Christ Presbyterian Church (PCA)

Month: June 2015

  • Order of Worship – June 28 2015

    ORDER OF WORSHIP
    June 28, 2015

    Call to Worship: Revelation 3:20-22

    Confession of Faith: 2 Timothy 2:11-13

    The saying is trustworthy, for: If we have died with him, we will also live with him; if we endure, we will also reign with him; if we deny him, he also will deny us; if we are faithless, he remains faithful—Amen.

    Prayer of Adoration:

    Old Testament Lesson: Lamentations 3:22-32

    Corporate Confession of Sin:

    O Holy Father, if Your mercy had bounds, where would be my refuge from just wrath? But Your love in Christ is without measure. Thus, I present myself to You with sins of commission and omission, against You, my Father; against You, adorable Redeemer; against You and Your strivings, O Holy Spirit; against the dictates of my conscience; against the precepts of Your Word; against my neighbors and myself. But I bless You that the finished work of Jesus needs no addition from my deeds, that His sacrifice is sufficient satisfaction for my sins. If future days be mine, help me to amend my life, to hate and abhor evil, to flee the sins I confess. O help me to set an upright example that will ever rebuke vice, allure to good- ness, and evidence that lovely are the ways of Christ. Amen.

    Assurance of Pardon: Hebrews 10:17

    Song: O The Deep, Deep Love of Jesus Hymn 535 v.1-3
    Song: Wonderful, Merciful Savior CCLI# 106879

    Wonderful, merciful Savior, precious redeemer and friend
    Who would have thought that a lamb could rescue the souls of men?
    Oh you rescue the souls of men
    Counselor, comforter, keeper, Spirit we long to embrace
    You offer hope when our hearts have hopelessly lost their way
    Oh we hopelessly lost the way

    CHORUS: You are the One that we praise, you are the One we adore
    You give the healing and grace our hearts always hunger for,
    Oh our hearts always hunger for

    Almighty infinite Father, faithfully loving your own
    Here in our weakness you find us falling before your throne,
    Oh we’re falling before your throne

    New Testament Lesson: 2 Corinthians 10:1-5

    Song: Be Unto Your Name CCLI# 2177476

    We are a moment, You are forever, Lord of the Ages, God before time
    We are a vapor, You are eternal, Love everlasting, reigning on high

    Holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, Worthy is the lamb who was slain
    Highest praises, honor and glory, Be unto Your name, be unto Your name

    We are the broken, You are the healer, Jesus, Redeemer, mighty to save
    You are the love song we’ll sing forever, Bowing before You, blessing Your name

    Scripture Reading and Prayer for the Church:
    Fred Fohrell, Ruling Elder Romans 13

    Preaching of the Word: Rev. Jeff Hamm
    John 1:1,14

    Communion*:

    Song: Oh Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go Hymn No 708, v,1, 3-4

    Benediction:

    *Professing and baptized members in good standing of a Church in which Jesus Christ is proclaimed as Lord and Savior are warmly invited to join us in the celebration of the Lord’s Supper.

    ANNOUNCEMENTS

    Guests: Welcome to Christ Presbyterian Church. We want to thank you for joining us for worship! If this is your first time visiting our church, please fill out a visitor card and place it in the offerings box at the back of the sanctuary. We’d like to send you some info about our church and our ministries. Also, if you have any needs or would like additional information, please see one of the elders or deacons, or send an email to christprespca@gmail.com.

    Children’s Ministry: Families, please join us for summer playdates throughout June, July and August! The next outing is Monday, July 15th (lunch at the Botanical Gardens). Check the church calendar/website for days and times or email Ashley at aoturnbull@gmail.com for more information. A reminder email will go out the week of the event with details.

    Women’s Ministry: Please join us as we gather for fellowship with one of our visiting missionaries, Rita Williams, on Sunday, July 12th at 9:15 am. We will hear from Rita on their work and ministry and enjoy light snacks. Please see Judi Fikes for more information.

    CARE Center: This summer we again have the opportunity to participate in providing school supplies to local Owens Cross Roads and New Hope students through the CARE Center. This is a ministry that gives neighbor children the school supplies they need to have a successful school year. If you’re interested in providing these supplies, please contact Joe Sims at jodon4922@bellsouth.net, or sign up at the table in the narthex. Today is the last Sunday to sign up.

