Porch SF
Sunday Gathering | April 18, 2021
Locations & Times
Porch SF
1524 Powell St, San Francisco, CA 94133, USA
Sunday 3:00 AM
Welcome and Updates
Visitor Connect
If you're joining us for the first time, or the first time in a long time, we'd love to know you're here. You can fill out the Visitor Connect form on our website so we can welcome you personally.
https://www.porchsf.com/sundaySubscribe to the Podcast
https://www.porchsf.com/sermonsAll-Church Prayer Meeting
Wednesday nights at 7:30 PDT on Zoom. If you need the link, email Kala at admin@porchsf.com
Wednesday nights at 7:30 PDT on Zoom. If you need the link, email Kala at admin@porchsf.com
Giving
Those who consider themselves part of the Porch family can give their tithes and offerings online either to our regular fund or you can designate a gift to the Benevolence Fund to help those in our community with financial needs during the COVID-19 crisis.
2021 Bible Reading Plan
We're reading the New Testament and the Psalms together this year. Print out the reading plan PDF and follow along as we post daily readings and videos from the Bible Project every week.
https://www.porchsf.com/2021readingplanPark Picnic Today, April 18, 12:30pm
We invite you to join us at Marina Green at 12:30pm every other Sunday in April and May for more socially distanced picnics after our regular Sunday gathering online. Bring your own brunch, blankets, and camping chairs. April 18, May 2, May 16, May 30
https://www.porchsf.com/pastoralupdatesNew City Catechism, Scripture Reading, Sermon
New City Catechism | Q13: Can anyone keep the law of God perfectly?
Answer: Since the fall, no mere human has been able to keep the law of God perfectly, but consistently breaks it in thought, word, and deed.
http://newcitycatechism.com/new-city-catechism/#13New City Catechism | Q14: Did God create us unable to keep his law?
Answer: No, but because of the disobedience of our first parents, Adam and Eve, all of creation is fallen; we are all born in sin and guilt, corrupt in our nature and unable to keep God’s law.
http://newcitycatechism.com/new-city-catechism/#14“Nearly all the wisdom we possess, that is to say, true and sound wisdom, consists of two parts: the knowledge of God and of ourselves.” —John Calvin
“We are also called to heal—in other words, to minister to people’s material as well as spiritual needs. At certain times and in some places, this ministry may be miraculous, especially when the gospel first penetrates a culture. In order to confirm the truth of his word, God certainly can and sometimes may heal people in miraculous ways. But whenever and wherever the church gets established, the church itself becomes the confirmation of the gospel. How did people know that the apostles were telling the truth about God’s kingdom? In part, because their miracles proved it. How do people know that we are telling the truth about salvation, especially when they cannot see Jesus in person? People do not know this by our miracles, ordinarily, but as a community of God’s people we confirm the truth by our love, our suffering, and the sacrificial way we care for people’s needs." —Phillip Ryken
“The man who does not know where he is is lost; the man who does not know why he was born is worse lost; the man who cannot find an object worthy of his true devotion is lost utterly; and by this description the human race is lost, and it is a part of our lostness that we do not know how lost we are.” —AW Tozer
The Triumph of Faith by Rodney Stark
“The world is more religious than it has ever been. Around the globe, four out of every five people claim to belong to an organized faith, and many of the rest say they attend worship services.” —Rodney Stark
https://www.amazon.com/Triumph-Faith-World-More-Religious-ebook/dp/B016NOWK8Q/"I cared not where or how I lived, or what hardships I went through, so that I could but gain souls for Christ. While I was asleep, I dreamed of these things, and when I awoke, the first thing I thought of was this great work." —David Brainerd
“Lord, give me Scotland, or I die.” —John Knox
“Lord, give me souls or take my soul.” —George Whitfield
“Lord, give me souls or take my soul.” —George Whitfield
Singing