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The Place Where Harlem and Washington Heights Come Together! Sunday service on Zoom.
The Place Where Harlem and Washington Heights Come Together! Sunday service on Zoom.
Join us on July 13, 2025, at 11 a.m. For the link, please email us at info@northchurchnyc.org
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Today (June 4, 2023), our Rev. Chapman was the guest preacher at Grace Congregational Church of Harlem! He, as always, delivered a powerful lesson on grace and truth through Jesus. The title of today's service was "Fill Er' Up!" As grace and truth through Jesus are in abundance, then yes, fill er' and every one of us up!
See John 1:1-17 and Exodus 34: 1-6.
Pictured are Rev. Chapman and Rev. Pearce of Grace Congregational Church. (Picture courtesy of Sister Cynthia)
NPC NYC 6/4/2023
"When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the Lord your God."
Let us discuss an example of placing trust in a political leader and a nation.
On July 4, 2025, Donald Trump signed a bill into law that authorizes many harmful policies towards people. Examples of these policies include severe cuts to Medicaid (which serves 71 million people) and SNAP benefits. This means that people will lose their medical benefits, and students may lose access to free school meals.
However, this Trump bill prioritizes tax cuts for the wealthy and approximately $75 billion to ICE and immigration enforcement through September 2029. Vice President Vance stated that the cuts to Medicaid are "immaterial" compared to the "savings" from heightened immigration enforcement.
Taking food and medical care from lower-income and impoverished Americans to fund tax cuts for the wealthy and to arrest our immigrant brothers and sisters for wanting nothing more than a chance at the "American dream" is at best immoral, and at worst, pure evil.
These are events that occur when people place their faith and trust in an egotistical, blasphemous, and unrepentant individual such as Donald Trump. Trump wishes to crush the vulnerable and marginalized among us for his gain.
In today's reading, Naaman, a General in the Syrian Army, was a bit egotistical (as is Trump) when he traveled to Israel (the land of his enemy) seeking to have his leprosy healed by a prophet (Elisha) at the suggestion of an enslaved Israeli girl. Despite her circumstances, the young girl had trust in God.
Naaman met a messenger from Elisha, who instructed the general to bathe seven times in the Jordan River. Fury (which is not a sign of trust in God) overcame Naaman, who was insulted that the prophet did not come to meet him personally. A servant implored Naaman to follow the instructions, which ultimately led to the healing of his leprosy.
As a result, like the enslaved girl and servant, Naaman placed his trust in God.
God allows events to pass so we may see that it matters where we place our faith and trust. Do we put our faith in a person such as Donald Trump, who leads the decline of the rudderless America with his hypocrisy? Or do we place our trust and faith in God?
Using current events as a guide, the choice is simple. Trump leads people toward evil. God leads us to learn how to love one another.
Choose and trust God. You won't go wrong!
Join us for our next service on Sunday, July 13, 2025, at 11 a.m. For the link, please email us at info@northchurchnyc.org.
Today's musical selection is "Beams of Heaven" by Oleta Adams
Rev. Chapman's sermon as the guest pastor at the 19th Street Baptist Church from August 25, 2024, starts at this video's one-hour and 32-minute mark. The title is "The Holy Spirit and the Church IT Department."
NPC NYC's next Bible study is July 16, 2025.
Bible study for 7/9/25:
Mark 8: 31-33, Mark 9: 30-32, Mark 10: 32-45.
"Jesus Explains The End Is Near For Him - The Disciples Don't Want To Listen."
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“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.
Matthew 6:24 ESV
Please click on the "Pastor's Holiday Message" at the top of the page!
Read Maya Angelou's acclaimed poem here; https://poets.org/poem/still-i-rise?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIzqbLmdnm9gIVRhvUAR1t3ghtEAAYASAAEgJWqfD_BwE:
It is not a stretch to think that ICE roaming New York City streets to detain immigrants (not so-called criminals, but a high school student and others attending an immigration hearing with their lawyers) has the tacit approval of Mayor Adams. Why? Could it be that this is paying the Trump Administration back for dismissing the federal corruption charges against Adams? The mayor encourages immigrants to keep their court appointments - to make it easier to detain and ship members of NYC's immigrant community away from their families? Note to Mayor Adams: Our immigrant community lives in fear of ICE right now! This is not a hypothetical! Read the article; the link is on the right.
What is the new thing God seeks to do with AND through you in 2025?
"Take off your religious blindfold; It keeps you from seeing the light of the Gospel!" - Rev. Mark L. Chapman.
Taking care of our neighbors makes for a stronger community. Looking out for one another ensures a safer and happier neighborhood. Due to the COVID 19 pandemic, our building is currently closed. However, please join us for Sunday morning worship and Wednesday evening Bible study via Zoom!
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