Join us for worship!

Join us for worship!

4/21/2024 Worship Service from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA.

Sermon: Senior Pastor, Steve Estes
Worship Leader: Luke Stoltzfus
Scripture: 1 Kings 16:29-17:1
Title: Ahab Ascends, Elijah Denounces

In the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah, Ahab son of Omri became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria over Israel twenty-two years. Ahab son of Omri did more evil in the eyes of the LORD than any of those before him. He not only considered it trivial to commit the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, but he also married Jezebel daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and began to serve Baal and worship him. He set up an altar for Baal in the temple of Baal that he built in Samaria. Ahab also made an Asherah pole and did more to provoke the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger than did all the kings of Israel before him.

In Ahab’s time, Hiel of Bethel rebuilt Jericho. He laid its foundations at the cost of his firstborn son Abiram, and he set up its gates at the cost of his youngest son Segub, in accordance with the word of the LORD spoken by Joshua son of Nun. Now Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the LORD, the God of Israel lives, whom I serve, there will be neither dew nor rain in the next few years except at my word.”

Notes:

1. Ahab’s day didn’t seem evil

2. Alliance with Sidon
A. King Ethbaal
B. Princess Jezebel
C. Canaanite religion
D. Jezebel’s unholy mission

3. Two brief episodes
A. The sons of Hiel at Jericho
B. The prophet Elijah at Samaria

4. Lessons
A. Sin usually presents itself as “no big deal”
B. Sin always progresses
C. God is always working even while evil rages

#1kings #Ahab #Elijah#bricklanecommunitychurch #bricklanechurch #elverson #pennsylvania #worship #sermon 

REMINDER: Churchwide Workday on April 20th

Our church-wide workday will be held on Saturday, April 20, 2024 from 8 am – 12 noon.

Help is needed with yard work and window washing.

https://www.brick52.org

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Join us for worship!

Join us for worship!

4/14/2024 Worship Service and Sermon from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA

Scripture: 1 Kings 16:8-28
Title: A Story of Three Dynasties
Worship Leader: Randy Hepler
Speaker: Steve Estes

Notes:

1. Elah: The Carousing King
A. His degenerate reign
B. His sad end
C. A warning about the worship of pleasure
D. The double evil of pulling others into our own sins

2. Zimri: The Tough-Guy King
A .He ends Baasha’s dynasty the same way it began
B. His dynasty ends in a blaze of defiance
C. The ultimate expression of self-determination

3. Four years of civil war

4. Omri: The Winner Who Was a Loser
A. Politically a winner
B. Spiritually a loser

#Elah #Zimri #Omri

Breakfast at Brick Lane on April 14th

Breakfast at Brick Lane on April 14th

Pause for a shared meal and conversation.

On Sunday, April 14th, 2022 from 9:00 AM until 10 am we will be having breakfast at Brick Lane Community Church for all of our adult morning classes.  All adults are welcome.  Come early!

#bricklanecommunitychurch #elverson #pennsylvania #adulteducation #breakfast

https://www.brick52.org/adult-sunday-classes

REMINDER: Brick Lane Women’s Prayer Brunch – April 13, 2024

REMINDER: Brick Lane Women’s Prayer Brunch – April 13, 2024

Join us April 13 at 9:30 am in the lower level as we enjoy breakfast together and then pray for our families and marriages, for our church and community, and for our witness of the gospel.

To learn more, visit https://www.brick52.org/women

#bricklanecommunitychurch #elverson #pennsylvania #women #brunch #bricklanewomen #prayerbrunch #prayer

4/7/2024 Worship Service & Sermon: Problem, Prayer, Promise and Paradox – Psalm 12:1-18

4/7/2024 Worship Service from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA.

Scripture: Psalm 12:1-8
Title: Problem, Prayer, Promise, and Paradox
Worship Leader: Dawson Estes
Speaker: Tyler Estes

Save, O LORD, for the godly one is gone; for the faithful have vanished from among the children of man. Everyone utters lies to his neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak. May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that makes great boasts, those who say, “With our tongue we will prevail, our lips are with us; who is master over us?” “Because the poor are plundered, because the needy groan, I will now arise,” says the LORD; “I will place him in the safety for which he longs.” The words of the LORD are pure words, like silver refined in a furnace on the ground, purified seven times. You, O LORD, will keep them; you will guard us from this generation forever. On every side the wicked prowl, as vileness is exalted among the children of man.

Notes:

1. David laments the problem of living in a lying society
A. David observes part of the problem is that something absent should be present
B. David observes another part of the problem is that something present should be absent
C. David observes that the flatterers are arrogant
D. David observes that the problem is pervasive

2. David prays for God to intervene

3. The promise and provision of God’s word
A. When God says He will act, it is as good as done
B. Consider your Bible: God speaks to you through this book
C. The word of God is pure
D. The word of God is profitable for teaching, reproof, correction, and training in righteousness

4. Note the paradox at the end
A. God’s promise and the present reality
B. What do we make of “I will now arise?”

5. Applications
A. Do not despair
B. Do not abandon the word of God
C. Do not exalt wickedness
D. Instead of exalting wickedness, exalt goodness

#psalms #problem #promise #paradox #prayer

Join us for Easter Service!

Join us for Easter Service!

3/31/2024 Easter Service from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA.

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:20-23
Title: Adam, Christ, Easter, and You
Worship Leader: Matt Griffith
Speaker: Steve Estes

NIV: If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are to be pitied more than all men. But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. But each in his own turn: Christ, the firstfruits; then, when he comes, those who belong to him.

ESV: If in Christ we have hope in this life only, we are of all people most to be pitied. But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. For as by a man came death, by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead. For as all die in Adam, so also in Christ shall all be made alive. But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, then at his coming those who belong to Christ.

Notes:

1. The Bible acknowledges: When viewed a certain way, Christians appear pathetic
A. Not many early Christians were high-achievers
B. Many Christians appear to miss out
C. Jesus’ followers sometimes lack the skills that seem to matter in this life
D. If this life is all there is, Christians are to be pitied

2. The resurrection of Jesus is what guarantees the resurrection of His followers

3. Our link to Christ’s resurrection is illustrated by our link with Adam
A. All human beings have moral weaknesses
B. We are morally flawed because we are all descended from Adam

4. A defense of the doctrine of original sin: “My fate is affected by others”
A. Everyone agrees with this principle when it works in our favor
B. Everyone agrees with this principle in situations where we must often be represented by others
C. It makes sense that the same principle applies in spiritual matters

5. Death through Adam, life through Christ

6. One final thought

Benediction May the God of life who raised our Lord Jesus raise you on that great day because you believe in His Son. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you. Amen.

#bricklanecommunitychurch #elverson #pennsylvania #easter #eastersunday #Adam #Christ #Easter

Join us for Easter Sunday Service at 10:30 am

Join us for Easter Sunday Service at 10:30 am

We will have a mix of hymns and contemporary songs, a choir, nurseries available through late 2020 birthdays, and a children’s program during the sermon for PreK-3rd grade. Come celebrate the resurrection with us.  We are Handicap accessible.

#bricklanecommunitychurch #elverson #pennsylvania #easter #eastersunday

Easter Sunday Service will be at 10:30am

Easter Sunday Service will be at 10:30 am

Childcare is available for infants, toddlers and two’s.  

PreK-3rd grade may attend an optional children’s worship program during the sermon.  

We are handicap accessible.

#bricklanecommunitychurch #elverson #pennsylvania #easter #eastersunday

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