Month: August 2023

My Beloved Brothers and Sisters in Christ Jesus,

Each week as we gather for worship before Our Lord, we focus upon His death for our sins.  In fact, the vicarious, atoning death of Jesus for sinners like us is the pervasive theme and motive of our worship, adoration, gratitude, and our service.

This propensity that we all share, to become less amazed and impressed over time, is at the heart of the question that we will consider this Lord’s Day.  We will return to a very familiar scene; the betrayal and arrest of Jesus, which took place near the Mount of Olives in the Garden of Gethsemane.  We will examine this remarkable episode from the perspective set forth by the Apostle Matthew in Matthew 26:47-56.

The Lord’s question for our study is found in verse 53: “Do you think that I cannot appeal to my Father, and he will at once send me more than twelve legions of angels?”

As you prepare for Sunday, be sure to read the other Gospel accounts of this same event as recorded in Mark 14:43-52, Luke 22:47-51, and John 18:1-11.

I love you all with all my heart!

Mike

ANNOUNCEMENTS 

New Members Class – For those interested in membership at CPC, our next new members class will be from 2 to 5 on Sunday, October 1st. Dinner and childcare will be provided. A sign up sheet will be in the narthex.

Children’s Ministry
• Sunday School: Sunday School returns on Sept. 10th at 9:15 a.m. Please register your infants -12th graders on Church Center.
• Nursery – If you would like to serve in our nursery during service, contact Amanda Dean.

Women’s Ministry
• Senior Sisters meet monthly on the 3rd Thursday, 10-11:30am
• Senior Sisters exercise class meets Mondays at the church, 10-11:30am
• Monthly lunch 1st Thursday of the month at Timbers Edge Clubhouse at 11
• Tuesday Morning Fall Bible Study will start Tuesday, Sept 5th at 9:30am at the Church. Childcare will be provided. Topic: “When You Pray”.
• Evening Fall Study begins Tuesday, Sept 5th at 6:00pm at the home of Cynthia Keen.We are studying Jen Wilkin’s “Abide” on 1, 2, 3 John.
• Women’s Morning Fall Bible Study begins Wednesday, Sept 6th from 10-11:30am at the Church. Mike Calvert will continue his series on Ephesians.

Men’s Ministry
• Senior Fellows Breakfast -Tuesday, Sept. 5th, at 9:00am.
• Men’s Friday Bible Study – Our study of Ephesians 4-6 will begin on Friday, September 8th at 11:30.

Career Ministry – Bible study & fellowship meets at the home of Jim and Sharon Daughtry, Sundays at 5:30 PM.

Bridal/Baby Showers
• A bridal shower honoring Rachel Bailey will be held on Sunday, September 17th from 2-4pm at the home of Sarah Burgess.
• A baby shower will be held to bless first-time mom Maggie Tomlinson on Saturday, September 30th from 2-4pm at the home of Denise Brown.

Meals and Fellowship Ministries
• Creations Fellowship and CPC Ice Cream Social TODAY – The creations showcase and ice cream social will be today from 3 to 5 at the church.
• 2nd Sunday Lunches will resume September 10th. Please join us after worship for a fellowship meal. See christpreshamptoncove.org for detailed news and upcoming events.

PRAYER REQUESTS Healing – Please pray for the health of the following individuals: Dean Alhorn, Collins Bailey, Perry Calvert, Bill Cowley, Elizabeth Holton, Steve Terry, S’ine Trent and Kristy York

Expecting – Please pray for the Prinzingers, Lancasters, Elliotts and Joe and Jennifer Calvert, all expecting in October and the Tomlinsons due in November.

Ministries: Please pray for the following missionaries and ministries:
• Seth and Jessica Lewis (Ireland)
• Steve and Rita Williams (New Zealand)
• Noah and Karleigh Stephens (Thailand)
• Vinnie and Molly Athey (RUF at UAH)
• Marcus and Jessica Nobles (RUF at Alabama A&M)
• Ken and Angie Burnett (FCA)
• Franky and Alaina Garcia (church plant in Canada)
• Dieter and Marty Paulson (church plant in Scottsboro, AL)
• Gannon Miles (seminary student)
• The Huntsville Pregnancy Resource Center 

My Beloved Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

This coming Lord’s Day we will take our third and final look at Savior’s convicting question set forth in the words of Matthew 19:4. Our focus will be upon what this question says about human sexuality and marriage.

As we have observed previously, the question posed by our Lord that day takes us into the very heart of all that is under vigorous debate in our world today.  The claims of Jesus, recorded for us in these verses, address directly the most critical matters of all.  Here is God’s authoritative Word on human gender, the gift of sexual intimacy, and the Divine institution and glorious purpose for marriage.