    Calendar/Other Announcements: As always, check the website www.christpreshamptoncove.org for additional news and events.

     

    PRAYER REQUESTS

    Healing: Please pray for the health of the following individuals: Elizabeth Holton, Janet Chou, Ramona Edwards, Nancy Bright, Katie Brown, and Billy Cranford.

    Expecting/adopting parents: Please pray for the Johnson, Matheny, and Stanford families as they prepare to expand.

    Ministries: Please pray for the following missionaries and ministries: Seth and Jessica Lewis (Ireland); Steve and Rita Williams (New Zealand); Reid and Kelli Jones (RUF UAH); Roy and Emily Hubbard (RUF Alabama A&M); Ken and Angie Burnett (FCA)

  • Announcements – June 26 2015

    Church Family,

     

    This coming Lord’s Day we will welcome Rev. Jeff Hamm to our pulpit. As you know, Jeff is a Teaching Elder in the PCA, and his wife Kelly and their children are members of our Church. Jeff has pastored PCA Churches in Mississippi and in Alabama, and most recently at the First Presbyterian Church of Greenville, Alabama where he faithfully served for ten years. He is a graduate of Reformed Theological Seminary and is currently pursuing a PhD at the University of Edinburg in Scotland. The text for Jeff’s message is John 1:1, 14. Please pray for him as he comes to deliver God’s Word.

  • Order of Worship – June 21 2015

    ORDER OF WORSHIP
    June 21, 2015
    Call to Worship: Psalm 143

    Pastor: Hear my prayer, O Lord; give ear to my pleas for mercy! In your faithfulness answer me, in your righteousness!
    People: Enter not into judgment with your servant, for no one living is righteous before you.
    Pastor: For the enemy has pursued my soul; he has crushed my life to the ground; he has made me sit in darkness like those long dead.
    People: Therefore my spirit faints within me; my heart within me is appalled.
    Pastor: I stretch out my hands to you; my soul thirsts for you like a parched land.
    People: Answer me quickly, O Lord! My spirit fails!
    Pastor: Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love, for in you I trust.
    All: Deliver me from my enemies, O Lord! I have fled to you for refuge.

    Confession of Faith: The Apostles’ Creed

    I believe in God the Father, Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth: And in Jesus Christ, his only begotten Son, our Lord: Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary: Suffered under Pontius Pilate; was crucified, dead and buried: He descended into hell: The third day he rose again from the dead: He ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty: From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost: The holy universal church: The communion of saints: The forgiveness of sins: The resurrection of the body: And the life everlasting. Amen.
    Prayer of Adoration:

    Old Testament Lesson: Job 38:1-11

    Corporate Confession of Sin:

    Almighty God, rich in mercy to all those who call upon You, hear us as we come to You humbly confessing our sins and transgressions, and imploring Your mercy and forgiveness. We have broken Your holy laws by our deeds and by our words, and by the sinful affections of our hearts. We confess before You our disobedience and ingratitude, our pride and willfulness, and all our failures and shortcomings toward You and toward our fellow men. Have mercy upon us, most merciful Father, and of Your great goodness grant that we may hereafter serve and please You in new- ness of life; through the merit and mediation of Jesus Christ our Lord.

    Assurance of Pardon: Colossians 1:22

    Song: O For A Thousand Tongues To Sing Hymn 164 v.1-4

    Song: In the Shadow of the Glorious Cross CCLI #5133895

    In the shadow of the glorious cross, compelled by grace to cast my lot
    I’ll discard the loss and bare your name, forsaking all for your own fame.

    Your hymn of grace sung over me, abounding forth in glorious streams
    My thirst is quenched by you my Lord, sustained am I, redeemed, restored
    Sustained am I, redeemed, restored

    CHORUS: Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

    When death’s dark shadow’s at my feet, when I am plagued by unbelief
    You place my hands into your side, by precious blood identified
    By precious blood identified

    These crowns I’ve clenched with fisted hands, I cast the down before the throne
    Of Christ my God, the worthy lamb, Christ crucified, the Great I AM
    Christ crucified, the Great I AM, Christ crucified, the Great I AM

