Life Above, Beside, and Below
Worship Service, April 26, 2026

1. Please take a moment to download the sermon notes (https://bit.ly/ER260426) for this week.
2. Prepare the elements of “bread” and “wine” for use as we gather around The Lord’s Table. These can be any items convenient around the home that symbolize these for you.

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Guest Speaker Paige Parry will be bringing our message this week.
Sermon Scripture: John 10:1-10

Walk into a forest and look closely at the ground, and you will find a story that runs parallel to our own. A seedling survives not by its own strength, but by the community it finds itself in: mature trees that shelter it from drying winds, fallen logs that nourish it from below, and gaps in the canopy that draw it toward the light above. Successful seedlings are lit from above, sheltered beside, and nourished below. This is not an accident of biology; it is a pattern God has woven through all of creation.

The communion of saints works the same way. We grow toward the fullness of Christ through the legacy of those who came before us, the presence of those beside us, and the pull of the risen Christ who calls us forward into good and satisfying pastures. In the Kingdom of God, no one grows alone.

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Music used under CCLI license #1808339, CCLI streaming license #20401862
Performed by Emmaus Road Worship Team

He Hears Your Voice (Psalm 105)
CCLI #7181464 | Wendell Kimbrough

Is He Worthy
CCLI #7108951 | Ben Shive and Andrew Peterson

None But Thee
CCLI #6291877 | Eric J. Marshall and John Fellows