| Hilltop Christian Fellowship |
| SUNDAY MORNING SERVICES |
| ANNOUNCEMENTS |
TUESDAY, NOV. 18: - Music Rehearsals:
6:00-7:00 PM - Christmas Choir Rehearsal
7:10-7:55 PM - Hilltop Gospel Boys
TUESDAY, NOV. 18: - Bible Study & Prayer Time:
8:00 PM - "God and the Three Faiths of Jerusalem''''
Pastor Dennis Whitmore
--Worship Services Speaker Schedule:
WHO IS JESUS REALLY? (7 SIGNS OF THE DIETY OF CHRIST)
Gospel of John -- October 5-November 23 (8-part)
-- Sunday, November 23 - Part 7 of 8: "Lazarus: Dead Man
Walking'' - Pastor Dennis Whitmore
-- Sunday, November 30 - Part 8 of 8: "Things More Important
Than Life'' - Pastor Dennis Whitmore
- NEW SUNDAY 8:30 AM CLASS TOPIC entitled, "TOUGH
QUESTIONS.'' Leader is Steve Ernst. Everyone is welcome.
- TWO ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASSES OFFERED – (1)
Walking with God Series, "Impacting Your World,'' taught by Theodore Rosenberry
and (2) "How Can I Know What God Wants Me To Do?'' taught by Pastor Dennis.
- COMMUNITY CHILDREN'S CHRISTMAS PARTY – Friday, Dec. 5,
from 6-9 PM at Hilltop Christian Fellowship. Registration will open at 5:30 PM. Lots of
fun, food, games, singing, crafts and even a visit from the jolly man himself! Hope to
see you there for tons of holiday fun! Be sure and ask a friend to come along!!!
- HCF CHRISTMAS BANQUET – Saturday, Dec. 13, at 5:00 p.m. at Hilltop
Fellowship Hall. See food sign-up sheet.
- ''HOPE HAS HANDS'' – (a Christmas musical performed by a 70-voice choir)
- Friday, Dec. 19, at 7:30 p.m. at New Life Ministries AND Saturday, Dec. 20, at 7:30 p.
m. at The Good Shepherd Ministries in Hagerstown. See Kathie for more details.
- CHRISTMAS EVE AT HILLTOP – 7:00 p.m. - come hear the children sing
and do their recitations. And the Hilltop Christmas Choir will perform "Hope Has
Hands.''
- CHRISTMAS DAY GATHERING – 9:30 a.m. at the Fellowship Hall. Very
informal. Come as you are.
-- CONTACTING PASTOR DENNIS: Pastor Dennis' "business" cell phone
number is 240-313-5031. That's the best way to reach him.
-- 2nd and 4th SUNDAYS: "GOD'S TEAM'' HILLTOP YOUTH GROUP (Ages 10-
18) - from 4:00-7:00 PM at the Fellowship Hall. Fun, Fellowship, Food and Bible Study.
We welcome Lee Ruby as a leader to the youth!! See Debbie Rauer for more details
(301-842-3060).
-- UNITY-IN-PRAYER TIME - 9:00 P.M. EACH EVENING. Keep praying with a
passion for souls - and a church building to put them in!
-- Would you be interested in becoming a MEMBER OF HILLTOP CHRISTIAN
FELLOWSHIP? If so, please see Jack Reed, Jason Miller or Pastor Dennis for details.
We'd love to have YOU join our family!!!
-- EVERY SUNDAY - "Invite-A-Friend" Sunday.
-- FOURTH SUNDAYS - a special offering will be taken where you may give toward
our Hilltop Christian Fellowship Building Project.
-- Audio tapes and/or CDs of our worship services are available free of charge. Take
one for a shut-in, for yourself, or for someone else. Fill out the sign-up sheet in sound
system cabinet or see Jerald Miller.
6:00-7:00 PM - Christmas Choir Rehearsal
7:10-7:55 PM - Hilltop Gospel Boys
TUESDAY, NOV. 18: - Bible Study & Prayer Time:
8:00 PM - "God and the Three Faiths of Jerusalem''''
Pastor Dennis Whitmore
--Worship Services Speaker Schedule:
WHO IS JESUS REALLY? (7 SIGNS OF THE DIETY OF CHRIST)
Gospel of John -- October 5-November 23 (8-part)
-- Sunday, November 23 - Part 7 of 8: "Lazarus: Dead Man
Walking'' - Pastor Dennis Whitmore
-- Sunday, November 30 - Part 8 of 8: "Things More Important
Than Life'' - Pastor Dennis Whitmore
- NEW SUNDAY 8:30 AM CLASS TOPIC entitled, "TOUGH
QUESTIONS.'' Leader is Steve Ernst. Everyone is welcome.
- TWO ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASSES OFFERED – (1)
Walking with God Series, "Impacting Your World,'' taught by Theodore Rosenberry
and (2) "How Can I Know What God Wants Me To Do?'' taught by Pastor Dennis.
- COMMUNITY CHILDREN'S CHRISTMAS PARTY – Friday, Dec. 5,
from 6-9 PM at Hilltop Christian Fellowship. Registration will open at 5:30 PM. Lots of
fun, food, games, singing, crafts and even a visit from the jolly man himself! Hope to
see you there for tons of holiday fun! Be sure and ask a friend to come along!!!
