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Location: Mission valley Community Chapel

Sunday Services

Join us for worship and fellowship!
9:30 a.m. Breaking of Bread/The Lord’s Supper
10:00 a.m. Sunday School for all ages, Adult Sunday school Tom Cantor
10:55 a.m. Refreshments on the Patio
11:15 a.m. Worship Service – sermon by Tom Cantor

(We have a traditional worship service including hymn singing, prayer, announcements, a musical special, and a sermon from the Bible. We dress from very casual to formal.)

“I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.” (Psalm 122:1)

We are a small multigenerational church committed to exalting the Lord Jesus Christ through the Bible and missions.

Get directions Here

All of Mission Valley Community Chapel’s leadership is volunteer. This enables the majority of our giving to go to missionaries and evangelists in San Diego and around the world. There are opportunities for those interested in serving in including evangelism, music, upkeep, and hospitality.

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Join us for worship and fellowship next Sunday November 14, 2021

Join us next Sunday, November 7, 2021, for worship and fellowship. We will be having live streamed and in-person services at the Chapel.

We will be live streaming our worship service at 11:15 a.m. To watch, go to our Facebook page (under videos).
https://www.facebook.com/MissionValleyCommunityChapel/

Our in person service will include:
9:30 a.m. Breaking of Bread/The Lord’s Supper service
10:00 a.m. Sunday School, Tom Cantor teaching adult Sunday school
11:55 a.m. Coffee break/refreshments
11:15 a.m. Worship Service, Sam Burton preaching the sermon

(We have a traditional worship service including prayer, hymn singing, announcements, special music, and a sermon from the Bible. We dress from very casual to formal.)

Get directions on our website HERE

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Join us for worship and fellowship next Sunday November 7, 2021

Join us next Sunday, November 7, 2021, for worship and fellowship. We will be having live streamed and in-person services at the Chapel.

We will be live streaming our worship service at 11:15 a.m. To watch, go to our Facebook page (under videos).
https://www.facebook.com/MissionValleyCommunityChapel/

Our in person service will include:
10:00 am Sunday School, Tom Cantor, founder of Israel Restoration Ministries, teaching adult Sunday school
11:55 a.m. Coffee break/refreshments
11:15 a.m. Worship Service, Tom Cantor preaching the sermon
-Communion following the message

(We have a traditional worship service including prayer, hymn singing, announcements, a musical special, and a sermon from the Bible. We dress from very casual to formal.)

Get directions on our website HERE

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Watch our October 24, 2021 Worship service, sermon by Sohrab Ramtin on Rumble, too

Watch our October 24, 2021 Worship service, including singing, announcements, and a sermon by Dr. Sohrab Ramtin on Rumble, too. He taught from the Gospel of Mark from 8:27-33.

Sohrab noted that when people try to take the place of God, they take the place of the devil; and that Jesus is really God, not the myths of the pagans nor a mere man like Caesar.

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Miss Hannah K. Burlingham, a Plymouth Brethren hymn writer

As noted in a recent post, we sang, “Everlasting Glory unto Jesus Be” by Miss Hannah K. Burlingham. In researching that post, I found out that the author was a Plymouth Brethren. Of course, our hymnal has songs from believers from many Christian denominations, but I found this interesting.

Miss Burlingham (1842-1901) was raised a Quaker, but in early adulthood became a Brethren. She then wrote many hymns and poems, including the one we sang last Sunday.

You can you read a brief biography of her at STEM Publishing

(There are different kinds of Plymouth brethren. We are open Plymouth Brethren, also called Christian Brethren. Briefly, our beliefs are within conservative evangelical Bible believing Christians and if you visit, you’ll find our worship service very similar to other churches with a hymn singing worship service. You can read other posts about this What are Open Plymouth Brethren (Christian Brethren) – Part 1: practical notes for newcomers and What are Open Plymouth Brethren (Christian Brethren) – Part 2: A Brief Introduction)

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Sunday Hymns – “Everlasting Glory unto Jesus Be”

Last Sunday, we sang, “Everlasting Glory unto Jesus Be” as the closing hymn of our worship service and before our communion service. This song about Christ’s incarnation, death, resurrection, our salvation and proclamation of the gospel, I felt, was a good transition between worship and communion.

Also, the music used is commonly used for “Onward Christian Soldiers,” too. This, to me, was a reminder that Our strength comes from the Lord; we are soldiers for the Lord by his power and the work he has done and does.

Everlasting Glory unto Jesus Be
Words by Hannah K. Burlingham & music by Arthur S. Sullivan

1. Everlasting glory Unto Jesus be! Sing aloud the story Of His victory!
How He left the splendor Of His home on high,
Came, in love so tender, On the cross to die.

Chorus:
Everlasting glory Unto Jesus be!
Sing aloud the story Of His victory.

2. Yes! He came from heaven, Suffered in our stead;
Praise to Him be given, “Firstborn from the dead!”
Jesus, meek and lowly, Came the lost to save;
He the victim holy, Triumphed o’er the grave.

Chorus

3. We in death were lying, Lost in hopeless gloom;
Jesus by His dying Vanquished e’en the tomb!
Burst its iron portal, Rolled away the stone,
Rose in life immortal To the Father’s throne.

Chorus

4. Christ is Lord of Glory, Sing we now today;
Tell abroad the story, Own His rightful sway!
Sing aloud; and never Cease to spread His fame,
Triumph, now and ever, In the Savior’s name.

Chorus

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Sunday Hymns – Sunlight, Sunlight

Here is an upbeat song we sang last Sunday. It tells the story of someone being saved, living through the hard times with the Lord, the good times with God, journeying in this life, and looking forward to being with the Lord.

