Sermons, speakers in area congregations

Saturday, July 4, 2009

All services are Sunday unless otherwise noted.

ALLIANCE

* First, 1906 Hickory Valley Road, "Time for Another Vision Exam?," 10:45 a.m., the Rev. Lee A. Peters.

* North River, 5954 Highway 153, Hixson, "Too Big To Fail?," 10:45 a.m., the Rev. Duane Mabee.

BAPTIST

* Brainerd, 300 Brookfield Ave., 11 a.m., patriotic celebration (sanctuary traditional service and Brainerd Crossroads contemporary service).

* Brainerd Hills, 6611 East Brainerd Road, "Call 2 Fall," 9:30 and 11 a.m., Dr. C. Richard Mason.

* Calvary, 5201 Dayton Blvd., "The Example of Isaac," 9 and 10:30 a.m., Steve Roberson; 6 p.m., patriotic service/picnic meal.

* Chamberlain Memorial, 4239 Benton Drive, "What in the World Is Going on?," 11 a.m. (meal follows), Dr. Jake E. Carroll.

* Duncan Park, 1617 Glowmont Drive, East Ridge, "Open Our Eyes, Lord," 11 a.m., Jeffrey Jackson; "Contend for the Faith," 6 p.m., Mr. Jackson.

* First Corinthians, 1408 Cemetery Ave., 4 p.m., pastor Robert Knox and members of Shiloh Baptist will be guests.

* Greater Friendship, 1208 Glenwood Drive, 7 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, youth revival led by the Rev. Robert Marshall.

* Hickory Valley, 2320 Hickory Valley Road, 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m., the Rev. Tom Tucker guest speaker (with musical guests New Desire).

* Highland Park, 1907 Bailey Ave., "Brick Back the Glory," 10:50 a.m., Dr. David Bouler; "America, Wake up," 6 p.m., Dr. Bouler.

* New Jerusalem, 2625 N. Chamberlain Ave., 4 p.m., pastor Dexter Cunningham and members of New Philadelphia Baptist guests for Ushers Day.

* People's, 102 Bryan St., Rossville, Ga., "Will the Largest Lady in the Land Please Raise Her Hand," 10:45 a.m., Stephen Kellogg; 1:30 p.m., Homecoming concert by The Greesons.

* Red Bank, 4000 Dayton Blvd., "Cleansing in the Shadow of His Purpose," 10:45 a.m., Dr. Adam Dooley; 6 p.m., service at Red Bank High School; 7 p.m. Wednesday, Summer Celebration service at Red Bank High School.

* Ridgedale, 1831 Hickory Valley Road, "Lots and Lots of Locusts," 9 and 10:30 a.m., Dr. Bill Owens.

* Signal Mountain, 939 Ridgeway Ave., Signal Mountain, "A Lesson About Forgiveness From Joseph," 11 a.m., the Rev. Steven Wright.

* Silverdale, 7236 Bonny Oaks Drive, "To People in a Culture of Deception," 8:30, 9:45 and 11:15 a.m., the Rev. Tony Walliser.

* Stuart Heights, 3208 Hixson Pike, "America's Only Hope," 9 and 11 a.m., Gary Jared.

* Stuart Heights, 1505 Cloverdale Drive, Hixson, "America's Only Hope," 10 a.m., Gary Jared.

* Valley Memorial, 614 Browns Ferry Road, 7 p.m., bluegrass concert by Mountain Faith of Sylva, N.C., highlights God and Country Day.

BAPTIST, REFORMED

* Lyndon Avenue, 2624 Lyndon Ave., "Pardon Me, What Time Do You Have?," 10:45 a.m., elder Tim Wilkey.

CHRISTIAN

* Hickory Valley, 6605 Shallowford Road, "God Speaks ... Through His Son," 10:15 a.m., Dale Lovelady.

CHURCH OF CHRIST

* Brainerd, 4203 Brainerd Road, "Nothing To Be Ashamed of," 10:15 a.m., Bruce Wooley.

* Central, 400 Vine St., "Marriage Made in Heaven," 10:30 a.m., Charles Van Eaton guest speaker; "Be Filled With the Spirit," 6 p.m., Mr. Van Eaton.

* Central, 200 25th St. N.W., Cleveland, "Look at Jesus Looking at You," 10:30 a.m., Tom Harrison; "Repentance From the Heart," 6 p.m., Mr. Harrison.

