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Revival 2024 – Hearing the Holy Spirit
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Join us for our 2024 spring revival: Hearing the Holy Spirit, May 19-22. This is our annual event where we set time apart as the body of Christ to allow the Holy Spirit to refresh, renew, and revive. Bring your family and friends for this exciting time of seeking God together as the body of Christ!

Schedule of Events

Sunday, May 19, 10:15am – Outdoor Pentecost worship service. Please wear red!
Sunday, May 19, 6pm – Worship service in the FYF Worship Center. Pastor Sean Scribner preaching.
Monday, May 20, all day – Self-guided prayer walk across EMC campus. Come when you are able, work through the guided walk at your own pace, and listen to the voice of the Holy Spirit.
Tuesday, May 21, 6pm – Special testimony service in the chapel on how God has spoken to you through his word. Prayerfully consider how you might share your experiences along one of five prompts:

  1. What is something that you have recently learned or had affirmed about the nature and character of God from the Bible? How have you come to know him more fully as a result of his word?
  2. What is something the Scriptures have prompted you to do or to change recently? What recent difference has it made in your life?
  3. What Scriptural truth about God do you want to proclaim to the congregation? How can you magnify who he is from the word?
  4. What is your life verse and why?
  5. Is there a Scripture the Lord has used to give you direction or clarity about your purpose or call?

Wednesday, May 22, 6pm – All church potluck and Family Recreation Area dedication. The church is providing fried fish. Please bring other meats, sides, and desserts to share.

God the Spirit
Sermon Series

“He is the Holy Spirit, who leads into all truth. The world cannot receive him, because it isn’t looking for him and doesn’t recognize him. But you know him, because he lives with you now and later will be in you.” – John 14:17, NLT

The Holy Spirit is a distinct Person within the Triune Godhead. He is not an energy, or force, or power. He is not a something, but a divine Someone. He is no less God, or personal, than the Father or the Son. This is the catholic (ie. universal) faith: “That we worship one God in Trinity, and Trinity in Unity, neither confounding the Persons, nor dividing the Substance. For there is one Person of the Father, another of the Son, and another of the Holy Spirit.”

The Spirit can be known from the first pages of the Scriptures. He is present in the creation of the cosmos. He anoints persons for holy tasks. He illuminates the minds of the prophets. He comes upon the Messiah and rests. He is the agent of new birth and the power for holiness. He speaks, he abides, he can be grieved. The scriptures say all this and more.

“God the Spirit” is a sermon series devoted to knowing the Holy Spirit more intimately–that we might see more clearly who he is and how he operates; that we might be more attuned to his voice and open to his work; that he might reign in our hearts and use us for his purposes in bringing glory to the Father and the Son. He leads into all truth, and the truth will set you free!

Series Playlist

Elizabeth City EMC Podcast
Elizabeth City EMC Podcast
The Holy Spirit
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  • The Holy Spirit

    The Holy Spirit

    May 5, 2024 • 43:19

    The Holy Spirit is not a power, force, or emanation of God, but a divine person, co-equal to the Father and the Son. The goal for the Christian, therefore, must never be to treat him like a thing to know about and use, but as a person to draw close…

  • Symbols of the Spirit

    Symbols of the Spirit

    May 12, 2024 • 55:21

    The Bible offers certain symbols that reveal various dimensions of the person and work of the Holy Spirit. Together they affirm that he is the breath of life from God, who comes to cleanse, renew, and purify those upon whom he rests because of their union with Christ. Speaker: Sean…

  • The Phenomenal Spirit

    The Phenomenal Spirit

    May 19, 2024 • 56:42

    The supernatural phenomena of Pentecost wind, fire, and speech in Acts 2 are all about the fullness of God’s presence and power available to the church through the person of the Holy Spirit. All of God, in all of us, for all the world. Speaker: Sean Scribner Series: God the Spirit…

  • The Speaking Spirit

    The Speaking Spirit

    May 19, 2024 • 58:30

    The Holy Spirit is a divine person who speaks and has something to say. The primary means by which the church can hear his voice are the scriptures and prayer. Reading the Bible and praying are not disciplines we add to the spiritual life. They themselves are the spiritual life.…

  • The Abiding Spirit

    The Abiding Spirit

    May 26, 2024 • 52:50

    The coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost changed the calculus forever. It was a watershed moment in the history of humanity, redefining the way that God and man relate to one another. It opened up all the possibilities of heaven: life greater than death, real transformation and power for…

  • The Giving Spirit

    The Giving Spirit

    Jun 2, 2024 • 45:34

    True Holy Spirit spirituality does not result in states of ecstasy or detachment, nor any form of disembodied individualism. The work of the Spirit in the Christian life is to incorporate embodied persons together under the Lordship of Christ. This is expressed and manifested through a variety of gifts, services,…

VBS 2024 – Scuba
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Register Now!

Our theme this year is “Scuba – Diving into friendship with God.” Kids will explore what it means to have a friendship with a real, loving, trustworthy God – a friendship that lasts forever! This will be a week full of faith discoveries, memorable music, and epic adventures that help kids grow in faith!

WHEN:  Monday – Thursday, July 22 – 25

TIME:  9 am – noon (plus a closing program on Thursday evening at 5:30 pm )

WHERE:  Evangelical Methodist Church, 820 Old Okisko Rd., Elizabeth City, NC 27909

AGES:  3 (and potty trained) through rising 6th graders

COST:  Free

Contact Chelsea Wortman for more information.

Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Sermon Series

When God seems distant in life’s difficult circumstances, will we doubt his nearness and love? Does God care when we’ve been wronged and we long for vengeance? Where do we turn in the inevitable seasons of sorrow, longing, pain, or spiritual drought? In “Between a Rock and Hard Place,” we will survey the Psalms that give us a snapshot of the range of human emotions experienced by God’s people. We will find that the Psalms offer us a prescription for the soul that will equip us to navigate life’s challenges with honesty, trust, and a deepening faith in the LORD our Rock.

Series Playlist

Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Between a Rock and a Hard Place
The Way of Joy
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  • The Way of Joy

    The Way of Joy

    Apr 7, 2024 • 42:37

    Speaker: Richard Meservey Series: Between a Rock and a Hard Place Scripture: Psalm 1

  • Seeking God in Dry Seasons

    Seeking God in Dry Seasons

    Apr 14, 2024 • 43:37

    Speaker: Jeff Wortman Series: Between a Rock and a Hard Place Scripture: Psalms 42-43

  • Praying in Sorrow and Anger

    Praying in Sorrow and Anger

    Apr 21, 2024 • 48:05

    Speaker: Richard Meservey Series: Between a Rock and a Hard Place Scripture: Psalm 137

  • Taste and See the Goodness of God

    Taste and See the Goodness of God

    Apr 28, 2024 • 36:51

    Speaker: Jeff Wortman Series: Between a Rock and a Hard Place Scripture: Psalm 34

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