Hanover Ward Church Bulletin
Your weekly guide to Sunday worship, scripture study, and community happenings.
This Sunday's Service
Sunday, October 25, 2026
Conducting
Brother Dale Eyler
Piano / Organ
Sister Beverly Bankert
Opening Hymn
#1010—Amazing Grace
Invocation
Sacrament Hymn
#174—While of These Emblems We Partake
Passing of the Sacrament
Theme
Windows of Heaven/Talking with God in Prayer
1st Speaker
Brother Bill Bartholomew
Intermediate Hymn
#145—Prayer Is the Soul's Sincere Desire
2nd Speaker
Sister Caryn Bushey
Closing Hymn
#1025—Take My Heart and Let It Be Consecrated
Benediction
Come, Follow Me
“"Before I Formed Thee in the Belly I Knew Thee"”
Jeremiah 1-3; 7; 16-18;20
Monday, October 19, 2026 – Sunday, October 25, 2026
Lesson Highlights
- A Divine Call and Sovereign Purpose (Jeremiah 1) God commissions Jeremiah before his birth ("Before I formed you in the womb I knew you"), assuring him that age and fear are no barrier to his calling. God promises to give him the words to speak and sets him as a prophet to uproot, destroy, build, and plant.
- The Danger of Superfluous and Hypocritical Faith (Jeremiah 7) In the famous Temple Sermon, Jeremiah exposes the people's false security in religious rituals. They mistook the Temple building as a cosmic safety net while actively practicing injustice, idolatry, and oppression, prompting God to warn that empty ritual without moral obedience will not prevent judgment.
- The Potter and the Clay (Jeremiah 18) Through the powerful visual metaphor of a potter reshaping spoiled clay, God demonstrates His absolute sovereignty over nations and individuals. God retains the authority to judge or show mercy based on whether a people choose to repent or remain stubborn.
- The Deceitfulness of the Human Heart (Jeremiah 17) Jeremiah highlights the root cause of Judah's downfall in verse 17:9—"The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?" The passage contrasts the fragility of placing trust in human power with the blessedness of trusting in Yahweh, who searches hearts and tests minds.
- The Price of Faithfulness and the Inner Fire (Jeremiah 20) After facing beatings and public shame in stocks, Jeremiah gives voice to deep emotional anguish and burnout. Yet, despite his desire to remain quiet, he confesses that God's word is like a "burning fire shut up in my bones" that he cannot hold back—showing the immense cost and relentless drive of prophetic ministry.