    New Testament Lesson: Mark 4:31-35

    Song of Response: The Precious Blood CCLI# 4804297

    Before the cross I kneel and see the measure of my sin
    How You became a curse for me though You were innocent
    The magnitude of Your great love Was shown in full degree
    When righteous blood, the crimson spill rained down from Calvary

    CHORUS
    Oh, the precious blood that flowed from Mercy’s side
    Washed away my sin when Christ my Savior died
    Oh, the precious blood of Christ the crucified
    It speaks for me before Your throne where I stand justified

    And who am I that I should know this treasure of such worth
    My Savior’s pure atoning blood shed for the wrath I’d earned
    For sin has stained my every deed my every word and thought
    What wondrous love that makes me one your priceless blood has bought

    Scripture Reading and Prayer for the Church:
    Fred Fohrell, Ruling Elder Romans 12

    Preaching of the Word: Chaplain Rev. Bob Owen, Colonel, US Army
    “Identity Trumps All: Answering ‘These Things’ By Faith” Rom 8:31-39

    Communion:

    Song: Man of Sorrows, What a Name Hymn 246 v.1-5

    Benediction:

    ANNOUNCEMENTS

    Guests: Welcome to Christ Presbyterian Church. We want to thank you for joining us for worship! If this is your first time visiting our church, please fill out a visitor card and place it in the offerings box at the back of the sanctuary. We’d like to send you some info about our church and our ministries. Also, if you have any needs or would like additional information, please see one of the elders or deacons, or send an email to christprespca@gmail.com.

    Children’s Ministry: Families, please join us for summer playdates throughout June, July and August! The next outing is Friday, June 26th (field trip to Cathedral Caverns). Check the church calendar/website for days and times or email Ashley at aoturnbull@gmail.com for more information. A reminder email will go out the week of the event with details.

    Women’s Ministry: Please join us as we gather for fellowship with one of our visiting missionaries, Rita Williams, on Sunday, July 12th at 9:15 am. We will hear from Rita on their work and ministry and enjoy light snacks. Please see Judi Fikes for more information.

    CARE Center: This summer we again have the opportunity to participate in providing school supplies to local Owens Cross Roads and New Hope students through the CARE Center. This is a ministry that gives neighbor children the school supplies they need to have a successful school year. If you’re interested in providing these supplies, please contact Joe Sims at jodon4922@bellsouth.net, or sign up at the table in the narthex.

    Calendar/Other Announcements: As always, check the website www.christpreshamptoncove.org for additional news and events.

     

    PRAYER REQUESTS

    Healing: Please pray for the health of the following individuals: Elizabeth Holton, Bill Cowley, Janet Chou, Ramona Edwards, Nancy Bright, Mitzi Cowley, Katie Brown, John Baxter, and Billy Cranford.

    Expecting/adopting parents: Please pray for the Johnson, Matheny, and Stanford families as they prepare to expand.

    Ministries: Please pray for the following missionaries and ministries: Seth and Jessica Lewis (Ireland); Steve and Rita Williams (New Zealand); Reid and Kelli Jones (RUF UAH); Roy and Emily Hubbard (RUF Alabama A&M); Ken and Angie Burnett (FCA)

  • Announcements – June 19 2015

    Church Family,

    This coming Lord’s Day we welcome PCA Chaplain Rev. Bob Owen (Colonel US Army) to our pulpit to preach in Mike’s absence (see his bio below). Colonel Owen will be peaching a message entitled, “Identity Trumps All: Answering ‘These Things’ By Faith” from Romans 8:31-39. Please be in prayer for Bob as he comes to deliver God’s Word to us.

    The God Who REDEEMS: Our Identity in Christ

    Brothers and Sisters in the Lord,

    Romans 8 is one of those well-known passages of scripture that yet defies comprehensive exposition and understanding due to the depths and riches of what the Holy Spirit communicates to us about our triune God’s redemption through Christ.

    Last week, Pastor Mike took us to Exodus 19, at the foot of Mount Sinai to meet the God who IS, where we found God to be altogether DIFFERENT, HOLY, Set-apart, awe-inspiring and merciful. He concluded with both the reassuring and deeply challenging REALITY that God is NOT how we would have Him to be, BUT AS HE has revealed Himself to be: Holy, Just, full of BOTH wrath AND MERCY, showing HIS GREAT love for us by giving His One and ONLY SON. Remember what Mike reminded us? The justice and Mercy of God come together in the Love of Christ shown/demonstrated/displayed for us on the Cross.