* Chickamauga, 105 Crittenden Ave., Chickamauga, Ga., "Let Us Break Bread Together," 11 a.m., David Wade; 1:30 p.m., singing service.

* LaFayette, 104 W. Main St., LaFayette, Ga., "Staying in the Race," 11 a.m., Eddie Boggess; "A Change We Can Believe in," 6 p.m., David Foster guest speaker.

* Red Bank, 3600 Dayton Blvd., "Walking Under Pressure," 9 a.m., Tommy Stone; "Red Letters, Words of Worship," 6 p.m., Mr. Stone.

* Soddy, 11665 Hixson Pike, "Learning the Way More Perfectly," 10:25 a.m., Bill Greer.

CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST

* First, 612 McCallie Ave., "God," 10:30 a.m.

CHURCH OF GOD

* City Church of Chattanooga, 7122 Lee Highway, "Will You Trust God With Your Future?," 9:15 and 11 a.m., Mike Chapman.

* Middle Valley, 1703 Thrasher Pike, "Do I Really Have to Surrender If I Want To Be Free?" (with choir musical "God Bless America"), 10:30 a.m., Mitch McClure.

CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN

* Chattanooga Church, 6178 Adamson Circle, "Bring out the Big Fireworks," 8:30 and 11 a.m., Morty Lloyd.

LUTHERAN, MISSOURI SYNOD

* Cross of Christ, 3204 Hixson Pike, "The Paradox of Strength in Weakness!," 8:30 and 11 a.m., Barry Hildebrandt.

METHODIST, UNITED

* Brainerd, 4315 Brainerd Road, "God and Country," 8:30, 9:10 and 11 a.m., Dr. Dennis W. Flaugher; Gospel Jam, 6 p.m. (McFerrin Chapel).

* Christ, 8645 East Brainerd Road, "The Mask of 'I'm Fine, How Are You?'," 8, 9:30 and 11 a.m., the Rev. Mark Flynn.

* Eastdale Village, 1403 Tunnel Blvd., "I Have No Doubt," 11:30 a.m., the Rev. Stanley Reuben Williams.

* East Ridge, 1601 Prater Road, "Trying To Play the World's Game in God's Assembly," 10:45 a.m., the Rev. Ken Sauer.

* First-Centenary, 419 McCallie Ave., "Who Is Invited to the Table?," 8:30 and 10:45 a.m., Dr. Dwight Kilbourne; "You Won't Crash God's Party by Showing up," 10:45 a.m. contemporary service, the Rev. Brian Davis.

* Highland Plaza, 4226 Norcross Road, Hixson, "Living Sacrifice," 11 a.m., the Rev. Edward Snodgrass.

* Hixson, 5301 Old Hixson Pike, "The Church Has Left the Building," 8:30 a.m., the Rev. Randy Martin; 11 a.m., traditional service, the Rev. David Graves, superintendent of the denomination's Kingsport District guest speaker; "The Church Has Left the Building," 11 a.m. contemporary service, Mr. Martin.

* Jones Memorial, 4131 Ringgold Road, "That Amazing Thing," 9 and 11 a.m., the Rev. Scott Davis, associate pastor of Foundry UMC, Virginia Beach, Va., guest speaker.

* Ooltewah, 6131 Relocation Way, "Survival of the Fullest," 9:30 and 11 a.m., the Rev. Ramon Torres.

* Pikeville, 7 Methodist St., Pikeville, Tenn., "Becoming Perfect in Weakness," 11 a.m. CDT, Tim Smith.

* Red Bank, 3800 Dayton Blvd., "Are You an Old Bag?," 8:40 and 11 a.m., the Rev. Jeff Lambert.

* St. Elmo, 4626 St. Elmo Ave., "Nothing for the Journey," 10:50 a.m., the Rev. Mark Dowell.

* St. John, 3921 Murray Hills Drive, "The Spider and the Web," 8:45 and 11 a.m., the Rev. Sherry Boles.

* St. Luke, 3210 Social Circle, "This Country Was Not Founded on Ed Sullivan," 11 a.m. combined service, the Rev. Greg Smart.

* Signal Mountain, 3419 Taft Highway, "Is Anyone Really Free?," 11 a.m., Dr. J.N. Howard.

* Simpson, 601 McFarland Ave., "Just a Carpenter," 11 a.m., the Rev. Natalie Smart.

* Wesley Memorial, 6314 East Brainerd Road, "In ? We Trust," 10:30 a.m., the Rev. Curt McKee.

