Christ Presbyterian Church (PCA)

Month: April 2016

  • Order of Worship – May 1 2016

    Call to Worship: Hebrews 12:1-2

    Prayer of Adoration:

    Old Testament Lesson: Psalm 66:1-9

    Pastor: Shout for joy to God, all the earth; sing the glory of his name; give to him glorious praise!
    People: Say to God, “How awesome are your deeds! So great is your power that your enemies come cringing to you.
    Pastor: All the earth worships you and sings praises to you; they sing praises to your name.”
    People: Come and see what God has done: he is awesome in his deeds toward the children of man.
    Pastor: He turned the sea into dry land; they passed through the river on foot.
    People: There did we rejoice in him, who rules by his might forever, whose eyes keep watch on the nations—let not the rebellious exalt themselves.
    All: Bless our God, O peoples; let the sound of his praise be heard, who has kept our soul among the living and has not let our feet slip.

    Song: How Deep – CCLI# 4803944

    You were broken that I might be healed
    You were cast off that I might draw near
    You were thirsty that I might come drink
    Cried out in anguish that I might sing

    CHORUS: How deep is Your love, how high and how wide is your mercy
    How deep is Your grace, our hearts overflow with praise to you

    You knew darkness that I might know light
    Wept great tears that mine might be dried
    Stripped of glory that I might be clothed
    Crushed by Your Father to call me Your own

    Song: Come Ye Souls By Sin Afflicted – CCLI# 2263115

    Come ye souls by sin afflicted, Bowed with fruitless sorrow down;
    By the broken law convicted, through the cross, behold the crown;
    Look to Jesus; Look to Jesus; Look to Jesus;
    Mercy flows through Him alone.

    Take His easy yoke and wear it; Love will make your obedience sweet
    Christ will give you strength to bear it, while His grace shall guide your feet
    Safe to glory, Safe to glory, Safe to glory,
    Where His ransomed captives meet.

    Blessed are the eyes that see Him, Blest the ears that hear His voice;
    Blessed are the souls that trust Him, And in Him alone rejoice;
    His commandments, His commandments, His commandments
    Then become their happy choice.

    Sweet as home to pilgrims weary, Light to newly, opened eyes,
    Like full springs in deserts dreary, Is the rest the cross supplies;
    All who taste it, All who taste it, All who taste it
    Shall to rest immortal rise.

    Look to Jesus; Look to Jesus; Look to Jesus;
    Mercy flows through Him alone.
    New Testament Lesson: 1 Peter 3:14-17

    Confession of Sin and the Lord’s Prayer:

    Assurance of Pardon: John 10:27-28

    Song: Jesus Keep Me Near The Cross – Hymn 264 v.1-4

    Scripture Reading and Prayer for the Church:
    Dr. Bud Lancaster, Teaching Elder – Matthew 19:1-15

    Preaching of the Word: Dr. Michael Calvert, Teaching Elder
    “To A Scattered Church” – James 1:1

    Confession of Faith: The Apostle’s 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.

    Communion*:

    Song: All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name – Hymn 296 v.1,3,6

    Benediction: 1 Peter 3:18

    Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.

    *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: There will be a VBS Planning Meeting tonight at 7PM at the church. If you are interested in taking a leadership role with this summers’ VBS, please plan to attend.

    Parents’ Night Out: The next Parents’ Night out will be on Thursday, May 19, from 5:30-8:30 PM. If you would like to help with the event, please contact Meg Wohleber.

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

     

    PRAYER REQUESTS:

    Healing: Please pray for the health of the following individuals: Chris Smotherman, Elizabeth Holton, Janet Chou, Ramona Edwards, Katie Brown, Bill Cowley, Charles Miles, and Joe Fikes.

    Bereavement: Please pray for Scott Miles, whose father Charles died this past week.

    Expecting/adopting parents: Please pray for the Johnson family as they continue in their adoption process.

    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); Ken and Angie Burnett (FCA); Franky Garcia (seminary student).

