community.
How can a community love people more deeply?
Who might God be calling you to reach out to in love?

On this mountain the Lord of hosts will make for all peoples
A feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wines,
Of rich food filled with marrow, of well-aged wines strained clear.
And he will destroy on this mountain the shroud that is cast over all peoples,
The covering that is spread over all nations;
He will swallow up death forever.
Then the Lord God will wipe away the tears from all faces,
And the disgrace of his people he will take away from all the earth,
For the Lord has spoken. It will be said on that day,
“See, this is our God; we have waited for him, so that he might save us.
“This is the Lord for whom we have waited;
“Let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation.”
For the hand of the Lord will rest on this mountain. – Isaiah 25:6-9

We look forward to joining you in Worship this Sunday, starting at 11:00AM in the Sanctuary. You can also find our services online at the HVBC YouTube Channel. Today’s sermon is titled, “Christ’s Victory”. We will be reading from Mark 16:1-8, and our Call to Worship comes from Isaiah 25:6-9.

Question for Further Reflection:
On this day, Christ declared victory over the power of sin and death. The events that happened on that first Easter Sunday have changed the entire world.
As one of Jesus’ disciples, how will you respond?

We look forward to joining you in Worship this Sunday, starting at 11:00AM in the Sanctuary. You can also find our services online at the HVBC YouTube Channel. Today’s sermon is titled, “Christ’s Glory”. We will be reading from John 12:12-16, and our Call to Worship comes from Psalm 118.

Questions for Further Reflection:
In this passage, the people glorify Jesus through the waving of palms, placing their own expectations on him.
Why do we glorify Jesus?
Is it because of who he is or who we want him to be?

O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;
For his steadfast love endures forever.
Let the redeemed of the Lord say so,
Those he redeemed from trouble and gathered in from the lands.
Some wandered in desert wastes, finding no way to an inhabited town;
Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted within them.
Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
And he delivered them from their distress;
He led them by a straight way, until they reached an inhabited town.
Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love.
For he satisfies the thirsty,
And the hungry he fills with good things.
Let those who are wise give heed to these things,
And consider the steadfast love of the Lord. from Psalm 107

We look forward to joining you in Worship this Sunday, starting at 11:00AM in the Sanctuary. You can also find our services online at the HVBC YouTube Channel. Today’s sermon is titled, “When a Dream Dies“, and our guest speaker is Dr. Glenn Phillips, Jr. We will be reading from Ezekiel 37:1-6, and John 12:20-33. Our Call to Worship comes from Psalm 107.

You are righteous, O Lord,
And your judgments are right.
You have appointed your decrees in righteousness
And in all faithfulness.
My zeal consumes me
Because my foes forget your words.
Your promise is well tried,
And your servant loves it.
I am small and despised,
Yet I do not forget your precepts.
Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness,
And your law is the truth.
Trouble and anguish have come upon me,
But your commandments are my delight.
Your decrees are righteous forever;
Give me understanding that I may live. from Psalm 119:137-144

We look forward to joining you in Worship this Sunday, starting at 11:00AM in the Sanctuary. You can also find our services online at the HVBC YouTube Channel. Today’s sermon is titled, “Knowing God”. We will be reading from Jeremiah 31:31-34, and our Call to Worship comes from Psalm 119.

Questions for Further Reflection:
In this passage, God talks about writing a new covenant on the people’s hearts.
What does it mean to have God’s covenant written so deeply into your being?
How would that impact
your view of other people?

We look forward to joining you in Worship this Sunday, starting at 11:00AM in the Sanctuary. You can also find our services online at the HVBC YouTube Channel. Today’s sermon is titled, “Putting God First“. We will be reading from Exodus 20:1-17, and our Call to Worship comes from Psalm 19.

Call to Worship Psalm 19:7-10, 14
The law of the Lord is perfect,
Reviving the soul;
The decrees of the Lord are sure,
Making wise the simple;
The precepts of the Lord are right,
Rejoicing the heart;
The commandment of the Lord is clear,
Enlightening the eyes;
The fear of the Lord is pure,
Enduring forever;
The ordinances of the Lord are true
And righteous altogether.
More to be desired are they than gold,
Even much fine gold;
Sweeter also than honey,
And drippings of the honeycomb.
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
Be acceptable to you, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.

We look forward to joining you in Worship this Sunday, starting at 11:00AM in the Sanctuary. You can also find our services online at the HVBC YouTube Channel. Today’s sermon is titled, “The Big One”. We will be reading from Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16, and our Call to Worship comes from Psalm 22.

Questions for Further Reflection:
Our passage for today contains one of the most fundamental promises God makes to anyone.
What are the foundations of your own faith?
How has God kept promises to you?

We look forward to joining you in Worship this Sunday, starting at 11:00AM in the Sanctuary. You can also find our services online at the HVBC YouTube Channel.

Today’s sermon is titled, “With All Creation“. We will be reading from Genesis 9:8-17, and our Call to Worship comes from Psalm 25.

To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul.
O my God, in you I trust;
Do not let me be put to shame;
Do not let my enemies exult over me.
Make me to know your ways, O Lord;
Teach me your paths.
Lead me in your truth, and teach me,
For you are the God of my salvation;
For you I wait all day long.
Be mindful of your mercy, O Lord,
And of your steadfast love,
For they have been from of old.
Good and upright is the Lord;
Therefore he instructs sinners in the way.
He leads the humble in what is right,
And teaches the humble his way.
All the paths of the Lord are steadfast love and faithfulness,
For those who keep his covenant and his decrees. – from Psalm 25