LW Baptist

LWers are welcome to attend LW Baptist’s worship service in the Amphitheater on Sunday, May 23, at 9:30 a.m. The theme for this week is “Who is Jesus?,” focusing on the Gospel events recorded in Luke 9:18-36. Questions that will be addressed are: what does it mean that Jesus is the Christ; why did he have to suffer, be rejected, killed and raised to life three days later; what does a personal relationship with Christ today mean; and is heaven’s chief interest, according to the Bible?

A poet and an organist collaborated to address these themes in a gospel song called “One Day,” which pianist Yvonne Leon will play. Wilbur Chapman wrote the words surveying the life of Christ, commencing with Jesus’ coming from the father into the world. A recent update of the song done by the contemporary band Casting Crowns is called “Glorious Day.” Chapman’s own life climaxed gloriously the day he himself went into the presence of his Lord on Christmas Day, 1918, perhaps singing the refrain of his devotional song: “Living he loved me, dying he saved me, buried he carried my sins far away, rising he justified freely forever, one day he’s coming, O glorious day!”

For more details, call the church office at (562) 430-2920.