  • Announcements – April 29 2016

    Beloved Brothers and Sisters in Christ Jesus our Lord,

    This Sunday morning we are beginning a series of messages from the Epistle of James.  This is a New Testament letter that most of us are familiar with, at least in terms of the memorable verses that appear in the first chapter concerning various kinds of trials, and the summons to meet them all with great “joy” in the Lord (1:2).  And we might also think immediately of the very strong words that James has written in chapter 2 about the relationship of saving faith in Christ and the outward evidence that accompanies true faith.  James declares that, “faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead” (2:17).  And there are other prominent themes in this letter: temptation and its source; the use of the tongue; the care for the poor and needy among God’s people; the grave dangers of worldliness; warnings to those who are rich; and suffering as a believer.

    But there is another very important theme that develops quite apparently here in the five brief chapters of James’ letter. It is that of wisdom—the “wisdom” that is from the Lord above. This special wisdom is to be vastly distinguished from the kind of wisdom that circulates in the world in its estrangement from God.  And though the actual word “wisdom” makes an appearance only 4 times in the Epistle, it is nevertheless most critical for understanding the letter that this man named “James” has penned.  Let me show you where this key word is found in the Epistle:

    1: 5  “If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.”

    3:13  “Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom.”

    3:15 “This [see v. 14] is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.”

    3:17 “But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere.”

    We might say, then, that one of the most important reasons for the writing of this New Testament letter was the need for God’s people to develop this “wisdom”—the kind that characterizes the Kingdom of God.  In other words, it would seem that one of the vital needs of the Body of Christ in any age and place is that of the “wisdom from above.”

    As we begin a summer-long study of this Epistle, let’s beseech the Lord to teach us to be wise, and to show us the pathway of wisdom upon which we must walk in a true and living faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.

    Have a blessed weekend and I can’t wait to see you on the Lord’s Day,

    Mike

  • Order of Worship – April 24 2016

    Call to Worship: Revelation 22:13

    Prayer of Adoration:

    Old Testament Lesson: Psalm 31

    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 them 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: 1 Peter 2:2-10

    Confession of Sin: From Romans 7

    Pastor: For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate.
    People: For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out.
    Pastor: For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing.
    People: Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death?
    All: Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord!

    Assurance of Pardon: 1 Corinthians 1:30-31

    Song: Amazing Grace – Hymn 460 v1-3,6

    Scripture Reading and Prayer for the Church:
    Dr. Michael Calvert, Teaching Elder – Matthew 18:21-35

    Preaching of the Word: Dr. Michael Calvert, Teaching Elder
    “Wrath and Mercy: The Fall of Jericho, Part Three” – Joshua 6:22-27

    Confession of Faith: The Heidelberg Catechism

    Q 88. In how many things does true repentance or conversion consist?
    A. In two things: the dying of the old man, and the making alive of the new.
    Q 89. What is the dying of the old man?
    A. Heartfelt sorrow for sin, causing us to hate and turn from it always more and more.

    Communion*:

    Song: Before the Throne – CCLI# 2306412

    Before the throne of God above, I have a strong and perfect plea
    A great High Priest whose name is love, who ever lives and pleads for me
    My name is graven on His hands, my name is written on His heart
    I know that while in heav’n He stands, no tongue can bid me thence depart
    No tongue can bid me thence depart

    When Satan tempts me to despair, and tells me of the guilt within
    Upward I look and see Him there, who made an end of all my sin
    One with Himself, I cannot die, my soul is purchased by His blood
    My life is hid with Christ on high, with Christ my Savior and my God
    With Christ my Savior and my God

    Behold Him there, the risen Lamb, my perfect, spotless Righteousness
    The great unchangeable I AM, the King of glory and of grace
    Because the sinless Savior died, my sinful soul is counted free
    For God the Just is satisfied, to look on Him and pardon me
    To look on Him and pardon me

    Benediction: 1 Peter 5:14

    Peace to all of you who are in Christ

    *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.

    CPC Senior Fellows Group: CPC announces the start of a Senior Fellows Group primarily for but not limited to guys no longer working. The goal is to grow senior men spiritually, build and strengthen relationships between guys and unify and strengthen the group to support the Church and Community. This will be a subgroup of the Main Men’s Fellowship. Please contact Joe Sims (jodon4922@bellsouth.net or 256-532-1856) for additional information.

    Children’s Ministry: There will be a VBS Planning Meeting on Sunday, May 1st at 7PM at the church. If you are interested in taking a leadership role with this summers’ VBS, please plan to attend.

