Sunday Worship

"GO WITH GOD, GO IN PEACE!"  Pastor E.V. Lightfoot

CHURCH THEME: The Church in the Community with the Community at its Heart!

 YOU ARE INVITED TO JOIN US FOR WORSHIP! 

Sunday, August 16. 2026

9 AM SUNDAY SCHOOL

10:30 AM SUNDAY WORSHIP

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SERMON: THE GRACE OF GROWING!

PASTOR E. V.  LIGHTFOOT 

Sermon Text: 2 Peter 3:18

Call to Worship: Psa lm 119: 1-4

Responsive Reading: 2Peter 3:17-18

INTRODUCTION

The Bible speaks of grace in many beautiful ways: the exceeding riches of God’s grace, his abundant grace, and his manifold grace. We sing of his grace, we confess it, and we glory in it. Our Scripture reading today emphasizes a new relationship to grace. It is not enough to be saved by grace, or to live or to die by it, or even to know grace; we must grow in it! As 2 Peter 3:18 says, “Grow in . . . grace.”

I. The imperative of growing in grace.

II. The alternative to growing in grace.

III. The superlative of growing in grace.

CONCLUSION

Now you can see why growing in grace is an imperative for our lives. We are to be like Christ in all ways. Now that we have heard this word, we need to obey it.

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Invitation to Christian Discipleship

The Blessing and Benediction

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