CHURCH IN THE PARK 2024

FREE EVENT AT 

VALLEY REGIONAL PARK

TAYLORSVILLE, UTAH

WONDERFUL WORSHIP

HUDSON SMITH TEACHING

HOSTED BY CALVARY SALT LAKE

KIDS BOUNCE HOUSES

ARE YOU HUMBLE?

JESUS HOLDS A TODDLER

"At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”

 Then Jesus called a little child to Him, set him in the midst of them,  and said, “Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven.  Therefore whoever HUMBLES HIMSELF as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.  Whoever receives one little child like this in My name receives Me. Matthew 18:1-5  NKJV

SOUR WINE

CRUCIFIXION OF JESUS

AFTER JESUS WAS BEATEN, HE WAS TOO WEAK TO CARRY HIS CROSS.  THE ROMANS FOUND SIMON, A MAN FROM CYRENAICA WILLING TO CARRY THE CROSS TO GOLGOTHA.

"And when they came to a place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull),  they offered him wine to drink, mixed with gall, but when he tasted it, he would not drink it."

Matthew 27:33-34  (ESV)

BEFORE NAILING HIM TO THE CROSS. THE ROMANS OFFERED JESUS SOME WINE, BUT HE SPIT IT OUT, REFUSING TO DRINK; BECAUSE IT WAS MIXED WITH MYRRH.  MYRRH CONTAINS CHEMICALS THAT REDUCE PAIN.

"And when they had crucified him, they divided his garments among them by casting lots."  Matthew 27:35  (ESV)

LATER AT 3PM

JESUS CRIED OUT THE WORDS FROM PSALM 22; "MY GOD, MY GOD WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME?"

And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” that is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”  MATTHEW 27:46 (ESV)

BYSTANDERS THOUGHT HE WAS CALLING FOR ELIJAH.

"And some of the bystanders, hearing it, said, “This man is calling Elijah.”  

"And one of them at once ran and took a sponge, filled it with sour wine, and put it on a reed and gave it to him to drink." Matthew 27:47-48  (ESV)

 After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfill the Scripture), “I thirst.”  A jar full of sour wine stood there, so they put a sponge full of the sour wine on a hyssop branch and held it to his mouth.  When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, “It is finished,” and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.  John 19:28-30  (ESV)

IS JESUS YOUR LORD?

ARE YOU HIS SERVANT?

“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.  On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’  And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’

Matthew 7: 21-23  ESV

NORTHERN LIGHTS IN UTAH

 ANTELOPE ISLAND STATE PARK

MAY 10, 2024

DARK SKY AREA IN UTAH

GREAT SALT LAKE

HOW TO START A PRAYER GROUP

 NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER

GOD HEARS OUR PRAYERS

PRAYER GROUPS BEGIN

When 2 or more gather at a regular time and place.  We started in our neighborhood by meeting each Sunday just by having a short time of prayer.

UNINTERRUPTED PRAYER

We pray going around in a circle, giving each person a time to pray without being interrupted.  If someone doesn't want to pray they can pass allowing the next person to pray.

INTERCESSORY PRAYER

The focus is different than your daily devotional prayers. This is time for your most important prayers with the group and praying for others throughout the world.  

PRAYER MEETING GROWS

When more people found out about the prayer meeting, we expanded our Prayer time to one hour.  Meetings will grow when GOD answers your prayers each week.

MOST HOMES CAN SEAT 8 to 10 PERSONS

After we reached a full house, we decided to rotate meeting locations. 

WORSHIP and  BIBLE 

We enjoy Worship and Bible reading at each meeting during our hour of prayer.

FOOD

Depending on the home, we can have a MEAL or SNACKS after the meeting.  

FUN FELLOWSHIP

After the meeting is over, each Home's Host may extend the fellowship with a card game or an inspiring movie.

CARPOOL  each week.  This will ease up the parking situation in each neighborhood.

SOLAR ECLIPSE ON GOOD FRIDAY?

 STRANGEST THINGS OF THE BIBLE

"Now from the sixth hour darkness 

fell upon all the land until the ninth hour."

Matthew 27:45 NASB

Was there a SOLAR ECLIPSE on Good Friday? 

Is it possible for a solar eclipse to last three hours?

Phillips New Testament translators 

believes there was an eclipse.

"It was now about midday, but darkness came over the whole countryside until three in the afternoon, for there was an eclipse of the sun..."  Luke 23:44-45  Phillips

Passover begins on the evening of a FULL MOON after the Spring equinox.  

Solar Eclipses only occur during a NEW MOON.

During a SOLAR ECLIPSE, the moon's shadow moves across the rotating Earth between 1,100 to 5,000 miles per hour, allowing viewers to see about 4 1/2 minutes of darkness.  The width of the moons shadow is 115 miles.  The Bible states the "darkness fell upon ALL THE LAND from noon to 3pm."

Was the darkness caused by weather?  Hollywood has made movies with Christ suffering on the cross for three hours in a dark storm of wind, fog, rain and lightning.   

Was the darkness caused by forest fires.  Was Christ suffering breathing in thick smoke on the cross?  Did all the smoke disappear at 3pm?

Was the darkness caused by volcanoes?  Was there volcanic ash falling down on Jerusalem?

Did an asteroid, comet, or second moon perfectly orbit the Earth for three hours, creating a shadow over Jerusalem?

The Earth will have second moon September 29th. Asteroid 24PT5 will be temporarily caught in Earth's gravitational pull, orbiting our planet  for two months before flinging back into space. 

Did the SUN go dark and reignite exactly for three hours later? 

WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY?

"It was now about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour, while the sun's light failed..."  Luke 23:44-45  ESV

"And it was now about the sixth hour, and darkness fell over the whole land until the ninth hour, because the sun was obscured..."  Luke 23:44-45  LSV

"By now it was noon, and darkness fell across the whole land for three hours, until three o’clock.  The light from the sun was gone—"   Luke 23:44-45 TLB

"It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon, for the sun stopped shining."  Luke 23:44-45  NIV

"Now it was about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.  Then the sun was darkened..." Luke 23:44-45 NKJV

This mystery will be resolved when we meet Jesus face to face.