Porch SF
Sunday Gathering | September 12, 2021
Locations & Times
Porch SF
1524 Powell St, San Francisco, CA 94133, USA
Sunday 3:00 AM
Call to Worship, Singing
Welcome and Updates, Prayer, Coffee Break
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/sermonsMissional Family Dinner
Wednesday nights 6:00-8:30 PDT. For more details, email Kala at admin@porchsf.com
Wednesday nights 6:00-8:30 PDT. For more details, 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.
https://www.porchsf.com/give2021 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/2021readingplan
New City Catechism, Scripture Reading, Sermon
New City Catechism | Q37: How does the Holy Spirit help us?
Answer: The Holy Spirit convicts us of our sin, comforts us, guides us, gives us spiritual gifts and the desire to obey God; and he enables us to pray and to understand God’s Word.
http://newcitycatechism.com/new-city-catechism/#37Application #1 - Be Proactive
Application #2 - When possible, go with someone else
Application #3 - Engage in the whole mission (PABST)
Pray. Ask. Bless. Share. Teach.
Pray. Ask. Bless. Share. Teach.
A Prayer for My Neighborhood
May God’s grace visit all who suffer loss, and may your compassionate eye regard them where they live.
May your providence cement, strengthen, and adorn them. For unless the Lord builds the city, they labor in vain who build it.
May the candle of the Lord shine on them, and your Spirit enlighten and renew their souls. May peace and prosperity, friendship and faith always flourish in this neighborhood and city.
Fill my neighbors’ troubles with compassion, Lord, so they may exchange joy for mourning, and beauty for ashes. So that those who lament may rejoice with you, and that at length you may share with them the security and joy of the city of God, the heavenly Jerusalem, where no flames will be felt except those of love.
In the meantime, may our eyes be lifted up to heaven, in the humble hope and fervent prayer for those around us, that true Christian faith would spread throughout the entire world. And may that faith prevail in our own hearts, that we may faithfully practice and grow in you.
So will we understand your lovingkindness, Lord, as we live our daily lives. And though there may be mysteries of providence we cannot explain, we will believe that your paths are mercy and truth, and find the truest and securest peace in our passage to everlasting joy. Amen.
—Philip Doddridge
May God’s grace visit all who suffer loss, and may your compassionate eye regard them where they live.
May your providence cement, strengthen, and adorn them. For unless the Lord builds the city, they labor in vain who build it.
May the candle of the Lord shine on them, and your Spirit enlighten and renew their souls. May peace and prosperity, friendship and faith always flourish in this neighborhood and city.
Fill my neighbors’ troubles with compassion, Lord, so they may exchange joy for mourning, and beauty for ashes. So that those who lament may rejoice with you, and that at length you may share with them the security and joy of the city of God, the heavenly Jerusalem, where no flames will be felt except those of love.
In the meantime, may our eyes be lifted up to heaven, in the humble hope and fervent prayer for those around us, that true Christian faith would spread throughout the entire world. And may that faith prevail in our own hearts, that we may faithfully practice and grow in you.
So will we understand your lovingkindness, Lord, as we live our daily lives. And though there may be mysteries of providence we cannot explain, we will believe that your paths are mercy and truth, and find the truest and securest peace in our passage to everlasting joy. Amen.
—Philip Doddridge
Singing
Confession and Lament, Communion, Singing
