SUNDAY, AUGUST 23, 2026
HEY BROTHER: BROTHER I WILL HEAR YOU CALL, SISTER I WILL HELP YOU OUT
~ SERVICE ORDER ~
THE LETTER
HEY BROTHER
MESSAGE (AND COMMUNION)
DRAW ME CLOSE
HERE I AM TO WORSHIP
YOU'VE ALREADY WON
YOUR LOVE AWAKENS ME
~ QUICK UPDATES ~
CHURCH IN THE PARK & BBQ
NEXT WEEK is Church in the Park! Followed by a BBQ, of course. Sunday, August 30th, 10:30am at Huddlestone Park in Lantzville. Bring a friend and a chair or blanket. Probably some sunscreen, too. It's going to be a time of celebrating and thanking God for all he's done and is going to do in and through The Meeting Place! RSVP here.
WAGON-LOAD OF FOOD
Through today, August 23, we're filling as many Wagon-Loads of Food as we can in support of Loaves & Fishes. Bring shelf-stable food like rice & pasta, canned fruits & veggies, canned tuna, and peanut butter on Sundays and leave them in the wagon in the lobby.
TUESDAY MEN'S GROUP
Come hang out with us for an hour every Tuesday morning from 7-8am on Zoom. Email men@themeetingplace.org to get the link. Can’t make it every week? That’s ok, join us when you can.
TMP CARE TEAM
When you, or someone you know are in need of practical, spiritual, or emotional help, please reach out to the TMP Care Team by emailing support@themeetingplace.org or by filling out the form online.
SUFFER FROM FOMO?
Do you have a Fear Of Missing Out on what's going on at TMP? Join our email update list--it's usually only one email per week, max, and it'll help keep you "in the know" around here. Sign up here.
DONATIONS RECEIVED
* The week of August 9, 2026 - $4,763.56
* The week of August 16, 2026 - $2,814.96
* Required weekly giving to meet budget - $6,400
Our Vision: to be people who are all about unleashing God's extravagant love on this city and around the world.
Our Mission is simple: to help people take their next step towards Jesus.
NEXT WEEK is Church in the Park! Followed by a BBQ, of course. Sunday, August 30th, 10:30am at Huddlestone Park in Lantzville. Bring a friend and a chair or blanket. Probably some sunscreen, too. It's going to be a time of celebrating and thanking God for all he's done and is going to do in and through The Meeting Place! RSVP here.
WAGON-LOAD OF FOOD
Through today, August 23, we're filling as many Wagon-Loads of Food as we can in support of Loaves & Fishes. Bring shelf-stable food like rice & pasta, canned fruits & veggies, canned tuna, and peanut butter on Sundays and leave them in the wagon in the lobby.
TUESDAY MEN'S GROUP
Come hang out with us for an hour every Tuesday morning from 7-8am on Zoom. Email men@themeetingplace.org to get the link. Can’t make it every week? That’s ok, join us when you can.
TMP CARE TEAM
When you, or someone you know are in need of practical, spiritual, or emotional help, please reach out to the TMP Care Team by emailing support@themeetingplace.org or by filling out the form online.
SUFFER FROM FOMO?
Do you have a Fear Of Missing Out on what's going on at TMP? Join our email update list--it's usually only one email per week, max, and it'll help keep you "in the know" around here. Sign up here.
DONATIONS RECEIVED
* The week of August 9, 2026 - $4,763.56
* The week of August 16, 2026 - $2,814.96
* Required weekly giving to meet budget - $6,400
Our Vision: to be people who are all about unleashing God's extravagant love on this city and around the world.
Our Mission is simple: to help people take their next step towards Jesus.
~ FROM THE MESSAGE ~
What is causing the quarrels and fights among you? Don’t they come from the evil desires at war within you? You want what you don’t have, so you scheme and kill to get it. You are jealous of what others have, but you can’t get it, so you fight and wage war to take it away from them. Yet you don’t have what you want because you don’t ask God for it. And even when you ask, you don’t get it because your motives are all wrong—you want only what will give you pleasure. You adulterers! Don’t you realize that friendship with the world makes you an enemy of God? I say it again: If you want to be a friend of the world, you make yourself an enemy of God. Do you think the Scriptures have no meaning? They say that God is passionate that the spirit he has placed within us should be faithful to him. And he gives grace generously. As the Scriptures say, “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”
So humble yourselves before God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Come close to God, and God will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; purify your hearts, for your loyalty is divided between God and the world. Let there be tears for what you have done. Let there be sorrow and deep grief. Let there be sadness instead of laughter, and gloom instead of joy. Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up in honor.
Don’t speak evil against each other, dear brothers and sisters. If you criticize and judge each other, then you are criticizing and judging God’s law. But your job is to obey the law, not to judge whether it applies to you. God alone, who gave the law, is the Judge. He alone has the power to save or to destroy. So what right do you have to judge your neighbor?
