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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 20, 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."
Two basic tenets that followers of Christ believe and adhere to are to love God with all your heart, soul, strength, and mind, and love your neighbor as yourself.
The Trump Administration has flipped this script.
This Administration's actions willfully contradict the teachings of the Gospel. For example:
More than 7 million people risk losing their SNAP benefits. This takes food away from poor and hungry people. (See link to article at the end of this post.)
ICE and CBP are taking migrants and green card holders off the streets of America without due process and detaining them in locations such as "Alligator Alcatraz. The migrants are then deported, sometimes without a court hearing. This mistreats our neighbors and foreigners and displays excessive cruelty. This flies in the face of Leviticus 19, which states, in part: "When a foreigner resides among you...do not mistreat them. The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born."
With the Trump Administration, misguided and self-centered policies dictate that cruelty toward, and not caring for, our neighbors is the point of their actions.
Jesus instructs us how to flip this script back to the original meaning.
As Jesus tells the parable of the Good Samaritan, a man traveling the Jericho Road suffered a beating by robbers, who stripped him of his clothes. A priest and a Levite both passed by the beaten man, whereas a Samaritan did not pass by, but stopped. The Samaritan treated the man, put him on his donkey, and paid for a stay at an inn, where the Samaritan paid for the beaten man's stay.
The Trump Administration's paradigm is that they will not stop to help anyone but themselves by hoarding taxpayer money as they destroy families and lives during their evil rampage through our society.
We flip this script back to what Jesus wants us to do by loving our neighbors as ourselves and showing concern for others. For clarification, our neighbors include every human being, no matter their race, creed, sexual orientation, gender, immigration status, political party, disability status, etc.
Trust in Jesus, these are rough times we are experiencing now, but we will come through them. The deeds of the Trump Administration will experience a divine flip in good time.
Join us for our next service on Sunday, July 20, 2025, at 11 a.m. For the link, please email us at info@northchurchnyc.org.
https://www.newsweek.com/snap-map-benefits-losses-each-state-one-big-beautiful-bill-2079875
Thank you to Music Minister Tim for today's musical selection of "How Great Thou Art."
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 23, 2025.
Bible study for 7/16/25:
John 11: 49-57 and Mark 11, Entire Chapter
"Jesus Boldly Enters Jerusalem."
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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!
As our services are held on Zoom, please feel free to join our services online! Email us at info@northchurchnyc.org for the link!
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