    This LORD’s Day we will look to Romans 8 and find the GOD WHO REDEEMS via Paul’s wonderful exposition of our IDENTITY, INHERITANCE, and INTERCESSOR IN CHRIST. Some have suggested that the letter to the Roman Christians is the highpoint of Scripture and JI Packer has noted that if so, then Romans 8 is the highpoint of Romans! I was inspired by the majesty and HOPE, by the glories of God in this chapter WEEKS ago, hearing the simple and straightforward reading of it in worship by Ruling Elder Fred Fohrell. What a MESSAGE Christ’s Church must hear and embrace by faith, each and every generation! In Christ we have a new identity which transforms us not only into a new creation, people, and community, but an identity which includes us as adopted heirs of the glories and riches of His kingdom!

    This coming Lord’s Day morning we will continue to meet the God who is Holy AND Redeems. We will be reminded of His great salvation in Christ and our Adoption so that, by His grace, we cry out in faith, “If God is for us, who is against us? . . . in all these things, we are MORE than CONQUERORS through him who loved us.”
    As you pray for the preaching of the Word and prepare your heart for worship, prayerfully read over our text several times (include all of Romans 8 for context; also read Colossians 1:13-20 for a preview of some concluding applications).

    Pastor Mike Sightings? (He said he would ‘Disappear!’)

    As many of you may know, ministers in the PCA are encouraged to take off four weeks per year, as this is greatly beneficial for them and for the congregations they serve. Pray for Mike and his Family as they take a well-deserved and needed rest. Next week, June 28, Rev. Jeff Hamm (also a Teaching Elder in the PCA) will lead us in worship. Please pray for this dear brother as he prepares to lead our worship and deliver God’s Word in Mike’s absence.

    Introducing Chaplain Charles R. Owen, III

    Chaplain Charles Robert “Bob” Owen, III currently serves as the US Army Security Assistance Command (USASAC) chaplain, Redstone Arsenal, AL. He is a native of Alabama, born and raised in Montgomery. He attended Auburn University on a 4-year Army ROTC scholarship, graduating as a Distinguished Military Graduate in 1984. He earned a Regular Army commission as a Military Intelligence officer and served for eight years in a variety of operational, intelligence, Special Forces and strategic assignments before leaving active duty to attend Reformed Theological Seminary (RTS).

    Chaplain Owen met his wife Janet at Auburn University and they have been married 32 years. They have 9 children scattered throughout the Southeast (with 4 still at home), three grandchildren, and enjoy being closer to their mothers in AL, since moving to Huntsville in 2013 (the first time to live back home in Alabama in almost 30 years!).

    Bob earned a Master of Divinity from RTS-Jackson, and was ordained in 1995, answering the call to ministry as an active duty Army chaplain. In 2002, he earned a Master of Arts in Religious Studies, with a North Africa and Islam Concentration, from the University of Kansas. He also earned a Diploma from the Post Graduate Intelligence Program (PGIP) National Intelligence University/Defense Intelligence Agency in1989, and completed a post-graduate Fellowship at George Mason University in Conflict Analysis and Resolution, in 2013.

    In 1996, he began his service as an Army chaplain and served as Battalion Chaplain for the 503rd MP Battalion and the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group at Fort Bragg, NC. Next, while assigned to the 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks Hawaii, he served as the 3rd Squadron/4th Cavalry Regiment Squadron chaplain and the 25th Aviation Brigade chaplain from 2000 to 2002. From 2004-2007, Bob served three years as an instructor and faculty of the Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, developing curriculum and teaching US and international officers graduate courses on Culture, and Contemporary Islam.

    Beginning in 2007, Chaplain Owen served as the 5th US Army Corps Unit Ministry Team (UMT) operations and plans officer, transitioning to the USAREUR/7th Army UMT in 2008, serving as an operational Religious Support Team (RST) planner in the G3, Combined Operations and Intelligence Center until 2009. Bob’s last operational assignment was in a special operations organization as command chaplain from 2009-2012, where he provided combat religious support (RS) and supervised Unit Ministry Teams performing RS in Iraq and Afghanistan.

