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Good morning! Here's the link for today's church service: youtu.be/-IRUW17VdMI. Be sure to join live this morning for a message from Pastor Rob, update from our global church team, and prayer time centered around the words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Looking forward to worship God with you!
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Welcome to Rainier Avenue Church's livestream service! For prayer requests, sermon notes, kids activity packets, sign-up links, and more, click our LinkTree ...We are glad to join with our community at Urban Impact Seattle to celebrate the life and legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. this coming weekend! Click here to sign up through the church with a group discount: bit.ly/35CFIW6. Especially this year, let's reflect on Dr. King's call to us as believers: "The church must be reminded that it is not the master or the servant of the state, but rather the conscience of the state. It must be the guide and the critic of the state, and never its tool. If the church does not recapture its prophetic zeal, it will become an irrelevant social club without moral or spiritual authority. If the church does not participate actively in the struggle for peace and for economic and racial justice, it will forfeit the loyalty of millions and cause men everywhere to say that it has atrophied its will. But if the church will free itself from the shackles of a deadening status quo, and, recovering its great historic mission, will speak and act fearlessly and insistently in terms of justice and peace, it will enkindle the imagination of mankind and fire the souls of men, imbuing them with a glowing and ardent love for truth, justice, and peace. Men far and near will know the church as a great fellowship of love that provides light and bread for lonely travelers at midnight." (from "A Knock at Midnight")
An official statement regarding the events in our nation's capital last week from the three Bishops of the Free Methodist Church, our denomination. Thank you for biblical, wise, and clear leadership during this time.The Board of Bishops has released an official statement regarding the events that took place at our Nation's Capitol Building on January 6th. To read the entire statement, visit lightandlife.fm/official-statement-regarding-jan6-national-events/. The statement has also been released via email to all who are subscribed. All Free Methodists are encourage to read this statement and share it with others.
Good morning, church! Let's worship God together this morning. Here's the link for Sunday service starting at 9:50am: youtu.be/BKRt98ELlPo
And, the zoom prayer gathering is about to start that will be happening Sunday mornings 8:45am-9:15am through January as we pray and fast together to start the new year. Here's the link to join: bit.ly/2KYD9qj
Please lift up a prayer for the chaos taking place in the U.S. Capitol, as protestors have stormed the Capitol building and caused a lockdown there.
Father, there is so much anger and division in our nation. The Enemy has sown seeds of hatred, animosity, and outright lies that have misled people into seeing one another as adversaries to be destroyed, rather than human beings created in your blessed image. We are blind, so blind, and need you to restore our true sight.
Jesus, we confess our sins to you - our sin of idolatry, our worship of power and human leaders and their "wisdom", our unbridled anger, our lack of compassion and Christ-likeness, our lack of dependence on your Holy Spirit, our lack of focus on your Kingdom. In your great mercy, and by the power of your blood, please forgive us. Jesus, teach us your ways, that we may walk in your truth.
Holy Spirit, breathe - breathe peace over our nation, especially our capital today. Bind up wounds both external and internal. Clear our hearts and minds from the lies of the Enemy that have been amplified by human mouths, so that we might hear the truth instead. Rebuke the evildoer and lovingly call them back to repentance and restoration, as you did with the Apostle Paul. And Spirit, empower the Church, Christ's Body, to remember our true home, and our true King, now and forever.
In your great mercy, hear our prayer.
Let's start this new year together as a church by recentering on God's voice in our lives through prayer and fasting -- weekly zoom prayer meetings starting this evening.
Guide with fasting suggestions and weekly prayer prompts prepared by RAC's intercessory prayer team: bit.ly/38aAqTs
RSVP for weekly guided prayer time on Zoom with others from RAC each Wednesday 7:30-8pm (starting today) or Sunday 8:45-9:15am (starting this Sunday): bit.ly/2KYD9qj
Let's lean into this time of prayer and fasting together.
When you tithe to the church, you are supporting a community that you care about. And your contributions allow us to do the ministry that we are called to do! But tithing is far more than that. It is a reminder that everything that we have first came from God, and we are only returning it back to God. It is a declaration to ourselves and to the world that God deserves our very best, our first fruits, not our leftovers. And it is a way that we draw a bright line between ourselves and the dangerous idolatry of materialism and wealth that so pervades our culture. So don't forget to give your tithe before the end of the year! You can mail or drop off gifts in the secure mailbox at the church office, 4517 S Juneau St, Seattle WA 98118, or give online here: bit.ly/RACgiving
Happy Christmas Eve! Join us online for a reflective Christmas Eve service tonight at 7pm: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzXtCNkxm5E&feature=youtu.be. Get a candle ready to light along with everyone at the end, and feel free to sing along with the Christmas carols -- looking forward to celebrate Christ's birth with you!
Christmas is here! Come celebrate with your church family at our first-ever virtual RAC Holiday Special! Tonight at 8pm, right after the Christmas Eve service: us02web.zoom.us/j/88661223414?pwd=VktPTTc5QlZ2NUpVanh0bEhOT2E4UT09. Looking forward to see you there! (And, the link for the Christmas Eve service at 7pm will be posted soon!)
Here's the link (bit.ly/3r5N916) for worship this morning! If you aren’t able to join us at 10am, this recording will remain here and we invite you to return to this link and watch our service at your earliest convenience. Welcome to worship with us this morning!
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Welcome to Rainier Avenue Church's livestream service! For prayer requests, sermon notes, kids activity packets, sign-up links, and more, click our LinkTree ...