I hope you will pray fervently for the proclamation of our Lord’s Word as we gather before Him this Sunday in worship and adoration.  Pray that the Holy Spirit will empower both the preaching and the hearing of the Word, and that we will have our minds renewed and our hearts reestablished in an ever deepening love for our King!

You are my joy, and I love you more than I could ever express,

Mike

Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

As we gather before our Lord this coming Sunday for worship, we will once again consider our Savior’s question that is recorded for us in Matthew 19:4–

“Have you not read that He who created them from the beginning made them male and female?”

So far we have discovered that in this question, initially aimed at the Pharisees, there is a word from Jesus . . .

on the written Word of God

on creation

on humanity

on human sexuality

on marriage

Obviously, this passage, and the words of our Savior set forth here, touches the very epicenter of the current controversy over human sexuality, gender, and the meaning of marriage.  And, as a consequence, it is essential that we understand the full depth of our Lord’s teaching.

This Lord’s Day, we will examine the final three of these subjects that are inherent in the unusual question that Jesus asked that day.

I love you all with all my heart,

Mike

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Welcome to Christ Presbyterian Church! 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. If you have any needs or would like additional information, please see one of our elders or deacons. Finally, if you require hearing assistance or a pew cushion, please see one of our men in the sound booth at the rear of the sanctuary.

Fall Supper Clubs
Fall Supper Clubs are groups of (usually) 4 couples/singles that meet together once a month from Sept-Dec.  Each couple/single takes one of the months and plans the get-together.–potluck dinner in a home, restaurant, picnic, however you would like to host.  It’s a great way to get to know others in the church on a deeper level and to make new relationships.

To sign up, please click the link below and sign up by Aug. 20.  If you have questions, please contact Carol Cummings.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/K3D3JYW

Safety Notice: There are several damaged trees surrounding our parking lot. Please do not park or walk under these trees.

Children’s Ministry
• Sunday School: Sunday School returns on Sept. 10th at 9:15 a.m. Please register your infants -12th graders on Church Center.
• Nursery – If you would like to serve in our nursery during service, contact Amanda Dean.

Women’s Ministry
• Senior Sisters meet monthly on the 3rd Thursday, 10-11:30am
• Senior Sisters exercise class meets Mondays at the church, 10-11:30am
• Monthly lunch 1st Thursday of the month at Timbers Edge Clubhouse at 11
• The Tuesday Morning Fall Bible Study will start Tuesday , Sept 5th at 9:30am at the Church. Childcare will be provided. Topic: “When You Pray”. Contact Amy Schnorrenberg for more information
• NEW DAY for Women’s Evening Fall Bible Study. Begins Tuesday Night, Sept 5th from 6:00pm-73:0pm at the home of Cynthia Keen. We will be studying Jen Wilkin’s study “Abide” on 1, 2 and 3 John.
• Women’s Morning Fall Bible Study will begin Wednesday, Sept 6th from 10am-11:30am at the Church. Mike Calvert will continue his series on Ephesians.

Men’s Ministry
• Senior Fellows next breakfast will be at 9 AM on Tuesday, Sept. 5th. Our Summer Book Study, ‘We Cannot be Silent’ by Albert Mohler, meets at 9:00 AM on Wednesday, Aug. 16.
• Reformation Cup Golf Tournament – Friday, August 25th at RTJ Hampton Cove. Please contact Ben Calvert for registration and details.
• Men’s Friday Bible Study – Our study of Ephesians 4-6 will begin on Friday, September 8th at 11:30.

Meals and Fellowship Ministries
• Creations Fellowship and CPC Ice Cream Social – The creations showcase and ice cream social will be on Sunday, August 27th from 3 to 5 at the church.
• 2nd Sunday Lunches will resume September 10th. Please make plans to join us after worship for a fellowship meal. A sign up genius will go out the week before through email.
• Fall Supper Club – Sign-up is available through Aug. 20. Please see the announcement and link on the church website.

Career Ministry – Bible study & fellowship meets at the home of Jim and Sharon Daughtry, Sundays at 5:30 PM. See christpreshamptoncove.org for detailed news and upcoming events.

PRAYER REQUESTS Healing – Please pray for the health of the following individuals: Collins Bailey, Perry Calvert, Bill Cowley, Elizabeth Holton, Steve Terry and Kristy York

Expecting – Please pray for the Prinzingers, Lancasters, Elliotts and Joe and Jennifer Calvert, all expecting in October and the Tomlinsons due in November.

