Posted by: pastorjosephhedden | May 24, 2013

Weekly Update–May 24, 2013

Good morning friends and members of Emmanuel Church,

First off this morning, Congratulations to Bethany and Eric Carroll, whose daughter, Molly Mae was born on Wednesday at 5:59 a.m. at McGee Hospital! We should also note that Molly’s cousin, Willow Brooke Lucas, was born on Friday the 17th in Monroeville. So, lots of celebrating around the King-Carroll-Lucas bunch! Blessings to all.

Sunday is Trinity Sunday and Memorial Day Sunday. The scripture is Romans 5:1-5 and the sermon title is “Old School.” At the end of the service, we will close with a prayer at the War Memorial.

Export’s Community Memorial Day observance will stop at Emmanuel’s Cemetery around 9 a.m. Monday Morning with a short ceremony.

Tuesday is Bible Study at 10 a.m.

On June 1, the Women’s Guild is sponsoring a Father’s Day chicken dinner for Fathers and their children/families. The time is 5:30 p.m. Cost is adults 7 dollars. Children 6-11 4 dollars and children under five are free. You can call Linda Dulaney or the Church office to reserve a spot!

On June 2 is our MOOK small Group Bible Study at Denmark Manor United Church of Christ at 6 p.m. We’re excited about this because there are several congregations involved in the study and we hope to rotate locations. The theme for June 2nd is: What is your story?

Please pray for those who travel this weekend and reflect on the meaning of Memorial Day this weekend.

Grace and Peace,

Pastor Joseph

We are humbled by the awesome power of this moment.
From our lives God has brought forth life.
Through our love we have fashioned a child of love.
May our child be a blessing to all she meets.
And may she count us among her blessings as well.
–Prayer for a newborn, author unknown

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Posted by: pastorjosephhedden | May 21, 2013

June 2013 Online E-Hilltopper–”Inaugural Edition”

Welcome to our first edition of the Hilltopper Online!  We are pleased to present to you a copy of monthly reports, birthdays, and a calendar of events, in a convenient electronic edition.  If you would like us to email you a copy of our online Hilltopper, please contact the church office at hillschurch@windstream.net using the link to the right.

Grace and Peace,

The Hills Church Team

Click here to read the Hilltopper Online:  June 2013 Scan Final

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Posted by: pastorjosephhedden | May 20, 2013

Sermon of May 19, 2013–”The Spirit(s) of the Age”

John 14:15-27

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15 ‘If you love me, you will keep my commandments. 16And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, to be with you for ever. 17This is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, because he abides with you, and he will be in you.

18 ‘I will not leave you orphaned; I am coming to you. 19In a little while the world will no longer see me, but you will see me; because I live, you also will live. 20On that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you. 21They who have my commandments and keep them are those who love me; and those who love me will be loved by my Father, and I will love them and reveal myself to them.’ 22Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, ‘Lord, how is it that you will reveal yourself to us, and not to the world?’ 23Jesus answered him, ‘Those who love me will keep my word, and my Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them. 24Whoever does not love me does not keep my words; and the word that you hear is not mine, but is from the Father who sent me.

25 ‘I have said these things to you while I am still with you. 26But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything, and remind you of all that I have said to you.27Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid. 

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Posted by: pastorjosephhedden | May 16, 2013

Thursday Update–May 16, 2013

Hello  friends and members of Hills Church,

Tomorrow, Friday, May 17th, begins our Attic Treasures sale  in the Lower Level of the Steele Fellowship Building  from 3 to 7 and continues on Saturday, May 18th from 8-12.  A bag sale of $2 a bag will take place from 11-12.  The sale is sponsored by the Women’s Guild and the proceeds go toward cemetery maintenance.

Sunday is Pentecost, when we celebrate the gift of the Holy Spirit coming into our midst.  We will celebrate with a service of Communion.

Our Christian Education director will be taking a few weeks off for maternity leave and in her absence the Sunday morning lesson will be done by Jennifer Hedden–please talk to her if you can help out.  We could use a couple of extra volunteers during Trista’s time off.

Our Bible Study MOOK (Meaningfully Obeying Our King) will be gathering on Sunday, June 2 at 6 p.m. at Denmark Manor United Church of Christ.   We have opened this Bible Study up to all interested parties and the theme is “What is God calling us, as a church,  to do?”

Grace and Peace,

Pastor Joseph

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Posted by: pastorjosephhedden | May 13, 2013

Sermon of May 12–”Treasure”

Matthew 6:19-24

19 ‘Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal; 20but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. 22 ‘The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light; 23but if your eye is unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness! 24 ‘No one can serve two masters; for a slave will either hate the one and love the other, or be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.’

