MERCYhouse is a church in Amherst, Massachusetts that is home to community members and students from the Five Colleges. 

 

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The Basics

MERCYhouse was started in Amherst, MA in 1999 by Joe Greene and Robert Krumrey in cooperation with The Baptist Convention of New England. You may be thinking, "How exactly do you start a church?" Well, we wondered that too until September 12, 1999.

 
 
 
 
 
 
“I’ve spent a lot of my parenting years with a profound misunderstanding of what it means to take hold of the gospel as a parent. I’ve often operated as if my child is more in need of the gospel than I am.” • Read more of Nancy Guthrie’s article “No Epidural Strong Enough for Pain in Parenting” at the link in our bio. • http://ow.ly/gmZW30lrMlY • • • #familyfriday #mhkids
Pastor Timothy Robinson of The Haven Church visited with us this past Sunday and shared a word from Hebrews 13:20-21, reminding us that Jesus’ blood ushers us into an eternal covenant of salvation that results in a reflection of God’s glory both now and in the life to come. Listen to the sermon at the link in our bio and consider how God equips you to proclaim His glory this week! • www.mercyhouse365.org/sermons
Who wants to help kids in Las Malvinas go back to school?? 👋 Let’s do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with our God this week, supporting Esperanza Soaps in their work for educational justice in DR. Visit the link in our bio to purchase a special soap box to help provide necessary supplies for these kids to go to school this fall! • http://ow.ly/MXrp30lp8zw
#CrossWalk2018 came to a close this morning! Thank you for all your prayers. • Last night was "Missions Night" at camp, an evening where students, chaperones, and camp staff shared their mission experiences and an offering was taken to support future missions, including our very own @kay.krum. Here she is sharing about her upcoming stint in Scotland. • Over $4,000 was raised from the offering to support these future missions! Please take a moment to pray for the nations and that these funds would be used wisely to reach different people groups with the good news of Christ.
Time JUMP theme night at #CrossWalk2018! ⏰ Meghan jumped back to the 1920s and Robert and Melanie did a little skip back to the 80s with the rest of the camp staff. Plenty of awesome costumes from campers, chaperones, and staff alike!
We're enjoying the eggcellent dining at Roger Williams! 🐣 Pray for the start of day two as we launch into our first full day of #CrossWalk2018.
#CrossWalk2018 youth camp starts now! Please pray for our MERCYhouse teens to have a fresh revelation of their need for Christ and to be renewed in the hope he provides. Please pray too for Pastor Robert, Melanie, Tommy, Meghan, and other MERCYhouse alumni working as camp staff and chaperones this week, that they would be strengthened by grace to minister with great joy!
“Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.” ‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭13:17‬ • What does a good shepherd do for their flock? They take after Jesus, feeding them, leading them, and protecting them! • Artwork by Thao Phan.
Let it be a great joy to our leaders to have us as their sheep! What does it look like then to be a source of joy and not a source of groaning? Read this article, “Don’t Make Your Pastor Groan,” from The Gospel Coalition on the responsibility and joy of obeying the command found in Hebrews 13:17. Link in bio! • http://ow.ly/ORyL30lfcG9
Today, Jesus, we’re especially moved to worship you for being the Shepherd-Savior that you are. Having laid down your life as the Lamb of God, you have risen and are now the standing shepherd promised by Micah—relentlessly caring… vigilantly protecting… faithfully providing for us. You never slouch, sleep nor slumber. You’re constantly cherishing and caring for us. You know us by our names and needs. Be praised and worshipped, O good and engaged Shepherd. • Read more of Scotty Smith’s prayer about our Good Shepherd, Jesus, who leads us by laying down his life. Link in bio. • http://ow.ly/3avx30l8Lkg
We know from Hebrews 13:16 that we must do good, but in there lies the temptation to absorb the glory of doing good for ourselves. So, how then do we do good so that God alone gets the glory? Listen to the answer in a short message from John Piper at the link in our bio. • http://ow.ly/shyD30l8uNT
What is the PURPOSE of doing good? • The purpose of doing good and sharing what we have is to turn conversations and attention to God; and to please him, who has done the greatest good for us at the highest cost to himself. Every time we sacrifice to do good we proclaim the Gospel message with our lives and open the door to then proclaim with our words the Message that empowers us to share freely with our neighbors. • Take a listen to this week’s sermon to learn what it means to do good and how to do it! Link in bio. • www.mercyhouse365.org/sermons • Artwork by @mackenzi_lee_. • • • #faithandpractice #faithinaction #hebrews #gospel

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