- HCF CHRISTMAS BANQUET – Saturday, Dec. 13, at 5:00 p.m. at Hilltop
Fellowship Hall. See food sign-up sheet.
- ''HOPE HAS HANDS'' – (a Christmas musical performed by a 70-voice choir)
- Friday, Dec. 19, at 7:30 p.m. at New Life Ministries AND Saturday, Dec. 20, at 7:30 p.
m. at The Good Shepherd Ministries in Hagerstown. See Kathie for more details.
- CHRISTMAS EVE AT HILLTOP – 7:00 p.m. - come hear the children sing
and do their recitations. And the Hilltop Christmas Choir will perform "Hope Has
Hands.''
- CHRISTMAS DAY GATHERING – 9:30 a.m. at the Fellowship Hall. Very
informal. Come as you are.
-- CONTACTING PASTOR DENNIS: Pastor Dennis' "business" cell phone
number is 240-313-5031. That's the best way to reach him.
-- 2nd and 4th SUNDAYS: "GOD'S TEAM'' HILLTOP YOUTH GROUP (Ages 10-
18) - from 4:00-7:00 PM at the Fellowship Hall. Fun, Fellowship, Food and Bible Study.
We welcome Lee Ruby as a leader to the youth!! See Debbie Rauer for more details
(301-842-3060).
-- UNITY-IN-PRAYER TIME - 9:00 P.M. EACH EVENING. Keep praying with a
passion for souls - and a church building to put them in!
-- Would you be interested in becoming a MEMBER OF HILLTOP CHRISTIAN
FELLOWSHIP? If so, please see Jack Reed, Jason Miller or Pastor Dennis for details.
We'd love to have YOU join our family!!!
-- EVERY SUNDAY - "Invite-A-Friend" Sunday.
-- FOURTH SUNDAYS - a special offering will be taken where you may give toward
our Hilltop Christian Fellowship Building Project.
-- Audio tapes and/or CDs of our worship services are available free of charge. Take
one for a shut-in, for yourself, or for someone else. Fill out the sign-up sheet in sound
system cabinet or see Jerald Miller.
| To lift your spirits, listen to: WCRH - 90.5 FM - Williamsport, MD (Contemporary Christian) WTRM - 91.3 FM - Winchester, VA (Southern Gospel) |
| 8:30 AM - Coffee and Conversation - "Tough Questions'' 9:30 AM - Worship Service 11:00 AM - Sunday School |
| Reverend Dennis Whitmore Senior Pastor |
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| TO KNOW THE LORD, KNOW THE WORD, AND WALK IN BOTH! |
HAVE YOU SEEN JESUS?
"After that, He appeared in another form to two of them..." (Mark 16:12)
Being saved and seeing Jesus are not the same thing. Many people who
have never seen Jesus have received and share in God's grace. But once you have
seen Him, you can never be the same. Other things will not have the appeal they
did before.
You should always recognize the difference between what you see Jesus to be
and what He has done for you. If you see only what He has done for you, your God
is not big enough. But if you have had a vision, seeing Jesus as He really is,
experiences can come and go, yet you will endure "as seeing Him who is invisible"
(Hebrews 11 :27). The man who was blind from birth did not know who Jesus was
until Christ appeared and revealed Himself to him (see John 9). Jesus appears to
those for whom He has done something, but we cannot order or predict when He
will come. He may appear suddenly, at any turn. Then you can exclaim, "Now I see
Him!" (See John 9:25).
Jesus must appear to you and to your friend individually; no one can see Jesus
with your eyes. And division takes place when one has seen Him and the other has
not. You cannot bring your friend to the point of seeing; God must do it. Have you
seen Jesus? If so, you will want others to see Him too. "And they went and told it to
the rest, but they did not believe them either" (Mark 16: 13). When you see Him, you
must tell, even if they don't believe.
O could I tell, you surely would believe it!
O could I only say what I have seen!
How should I tell or how can you receive it,
How, till He bringeth you where I have been?
(From Oswald Chambers' daily devotional, "My Utmost for His Highest'')
"After that, He appeared in another form to two of them..." (Mark 16:12)
Being saved and seeing Jesus are not the same thing. Many people who
have never seen Jesus have received and share in God's grace. But once you have
seen Him, you can never be the same. Other things will not have the appeal they
did before.
You should always recognize the difference between what you see Jesus to be
and what He has done for you. If you see only what He has done for you, your God
is not big enough. But if you have had a vision, seeing Jesus as He really is,
experiences can come and go, yet you will endure "as seeing Him who is invisible"
(Hebrews 11 :27). The man who was blind from birth did not know who Jesus was
until Christ appeared and revealed Himself to him (see John 9). Jesus appears to
those for whom He has done something, but we cannot order or predict when He
will come. He may appear suddenly, at any turn. Then you can exclaim, "Now I see
Him!" (See John 9:25).
Jesus must appear to you and to your friend individually; no one can see Jesus
with your eyes. And division takes place when one has seen Him and the other has
not. You cannot bring your friend to the point of seeing; God must do it. Have you
seen Jesus? If so, you will want others to see Him too. "And they went and told it to
the rest, but they did not believe them either" (Mark 16: 13). When you see Him, you
must tell, even if they don't believe.
O could I tell, you surely would believe it!
O could I only say what I have seen!
How should I tell or how can you receive it,
How, till He bringeth you where I have been?
(From Oswald Chambers' daily devotional, "My Utmost for His Highest'')