Lord’s Day Meeting – 9:30 AM
- In-Person at the Bellevue meeting hall: 1835 Bellevue Way NE, Bellevue, WA 98004
- Zoom
Announcements
- The Middle School and High School retreat will be October 17-19 in Eason, Washington. We encourage parents to attend. Today is the deadline for early registration. Register with this link: https://www.cognitoforms.com/Churchinbellevue1/Fall2025NWYPRetreats
- The Fall college retreat will be the weekend of October 31st – November 2nd. Details of the retreat are at: https://nwchristianstudents.org/
- We will continue with week 26 in Volume 3 from the Holy Word for Morning Revival from the July training on “Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (3)”. Copies are available in the bookroom.
- Reminder: no parking in the Presbyterian parking lot
- Please refer to the prayer meeting schedule below:
| DATE | PRAYER MEETING LOCATION (7:30 PM)Prayer Burdens, Zoom |
| October 7 | Bellevue Meeting Hall (all languages) |
| October 14 | Bellevue Meeting Hall (all languages)Redmond/Sammamish/Issaquah (English) |
| October 21 | Bellevue Meeting Hall (all languages) |
- The Wednesday night ministry meeting has resumed (7:30 pm), (https://www.lsmwebcast.com/MinMeeting.cfm)
- We will read the Life-study of Ephesians messages 39 and 40 this week.
- The website (https://500lifestudies.org/) provides great resources for how to get into the Life-study messages; the Life-Study mobile app is available for download
- To join a Life-study reading group, use the link below: https://www.cognitoforms.com/Churchinbellevue1/LifeStudyReadingGroupSignUpChurchInBellevue
- The Life-Study of the Bible radio broadcast is every Lord’s day at 8:30 pm, KGNW 820 AM
- Please refer to the table below for the cleaning schedule.
CLEANING SCHEDULE
| TIME PERIOD | CLEANING GROUP (Zip Codes/Cities) |
| Clean on October 5 | 98052 |
| Clean on October 12 | 98074, 98075, 98027, 98028, 98029 |
| Clean on October 19 | Medina, Clyde Hill, Kirkland, Kenmore, Bothell, Woodinville, Marysville, Carnation, Mercer Island, Seattle, Newcastle, Renton, Federal Way |
| October 26 | 98004 |
| USHERING SERVICE SCHEDULE | LORD’S TABLE SERVICE SCHEDULE | |||
| Date | Team | Date | Team | |
| October 5 | B | October 5 | 1 | |
| October 12 | C | October 12 | 2 | |
| October 19 | D | October 19 | 3 | |
| October 26 | A | October 26 | 4 |
Schedule
NW Middle School / High School Retreat, October 17-19
NW College retreat October 31st – November 2nd.
Prayer Meeting Reading (Prayer Ministry of the Church)
Matt. 18:18 Truly I say to you, Whatever you bind on the earth shall have been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on the earth shall have been loosed in heaven.
Now let us consider three great principles in ministerial prayer from Matthew 18:18-20 .
1. Speaking Out God’s Will (continued)
The church is God’s chosen vessel. God has placed His will in this vessel so that it will declare God’s will on earth. When the earth wants something, heaven also wants it. When the church wants something, God also wants it. Hence, if God’s demand is rejected in the church, God will not be able to accomplish what He wants to accomplish in heaven
Many brothers and sisters are bearing a burden day and night. They are bearing the burden because they have not prayed. Once the tap is turned on, water flows out. Once it is turned off, the water is blocked. Is the water pressure strong when water is released or when it is blocked? We all know that when water is released, the pressure decreases. When water is blocked, the pressure increases. When the church prays, it is like turning on the tap; the more the tap is turned, the less the pressure becomes. If the church does not pray, it is like a tap being turned off with pressure building up. When God wants to accomplish something, He puts a burden in a brother, sister, or the whole church. If the church prays and fulfills its duty, it will feel relieved. The more the church prays, the more relieved it will feel. As it prays once, twice, five times, ten times, or twenty times, it feels more and more relieved. If the church does not pray, it will feel stuffed and burdened. If the church continues to not pray, it will suffocate to death. Brothers and sisters, if you feel heavy and pressed within, you have not fulfilled your ministry before God; God’s pressure is upon you. Try to pray for half an hour or an hour; the pressure will be released, and you will feel relieved.
What then is the prayer ministry of the church? It is God telling the church what He wants to do and the church praying on earth what God wants to do. This prayer is not asking God to accomplish what we want Him to do but asking God to accomplish what He Himself wants to do. Brothers and sisters, the church’s responsibility is to declare God’s will on earth. On earth the church declares for God, “This is what I want.” If the church fails in this matter, it will not be of much use in God’s hand. Even if everything else is good, it will not be of much use if it fails in this matter. The greatest use of the church lies in the fact that it stands for God’s will to be done on earth.