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Posted by: pastorjosephhedden | May 9, 2013

Weekly Update–May 9, 2013

Good morning friends and members of Hills Church,

Spring is here!  We’ve had some very nice weather and some rain as well.  We are well on our way to planning for the late/spring and summer.

Sunday’s Service celebrates Mother’s Day!  The sermon is one of an occasional series on stewardship and is titled “Treasure.”  I hope you can join us and hear about the relationship between the Lord of all life and our worldly treasures.

Looking ahead:

Our Attic Treasures sale continues in the Lower Level of the Steele Fellowship Building on Friday May 17th from 3 to 7 and Saturday, May 18th from 8-12.  A bag sale of $2 a bag will take place from 11-12.  The sale is sponsored by the Women’s Guild and the proceeds go toward cemetery maintenance.

Our Bible Study MOOK (Meaningfully Obeying Our King) will be gathering on Sunday, June 2 at 6 p.m. at Denmark Manor United Church of Christ.   We have opened this Bible Study up to all interested parties and the theme is “What is God calling us, as a church,  to do?”

Put Vacation Bible School on your calendars–June 24, 25 & 26 from 6 to 8 p.m. We are always looking for Adult Volunteers to help us run games, crafts and snacks.  Contact Trista Lucas if interested.

Camp Living Waters is taking registrations for summer camp.  Again this year, Jennifer and I will be leading 3rd and 4th Grade Camp from July 14-20th.

Grace and Peace,

Pastor Joseph

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Posted by: pastorjosephhedden | May 6, 2013

Sermon of May 5, 2013–”Temple of the Holy Ghost”

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John 14:23-29

23 Jesus answered him, “Those who love me will keep my word, and my Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them. 24 Whoever does not love me does not keep my words; and the word that you hear is not mine, but is from the Father who sent me.

25”I have said these things to you while I am still with you. 26 But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything, and remind you of all that I have said to you.27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid. 28 You heard me say to you, ‘I am going away, and I am coming to you.’ If you loved me, you would rejoice that I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I. 2 9 And now I have told you this before it occurs, so that when it does occur, you may believe.” 


And here’s Amanda Steele’s rendition of “The Gift of Love.”  Thanks Amanda for a beautiful song!!!

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Posted by: pastorjosephhedden | May 3, 2013

Weekly Update–”May3, 2013″

Good morning members and friends of Hills Church,

We’ve had a busy week around the church!  Thanks to all who made the Spring Salad Luncheon and the National Day of Prayer Meeting successes!  There was a lot of good food and good fellowship with each other and I hope you’ve been blessed with a report of each of the events, if you were unable to attend yourself.

Tomorrow is the Open House for Living Waters and a few of us are going up to camp in preparation for the Summer Schedule and to welcome folks who may never have been there before.  Please pray for safe travels for everyone.

Sunday morning at 9 a.m. we will be having our adult Sunday School on the Book of Revelation.  Worship at 10:15 is based on John Chapter 14, where Jesus talks about the Holy Spirit.  My sermon is titled “The Temple of the Holy Ghost.”  Amanda Steele is singing for special music.08

After Worship, we will have our first Sunday of the Month covered dish and recognition of May birthdays and anniversaries.  Invite some friends along!

Next Week:  Monday is Choir at 7.  Tuesday is Bible Study at 10 a.m.  Wednesday is Consistory at 7 p.m.

Grace and Peace,

Pastor Joseph

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Posted by: pastorjosephhedden | April 30, 2013

Sermon of April 28, 2013–”Grown in Love”

John 13:31-35Great_Commandment_Catholic_Online_Resources

31 When he had gone out, Jesus said, ‘Now the Son of Man has been glorified, and God has been glorified in him. 32If God has been glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself and will glorify him at once.33Little children, I am with you only a little longer. You will look for me; and as I said to the Jews so now I say to you, “Where I am going, you cannot come.” 34I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another.35 By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.’

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Posted by: pastorjosephhedden | April 22, 2013

Sermon of April 21, 2013–”The Beautiful Temple”

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After this I looked, and there was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, robed in white, with palm branches in their hands. They cried out in a loud voice, saying,
‘Salvation belongs to our God who is seated on the throne, and to the Lamb!’ 
And all the angels stood around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshipped God, singing,
‘Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom
and thanksgiving and honour
and power and might
be to our God for ever and ever! Amen.’

 Then one of the elders addressed me, saying, ‘Who are these, robed in white, and where have they come from?’ I said to him, ‘Sir, you are the one that knows.’ Then he said to me, ‘These are they who have come out of the great ordeal; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 
For this reason they are before the throne of God,
   and worship him day and night within his temple,
   and the one who is seated on the throne will shelter them. 
They will hunger no more, and thirst no more;
   the sun will not strike them,
   nor any scorching heat; 
for the Lamb at the centre of the throne will be their shepherd,
   and he will guide them to springs of the water of life,
and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’

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