Brick Lane Community Church

Join us for Worship! 7/19/26 Sunday Service from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA. Worship Leader: Luke Stoltzfus Speaker: Dave Royes Title: Fearing God in Crooked Days Scripture: Ecclesiastes 7:13-18 1. God controls what is crooked 2. God decrees every day 3. God preserves His people. #bricklanecommunitychurch #bricklanechurch #elverson #pennsylvania #worship #sermon #ecclesiastes #daveroyes #lukestoltzfus #fearingGod To connect with Brick Lane, visit our website at: https://www.brick52.org/ For more biblical teaching, you can also listen to audio sermons at: https://www.brick52.org/audio-sermons

Join us for Worship! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMpReQ-_7-w 7/12/26 Sunday Service from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA. Worship Leader: Matt Griffith Speaker: Dave Royes Title: Listening for Your Long-Term Joy Scripture: Ecclesiastes 7:5-6 1. The way that wisdom comes 2. The strategy of fools 3. Where wisdom leads It is better for a man to hear the rebuke of the wise than to hear the song of fools. For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fools; this also is vanity. Notes: Main Point: Listening to correction is how you labor for your own joy 1. Introduction A. Made-up words B. Main point 2. The way that wisdom comes A. An unexpected confrontation with reality B. How do we respond to correction? 3. The strategy of fools A. Their song is amusement B. Their song is temporary 4. Where wisdom leads A. The destinations of the penitent and the fools 5. Applications "Besides ...

Join us for worship! Join us for Worship! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIaszn0rNq4 7/5/26 Sunday Service from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA. Worship Leader: John Sletta Speaker: Mark Estes Scripture: Ecclesiastes 7:2-4 Title: A Pocketful of Paradoxes It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting, for this is the end of all mankind, and the living will lay it to heart. Sorrow is better than laughter, for by sadness of face the heart is made glad. The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth. Notes: 1. Ecclesiastes = a commentary on Genesis 3 A. Description of life in a broken world B. Without a right view of God, life is vanity C. Ecclesiastes = one big paradox i. The seemingly negative message drives us to Christ D. Chapter 7 = a pocketful of paradoxes 2. We learn a lot about life by thinking about death A. Matthew Henry: ...

Join us for worship! 6/28/26 Sunday Service from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA. Worship Leader: Tyler Estes Speaker: Dave Royes Title: How to Live in the Fear of God Scripture: Ecclesiastes 6:10-7:29 Whatever has come to be has already been named, and it is known what man is, and that he is not able to dispute with one stronger than he. The more words, the more vanity, and what is the advantage to man? For who knows what is good for man while he lives the few days of his vain life, which he passes like a shadow? For who can tell man what will be after him under the sun? A good name is better than precious ointment, and the day of death than the day of birth. It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting, for this is the end of all mankind, and the living will lay it to heart. Sorrow is better than laughter, for by sadness of face the heart is made glad. The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the h...

Join us for worship! 6/14/26 Sunday Service from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA. Worship Leader: Dave Dailey Speaker: Dave Royes Title: Troubled Waters Under The Sun Scripture: Ecclesiastes 6:1-9 There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it lies heavy on mankind: a man to whom God gives wealth, possessions, and honor, so that he lacks nothing of all that he desires, yet God does not give him power to enjoy them, but a stranger enjoys them. This is vanity; it is a grievous evil. If a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul is not satisfied with life's good things, and he also has no burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he. For it has not seen the sun or known anything, yet if finds rest rather than he. Even though he should live a thousand years twice over, yet enjoy no good--do not all go to the one place? All the toil of man is for his mouth, yet his appetite is n...

Join us for worship! 6/14/26 Sunday Service from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA. Worship Leader: Matt Lambert Speaker: Dave Royes Title: When Riches Hurt Scripture: Ecclesiastes 5:8-20 Notes: Your greatest gain is gladness in the grace of God 1. Introduction A. The Preacher's insightful observation B. The message of the passage 2. Money is an oppressive god A. The power that comes with wealth B. The deception and dissatisfaction of wealth C. There is nothing new under the sun 3. Money cannot truly be gained A. His riches were lost quickly B. He takes nothing out of life C. He incurred other costs 4. Money is a gift that points to true joy A. Pursuing grace instead of gain B. God gives us the grace to enjoy His gifts 5. Applications "But godliness with contentment is great gain, for we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of the world...As for the rich in t...