    Parents’ Night Out: The next Parents’ Night out will be on Thursday, May 19, from 5:30-8:30 PM. If you would like to help with the event, please contact Meg Wohleber.

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

     

    PRAYER REQUESTS:

    Healing: Please pray for the health of the following individuals: Chris Smotherman, Elizabeth Holton, Janet Chou, Ramona Edwards, Katie Brown, Bill Cowley, Charles Miles, and Joe Fikes.

    Expecting/adopting parents: Please pray for the Johnson family as they continue in their adoption process.

    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); Ken and Angie Burnett (FCA); Franky Garcia (seminary student).

  • Announcements – April 22 2016

    Brothers and Sisters in the Lord,

     

    This coming Lord’s Day we will take one final look at the story of Joshua and the mighty fall of the walls of Jericho.  Our text will be Joshua 6:20-27. To be sure, the actions that are detailed here in this inspired chapter of Holy Scripture are disturbing. Not only did the Lord bring down the walls of the once great city, but all of the inhabitants of Jericho from the youngest to the oldest died by “the edge of the sword” (v. 21).  The one blessed exception to this act of complete destruction was the household of “Rahab the prostitute” (v. 25).

     

    As we examine the debris of the flattened city—and her once impenetrable walls— we wonder how the Lord’s sweeping judgment upon the entire population of this city fits in with the overall story of redemption. That is, we are curious as to how this act of divine retribution ‘connects’ with our Lord Jesus and the Kingdom He came to establish.  Is the story of Jericho’s annihilation a glaring contradiction (and embarrassment) to the Gospel of grace and mercy through our dying and rising Savior?

     

    In a most particular way, this Old Testament account of God’s well-deserved judgment upon sinners serves to foreshadow both a great act of judgment and a deeper reach of God’s mercy in Jesus our Lord.  We will look at how this happens as we gather around the Word on Sunday.

     

    Looking Ahead

     

    Beginning next Sunday, May 1, we will be setting Joshua aside temporarily to begin our summer preaching series entitled ‘The Way of Wisdom: Expositions From the Epistle of James.’ If you would like a good commentary to read as we study this book together, let me suggest The Message of James, by J. A. Motyer.  You can check it out at the link below.

     

    http://www.amazon.com/Message-James-Bible-Speaks-Today/dp/0877842922/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1461330872&sr=8-

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    I love you all and can’t wait to see you on the Lord’s Day,

     

    Mike

  • Order of Worship – April 17 2016

    Call to Worship: Romans 11:36

    Prayer of Adoration:

    Old Testament Lesson: Psalm 116:1-9

    Song: Come Thou Fount – Hymn 457 v.1-3

    Song: 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

    New Testament Lesson: 1 Peter 1:17-23

    Confession of Sin: From Psalm 25

    Lord Jesus Christ, Surely You have borne my griefs and carried my sorrows; yet I have considered You stricken by God, and afflicted. But You were pierced through for my transgressions; You were crushed for my iniquities; the chastening for my well-being was upon You; and by Your scourging I am healed. Like a sheep I have gone astray, I have turned to my own way; but the Lord has caused my iniquity to fall on You, my blessed Savior.

    Assurance of Pardon: Romans 5:15

    Song: Stricken, Smitten, and Afflicted – Hymn 257 v.1-4

    Scripture Reading and Prayer for the Church:
    Dr. Bud Lancaster, Ruling Elder – Matthew 18:1-20

    Preaching of the Word: Dr. Michael Calvert, Teaching Elder
    “The Fall of Jericho, Part Two” – Joshua 6:7-27

    Confession of Faith: The Heidelberg Catechism

    Q 81. Who are to come to the table of the Lord?

    1. Those who are displeased with themselves for their sins, yet trust that these are forgiven them, and that their remaining infirmity is covered by the suffering and death of Christ; who also desire more and more to strengthen their faith and to amend their life. But the unrepentant and hypocrites eat and drink judgment to themselves.

    Communion*:

    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

    Benediction: Psalm 67:1

    May God be gracious to us and bless us and make His face to shine upon us

    *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.

    Men’s Fellowship Dinner: There is a fellowship meal tonight at 5 PM in the fellowship wing for all men. Please join us!