Ministries: Please pray for the following missionaries and ministries:
• Seth and Jessica Lewis (Ireland)
• Steve and Rita Williams (New Zealand)
• Noah and Karleigh Stephens (Thailand)
• Vinnie and Molly Athey (RUF at UAH)
• Marcus and Jessica Nobles (RUF at Alabama A&M)
• Ken and Angie Burnett (FCA)
• Franky and Alaina Garcia (church plant in Canada)
• Dieter and Marty Paulson (church plant in Scottsboro, AL)
• Gannon Miles (seminary student)
• The Huntsville Pregnancy Resource Center 

Beloved Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

I trust that, like me, you have been spiritually nourished and challenged by our Sunday morning study of the many interesting questions that our Lord raised during His earthly ministry.  As we have examined the many interrogatory sayings of our Savior, we have discovered that there is a depth to the ‘red letters’ in our Bibles that, just perhaps, we have not fully recognized before.

My suspicion is that we will again be pleasantly surprised this coming Lord’s Day we begin an investigation of the words recorded in Matthew 19:1-9.  Placed within the drama depicted by Matthew (yet another encounter between Jesus and the Pharisees) is nothing short of a bombshell question raised by Jesus.  Without sounding unnecessarily dramatic, this may well be the most fundamental, sweeping, and controversial question that Jesus ever asked. In fact, I might even suggest that this one question touches the most significant issue of our day, and exposes the very epicenter of the spiritual and moral inferno that is raging before our eyes.  I believe that what we will discover in Matthew 19:4 is so very relevant and fundamental that we will spend two weeks examining these simple, yet massively weighty words of the Savior.

Let me encourage you to do a little homework before Sunday and take time to get familiar with the episode found in Matthew 19:1-9.  Then, let’s all pray that the Spirit of God will empower and bless the preaching and hearing of our Lord’s Holy Word.

I love you all so very much, and I find my greatest delight in serving our Lord with you!

Mike

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Welcome to Christ Presbyterian Church! 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. If you have any needs or would like additional information, please see one of our elders or deacons. Finally, if you require hearing assistance or a pew cushion, please see one of our men in the sound booth at the rear of the sanctuary.

Children’s Ministry
• Sunday School: Sunday School returns on Sept. 10th at 9:15 a.m. Please register your infants -12th graders on Church Center.
• Nursery – If you would like to serve in our nursery during service, contact Amanda Dean.

Women’s Ministry
• Senior Sisters meet monthly on the 3rd Thursday, 10-11:30am
• Senior Sisters exercise class meets Mondays at the church, 10-11:30am
• Monthly lunch 1st Thursday of the month at Timbers Edge Clubhouse at 11

Men’s Ministry
• Senior Fellows next breakfast will be at 9 AM on Tuesday, Sept. 5th. Our Summer Book Study, ‘We Cannot be Silent’ by Albert Mohler, meets at 9:00 AM on Wednesday, Aug. 16.
• Reformation Cup Golf Tournament – The annual men’s golf tournament between Huntsville area churches will be on Friday, August 25th at RTJ Hampton Cove. Please contact Ben Calvert for registration and details.

Creations Fellowship and CPC Ice Cream Social – The creations showcase and ice cream social will be on Sunday, August 27th from 3 to 5 at the church.

Career Ministry – Bible study & fellowship meets at the home of Jim and Sharon Daughtry, Sundays at 5:30 PM.

Fall Supper Club – Sign-up is available through Aug. 20. Please see the announcement and link on the church website. See christpreshamptoncove.org for detailed news and upcoming events.

PRAYER REQUESTS Healing – Please pray for the health of the following individuals: Collins Bailey, Perry Calvert, Bill Cowley, Elizabeth Holton, Steve Terry and Kristy York

Expecting – Please pray for the Paseurs due in August, the Prinzingers, Lancasters, Elliotts and Joe and Jennifer Calvert, all expecting in October and the Tomlinsons due in November.

Ministries: Please pray for the following missionaries and ministries:
• Seth and Jessica Lewis (Ireland)
• Steve and Rita Williams (New Zealand)
• Noah and Karleigh Stephens (Thailand)
• Vinnie and Molly Athey (RUF at UAH)
• Marcus and Jessica Nobles (RUF at Alabama A&M)
• Ken and Angie Burnett (FCA)
• Franky and Alaina Garcia (church plant in Canada)
• Dieter and Marty Paulson (church plant in Scottsboro, AL)
• Gannon Miles (seminary student)
• The Huntsville Pregnancy Resource Center