    CH Owen is a graduate of numerous military schools, most recently the United States Army War College Fellowship Program at George Mason University. His military awards and decorations include the Bronze Star Medal, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Joint Commendation Service Medal, Special Forces Tab, Master Parachutist Badge, and the Air Assault Badge.

  • Order of Worship – June 14 2015

    ORDER OF WORSHIP
    June 14, 2015

    Call to Worship: Dr. Michael Calvert, Teaching Elder
    Psalm 20:1-4

    Pastor: May the Lord answer you in the day of trouble! May the name of the God of Jacob protect you!
    People: May he send you help from the sanctuary and give you support from Zion!
    Pastor: May he remember all your offerings and regard with favor your burnt sacrifices! Selah
    People: May he grant you your heart’s desire and fulfill all your plans!

    Confession of Faith: The Westminster Confession of Faith
    Chapter 19 – Of the Law of God

    This law, after Adam fell, continued to be a perfect rule of righteousness and, as such, was given by God upon Mount Sinai in Ten Commandments written on two stone tablets. The first four commandments contain our duty to God, the other six our duty to man.
    Prayer of Adoration:

    Old Testament Lesson: Ezekiel 17:22-24

    Corporate Confession of Sin:

    Holy and merciful God, in Your presence we confess our sinfulness, our shortcomings, and our offenses against You. You alone know how often we have sinned in wandering from Your ways, in wasting Your gifts, in forgetting Your love. Have mercy on us, O Lord, for we are ashamed and sorry for all we have done to displease You. Forgive our sins, and help us to live in Your light and walk in Your ways, for the sake of Jesus Christ, our Savior.

    Assurance of Pardon:

    Song: I Sign the Almighty Power of God Hymn 119 v.1-3

    Song: We Shall Feast in the House of Zion CCLI #7041364

    CHORUS:
    We will feast in the house of Zion, we will sing with our hearts restored
    “He has done great things” we will say together
    we will feast and weep no more

    We will not be burned by the fire; He is the Lord our God
    We are not consumed by the flood; upheld, protected, gathered up

    In the dark of night before the dawn, my soul be not afraid
    For the promised morning, oh how long! O God of Jacob, be my strength

    Every vow we’ve broken and betrayed, You are the faithful One
    And from the garden to the grave, bind us together, bring shalom

    New Testament Lesson: Mark 4:26-34

    Song of Response: Sovereign CCLI #6453309

    Sovereign in the mountain air, Sovereign on the ocean floor
    With me in the calm, With me in the storm
    Sovereign in my greatest joy, Sovereign in my deepest cry
    With me in the dark, With me at the dawn

    CHORUS:
    In Your everlasting arms, all the pieces of my life
    From beginning to the end, I can trust You
    In Your never failing love, You work everything for good
    God whatever comes my way, I will trust You

    Scripture Reading and Prayer for the Church:
    Dr. Michael Calvert, Teaching Elder Romans 11:25-36

    Preaching of the Word: Dr. Michael Calvert, Teaching Elder
    “The Covenant With Moses, Part III” Exodus 19:16-25

    Communion*:

    Song: Nothing But the Blood Hymn 307 v.1-4

    Benediction:

    ANNOUNCEMENTS

    Guests: Welcome to Christ Presbyterian Church. We want to thank you for joining us for worship! If this is your first time visiting our church, please fill out a visitor card and place it in the offerings box at the back of the sanctuary. We’d like to send you some info about our church and our ministries. Also, if you have any needs or would like additional information, please see one of the elders or deacons, or send an email to christprespca@gmail.com.

    Children’s Ministry: Families, please join us for summer playdates throughout June, July and August! The next outing is Friday, June 26th (field trip to Cathedral Caverns). Check the church calendar/website for days and times or email Ashley at aoturnbull@gmail.com for more information. A reminder email will go out the week of the event with details.

    Women’s Summer Study: Please join us as we go through a 9-week long video/workbook study called Idol Addiction starting in July. Reserve a workbook and a spot in the group by emailing Ashley. Deadline is today, so that we can order materials in time to start our study. Check our website for a link to more information on Idol Addiction

    CARE Center: This summer we again have the opportunity to participate in providing school supplies to local Owens Cross Roads and New Hope students through the CARE Center. This is a ministry that gives neighbor children the school supplies they need to have a successful school year. If you’re interested in providing these supplies, please contact Joe Sims at jodon4922@bellsouth.net.