    CPC Senior Fellows Group: CPC announces the start of a Senior Fellows Group primarily for but not limited to guys no longer working. The goal is to grow senior men spiritually, build and strengthen relationships between guys and unify and strengthen the group to support the Church and Community. This will be a subgroup of the Main Men’s Fellowship. The kickoff meeting and luncheon will be 11 AM, Tues, April 19 at 4922 Montauk Trail.  Sign up at the table out front or via email Please contact Joe Sims (jodon4922@bellsouth.net or 256-532-1856) for additional information.

    Children’s Ministry: There will be a VBS Planning Meeting on Sunday, May 1st at 7PM at the church. If you are interested in taking a leadership role with this summers’ VBS, please plan to attend.

    Parents’ Night Out: The next Parents’ Night out will be on Thursday, May 19, from 5:30-8:30 PM. If you would like to help with the event, please contact Meg Wohleber.

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

     

    PRAYER REQUESTS:

    Healing: Please pray for the health of the following individuals: Chris Smotherman, Elizabeth Holton, Janet Chou, Ramona Edwards, Katie Brown, Bill Cowley, and Joe Fikes.

    Expecting/adopting parents: Please pray for the Johnson family as they continue in their adoption process.

    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); Ken and Angie Burnett (FCA); Franky Garcia (seminary student).

  • Announcements – April 15 2016

    Beloved Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

    Over the last few weeks we have been studying those events that immediately precede the most well known story in the Book of Joshua, the mighty fall of the walls of Jericho. And this coming Lord’s Day we will consider the precise plan that the Lord gave to Joshua for the conquest of the city—their first objective in the actual possession of the land that He had promised to Abraham and his descendants so long ago.

    As we reflect upon the rather strange details of the plan of battle (vv. 3-7), let us remember that the Lord had given to Joshua and the Covenant people a most marvelous and reassuring promise of complete victory—And the Lord said to Joshua, “See, I have given Jericho into your hand, with its king and mighty men of valor” (v. 2). Such a wonderful promise as this was no small thing, for the Word of the Lord was the very foundation of their hope. Without this Word, without this clear and definitive message from the Lord God Almighty, there would be nothing to guide them, nothing to believe in, and no reason to anticipate victory over such a formidable enemy! Truly, the Covenant people had to decide right there and then to be a people who were always “standing on the promises of God.”

    As you prepare for worship, carefully read this story again (vv. 3-21), and join me in prayer that our Lord will teach us the rich truths of salvation from His inspired Book.

    Before I go, let me remind all of our men that our Men’s Spring Bible Study will conclude this Sunday evening from 5:00 to 6:30 PM with our Fellowship Dinner. We will wrap up our study of ‘Christ: Our Prophet, Priest, and King,” and enjoy a delicious meal together.

    I love you all so dearly, and I look forward to seeing you this Lord’s Day!

    In His grace,

    Mike

  • Children’s Ministry Quarterly Newsletter: Winter 2016

    Please click below for the ministry winter update.

    CP_Feb 2016

  • Parents’ Night Out: Save the Date

    Attached is our exciting announcement that the next Parent’s Night Out will be Thursday, May 19th from 5:30-8:30. The kids will be learning that due to Christ’s loving sacrifice, their faith can do BIG things and their past transgressions are as far from them as the east is from the west. Like usual, volunteers are needed and may sign up at the church or by emailing Meg at meg.wohleber@gmail.com. New for this PNO is a time for parents to come for the last 30 minutes and make S’mores with us all as we rest from our exhausting adventures in the wilderness. Thanks to all for your prayers and participation in support of this event!

    PNO_19 May 2016

  • Order of Worship – April 10 2016

    Call to Worship: Revelation 15:3

    Prayer of Adoration:

    Old Testament Lesson: Jeremiah 51:45-48

    Song: Hallelujah, Praise Jehovah – Hymn 57 v.1-4

    Song: O The Deep, Deep Love of Jesus – Hymn 535 v.1-3

    New Testament Lesson: 1 Peter 2:19-25

    Confession of Sin: From Psalm 25

    Pastor: Remember your mercy, O Lord, and your steadfast love, for they have been from of old.
    People: Remember not the sins of my youth or my transgressions; according to your steadfast love remember me, for the sake of your goodness, O Lord!
    Pastor: Good and upright is the Lord; therefore he instructs sinners in the way.
    People: He leads the humble in what is right, and teaches the humble his way.
    Pastor: All the paths of the Lord are steadfast love and faithfulness, for those who keep his covenant and his testimonies.
    All: For your name’s sake, O Lord, pardon my guilt, for it is great.

