EAST TAMPA CHRISTIAN CHURCH
7824 S. 24th Ave., Tampa, Fla. 33619 / (813) 626-2507
Michael Hay, Minister
August 9, 2026
ORDER OF WORSHIP
Announcements
Prayer
Sermon
Battlegrounds (Part 1)
Invitation Song
Confidence
Communion Song
God So Loved
Communion / Offering
Jeremiah Cheatham
Praise Songs
Battle Belongs
Come as You Are
God Shows Up
Closing Prayer
“O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?”
ON THE CALENDAR
Sunday: Sunday School: Adults / Children, 9 a.m. / Worship and nursery, 10 a.m.
Tuesday: Hunger-Free Mission food sharing, 10 a.m.
Wednesday: Bible study and prayer meeting, 6 p.m.
Thursday: Mission fellowship meal, 11:30 a.m
THIS AND THAT
This week
Birthday: Carole Tyree (Thursday)
Nursery today: Carole Tyree
Next week
Communion and offerings: Tom Morrissey
Nursery: Pat Swindle
This week
Birthday: Carole Tyree (Thursday)
Nursery today: Carole Tyree
Next week
Communion and offerings: Tom Morrissey
Nursery: Pat Swindle
FROM THE WORD
James 5
13 Is anyone among you in trouble? Let them pray. Is anyone happy? Let them sing songs of praise. 14 Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord. 15 And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise them up. If they have sinned, they will be forgiven. 16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.
17 Elijah was a human being, even as we are. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years. 18 Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth produced its crops.
ADDITIONAL
‘WE HAVE EACH OTHER, AND WE HAVE OUR GOD. …’
Early this year, Tony Wolf, a longtime friend of our congregation, delivered a compelling guest sermon at First Christian Church of Titusville. He shared his memories of a mission trip he had taken to Ethiopia. One story was about a young woman who was living with virtually nothing but her children in deplorable conditions—namely, a hole dug into the floor of a building.
In a small prayer circle he was leading outside, Tony asked her, “How can I pray for you right now?” He was stunned by her response.
“She just lit up. Her smile went from ear to ear,” he said. “She looked at me and she said, ‘Oh, my goodness! You would pray for us? Tell God, thank you, because we lack nothing!’
“Now church, I’m going to go out on a limb here and say if you had to go out those doors this morning and go find a building in town with a hole in the bottom of it and lay down on the ground tonight, you wouldn’t say you lack nothing. You’d say you have nothing. Right?
“Perspective. That young lady knew she didn’t have anything materialistically. But we have each other, and we have our God. We lack nothing!”
TODAY IS THE DAY OF SALVATION
The invitation at the close of each worship service extends an opportunity for anyone outside of Christ to unite with him and become a Christian through belief (John 3:16); repentance (turning away from sin,
Acts 2:38); confession of belief in Christ (Romans 10:10); baptism into Christ for forgiveness of sins and the gift of the Holy Spirit (Mark 16:16, Acts 2:38, Romans 6:1-8) and devoting the rest of your life to
Christ (Matthew 10:22).
The Lord’s invitation also is open to anyone desiring to rededicate his or her life to Christ; to baptized
believers wanting to transfer their membership to this congregation, or to request prayer support.
ABOUT US
For more than a half-century, we have been a restoration plea fellowship in unity with other independent New Testament church bodies. Certainly, we are not the only Christians, but we are Christians only.
In that regard, we assume no denominational name. We observe the Lord’s Supper every Sunday to honor him and reflect upon his great sacrifice on our behalf (Acts 2:42, 1 Corinthians 11:23-28, Hebrews 10:25).
We teach directly from the Bible. Where it speaks clearly – such as the Gospel plan of salvation and other directions or commands – we seek unity. In matters of opinion, where the Bible does not expressly speak, we seek liberty. In all things, however, we speak love for one another, just as Jesus loved us and laid down his life for us!
If you agree with these matters, please join us to proclaim salvation and unity to those who need to hear it in the name of our blessed Lord and only Savior, Jesus Christ. We urgently invite you to do so since his glorious return is imminent.
OUR ELDERS
Jim Fairchild (813) 361-7809 jfairchild@famins.com
Dan Hefner (813) 244-9843 danshirlh@msn.com