June 18, 2026

News from Isabel Acheson for issue of June 18, 2026

Somerset Bible Chapel 

The worship service of June 14 opened with Jamie Grenier giving the announcements. On short notice the music team became Ernest Unrau at piano, Evan Unrau leading, Teresa Acheson at the video controls. Matthew Penner was usher. Rick Ross led the Prayer Focus. 

Singing opened with a medley of “Jesus Loves Me”, “God Is So Good” and “We Worship and Adore You”. The Offertory was a piano solo “My Jesus, I Love Thee”. The second set of songs “Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing” and “His Mercy is More” were followed by the Bible lesson and sermon.  

Evan Unrau was the speaker for the day. He read Acts 8:4-8 to introduce his sermon “Sharing the Gospel”. The chapter follows the ministry of Philip, named in Acts 6:5 as one of the seven men chosen to care for the needy in the daily distributions. After the death of Stephen (Acts 8), persecution scattered the early church. 

Acts 8 begins with Philip going north from Jerusalem to the province of Samaria. Evan also read Acts 8:26-40 in which we find Philip south of Jerusalem on the desert road to Gaza. He comes upon a court official from Ethiopia who is returning home from a visit to Jerusalem to worship. The man is reading aloud from the prophet Isaiah. Philip aids the man’s understanding of the prophecy by describing Jesus to him. 

The Great Commission, in Matthew 28:18-20, gives the command to go and make disciples. Acts 1:8 lays the path: at home, the next province, to the end of the earth. 

Philip is a model of that path: Jerusalem, Samaria, the man from Ethiopia which, in that world, would seem the end of the earth. By Acts 21:8 he is known as “The Evangelist” living in Caesarea, a seaport city of Judea. 

Philip models other things. He sincerely has a care and concern for people. He has an intensity and urgency in bringing understanding. He invited conversation. He saw barriers broken down to true worship of God. 

Evan concluded by urging listeners to start at home, at school, at work, in recreation and wherever life finds us to “Share the Gospel”.  

The sermon closed with prayer and the service closed with singing the Doxology.  

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