    Calendar/Other Announcements: As always, check the website www.christpreshamptoncove.org for additional news and events.

     

    PRAYER REQUESTS

    Healing: Please pray for the health of the following individuals: Elizabeth Holton, Bill Cowley, Janet Chou, Ramona Edwards, Nancy Bright, Luke and Harrison Townsley, Mitzi Cowley, and Billy Cranford.

    Expecting/adopting parents: Please pray for the Johnson, Matheny, and Stanford families as they prepare to expand.

    Ministries: Please pray for the following missionaries and ministries: Seth and Jessica Lewis (Ireland); Steve and Rita Williams (New Zealand); Reid and Kelli Jones (RUF UAH); Roy and Emily Hubbard (RUF Alabama A&M); Ken and Angie Burnett (FCA)

  • Announcements – June 12 2015

    Brothers and Sisters in the Lord,

    At some point in our lives we’ve all been in those conversations when the subject of religion comes up. Eventually the talk turns to address the nature and character of God. Someone in the conversation will typically begin a sentence this way: ‘I believe that God is __________.’ Or, ‘I just know in my heart that God would never ___________.’ Those blanks are filled in with all kinds of things, normally expressing our own expectations and preconceived notions about the divine.

    However, the veiled question on the table in such discussions is ‘What is God really like?’ And that’s obviously a huge thing to consider. But who among us has the definitive answer? Who is authorized to say what God is like, and to speak authoritatively about what He would or would not do?

    As Christians who affirm the full inspiration and sufficiency of the Scriptures, we open up our Bibles in order to discover the true nature and character of the awesome God who has saved us (not to mention beholding His handiwork in creation–Psalm 19). Rather than appealing to our own needs, subjective expectations, and preconceived ideas about God, we seek the truth He has revealed concerning Himself in His Word and, ultimately, in His Incarnate Son.

    Exodus 19:9-25 is one of those critical places in the Scripture where God has made Himself known to us in a most spectacular way. This divine self-disclosure occurs on Mount Sinai just before the Covenant people are given the Ten Commandments. What we read about Him here is breathtaking, awe-inspiring, and frankly disturbing. It shatters all of our ideas about Him, rewrites our theology, and leaves us in the dust calling for divine mercy!

    This coming Lord’s Day morning we will meet the God who is Holy. We will behold Him as He has seen fit to reveal Himself, not as we might want Him to be. And, quite strangely, by means of His grace we will be drawn in closer despite our appropriate apprehension.

    As you pray for the preaching of the Word and prepare your heart for worship, prayerfully read over our sermon text several times (as well as Hebrews 12:18-29 for the ‘New Covenant connection’).

    Pastor to Disappear

    Beginning this coming Monday (June 15 until June 29) I am going to ‘disappear’ for a little while. As many of you may know, ministers in the PCA are encouraged to take off four weeks per year, as this is greatly beneficial for them and for the congregations they serve. This year I’m going to take two of these weeks together here in June. Preaching in my place on June 21 will be Colonel Bob Owen (a PCA Teaching Elder and Chaplain with the US Army), and on June 28 will be Rev. Jeff Hamm (also a Teaching Elder in the PCA). Please pray for these dear brothers as they prepare to lead our worship and deliver God’s Word in my absence. And should a need arise while I’m away please contact one of our Ruling Elders or Mr. Jack Cooper our Administrator.

    I pray that you will all have a restful weekend, and I can’t wait to worship our Great God with you this Lord’s Day!

    I love you all so dearly,

    Mike

  • Order of Worship – June 7 2015

    ORDER OF WORSHIP
    June 7, 2015

    Call to Worship: Dr. Michael Calvert, Teaching Elder
    Isaiah 60:1-12,19,21

    Pastor: Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD has risen upon you.
    People: For behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and thick darkness the peoples; but the LORD will arise upon you, and His glory will be seen upon you.
    Pastor: The sun shall be no more your light by day, nor for brightness shall the moon give you light; but the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory.
    People: Your people shall all be righteous; they shall possess the land forever, the branch of My planting, the work of My hands, that I might be glorified.

