BeFree Church: Barrington
Weekly Worship: March 2, 2025
Locations & Times
BeFree Barrington
118 Church St, Barrington, NH 03825, USA
Sunday 10:00 AM
Welcome! (tap to expand)
Welcome! If you’re visiting in person, watching online, or are new to BeFree, we're glad you're here! Please visit https://befree.church/barrington-card to let us know you joined us.
Students ages 5 through 4th grade are excused during our greeting time to attend DIG on the lower level. If your student isn't registered for DIG, please fill out our online form: https://befree.church/barrington-digform.
For parents of kids ages birth through four, our childcare center is available to you. Our service streams live on the quiet room television for parents who need to be with their kids.
Students ages 5 through 4th grade are excused during our greeting time to attend DIG on the lower level. If your student isn't registered for DIG, please fill out our online form: https://befree.church/barrington-digform.
For parents of kids ages birth through four, our childcare center is available to you. Our service streams live on the quiet room television for parents who need to be with their kids.
Communication E-Card (tap to expand)
Are you new to our in-person gatherings or livestream? Do you have a prayer request? Do you want to get connected with a small group? Fill out our electronic communication card at https://befree.church/barrington-card with as much or as little information as you'd like. The form is automatically delivered to our office inbox where someone will connect with you.
Find Us Online (tap to expand)
Follow us:
• Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/BeFreeBarrington)
• Twitter (https://twitter.com/befreechurch)
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• YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/c/BeFreeChurch)
Visit http://barrington.befree.church for sermon audio and video, news, resources, and more!
• Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/BeFreeBarrington)
• Twitter (https://twitter.com/befreechurch)
• Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/befreebarrington)
• YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/c/BeFreeChurch)
Visit http://barrington.befree.church for sermon audio and video, news, resources, and more!
Giving (tap to expand)
We’ve established several ways you can give to BeFree wherever you are and whenever it works for you.
• At the Church: If you're at our building and you came prepared to give, please use one of the wall-mounted offering boxes.
• On your Phone or Tablet: Download the PushPay app from your device’s app store. Search for BeFree Community Church, and add it to your favorites list.
• Online: Visit http://give.befree.church to be redirected to our online giving site.
• By Mail: Mail a check to PO Box 618, Barrington, NH 03825.
• At the Church: If you're at our building and you came prepared to give, please use one of the wall-mounted offering boxes.
• On your Phone or Tablet: Download the PushPay app from your device’s app store. Search for BeFree Community Church, and add it to your favorites list.
• Online: Visit http://give.befree.church to be redirected to our online giving site.
• By Mail: Mail a check to PO Box 618, Barrington, NH 03825.
Revelation 2-3 - A Playbill for Revelation
Team Lion-Lamb:
God on the throne =
Lamb and Lion =
The 7 spirits =
The 7 churches =
4 living things =
24 elders =
a woman =
a new Jerusalem =
God on the throne =
Lamb and Lion =
The 7 spirits =
The 7 churches =
4 living things =
24 elders =
a woman =
a new Jerusalem =
Team Dragon-Babylon:
the dragon-satan =
Babylon =
1Peter 5:13 “She who is in Babylon, chosen together with you, sends you her greetings”
beasts, false prophet =
Baalam, Jezebel =
the dragon-satan =
Babylon =
1Peter 5:13 “She who is in Babylon, chosen together with you, sends you her greetings”
beasts, false prophet =
Baalam, Jezebel =
The writer of Revelation is apostle John
The Point = Revelation 2-3 is about how to follow Jesus while living in our own Babylon
Letters to the Seven Churches:
Description of Jesus
“This is the message from the one who holds the seven stars in his right hand, the one who walks among the seven gold lampstands”
Recognition of faithfulness
“I know all the things you do…your hard work and your patient endurance…you don’t tolerate evil people. You have examined the claims…discovered they are liars. You have patiently suffered for me without quitting.”
Exposure of failings
“I have this complaint against you. You don’t love me or each other as you did at first!”
A call to repent
“Turn back to me and do the works you did at first. If you don’t repent, I will come and remove your lampstand from its place among the churches.”
A promise of victory
“To everyone who is victorious I will give fruit from the tree of life in the paradise of God.”
Description of Jesus
“This is the message from the one who holds the seven stars in his right hand, the one who walks among the seven gold lampstands”
Recognition of faithfulness
“I know all the things you do…your hard work and your patient endurance…you don’t tolerate evil people. You have examined the claims…discovered they are liars. You have patiently suffered for me without quitting.”
Exposure of failings
“I have this complaint against you. You don’t love me or each other as you did at first!”
A call to repent
“Turn back to me and do the works you did at first. If you don’t repent, I will come and remove your lampstand from its place among the churches.”
A promise of victory
“To everyone who is victorious I will give fruit from the tree of life in the paradise of God.”
The letters are universal in purpose
We shouldn’t think that only the Christians in Ephesus are promised to eat of the tree of life or that only Christians in Smyrna are promised to escape the second death or that only the Christians in Laodicea can be disgusting to Jesus or that just five churches in ancient Turkey need to repent or face consequences …All the promises and all the warnings are for all the churches then and now.
We shouldn’t think that only the Christians in Ephesus are promised to eat of the tree of life or that only Christians in Smyrna are promised to escape the second death or that only the Christians in Laodicea can be disgusting to Jesus or that just five churches in ancient Turkey need to repent or face consequences …All the promises and all the warnings are for all the churches then and now.
The letters were locally relevant at the time
The Situation @ Ephesus
Jesus speaks to the church in Ephesus
-the city is the first port the mail carrier would reach from Patmos
-the city is the most influential of the seven being addressed
-the city embodies the anti-Christ culture of Babylon here as the Roman Empire
Jesus speaks to the church in Ephesus
-the city is the first port the mail carrier would reach from Patmos
-the city is the most influential of the seven being addressed
-the city embodies the anti-Christ culture of Babylon here as the Roman Empire
The So What with Us
Jesus urges us to take three action steps toward restoring our love for Him
Recognize our true heart condition
Repent, make a radical U Turn
Redo the in love practices we once did
Jesus urges us to take three action steps toward restoring our love for Him
Recognize our true heart condition
Repent, make a radical U Turn
Redo the in love practices we once did
*ANNOUNCEMENTS*
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MomCo Needs KidsCo Volunteers!
BeFree MomCo needs childcare (KidsCo) volunteers. We are currently understaffed and we continue to have a waiting list of moms looking to be welcomed in. We need more women to join us in children’s ministry to keep the ministry going.
MomCo usually meets on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month from 9-11am at BeFree Barrington. Come be part of the team: email the KidsCo Coordinator at befreekidsco@gmail.com for more info!
MomCo usually meets on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month from 9-11am at BeFree Barrington. Come be part of the team: email the KidsCo Coordinator at befreekidsco@gmail.com for more info!
Student Study: Sundays at 9am
Attention students in grades 5-12: join us on Sunday mornings at 9am at the church for a donut while we dig into Romans. Hope to see you there!