Porch SF
Sunday Gathering | May 8, 2022
Locations & Times
Porch SF
1524 Powell St, San Francisco, CA 94133, USA
Sunday 3:00 AM
Call to Worship, Singing
Welcome and Updates, Prayer, 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.
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Those who consider themselves part of the Porch family can give their tithes and offerings online or in person in the red box by the door.
https://www.porchsf.com/giveSunday Evening with First Pres | Sunday, May 15 | 5:00pm
Due to Bay to Breakers road closures, we will not have a Sunday morning gathering next week and will gather with First Pres in the evening at DPC (455 Dolores Street).
Due to Bay to Breakers road closures, we will not have a Sunday morning gathering next week and will gather with First Pres in the evening at DPC (455 Dolores Street).
Missional Family Dinner | Wednesdays | 6:00-8:30pm
Check the Slack for details and sign up to bring a dish or email Kala at admin@porchsf.com for more info.
Check the Slack for details and sign up to bring a dish or email Kala at admin@porchsf.com for more info.
Fall Retreat | September 9-11, 2022
Save the date for our church-wide fall retreat in Mariposa.
Save the date for our church-wide fall retreat in Mariposa.
New City Catechism, Scripture Reading, Sermon
New City Catechism | Q20: Who is the Redeemer?
Answer: The only Redeemer is the Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, in whom God became man and bore the penalty for sin himself.
http://newcitycatechism.com/new-city-catechism/#20New City Catechism | Q21: What sort of Redeemer is needed to bring us back to God?
Answer: One who is truly human and also truly God.
http://newcitycatechism.com/new-city-catechism/#21Revelation 7:9-12
After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice,
“Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”
And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, saying,
“Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever! Amen.”
After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice,
“Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”
And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, saying,
“Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever! Amen.”
“The elder brother is not losing the father’s love in spite of his goodness, but because of it. It is not his sins that create the barrier between him and his father, it’s the pride he has in his moral record; it’s not his wrongdoing but his righteousness that is keeping him from sharing in the feast of the father. How could this be? The answer is that the brothers’ hearts, and the two ways of life they represent, are much more alike than they first appear.” —Tim Keller
“There are two ways to be your own Savior and Lord. One is by breaking all the moral laws and setting your own course, and one is by keeping all the moral laws and being very, very good.” —Tim Keller
“There is a third group of people who need to understand elder-brother lostness. There is a big difference between an elder brother and a real, gospel-believing Christian. But there are also many genuine Christians who are elder brotherish.
If you came to Christ out of being a younger brother, there is always the danger of partially relapsing into addictions or other younger-brother sins. But if you’ve become a Christian out of being an elder brother, you can even more easily slide back into elder-brother attitudes and spiritual deadness.
If you have not grasped the gospel fully and deeply, you will return to being condescending, condemning, anxious, insecure, joyless, and angry all the time.” —Tim Keller
If you came to Christ out of being a younger brother, there is always the danger of partially relapsing into addictions or other younger-brother sins. But if you’ve become a Christian out of being an elder brother, you can even more easily slide back into elder-brother attitudes and spiritual deadness.
If you have not grasped the gospel fully and deeply, you will return to being condescending, condemning, anxious, insecure, joyless, and angry all the time.” —Tim Keller
Singing
Confession and Lament, Communion, Singing