“For God, who commanded the light to shine out of the darkness, hath shined in our hearts.” II Corinthians 4:6

Sunlight, Sunlight
Words by Judson W. Van DeVenter & music by Winfred S. Weeden

1. I wandered in the shades of night,
Till Jesus came to me,
And with the sunlight of His love
Bid all my darkness flee.

Chorus:
Sunlight, sunlight in my soul today,
Sunlight, sunlight all along the way;
Since the Savior found me
Took away my sin,
I have had the sunlight of his love within.

2. Though clouds may gather in the sky,
And billows round me roll,
However dark the world may be,
I’ve sunlight in my soul.

Chorus

3. While walking in the light of God,
I sweet communion find;
O press with holy vigor on,
And leave the world behind.

Chorus

4. I cross the wide-extended fields,
I journey o’er the plain,
And in the sunlight of His love
I reap the golden grain.

Chorus

5. Soon I shall see Him as He is,
The light that came to me,
Behold the brightness of his face,
Throughout eternity.

Chorus

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Sunday Hymns – When Morning Gilds the Skies

“When Morning Gilds the Skies” is the hymn we started last week’s worship service.

This is a translated hymn, and there are different versions that have different numbers of verses and in different orders. Below is the one we sang. I think “Friendship with God Hymnal” that we use picked good verses and order as it goes from (one) day, (two) night, (three) day again, (four) in sadness, (five) in heaven, six) all nature, and (seven) self. Each of these verses is twice punctuated with “May Jesus Christ be praised!”

When Morning Gilds the Skies
text translated by Edward Caswell & music by Joseph Barnby

When morning gilds the skies,
My heart awaking cries:
May Jesus Christ be praised!
Alike at work and prayer,
To Jesus I repair;
May Jesus Christ be praised!
When sleep her balm denies,
My silent spirit sighs,
May Jesus Christ be praised!
When evil thoughts molest,
With this I shield my breast:
May Jesus Christ be praised!
The night becomes as day
When from the heart we say:
May Jesus Christ be praised!
The pow’rs of darkness fear
When this sweet chant they hear:
May Jesus Christ be praised!
Does sadness fill my mind?
A solace here I find,
May Jesus Christ be praised!
Or fades my earthly bliss?
My comfort still is this,
May Jesus Christ be praised!
In Heav’n’s eternal bliss
The loveliest strain is this,
May Jesus Christ be praised!
Let earth, and sea, and sky
From depth to height reply,
May Jesus Christ be praised!
Sing, sun and stars of space,
Sing, all that see His face;
May Jesus Christ be praised!
God’s whole creation o’er,
Today and evermore,
May Jesus Christ be praised!
Be this, while life is mine,
My song of love divine:
May Jesus Christ be praised!
Sing this eternal song
Through all the ages long:
May Jesus Christ be praised!

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Join us for worship and fellowship next Sunday October 3, 2021

Join us next Sunday, October 3, 2021, for worship and fellowship. We will be having live streamed and in-person services at the Chapel.

We will be live streaming our worship service at 11:15 a.m. To watch, go to our Facebook page (under videos).
https://www.facebook.com/MissionValleyCommunityChapel/

(We have a traditional worship service including prayer, hymn singing, announcements, a musical special, and a sermon from the Bible. We dress from very casual to formal.)

Get directions on our website HERE

Mission Valley Community Chapel
6964 Mission Gorge Road
San Diego, CA 92120

The Chapel emphasizes the Lord Jesus Christ through Missions, Prayer, and the Word of God.

We are an evangelical Christian Bible church, an Open Plymouth Brethren assembly. All leadership is volunteer, enabling the majority of our giving to go to evangelists and missionaries worldwide. There are opportunities to serve for those interested in participating including in outreach, hospitality, and music.

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What are Open Plymouth Brethren (Christian Brethren) – Part 2: A Brief Introduction

Here is a brief introduction to the Plymouth Brethren using the 5W’s and 1H.

Who? Of the original founders, John Nelson Darby is the best known.

Other Plymouth Brehtren include “Praying” George Mueller (founder of the Bristol Orphanage), Sir Robert Anderson (apologist and evangelist, and head of the criminal investigation division of Scotland Yard during the later the Jack the Ripper murders), missionary Jim Elliot (1 of 5 missionaries who died in Operation Acura and husband to Elizabeth Elliot), missionary Hudson Taylor (founder of the Chinese Inland Mission), Harry Ironsides (preacher and teacher), Ada R. Habershon (hymn writer “Will the Circle be Unbroken” and writer on biblical typology and symbolism), bible commentator F. F. Bruce, and Watchmen Nee (pastor in Communist China).

There are different types of Plymouth Brethren, such as Open and Closed Brethren. We are Open Plymouth Brethren (Christian Brethren).

What? There is a focus on the Bible, the Lord’ Supper (Breaking of Bread), and the Christian life. There is also an interest in the second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. (This makes sense to me, as this is a focus of the New Testament that is often overlooked.)

Where? They first started meeting in Dublin, Ireland. The first meeting in England was in Plymouth. This is where they got their name. This movement has spread around the world.

When? The Plymouth Brethren started in the late 1820s.

Why? They originally met for a place for Christians to get together from different denominations who were serious believers. From the beginning, they had a focus on biblical prophecy.

How? They believe in the “priesthood of all believers”. Usually there is no pastor, and there is an emphasis on the congregation participating in the Breaking of Bread and in ministry.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plymouth_Brethren

For more details about of our beliefs, see our Statement of Faith

If you have any questions, please email us on our Website Contact Form or directly at mvcccontact@gmail.com

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