* White Oak, 2232 Lyndon Ave., Red Bank, "trans-parent," 10:45 a.m., the Rev. Amy Cook.

NONDENOMINATIONAL

* Victory Christian Fellowship, 3903 Volunteer Drive, 10 a.m., Joe McGee guest speaker.

PRESBYTERIAN, CUMBERLAND

* Charleston, 1845 Lee Highway, Charleston, Tenn., "Don't Go Overboard on Jesus and George Washington," 11 a.m., the Rev. Bill Bond.

* Cornerstone Community, 9632 East Brainerd Road, "How Worship Starts," 10:30 a.m., Mike Bertsch.

* First, 1505 N. Moore Road, "Facing Failure," 11 a.m., Dr. Gary Carver.

* First, 200 Church St., Cleveland, Tenn., "Declaration of Dependence," 10:45 a.m., Jen Newell, director of Christian education and children's ministries.

* Jasper, 148 College St., Jasper, Tenn., "Persecution, Prayer, Perseverance,," 11 a.m. CDT, the Rev. James H. Patterson; "A Soldier's Conversion," 5 p.m., Mr. Patterson.

* Richard City, 1706 Marion Ave., South Pittsburg, Tenn., "When God Gets Too Close," 11 a.m. CDT, the Rev. Carlton Harper guest speaker.

* Silverdale, 7407 Bonny Oaks Drive, "The Lord Is the Supper," 11 a.m., the Rev. Forest Prosser.

* Stephen Temple, 1601 E. Third St., 4 p.m., Dr. Richard Brown guest speaker for introductory sermon.

PRESBYTERIAN, EVANGELICAL

* Lookout Valley, 435 Patten Chapel Road, "Church and State, Faith and Politics," 11 a.m., Grady Davidson.

* Signal Mountain, 612 James Blvd., "Passing the Baton," 8:15 and 10:40 a.m., Dr. Timothy Filston.

PRESBYTERIAN (PCA)

* Covenant, 8451 East Brainerd Road, "Our Nation's (and World's) Only Hope," 9:30 a.m., Dr. Render Caines.

* First, 554 McCallie Ave., "First Presbyterian: A Worshipful Church," 8:30 and 10:55 a.m., the Rev. Mike Preg.

* Red Bank, 4320 Dayton Blvd., "A Famine of the Word," 11 a.m., the Rev. Everett Gossett.

PRESBYTERIAN (PCUSA)

* Chickamauga, 700 W. Seventh St., "Grasping the Point of Thorns," 11 a.m., the Rev. Bridget Waddell.

* First, 10612 Dayton Pike, Soddy-Daisy, "Do You Have Your Eternal Clothes Packed," 11 a.m., the Rev. Jim Hayes.

* New Hope, 7301 Shallowford Road, "True Independence," 10:45 a.m., the Rev. Keith W. Jones.

* Northside, 923 Mississippi Ave., "Like a Pelican in the Wilderness," 10:55 a.m., the Rev. Sam Pope.

* Trinity, 104 McBrien Road, "Jesus' Baptism and Ours," 11 a.m., the Rev. William E. Mills.

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST

* Unitarian Universalist-Chattanooga, 3224 Navajo Drive, 11 a.m., picnic.

UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST

* Pilgrim Congregational, 400 Glenwood Drive, "Have You Fed the Dogs Yet?," 11 a.m., Dr. Chuck Lippy.

UNITY

* Christ, 105 McBrien Road, 11 a.m., David Cook guest speaker (potluck lunch follows).

-- Compiled by staff writer Clint Cooper from news releases

* "America, Wake up," Dr. David Bouler, Highland Park Baptist, 1907 Bailey Ave., 6 p.m.

* "Will the Largest Lady in the Land Please Raise Her Hand," Stephen Kellogg, People's Baptist, 102 Bryan St., Rossville, Ga., 10:45 a.m.

* "Are You an Old Bag?," the Rev. Jeff Lambert, Red Bank United Methodist, 3800 Dayton Blvd., 8:40 and 11 a.m.

* "This Country Was Not Founded on Ed Sullivan," the Rev. Greg Smart, St. Luke United Methodist, 3210 Social Circle, 11 a.m.

* "Don't Go Overboard on Jesus and George Washington," the Rev. Bill Bond, Charleston Cumberland Presbyterian, 1845 Lee Highway, Charleston, Tenn., 11 a.m.

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