Look here, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we are going to a certain town and will stay there a year. We will do business there and make a profit.” How do you know what your life will be like tomorrow? Your life is like the morning fog—it’s here a little while, then it’s gone. What you ought to say is, “If the Lord wants us to, we will live and do this or that.” Otherwise you are boasting about your own pretentious plans, and all such boasting is evil.
Remember, it is sin to know what you ought to do and then not do it. -- James 4:1-17
**COMMUNION**
For I pass on to you what I received from the Lord himself. On the night when he was betrayed, the Lord Jesus took some bread and gave thanks to God for it. Then he broke it in pieces and said, “This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” In the same way, he took the cup of wine after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant between God and his people—an agreement confirmed with my blood. Do this in remembrance of me as often as you drink it.” For every time you eat this bread and drink this cup, you are announcing the Lord’s death until he comes again.
So anyone who eats this bread or drinks this cup of the Lord unworthily is guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord. That is why you should examine yourself before eating the bread and drinking the cup. For if you eat the bread or drink the cup without honoring the body of Christ, you are eating and drinking God’s judgment upon yourself. - 1 Corinthians 11:23-29
So humble yourselves before God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Come close to God, and God will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; purify your hearts, for your loyalty is divided between God and the world. Let there be tears for what you have done. Let there be sorrow and deep grief. Let there be sadness instead of laughter, and gloom instead of joy. Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up in honor.
Don’t speak evil against each other, dear brothers and sisters. If you criticize and judge each other, then you are criticizing and judging God’s law. But your job is to obey the law, not to judge whether it applies to you. God alone, who gave the law, is the Judge. He alone has the power to save or to destroy. So what right do you have to judge your neighbor?
Look here, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we are going to a certain town and will stay there a year. We will do business there and make a profit.” How do you know what your life will be like tomorrow? Your life is like the morning fog—it’s here a little while, then it’s gone. What you ought to say is, “If the Lord wants us to, we will live and do this or that.” Otherwise you are boasting about your own pretentious plans, and all such boasting is evil.
Remember, it is sin to know what you ought to do and then not do it. -- James 4:1-17
**COMMUNION**
For I pass on to you what I received from the Lord himself. On the night when he was betrayed, the Lord Jesus took some bread and gave thanks to God for it. Then he broke it in pieces and said, “This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” In the same way, he took the cup of wine after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant between God and his people—an agreement confirmed with my blood. Do this in remembrance of me as often as you drink it.” For every time you eat this bread and drink this cup, you are announcing the Lord’s death until he comes again.
So anyone who eats this bread or drinks this cup of the Lord unworthily is guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord. That is why you should examine yourself before eating the bread and drinking the cup. For if you eat the bread or drink the cup without honoring the body of Christ, you are eating and drinking God’s judgment upon yourself. - 1 Corinthians 11:23-29
~ COFFEE QUESTIONS ~
1. Russ mentioned the letter that someone received from Steve Jobs that had his autograph. Have you ever asked someone for their autograph? Who was it?
2. The book Enemies Of The Heart says the root cause of most personal conflict, anger, and jealousy is a simple, uncomfortable truth we refuse to admit: "I'm not getting what I want." What do you think about that?
3. Russ mentioned the Japanese pictorial The Three Monkeys: “Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil” and how it connected to what James said: Don’t speak evil against each other, dear brothers and sisters. (James 4:11) What are some ways you could avoid “hearing” or “seeing” or “speaking” evil?
4. James made a bunch of points in this part of his letter. Which one stood out to you the most?
5. Russ zeroed in on one point for this message: Remember, it is sin to know what you ought to do and then not do it. (James 4:17)
Sin could be the things we do and don’t do that get in the way of our relationship with God. Sins of commission could be the things we do, while sins of omission are the things we don’t do. What things are you doing that might fit this category? What about things you don’t do?
2. The book Enemies Of The Heart says the root cause of most personal conflict, anger, and jealousy is a simple, uncomfortable truth we refuse to admit: "I'm not getting what I want." What do you think about that?
3. Russ mentioned the Japanese pictorial The Three Monkeys: “Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil” and how it connected to what James said: Don’t speak evil against each other, dear brothers and sisters. (James 4:11) What are some ways you could avoid “hearing” or “seeing” or “speaking” evil?
4. James made a bunch of points in this part of his letter. Which one stood out to you the most?
- You’re fighting because you’re not getting what you want
- Your motives are wrong
- You have a divided-loyalty problem
- Friend of the world or an enemy of God
- Do these things (be humble, resist the devil, come close to God, etc)
- Speak no evil
- Your job is to obey the law so why are you judging your neighbour?
- Lord willing…
- Remember, it is sin to know what you ought to do and then not do it
5. Russ zeroed in on one point for this message: Remember, it is sin to know what you ought to do and then not do it. (James 4:17)
Sin could be the things we do and don’t do that get in the way of our relationship with God. Sins of commission could be the things we do, while sins of omission are the things we don’t do. What things are you doing that might fit this category? What about things you don’t do?