Ray Of Hope Church Of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Inc.

LGBTQSIAN2ss+ Community Worship was held on Sunday, May 28, 2023, @ 10:30 a.m. at Ray Of Hope Church, Inc., in person and interactively on the Internet using Skype as we celebrated Pentecost Sunday. To our LGBTQSIAN2ss+++ friends out there, we like to say: We are the church made by YOU, for YOU, because we ARE YOU! You are as welcome here as Christ Jesus, Himself. Today you will find persons of every sexual orientation and every gender expression in our congregation and in our leadership.

Download the Order of Worship with weekly announcements: RIGHT CLICK HERE. See the Facebook Live recording of the worship event: RIGHT CLICK HERE: https://fb.watch/kPpKrxClUo/. The historical events surrounding the descent of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost were discussed. The sermon begins at 37:15.

We are proud to be known as the "WOKE" Church of Elmira and Central NY. Currently, some States are "defunding D.E.I. (diversity, equity, and inclusion) programming" in schools and universities as a way to stop what they define as "wokeness." Ray Of Hope Church stands on Gospel principles that certainly include D.E.I. and remains committed to all of the Civil Rights afforded to all people in the United States of America.

At Ray Of Hope Church, you are not required to believe any of what you are hearing. Your faith and what you decide to believe is your responsibility. Ray Of Hope Church will teach the Historic Christian Doctrine; that is what the Statement Of Purpose says. Listen to the sermon for answers to these matters and more.

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Ray Of Hope Church strongly supports Trans persons, Trans education, Trans medicine, and the professionals who assist Trans persons. However, we are very critical of the attempts we see in the Church and the State that make things difficult for Trans people and any person of any sexual orientation or gender expression.

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The Music in today's worship event included:

Music Prelude played by Ed Askins. "Spirit Of The Living God " Words and Music by Daniel Iverson. © Words: 1935. Renewed 1963 Birdwing Music (Admin. by Capitol CMG Publishing) Music: 1935. Renewed 1963 Birdwing Music (Admin. by Capitol CMG Publishing)CCLI Song # 24388. Used with permission through our Christian Copyright License Incorporated License Number 706121 and Christian Copyright License Incorporated Streaming Plus License 21787152.

FIRST SONG: Everyone Moved By The Spirit Words and Music by Carey Landry Text based on Romans 8. Text and music © 1977, Carey Landry and OCP. Glory & Praise Second Edition 412, All rights reserved. Onelicense song #85132 Used with Print Permission and Streaming License A-741278.

SECOND SONG "Holy Spirit, Come" NTBK #25 Text and Music by Jack Hayford. © 1988 Annamarie Music (Admin. by Brentwood-Benson Music Publishing, Inc.) New Spring (Admin. by Brentwood-Benson Music Publishing, Inc.) CCLI Song # 65068 Used with permission through our Christian Copyright License Incorporated License Number 706121 and Christian Copyright License Incorporated Streaming Plus License 21787152.

"Spirit Of The Living God " Words and Music by Daniel Iverson. © Words: 1935. Renewed 1963 Birdwing Music (Admin. by Capitol CMG Publishing) Music: 1935. Renewed 1963 Birdwing Music (Admin. by Capitol CMG Publishing)CCLI Song # 24388. Used with permission through our Christian Copyright License Incorporated License Number 706121 and Christian Copyright License Incorporated Streaming Plus License 21787152.

SONG: "I Sing Praises" Words and Terry MacAlmon. © 1989 Integrity's Hosanna! Music (Admin. by Integrity Music) CCLI Song # 17061. Used with permission through our Christian Copyright License Incorporated License Number 706121 and Christian Copyright License Incorporated Streaming Plus License 21787152.

"REMEMBER ME" Words and Music by Gerrit Gustafson and Martin J. Nystrom © 1991 Integrity's Hosanna! Music. c/o Integrity Music, Inc., P.O. Box 16813, Mobile, AL, 36695. All rights reserved. International copyright secured. CCLI Song # 451177 Used with permission through our Christian Copyright License Incorporated License Number 706121 and Christian Copyright License Incorporated Streaming Plus License 21787152.

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***WOKE*** Conservatives have taken over the expression "woke" popularized by African-American young men. African-Americans used the word to mean staying awake and alert, to have been "woke" up and paying attention to the cultural and religious movements of the past, present, and potential futures. The Ray Of Hope Church Statement of Purpose calls us to stay "woke" at all times, paying attention to the world of religion, politics, and society.

We did not start a new kind of Christianity. Ray Of Hope Church teaches the same Christian faith of ancient ecumenical consensus. St. Vincent of Lerins, a fifth-century monk and theologian, described it as "what has been believed always, everywhere, and by all."

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