Brick Lane Community Church

Join us for worship! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbA21L4NGow 2/8/2026 Worship Service & Sermon from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA. Worship Leader: Matt Griffith Speaker: Dave Royes (Senior Pastor) Title: If That Should Be God’s Will Scripture: 1 Peter 3:17-4:1 Outline: “A wonderful text is this, and a more obscure passage perhaps than any other in the Testament, so that I do not know for a certainty just what Peter means. . . . I cannot understand and I cannot explain it. And there has been no one who has explained it” ~ Martin Luther 1. A Better Way to Suffer 2. A Living Proof in Jesus 3. A Mature Way to Think For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God's will, than for doing evil. For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit, in which he went and proclaimed to the spirits in prison, because they formerly did...

Join us for worship! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twKyJsF3uJg 1/4/26 Worship Service and Sermon from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA. Worship Leader: Dawson Estes Speaker: Dave Royes Title: A Most Played Psalm Scripture: Psalm 110 The LORD says to my Lord: "Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool." The LORD sends forth from Zion your mighty scepter. Rule in the midst of your enemies! Your people will offer themselves freely on the day of your power, in holy garments; from the womb of the morning, the dew of your youth will be yours. The LORD has sworn and will not change his mind, "You are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek." The Lord is at your right hand; he will shatter kings on the day of his wrath. He will execute judgment among the nations, filling them with corpses; he will shatter chiefs over the wide earth. He will drink from the brook by the way; therefore he will lift up his head. Notes: 1....

Join us for worship! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtXe0rhOoUI 5/11/25 Worship Service & Sermon from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA. Scripture: Mark 10:13-16 Title: Jesus & the Children Worship Leader: Dave Stoltzfus Speaker: Steve Estes NIV: People were bringing little children to Jesus to have him touch them, but the disciples rebuked them. When Jesus saw this, he was indignant. He said to them, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it." And he took the children in his arms, put his hands on them and blessed them. ESV: And they were bringing little children to him that he might touch them, and the disciples rebuked them. But when Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them, "Let the little children come to me; do not hinder them, for to such belongs the k...

Join us for worship! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuBJ9E7vzkQ #bricklanecommunitychurch #bricklanechurch #elverson #pennsylvania #worship #sermon 4/27/25 Worship Service & Sermon from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA. Scripture: John 9 Title: Eye-Opening Light: Seeing Through Shame Worship Leader: Matt Griffith Speaker: Dave Royes Notes: 1. Intro: "What's your story?" 2. Main point 3. The reasons for shame A. Our own sin B. The sins of others C. God's work 4. The redemption displayed A. Jesus cleanses him B. Jesus exhibits him C. Jesus shepherds him 5. The reversal of sight #blind #shame #Jesus

Join us for Easter Service! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aviYMANvVUQ 4/20/25 Easter Service from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA. Scripture: John 20:1-18 Title: When Weeping Gives Way to Witness Worship Leader: Randy Hepler Speaker: David Royes Notes: 1. Main Idea 2. Wondering about Truth A. The tomb provokes questions B. The Scripture speaks 3. Weeping that Turns A. Jesus is The Resurrection B. Jesus is The Good Shepherd C. Jesus is The Way to The Father 4. Witnessing to Triumph #Jesus #resurrection #marymagdalene #bricklanecommunitychurch #elverson #pennsylvania #easter #eastersunday #easterservice

Join us for worship! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpFONTU_eLc 4/13/25 Worship Service & Sermon from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA. Scripture: John 3:1-21 Title: Eye-Opening Light: Seeing at Night Speaker: David Royes Notes: 1. Main point 2. A Religious Man (with a hidden problem) A. A man with wealth and influence B. A man with spiritual curiosity, but cultural hindrance 3. The Triune God (with an unbelievable plan) A. The Spirit gives life B. The Son is lifted C. The Father loved 4. All people (with ultimate beliefs) A. Whoever B. Response to the Light C. Empty living vs. eternal living #bornagain #eternalliving #Jesus #nicodemus #bricklanecommunitychurch #bricklanechurch #elverson #pennsylvania #worship #sermon

Join us for worship! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0zHIPXuHTw 3/16/25 Worship Service & Sermon from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA Scripture: John 2:1-11 Title: Eye-opening Light: Seeing His Signs Speaker: Dave Royes Notes: 1. Introduction A. A crisis at a wedding B. Why did John include this in his gospel? C. The main point 2. The revealing crisis A. Why a wedding? B. What the crisis mirrors 3. The foretaste sign A. Why Jesus said what He said B. Jesus brings purification to its pinnacle C. Jesus shields us from our shame D. Jesus sets enjoyment in eternity 4. The hour approaching A. The shadow cast over the gospel of John 5. The response of faith A. The response to the miracle B. Do you perceive Jesus for who He is? C. Train yourself, Christian, to let go of lesser joys "How soon do earthly lovers come to an end of their discoveries of each other's beaut...

Join us for worship! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Upqj66caaXY 12/22/24 Worship Service & Sermon from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA. Scripture: Luke 1:26-38 Title: An Angel, A Virgin Speaker: Steve Estes Worship Leader: TJ Waldy 26 In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, 27 to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. 28 The angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.” 29 Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. 30 But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God. 31 You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus. 32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, 33 and he will reign over Jacob’s descendants for...

Join us for worship! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SS9FqgDjzLQ 12/15/24 Worship Service & Sermon from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA. Scripture: Galatians 4:4-5 Title: When the Time Has Fully Come Worship Leader: Luke Stoltzfus Speaker: Steve Estes NIV: But when the time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under law, to redeem those under law, that we might receive the full rights of sons. ESV: But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. Notes: 1. "When the time had fully come, GOD sent his Son" A. The Father behind the Christmas story B. God moved toward us 2. "When the time had fully come, God sent his SON" A. Doctrine of the Holy Trinity B. Relationship of love C. Relationship of likeness D. The self-existent Son 3. "When the time...

Join us for worship! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niS0IaqoLcU 12/1/24 Worship Service & Sermon from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA. Sermon: Matt Carter Worship Leader: Randy Hepler Scripture: Matthew 1:1-18 Title: A Covenant-keeping Advent Speaker: Matt Carter Worship Leader: Randy Hepler Notes: 1. A Gospel built on two covenants A. Davidic covenant B. Abrahamic covenant 2. Grafted to Jesus' Family tree 3. God's faithfulness through generations A. Famous and kingdom-advancing generations B. Invisible generations C. Foreign generations D. Scandalous generations E. Generations of division and exile F. Generations in which kingship has vanished G. The final generation 4. Two takeaways from our time in Matthew 1 #Jesus #david #abraham #covenant #generations #bricklanecommunitychurch #bricklanechurch #elverson #pennsylvania #worship #sermon

Join us for worship! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9NiaXu9olg 3/12/2023 Worship Livestream from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA. Worship Leader: Steve Boyer Speaker: Steve Estes Scripture: Matthew 17:9-13 Title: Elijah Comes First As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus instructed them, "Don't tell anyone what you have seen, until the Son of Man has been raised from the dead." The disciples asked him, "Why then do the teachers of the law say that Elijah must come first?" Jesus replied, "To be sure, Elijah comes and will restore all things. But I tell you, Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but have done to him everything they wished. In the same way the Son of Man is going to suffer at their hands." Then the disciples understood that he was talking to them about John the Baptist. Notes: 1. The hard thing Jesus commanded 2. The problems raised by His words (Malachi 4:5-6) A. Malachi predi...