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TO KNOW CHRIST AND MAKE HIM KNOWN! DIGITAL BULLETIN AND ORDER OF WORSHIP

Message Series:

9:30 & 11 AM Service Worship Led by Alpha Praise

My Life is in You Lord

The Battle Belongs to the Lord

In the Secret

Holy and Anointed One

My Life is in You Lord (Reprise)

Song Lyrics on pages 3-4

VERSE OF ENCOURAGEMENT

O Lord, you are my God; I will exalt you;

I will praise your name, for you have done

wonderful things, plans formed of old, faithful

and sure.

This is the Lord; we have waited for him; let us be glad and rejoice

in his salvation.

Isaiah 25:1, 9b

ORDER OF WORSHIP

SERVICE TIMES 8:00 AM Acoustic Service

9:30 AM Sunday School

9:30 & 11 AM Contemporary

Service

MESSAGE: JESUS IS GREATER THAN VANITY

SPEAKER:

Pastor Collin Monger

Songs of Worship

Good News Mystery Box

Children’s Message

Announcements

Prayer Requests

Message

Closing Worship

8:00 AM Service Worship

Hymns of Praise

Hallelujah! Our God Reigns #35

Spirit Song #384

Have Thine Own Way, Lord

#591 (Hymn of Grace)

Closing Hymn At Calvary #492

Help them or tell them?

Be like Jesus or talk about Jesus?

Social action or gospel proclamation?

Quite often we find ourselves gravitating toward one of those modes over the other―at times going so far as to pit word against deed, as if the two were mutually exclusive. Yet Good News to the Poor shows us how both are integrated in the biblical vision of mission so that we may become both evangelists and activists―Christians who talk the talk and who walk the walk.

Miss last week’s message? Catch up online or through our SOTH Church Mobile app.

Offering Agape drop-boxes are available at each entrance to the sanctuary. Please note we will not take a formal offering during services. You can also give electronically here: www.soth.church/giving

Outdoor Baptism Service Sunday, August 30th 12:15 PM. Join us for an Outdoor Baptism Service on Sunday, August 30th at 12:15 PM in the Prayer Garden. Sign up Online Here or at the Welcome desk in the foyer!

Crib Room Volunteers Needed! We are starting up our crib room care starting today, August 23rd, at the 11:00 AM service and need volunteers. If interested, please contact Renee Miller.

Children’s Sunday School is starting September 13th at 9:30 AM. We need volunteers to lead one of our Sunday School classes, either 1st – 3rd grade or 4th – 6th. Please contact Renee Miller if interested in helping.

Outdoor Service, Sunday, September 6th 11:00 AM. Join us Sunday, September 6th, for another Outdoor service at 11:00 AM, followed by a fellowship cookout in the front of the church. Weather permitting. Note that we will only have one (1) service at 11:00 AM.

Wawa Hoagie Coupon Sales are available for $4.50 for a Shorti 6-inch hoagie. Proceeds go to the church Roof fund. Pickup an order form at the Welcome Desk

Video Operators Needed We are in need of volunteers for our video projection ministry. If interested, please see Pastor Jon or Pastor Charles.

BOOK of the month

GOOD NEWS TO THE POOR SOCIAL INVOLVEMENT AND THE GOSPEL

BY TIM CHESTER

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My Life Is In You

CCLI #17315 | Daniel Gardner

Chorus

My life is in You Lord

My strength is in You Lord

My hope is in You Lord

In You it's in You

My life is in You Lord

My strength is in You Lord

My hope is in You Lord

In You it's in You

Verse

I will praise You

With all of my life

I will praise You

With all of my strength

With all of my life

With all of my strength

All of my hope is in You

Chorus

Verse

Chorus

Songs of Worship Contemporary Service – 11:00 AM Live Stream

The Battle Belongs To The Lord

CCLI #21583 | Jamie Owens-Collins

Verse 1

In heavenly armor we'll enter the land

The battle belongs to the Lord

No weapon that's fashioned against us will stand

The battle belongs to the Lord

Chorus And we sing glory honor Power and strength to the Lord We sing glory honor Power and strength to the Lord

