Prepare your heart for our Sunday Morning Gathering by looking through these suggestions that will assist you in making the most of our time together.
You will find tangible suggestions for putting scripture to action in your personal life and in our corporate body, links to the songs we will sing, and lyrics for you to prepare for our corporate singing.
This Sunday Campbell Bortel, Ministry Assistant at Summit Woods Baptist Church, will be preaching as a part of our Morning gathering.
Campbell was raised in Midland, Michigan about two hours north of Detroit. He grew up in a Christian home where he heard the gospel oftenthrough his parents, church, and school. Campbell accepted Christ as his Lord and Savior at an early age and began growing in his faith. His walk with God really exploded in high school when he transitioned to public school. This provided him an opportunity to take his faith seriously, grow in evangelism, and develop spiritual disciplines that were contrary to many of those around him. He served his church in various ways ranging from missions trips to playing piano and percussion for the musical worship at his church. Campbell went on to earn a Bachelor of Science in Geology from Cedarville University in Ohio. There he developed a great passion for apologetics and preaching through his studies and various opportunities to serve in his church and school. Upon graduation Campbell felt called to pastoral ministry after seeing his love for shepherding, discipleship, and preaching. He began attending Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary where he currently is working toward a Masters of Divinity. Campbell plans to graduate in December. Campbell loves basketball, fishing, and banana pancakes.
Please see the Preparing for the Sermon post for suggestions in thinking more critically through the passage, meditating more intently on the text, and prayerfully seeking wisdom to deepen your understanding of the passage to be preached this Sunday.
Intentionally Act
- Read Romans 1:8-12 again.
- What action steps are you taking to advance the gospel and proclaim your faith so that it could spread throughout the whole world?
- What ways can you be praying for believers in your church so that the gospel would be advanced in the world?
- What ways can you be praying for believers beyond your own church?
- What ministries outside of your own church can you be thankful for this week?
- How can you seek to encourage and be encouraged by the common faith you have with other believers this week?
- Click the links below to find the lyrics and recordings of the songs planned for our gathering this Sunday; practice the songs, study the lyrics and sing together.
- Pray for those leading our corporate gathering this week and for the Holy Spirit’s work as the Word of God is further explained and applied: Dawson Bryant: music; Mark Krystyniak: Elders' prayer & scripture reading; Campbell Bortel: teaching.
Songs for Sunday
- He is Our God (sheetmusic)
- How Great Thou Art (sheetmusic)
- I Asked the Lord That I Might Grow (sheetmusic)
- Turn Your Eyes (sheetmusic)
- Dear Refuge of My Weary Soul (sheetmusic)
Lyrics
Lyrics Morning Gathering - ... by Summit Woods Baptist Church