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, “Putting Away Falsehood”. We will be reading from Ephesians 4:25-5:2, and our Call to Worship comes from Psalm 130.

The Summer Ensemble group at Olive Chapel joins us today!

Call to Worship Psalm 130:1-2, 5-6
Leader: Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord.
People: Lord, hear my voice!
Leader: Let your ears be attentive
People: To the voice of my supplications!
Leader: I wait for the Lord; my soul waits,
People: And in his word I hope;
Leader: My soul waits for the Lord
People: More than those who watch for the morning,
All: More than those who watch for the morning.

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, “Growing Up in Christ”. We will be reading from Ephesians 4:1-16, and our Call to Worship comes from Psalm 34.

Call to Worship Psalm 34:1-8
Leader: I will bless the Lord at all times;
People: His praise shall continually be in my mouth.
Leader: My soul makes its boast in the Lord;
People: Let the humble hear and be glad.
Leader: O magnify the Lord with me,
People: And let us exalt his name together.
Leader: I sought the Lord, and he answered me,
People: And delivered me from all my fears.
Leader: Look to him, and be radiant;
People: So your faces shall never be ashamed.
Leader: This poor soul cried, and was heard by the Lord,
People: And was saved from every trouble.
Leader: The angel of the Lord encamps
People: Around those who fear him, and delivers them.
Leader: O taste and see that the Lord is good;
People: Happy are those who take refuge in him.

Questions for Further Reflection:
In this passage, Paul writes about truth and love.
How can we use the gifts God has given us truthfully?
How does love affect the way we use our gifts?

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 Power to Comprehend”.  We will be reading from Ephesians 3:14-21, and our Call to Worship comes from Psalm 145.

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, “Thinking about Hope”. We will be reading from Philippians 4:1-9, and our Call to Worship comes from Psalm 106.

Call to Worship Psalm 106:1-6
Leader: Praise the Lord! O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;
People: For his steadfast love endures forever.
Leader: Who can utter the mighty doings of the Lord
People: Or declare all his praise?
Leader: Happy are those who observe justice,
People: Who do righteousness at all times.
Leader: Remember us, O Lord, when you show favor to your people;
People: Help us when you deliver them,
Leader: That we may see the prosperity of your chosen ones,
People: That we may glory in your heritage.
Leader: Both we and our ancestors have sinned;
People: We have committed iniquity, have done wickedly.

Questions for Further Reflection:
This passage encourages us to look for hope in good things all around us.
What sorts of things bring you hope?
How does your belief in the hope of God connect with those things?

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, “Hope is Present Tense”. We will be reading from 1 John 4:7-21, and our Call to Worship comes from Psalm 22.

Call to Worship Psalm 22:25-31
Leader: From you comes my praise in the great congregation;
People: My vows I will pay before those who fear him.
Leader: The poor shall eat and be satisfied; those who seek him shall praise the Lord.
People: May your hearts live forever!
Leader: All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord;
People: And all the families of the nations shall worship before him.
Leader: For dominion belongs to the Lord,
People: And he rules over the nations.
Leader: To him, indeed, shall all who sleep in the earth bow down;
People: Before him shall bow all who go down to the dust, and I shall live for him.
Leader: Posterity will serve him;
People: Future generations will be told about the Lord,
Leader: And proclaim his deliverance to a people yet unborn,
People: Saying that he has done it.

Questions for Further Reflection:
How does love create hope?
How does hope sustain love?
How can hope build communities?
How can communities build hope?

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, “An Anthem Played on Broken Strings”. We will be reading from Jeremiah 29:1, 4-14, and our Call to Worship comes from Psalm 33.

Call to Worship Psalm 33:1-5, 20-22
Leader: Rejoice in the Lord, O you righteous.
People: Praise befits the upright.
Leader: Praise the Lord with the lyre;
People: Make melody to him with the harp of ten strings.
Leader: Sing to him a new song;
People: Play skillfully on the strings, with loud shouts.
Leader: For the word of the Lord is upright,
People: And all his work is done in faithfulness.
Leader: He loves righteousness and justice;
People: The earth is full of the steadfast love of the Lord.
Leader: Our soul waits for the Lord;
People: He is our help and shield.
Leader: Our heart is glad in him
People: Because we trust in his holy name.
Leader: Let your steadfast love, O Lord, be upon us,
People: Even as we hope in you.

Questions for Further Reflection:
In this passage, hope is not a quick fix; it’s a process.
How does hope help us grow through difficult times?
How does God’s presence affect that process?

Call to Worship Psalm 67
Leader: May God be gracious to us and bless us
People: And make his face to shine upon us,
Leader: That your way may be known upon earth,
People: Your saving power among all nations.
Leader: Let the peoples praise you, O God;
People: Let all the peoples praise you.
Leader: Let the nations be glad and sing for joy,
People: For you judge the peoples with equity.
Leader: Let the peoples praise you, O God;
People: Let all the peoples praise you.
Leader: The earth has yielded its increase;
People: God, our God, has blessed us.
Leader: May God continue to bless us;
People: Let all the ends of the earth revere him.

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, “Never Give Up”. We will be reading from Matthew 15:21-28, and our Call to Worship comes from Psalm 67.

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, “Pandora’s Box”. We will be reading from Romans 5:1-11, and our Call to Worship comes from Psalm 95.

Call to Worship Psalm 95:1-7
Leader: O come, let us sing to the Lord;
People: Let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation!
Leader: Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving;
People: Let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise!
Leader: For the Lord is a great God,
People: And a great King above all gods.
Leader: In his hand are the depths of the earth;
People: The heights of the mountains are his also.
Leader: The sea is his, for he made it,
People: And the dry land, which his hands have formed.
Leader: O come, let us worship and bow down,
People: Let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker!
Leader: For his is our God, and we are the people of his pasture,
People: And the sheep of his hand.

Questions for Further Reflection:
In this passage, Paul says that Christians have hope in part because of the Holy Spirit.
How does that reality push back against those who say hope is an evil that causes us to disengage from the world?

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, “A Prism of the Mind”. We will be reading from Genesis 18:1-15, and our Call to Worship comes from Psalm 100.

Call to Worship Psalm 100
Leader: Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth.
People: Worship the Lord with gladness;
Leader: Come into his presence with singing.
People: Know that the Lord is God.
Leader: It is he that made us, and we are his;
People: We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
Leader: Enter his gates with thanksgiving,
People: And his courts with praise.
Leader: Give thanks to him, bless his name.
People: For the Lord is good;
Leader: His steadfast love endures forever,
People: And his faithfulness to all generations.

Questions for Further Reflection:
In this passage, Abraham makes a choice about how he will respond to the three strangers.
How does hope change the way we make decisions?
How does the hope that comes from God change our decisions?