Verse 2

When the power of darkness comes in like a flood

The battle belongs to the Lord

He's raised up a standard the pow'r of His blood

The battle belongs to the Lord

Chorus

Verse 3

When your enemy presses in hard do not fear

The battle belongs to the Lord

Take courage my friend your redemption is near

The battle belongs to the Lord

Chorus

In The Secret

CCLI #1810119 | Andy Park

Verse 1

In the secret in the quiet place

In the stillness You are there

In the secret in the quiet hour

I wait only for You

'Cause I want to know You more

Chorus

I want to know You

I want to hear Your voice

I want to know You more

I want to touch You

I want to see Your face

I want to know You more

Verse 2

I am reaching for the highest goal

That I might receive the prize

Pressing onward

Pushing every hindrance aside

Out of my way

'Cause I want to know You more

Chorus

Songs of Worship Contemporary Service – 11:00 AM Live Stream

Holy And Anointed One

CCLI #164361 | John Barnett

Verse 1

Jesus Jesus

Holy and Anointed One

Jesus

(REPEAT)

Chorus

Your name is like honey on my lips

Your Spirit like water to my soul

Your Word is a lamp unto my feet

Jesus I love You I love You

Verse 2

Jesus Jesus

Risen and Exalted One

Jesus

Chorus

SAFETY CORNER

There is no doubt that things have changed in your life due to the COVID 19 pandemic. Here are a few of the changes we have implemented to help maintain health and safety here at

Shepherd of the Hills

Are you interested in serving here at Shepherd of the Hills? Here are just a few

areas that have an active need.

Multimedia Live Stream Team: We're looking for people to join our multimedia team on Sunday mornings. You would be helping with video and audio production, sound mixing, and other tech-related areas of the Sunday service. If you're interested in helping, let us know! Experience not needed and we will provide all the training you need. Email pastor Jon at media@soth.church Virtual Visitation Team: Relationships are an important part to the Christian faith. Even though we are currently limited in our ability to meet together as a body of believers, we can still stay connected to one another using today’s technology. You can help our visitation team by keeping our fellow members informed by making phone calls, using social media, and more. If interested, please contact the church office or email the church staff at info@soth.church.

Journalist: We are looking for someone to serve as a journalist for our church publication, "The Shepherd's Staff." If you enjoy writing, photography, or other print publication work, and would like to serve, please contact the church for more information. Email cmonger@soth.church.

Sunday Morning Teams: As we transition to a 3-service Sunday morning, we will need additional volunteers to help with during each service. This includes our Audio/Visual team, snack team, ushers and greeters, and so forth. If you are interested in serving in any area, please contact the church office, speak with one of the pastors, or email us at info@soth.church.

• Greeting time- We will be eliminating

the greeting time. We know it is

something we have done for a long time,

but it does not allow for social distancing

and may increase the risk of transmission.

• Offering- In the past we have passed an

offering plate from person to person.

Because this presents a way in which

infection can be spread, we will be

moving to free-standing offering boxes

placed in each aisle in the sanctuary.

• Bulletins and Greeters- We will

continue offering printed bulletins and

they will be available for pick up in the

foyer. Our greeters will be there to greet

us with a warm welcome and “hello,” and

will be happy to point us to the bulletins

available for pick up.

• Building Security- During the week the

church building will only be accessible

through the front foyer doors at the

Sanctuary. In addition, we will be locking

the building each night.

• Communion- Communion has be

adjusted so there will be no open food

which may be contaminated.

• Snacks- Similar to communion, we will

be limiting open food options and provide

individually portioned servings.

• Children’s Ministry- We are now

offering Children’s Church during the

11:00 AM morning service. Children’s

church is available for ages 3-10.

• Schedule- Finally, we will be adjusting

our service times to include the addition

of a third service.

1st Service 8:00-9:00

Worship Service (traditional)

2nd Service 9:30-10:30

Worship Service (contemporary)

Adult Sunday School (entire hour)

3rd Service 11:00-12:00

Worship Service (contemporary)

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“Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you." “

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Bob Mendelsohn is our Missions Commitment focus for the month of March. Bob currently serves in Sydney, Australia with Jesus for Jesus.