    Assurance of Pardon: Galatians 3:24

    Song: Abide With Me – CCLI# 43190

    Abide with me: fast falls the eventide; the darkness deepens, Lord with me abide
    When other helpers fail and comforts flee, help of the helpless, abide with me.

    Thou on my head in early youth didst smile; And though rebellious, and perverse meanwhile
    Thou hast not left me, though I oft left thee, On to the close, Lord, abide with me.

    I need Thy presence every passing hour; what but Thy grace can foil the tempter’s pow’r?
    Who like Thyself my guide and stay can be? Through cloud and sunshine, abide with me.

    I fear no foe with Thee at hand to bless; ills have no weight, tears lose their bitterness
    Where is thy sting death? Where grave thy victory? I triumph still, abide with me

    Hold Thou Thy cross before my closing eyes; shine through the gloom, and point me to the skies
    Heav’n’s morning breaks, and earth’s vain shadows flee; in life in death, abide with me.

    Scripture Reading and Prayer for the Church:
    Dr. Michael Calvert, Teaching Elder – Matthew 17:14-27

    Preaching of the Word: Dr. Michael Calvert, Teaching Elder
    “The Fall of Jericho, Part One” – Joshua 6:1-7

    Confession of Faith: The Westminster Shorter Catechism

    Q. 86: What is faith in Jesus Christ?
    A: Faith in Jesus Christ is a saving grace by which we receive and rest upon him alone for salvation as he is freely offered to us in the gospel.

    Communion*:

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

    Benediction: 2 Corinthians 13:14

    The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all

    *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.

    Spring Men’s Bible Study: The men’s study continues tonight at 5 PM in the fellowship wing. There will also be a fellowship meal on April 17th that is available even if you have not been attending the weekly study. Please join us!

    CPC Senior Fellows Group: CPC announces the start of a Senior Fellows Group primarily for but not limited to guys no longer working. The goal is to grow senior men spiritually, build and strengthen relationships between guys and unify and strengthen the group to support the Church and Community. This will be a subgroup of the Main Men’s Fellowship. The kickoff meeting and luncheon will be 11 AM, Tues, April 19 at 4922 Montauk Trail.  Sign up at the table out front or via email Please contact Joe Sims (jodon4922@bellsouth.net or 256-532-1856) for additional information.

    Children’s Ministry: There will be a VBS Planning Meeting on Sunday, May 1st at 7PM at the church. If you are interested in taking a leadership role with this summers’ VBS, please plan to attend.

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

     

    PRAYER REQUESTS:

    Healing: Please pray for the health of the following individuals: Chris Smotherman, Elizabeth Holton, Janet Chou, Ramona Edwards, Katie Brown, Bill Cowley, and Debi Walker.

    Bereavement: Please pray for Todd Holloway and family, whose mother died this week.

    Expecting/adopting parents: Please pray for the Johnson family as they continue in their adoption process.

    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); Ken and Angie Burnett (FCA); Franky Garcia (seminary student).

  • Announcements – April 8 2016

    Brothers and Sisters in the Lord,

    Our sermon passage for this coming Lord’s Day is Joshua 6:1-7. In this portion of the chapter, the Lord promises Joshua and the Covenant people that He has given the walled city of Jericho into their hands (v. 2), and that victory over the Canaanite stronghold is a certainty. But the battle plan the Israelites will employ by order of the Lord is a very strange one indeed (vv. 3-5). Once again we will look for the ‘covenantal connections’ that point us to the work of our Savior and the life of discipleship that He has called each of us to in His redeeming grace.

    Men’s Spring Bible Study Continues Sunday Evening

    Sunday night’s topic will be ‘Christ Our King,’ and we will meet from 5:00 to 6:30 PM at the Church. Then, next Sunday April 17 we will conclude our study with our Men’s Spring Fellowship Dinner at 5:00 PM.

    Sign-Language Interpreter Needed

    If there is anyone in the congregation who can interpret for the hearing impaired during worship, please let us know.

    I love you all!

    Mike