Bulletin for October 5, 2025

This Lord’s Day, we will be celebrating the Lord’s Supper. But one special thing about this week’s celebration is that it is World Communion Sunday. Although each local church has its own communion schedule, participating churches from many denominations will all celebrate the Lord’s Supper at the same time this week. That is especially appropriate as we consider a key theme in this week’s sermon text. Zechariah tells us that “those who are far off shall come and help to build the temple of the Lord” (Zech. 6:15). Though Christians gather in particular congregations around the world, we all participate in the one holy, catholic, and apostolic church. Despite all our theological distinctives and national divisions, Christ joins us together as one under himself.

So as you prepare your hearts this week for communion, consider this truth:

“The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a participation in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a participation in the body of Christ? Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all partake of the one bread.” (1 Cor. 10:16-17)

Your friend in Christ,
Reid

Bulletin for September 28, 2025

Bulletin for September 21, 2025

This week, we’ll be ordaining and installing our new ruling elders! Please be praying for them as they take on this weighty responsibility of leading Christ’s church.

After the service, we’ll have a fellowship lunch to celebrate. Everyone is welcome!

Your friend in Christ,
Reid

Bulletin for September 14, 2025

On this week’s bulletin, you’ll notice an extra page at the end. That is my (admittedly crude) drawing of what Zechariah sees during his fifth night vision in Zechariah 4. I will have those printed and available as well. Chapter four contains one of the stranger visions in Zechariah, so it may help you to look at that picture as you read this week’s sermon passage in preparation.

Updates

1. On September 21st, we will have an ordination and installation service for our new Ruling Elders. Lunch will follow.

2. Backpack Buddies has started. There is a sign-up sheet in the hallway.

Your friend in Christ,
Reid

Bulletin for September 7, 2025

Getting Ready for the Lord’s Supper

Since we are having communion this week, I wanted to give you something to think about as you prepare. Of course, Larger Catechism 171 is always a great resource, but here consider what Richard Baxter says about participating in communion:

In the time of the administration, go along with the minister throughout the work, and keep your hearts close to Jesus Christ, in the exercise of all those graces which are suited to the several parts of the administration. Think not that all the work must be the minister’s: it should be a busy day with you, and your hearts should be taken up with as much diligence, as your hands be in your common labour; but not in a toilsome, weary diligence, but in such delightful business as becometh the guests of the God of heaven, at so sweet a feast, and in the receiving of such invaluable gifts. (Baxter, A Christian Directory, 3:333)

If you’re interested, you can read his whole chapter on the Lord’s Supper (31 pages) here.

Updates

1. A sign-up sheet for Backpack Buddies is on the table in the hallway.
2. Presbyterian Women meets on September 11 at 6:30 PM.
3. Ruling Elder Ordination will be September 21 during the regular Lord’s Day service.

Your friend in Christ,
Reid

Bulletin for August 31, 2025

Bulletin for August 24, 2025

Psalm 133

We’ve been singing Psalm 133 for a couple of weeks now, but I wanted to give a brief exposition of the psalm since it may not be immediately clear what it’s talking about. It begins with call to remember this truth:

Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity!

It then goes on to illustrate this truth with two images. First, it describes the anointing of Aaron the priest.

It is like the precious oil on the head, running down on the beard,
on the beard of Aaron, running down on the collar of his robes!

The picture presented there is of abundance. This isn’t a drop of oil; instead, it runs down his beard all the way to the bottom of his robes, down to his feet. That is paired with a second image:

It is like the dew of Hermon,
which falls on the mountains of Zion!

Hermon is the tallest mountain in the bounds of Old Testament Israel. Hermon is a snow-capped mountain. It’s also a place where rain falls heavily. In the spring, the water from this mountain flows southward toward Jerusalem and Mount Zion, where the temple stood.

Both of these taken together tell us what it means when the saints of God gather together. When we gather, we are united under the high priest, who is Jesus Christ, and we receive all the blessings he offers in abundance. This is what Christ means when he says, “Where two or three are gathered together, I am there.” When God’s people come together in unity, and especially in public worship (this is, of course, a psalm of ascents, intended to be sung as the people of Israel gathered at Zion), Christ is with us.

But why does he come to us? Psalm 133 tells us:

For there the LORD has commanded the blessing, life forevermore.

In the gathering of God’s saints, the church, Christ comes down and gives to us eternal life. That’s what Lord’s Day worship is. It’s not merely a social event where people and families share a common interest and listen to a Bible study. In the church’s public worship of God, we are receiving eternal life through the gospel from the hand of Christ himself. And when we sing this psalm, that’s what we’re rejoicing in.

Arise, My Soul, Arise

This Sunday, our closing hymn is “Arise, My Soul, Arise.” Since I’ve been with you, I’m not sure that we’ve sung it in worship, but not only is it a very fitting hymn for this week’s sermon text, it’s also a hymn we should know. It speaks of Christ’s intercession for his people and the Father’s gracious response on the basis of Christ’s sacrifice. You can listen to it below as you prepare for worship on Sunday.

Your friend in Christ,
Reid

Bulletin for August 17, 2025

New Sermon Series

This week, we’re beginning a new sermon series on the prophecy of Zechariah leading up to Christmas. I highly encourage you to read through the book as we begin. Zechariah is, in a lot of ways, a strange book, and it will be helpful to you if you’re a little bit familiar with it as we work through it.

Also, here’s a short article with some good background information and a video overview.

Your friend in Christ,
Reid

Bulletin for August 10, 2025

An Addendum on Baptism

A couple weeks ago, I preached on the doctrine of baptism, but I intentionally skirted the issue of the proper recipients of baptism. I touched on the baptism of infants briefly, but there’s simply not enough time in one sermon on baptize to make an entire case. I’ve spoken with many of you about it individually, and if you were present at worship last week, you heard me give a brief explanation as we baptized an infant. But I wanted to give you something more to consider.

First, here’s a video from Sola Media (an organization I heartily commend) on the topic.

If you want something more, a good book to start with is Danny Hyde’s Jesus Loves the Little Children. This is an issue that quite a lot has been written about, and you can find any number of books and resources that address the issue going back hundreds of years. But I think this is a great place to start. Hyde’s book is only about a hundred pages, and it’s very good if you’re coming from a Baptist perspective.

Updates

1. Presbyterian Women meets Thursday, August 14th, at 6:30 PM.

2. Choir and prayer meeting are back in full swing on Wednesdays at 5:30 and 6:30.

3. This week, I’m preaching our final sermon in the book of Galatians. Our next sermon series will be on the prophet Zechariah. It can be a pretty opaque book if you’ve never studied it before, but it’s also a very Christ-centered book when you get into it. Hopefully, as we work through it you’ll come to appreciate that, but I would recommend giving it a read over the next couple of weeks in preparation to hear it preached.

Your friend in Christ,
Reid

Bulletin for August 3, 2025

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