    Prayer of Adoration:

    Old Testament Lesson: Genesis 3:8-15

    Confession of Faith: The Heidelberg Catechism

    Q 4. What does the Law of God require of us?

    A. Christ teaches us in sum, Matthew 22, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.”

    Q 5. Can you keep all this perfectly?

    A. No, for I am prone by nature to hate God and my neighbor

    Corporate Confession of Sin and Assurance of Pardon: Colossians 1:13-14

    He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

    Song: All Creatures of Our God and King Hymn 115 v.1-2,5

    Song: To Thee I Come CCLI #5445851

    To thee I come, a sinner poor, and wait for mercy at thy door
    Indeed I’ve nowhere else to flee, Oh God be merciful to me!
    To thee I come, a sinner weak, and scarce know how to pray or speak
    From fear and weakness set me free, Oh God be merciful to me!

    To thee I come, a sinner vile, upon me Lord vouchsafe to smile
    Mercy through blood, I make my plea, Oh God be merciful to me!
    To thee I come, a sinner great, and well thou knowest all my state
    Yet full forgiveness is with thee, Oh God be merciful to me!

    To thee I come, a sinner lost, nor have I aught wherein to trust
    But where thou art, Lord I would be, Oh God be merciful to me!
    To glory bring me Lord at last, and then when all my sins are passed
    With all the saints, I’ll then agree, Oh God was merciful to me!
    Oh God was merciful to me!

    New Testament Lesson: 2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1

    Song of Response: Be Thou My Vision Hymn 642 v.1-2,4-5

    Scripture Reading and Prayer for the Church:
    Dr. Michael Calvert, Teaching Elder Romans 11:1-24

    Preaching of the Word: Dr. Michael Calvert, Teaching Elder
    “The Covenant With Moses, Part II” Exodus 19:5-8

    Communion*:

    Song: Holy, Holy, Holy Hymn 100 v.1-4

    Benediction:

    Professing and baptized members in good standing of a Church in which Jesus Christ is proclaimed as Lord and Savior are warmly invited to join with us in the celebration of the Lord’s Supper.

    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    Guests: Welcome to Christ Presbyterian Church. We want to thank you for joining us for worship! If this is your first time visiting our church, please fill out a visitor card and place it in the offerings box at the back of the sanctuary. We’d like to send you some info about our church and our ministries. Also, if you have any needs or would like additional information, please see one of the elders or deacons, or send an email to christprespca@gmail.com.
    Children’s Ministry: Families, please join us for summer playdates throughout June, July and August! June fellowships are Friday, June 12th (swim at Hidden Lake pool) and Friday, June 26th (field trip to Cathedral Caverns). Check the church calendar/website for days and times or email Ashley at aoturnbull@gmail.com for more information. A reminder email will go out the week of the event with details.
    Women’s Summer Study: Please join us as we go through a 9-week long video/workbook study called Idol Addiction starting in July. Reserve a workbook and a spot in the group by emailing Ashley. Deadline is Sunday, June 14th, so that we can order materials in time to start our study. Check our website for a link to more information on Idol Addiction
    Birth: Andrew and Linley Roberts would like to announce the birth of their daughter, Evelyn Reese. Linley and Evelyn are doing well. Please pray for this family, and talk to Erica McNeese if you would like to provide the Roberts with a meal.
    Calendar/Other Announcements: As always, check the website www.christpreshamptoncove.org for additional news and events.

    PRAYER REQUESTS
    Healing: Please pray for the health of the following individuals: Elizabeth Holton, Bill Cowley, Janet Chou, Ramona Edwards, Nancy Bright, Luke and Harrison Townsley, Mitzi Cowley, and Billy Cranford.
    Expecting/adopting parents: Please pray for the Johnson, Matheny, and Stanford families as they prepare to expand.
    Ministries: Please pray for the following missionaries and ministries: Seth and Jessica Lewis (Ireland); Steve and Rita Williams (New Zealand); Reid and Kelli Jones (RUF UAH); Roy and Emily Hubbard (RUF Alabama A&M); Franky Garcia (RUF University of Central Florida); Ken and Angie Burnett (FCA)

  • Announcement – Women’s Summer Bible Study

    Ladies,

    I am super excited to announce that we are planning a summer bible study so that we can stay in the Word and in fellowship throughout the long, hot months coming up! This study will begin in July and run through August.