HOW TO SUPPORT MISSIONS

August Missions

You can give financial support to our Missions projects through our regular giving envelopes by check or cash. You can also give Electronically using our Online Giving Portal or through our Mobile App.

For $10 you can send a SOTH Missions Postcard at Chronicles Books. You can write an encouraging message to our commitment missionary of the month and we will mail the card for you.

For $20 you can get our Postcard & Bracelet bundle, where you will also receive a custom bracelet with the colors of the national flag our missionary serves, that can serve as a prayer reminder.

AUGUST MISSIONS

Vision Project

After his conversion to Christianity in 1971 Bob became affiliated with Jews for Jesus in 1979. He is the leader of Jews for Jesus Austral/Asia, a territory which now includes Singapore and New Zealand as well. He lives in Sydney with his wife.

Bob travels throughout the world sharing the message of Messiah Y’shua. He has preached or ministered on the streets in Korea, New Zealand, Singapore, Argentina, visited 47 of the 50 states in the US, all over the traps in Australia from Perth to Townsville to Melbourne to Port Macquarie. Not only is Bob’s style winsome, but his message of faith in Jesus is powerful.

Bob is also the creator and director of Project Timothy, an international messianic internship and discipleship program for young adults from 18-25.

“I had always been proud to be Jewish. There was some mystique to all these dos and don’ts that were supposed to improve me as a person and, in particular, as a Jew. I was fervent, not so much about God, but about “doing” Judaism correctly. It was my job, as a Jew, to observe these commands and comply. I figured that even if there were no God, it couldn’t hurt to comply. Yet hard as I tried, I always seemed to fall short; there was always something more to do, or not do.

In my early twenties I found myself in a conversation with a pair of street corner preachers. Their education was limited but their faith was genuine. The person of Jesus was very appealing.

The New Testament was a defensible book; the gospel was a defensible story. As I found myself drawn to Jesus I began asking myself, how could I do this? How could I be Jewish and believe in Jesus? It seemed like such a paradox.”

Read more about Bob’s testimony online…

Jorge & Rosa Gutierrez are our Missions Vision Project for the month of August.

The Gutierrez’s have been missionaries to Guadalajara, Mexico since 1988.

They continue to run the children’s breakfast ministry, which we support through coins put in the Mexican pot in the lobby.

These breakfasts include a gospel lesson as well.

Both church plants are doing well, one in Guadalajara City and the other in the city of Tepic.

They also do street evangelism monthly.

MINISTRY SPOTLIGHT

CORNER MINISTRY

Our ministries here at Shepherd of the Hills Church allow us to carry

out our mission by addressing a specific area of need in our community.

To learn more about a ministry, tap on a logo below.

Nothing about the Christian faith is by accident, it all requires being intentional about your relationship with God. Membership allows us to extend that intentional approach to our church connection. At Shepherd of the Hills being a member is a way of saying "I'm committed to growing in my faith with these brothers and sisters in Christ." Membership also allows the church to commit to you by pledging to help you in any way possible.

Every second Sunday at 12:15 PM we offer a membership class for those wishing to join our congregation.

If you would like to attend a membership class, please sign up at the welcome desk in the foyer or email Pastor Collin at cmonger@soth.church to be added to the list.

MEMBERSHIP AT SHEPHERD OF THE HILLS

The great commission states clearly the directive of the church, to go into all the world and preach the gospel of Jesus. Everyone is called to fulfill the great commission but there are some who are called leave everything and spread the gospel internationally.

It is our desire to support them in fulfilling their calling. We do this by supporting our monthly mission’s commitments, missionaries we support the same months year after year. We also do this by supporting our vision projects, missionaries or organizations who are nominated and selected monthly based on the work they are doing.

The missions committee meets monthly to pray for our missionaries, discuss their needs, and to select upcoming vision projects. All the missionaries we support align with our

statement of beliefs and have been approved by our church elders. The committee normally meets the third Monday of every month; if you have a heart for missions and are interested in join our missions committee speak with Pastor Charles.

And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation.’

Mark 16:15