Brick Lane Community Church

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! Worship Leader: Matt Griffith Speaker: Dave Royes Title: Wisdom Goes To Church Scripture: Ecclesiastes 5:1-7 Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. To draw near to listen is better than to offer the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they are doing evil. Be not rash with your mouth, nor let your heart be hasty to utter a word before God, for God is in heaven and you are on earth. Therefore let your words be few. For a dream comes with much business, and a fool's voice with many words. When you vow a vow to God, do not delay in paying it, for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay what you vow. It is better that you should not vow than that you should vow and not pay. Let not your mouth lead you into sin, and do not say before the messenger that it was a mistake. Why should God be angry at your voice and destroy the work of your hands? For when dreams increase and words grow many, there is vanity; but God is the one you must fear....

Join us for worship! 5/3/2026 Sunday Service from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA. Worship Leader: Matt Griffith Speaker: Dave Royes Scripture: Ecclesiastes 3:1-15 Title: A Matter of Time and Eternity For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace. What gain has the worker from his toil? I have seen the business that God has given to the childr...

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...

10/19/25 Worship Service and Sermon from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA. Scripture: Genesis 32:27-32 Speaker: Rich Goswiller (Elder) Worship Leader: Matt Griffith Sermon Title: Jacob's Encounter With God The same night he arose and took his two wives, his two female servants, and his eleven children, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. He took them and sent them across the stream, and everything else that he had. And Jacob was left alone. And a man wrestled with him until the breaking of the day. When the man saw that he did not prevail against Jacob, he touched his hip socket, and Jacob's hip was put out of joint as he wrestled with him. Then he said, "Let me go, for the day has broken." But Jacob said, "I will not let you go unless you bless me." And he said to him, "What is your name?" And he said, "Jacob." Then he said, "Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, for you have striven with God...

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 worship! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ME-mUm99ve0 2/2/25 Worship Service & Sermon from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA. Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 Title: Love: Graces Better Than Gifts Worship Leader: Matt Griffith Speaker: Steve Estes If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing. Notes: 1. Introduction A. Challenges facing the earliest Christians B. How God equipped them 2. Love is more important than gifted speaking and teaching A. The gift of tongues B. The problem C. The application 3. Love is much more important than mere religious activity A. "If I have ...

Join us for worship! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPeXYsdC3JU 11/10/2024 Worship Service & Sermon from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA Worship Leader: Matt Griffith Speaker: Steve Estes Scripture: 2 Kings 15:8-31 Title: Anarchy in the Northern Kingdom: Zechariah to Pekah Notes: 1. The sad political story A. Two weeks ago--41 years of prosperity B. Today--21 years of anarchy 2. The bloody succession of kings A. Zechariah (6 months) B. Shallum (1 month) C. Menahem (10 years) D. Pekahiah (2 years) 3. Pekah's reign and fall A. The darkening night B. The prophesied Light 4. What sin destroyed this nation? A. The sin that stands out B. Jesus on personal responsibility* * As you study the Bible, remember that Scripture interprets Scripture #zechariah #shallum #menahem #pekahiah #pekah #samaria #assyria #bricklanecommunitychurch #bricklanechurch #elverson #pennsylvania #worship #sermon

Join us for worship! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOvAbBo2mJY 7/14/2024 Worship Service & Sermon from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA Scripture: 1 Kings 21:1-29 Title: Naboth's Vineyard Worship Leader: Matt Griffith Pastor: Steve Estes Notes: 1. The exchange between Ahab and Naboth A. Ahab's offer B. Naboth's refusal 2. Back at the palace A. Ahab sulks in his room B. Jezebel promises a solution 3. Jezebel's murderous scheme A. The letters B. Who was blasphemed: Jehovah or Baal? C. The trial and the verdict D. Ahab takes possession 4. The exchange between Elijah and Ahab A. Elijah confronts Ahab in the vineyard B. Jehovah's verdict on Ahab and Jezebel 5. God's amazing grace A. Ahab's change 6. Lessons A. Naboth is a picture of the lot of God's people B. Such injustice is often inflicted by the government C. God's servants mu...

Join us for Easter Service! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avXG3GStD4U 3/31/2024 Easter Service from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA. Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:20-23 Title: Adam, Christ, Easter, and You Worship Leader: Matt Griffith Speaker: Steve Estes NIV: If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are to be pitied more than all men. But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. But each in his own turn: Christ, the firstfruits; then, when he comes, those who belong to him. ESV: If in Christ we have hope in this life only, we are of all people most to be pitied. But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. For as by a man came death, by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead. For as all...

Join us for worship! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWKO-7EBKBo 1/21/2024 Worship Service and Sermon from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA. Worship Leader: Matt Griffith Speaker: Steve Estes Scripture: 1 Kings 11:9-13, 2 Samuel 7:1-17 Title: God will build a house for David Notes: 1. Human reason can lead godly leaders down the wrong path 2. God is surprisingly humble A. God has gladly gone without a temple for a long time B. In this sense, God is not like other "gods" 3. God is kind and full of grace A. He reminds David of His past grace and kindness B. He promises David future grace and kindness C. He promises David a dynasty D. Why is God kind to David and his dynasty? 4. God promises that David's dynasty will be unending A. Death will not annul this promise B. Sin cannot destroy the promise C. Time will not exhaust the promise #bricklanecommunitychurch #bricklanechurch #elverson #pen...

Join us for worship! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtuuS2IlhdM 11/12/2023 Worship Service and Sermon from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA. Worship Leader: Matt Griffith Speaker: Steve Estes, Senior Pastor Scripture: Hebrews 11:28-29 Title: Moses' Faith Rescues Others By faith [Moses] kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch the firstborn of Israel. By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to do so, they were drowned. Notes: 1. The Israelites believed the warning that judgement was coming A. Punishing plagues 2. The Israelites believed Moses' directions to escape the tenth plague A. Only one method of salvation was given B. The people obeyed C. That dreadful night 3. Crossing the Red Sea A. 600,000 freed men and their families march out of Egypt B. God leads them south C. Pharaoh goes after them ...

1/9/2022 Worship Service and Sermon from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA. Worship Leader: Matt Griffith Speaker: David Royes Title: A Most Unlikely Repentance Scripture: Jonah 3 1. A Recommissioned Prophet * Highlight’s God’s perfect patience 2. A Repentant People a. Their repentance is Godward b. Their repentance is sincere c. Their repentance is comprehensive 3. A Relenting God JONAH 3 (ESV) 1 Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah the second time, saying, 2 “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it the message that I tell you.” 3 So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, three days' journey in breadth. 4 Jonah began to go into the city, going a day's journey. And he called out, “Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!” 5 And the people of Nineveh believed God. They called for a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of ...

Today's meditation is from Matt and Bridget Griffith. 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

7/12/2020 Worship Service and Sermon from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, Pennsylvania. Today's worship service is lead by Matt Griffith, follow by a sermon from Pastor Steve Estes. Title: Troubled But Triumphant Scripture: 2 Corinthians 2:12-16 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-sermon

5/17/2020 Worship Service and Sermon from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, Pennsylvania. Today's worship service is lead by Matt Griffith and is followed by a sermon from Pastor Steve Estes. Title: Good Things Ahead for Zion - Part B Scripture: Isaiah 61:10-11 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

Today's meditation is from Matt Griffith. 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