    What? A summer bible study for Christ Pres women (and guests)

    When? Mondays at 7 p.m.

    Idol Addiction

    Facing your false gods and restoring your sanity with the gospel you thought you knew.

    “I don’t really understand myself, for I want to do what is right, but I don’t do it. Instead I do what I hate.” – The Apostle Paul

    We may not bow to golden statues but we are idolaters. An idol is anything we turn toward to make life work apart from God and we all have one (or more). Approval, family and career are among the host of false gods we look to for our security and satisfaction. Rather than freeing us, these idols drive us to anxiety, control, anger and countless other sins that erode our connection with God and one another. Like Paul, we don’t do what we truly desire and do what we despise. We are addicts, returning repeatedly to the fruitless means we use to attempt to please our idols and numb our pain; thwarting our heart’s desire by grasping for it on our own. We don’t need a ‘little help” to break this crazy cycle. We need an all-out rescue from the God who not only saves but satisfies. This is for all of us not just the alcoholic, work-aholic or codependent. Come along as we identify together our individual idols, confront our personal powerlessness to overcome them and discover how the life we’re yearning for is right inside the gospel we thought we knew.

    Bible study will consist of a 45 minute video teaching by author Julie Sparkman, followed by a 25-30 minute group discussion of the material and prayer time (related to the material). Each week, there is a one page homework assignment with scripture and a few diagnostic questions for discussion.

    Group will be facilitated by Ashley Turnbull.

    Click HERE for more information.

  • Announcements – June 5 2015

    What’s Law Got To Do With It?

    Dear Brothers and Sisters in our Lord Jesus Christ,

    Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) once wrote that there are few things within the Christian life that are as frustratingly complex and difficult as understanding the rightful place of the Law in the life of the believer in Christ:

    “There is perhaps no part of divinity [Christian doctrine] attended with so much intricacy, and wherein orthodox divines [theologians] do so much differ as stating the precise agreement and difference between the two dispensations of Moses and Christ” (From his Inquiry Concerning the Qualifications for Communion).

    In other words, even a massive Christian intellect like Edwards struggled at times to understand the exact relationship between the Law of Moses and the Gospel of our Lord and Savior. This struggle for understanding has historically resulted in two extreme and disparate views of Law and Grace. Some believe that the Law of God has been totally abrogated in Christ to such a point that there is little, if any, use for it at all. The technical name for this view is antinomianism–or literally, ‘against-the-Law-ism.’ The antinomian is the person who essentially believes that Law and Grace are totally opposed and cannot possibly coexist, particularly in the experience of the Christian who has been saved by grace alone. They believe that the Christian life is all about grace, exclusively so, and that there are no commands (especially those in the Old Testament) relevant to and binding upon New Covenant believers.

    The other side of that heterodox coin is, of course, legalism. The legalist is exclusively concerned with the Law, as if Grace does not exist and plays no part in our relationship with God. The legalist looks at God’s Law and sees within it a plan of redemption. He assumes that the righteousness that God requires comes by obedience, not by faith in Christ alone. And legalists are notorious for creating ‘homemade laws’ in addition to those recorded in Scripture just as the Pharisees did centuries before! At the end of the day, both the antinomian and the legalist make the same fatal error, that of interpreting the Law apart from its redemptive context–that is, apart from the One who is the telos, or termination point of the Law (see Romans 10:4).

    So, if both of these extremes are far removed from the truth, what is the purpose (or purposes) for God’s Law? Are Law and Grace hopelessly opposed? Or, to put this another way, is the Covenant with Abraham (the Covenant of salvation and grace) somehow replaced by the Covenant with Moses (the Covenant of Law)? Has Law superseded Gospel? Were the Old Testament ‘saints’ saved by Law or by Gospel? And finally, why did God give and preserve His Law in the first place? What use is it to us today?

    Well, these are the very important questions we will attempt to answer this coming Lord’s Day from the pages of Scripture. Our sermon text will be taken from Exodus 19:5-8.

    Let’s join in prayer that our Lord’s blessed Word will be proclaimed in power and clarity, and that He will show us the beauty, simplicity, and abiding relevance of His Holy Law and the sweetness and power of the Gospel of our Lord and Savior.

    I love you all so much,

    Mike