Our Historic Faith, Heidelberg Catechism, Week 37 (Tim)

Call to Worship

Missions Minute: Cynthia Ruble

Worshiping God by Giving

Welcoming One Another

Pastoral Prayer (Larry C)

The Lord’s Prayer (Larry C)

Sermon “A Community that Delights in His Worship” 1Kings 18:20-40, Randy

Missions Offering

Benediction

Team: JDeBoer, REdwards, SPlybon, LAdams

Welcome and Announcements

Our Historic Faith: Hiedelberg Catechism, Week 36

Q99 What is God’s will for us in the third commandment?

A That we neither baspheme nor misuse the name of God by ursing, perjury, or unnecessary oaths, nor share in such horrible sins by being silent ystanders.  In a word, it requires that we use the holy name of God only with reverence and awe, so that we may properly confess him, pray to him, and praise him in everthing we do and say.

Q100 Is blasphemy of God’s name by swearing and cursing really such serious sin that God is angry also with those who do not do all they can to help prevent it and forbid it?

A Yes, indeed.  No sin is greater, no sin makes God more angry than blaspheming his name.  That is why he commanded the death penalty for it.

The Sacrament of Baptism: Noah Greene

“Jesus Loves You”

Worshiping God by Giving

“All I Have is Yours”

Welcoming One Another

Pastoral Prayer: Larry Clagett

The Lord’s Prayer

Sermon “Community of Grace” Matthew 20:1-16, REdwards

Benediction

Welcome and Announcements

Confessing Our Historic Faith: Heidelberg Catechism, Lord’s Day 33

Q88. What is involved in genuine repentance or conversion?

A. Two things: the dying-away of the old self, and the coming-to-life of the new.

Q89. What is the dying-away of the old self?

A. It is to be genuinely sorry for sin, to hate it more and more, and to run away from it.

Q90. What is the coming-to-life of the new self?

A. It is wholehearted joy in God through Christ and a delight to do every kind of good as God wants us to.

Q91. What do we do that is good?

A. Only that which arises out of true faith, conforms to God’s law, and is done for his glory; and not that which is based on what we think is right or on established human tradition.

God is Calling Us to Worship: Psalm 16:1-8

Shout to the Lord

A Mighty Fortress is Our God

He is Exalted

Worshiping God by Giving

My Hope is Built on Nothing Less

Welcoming One Another

Pastoral Prayer (Plybon)

The Lord’s Prayer

Hearing God’s Word: The Anchor of the Soul: Hebrews 6:13-20 (Edwards)

God is Sending Us with His Benediction

O The Deep, Deep Love of Jesus

Team: Baum, Bechtold, Hicks, Devonmille, Howard, Cole, KBaum, Collins, Young

Prelude

Come and Welcome (New from Beams of Heaven)

Welcome and Announcements

Confessing Our Historic Faith: Heidelberg Catechism, Lord’s Day32

Q88. What is involved in genuine repentance or conversion?

A. Two things: the dying-away of the old self, and the coming-to-life of the new.

Q89. What is the dying-away of the old self?

A. It is to be genuinely sorry for sin, to hate it more and more, and to run away from it.

Q90. What is the coming-to-life of the new self?

A. It is wholehearted joy in God through Christ and a delight to do every kind of good as God wants us to.

Q91. What do we do that is good?

A. Only that which arises out of true faith, conforms to God’s law, and is done for his glory; and not that which is based on what we think is right or on established human tradition.

God is Calling Us to Worship Romans 8:1-17

Psalm 130

You Are My King

Be Unto Your Name

Missions Minute Cherokee Missions Team Update

Worshiping God by Giving

Beautiful One

Welcoming One Another

Pastoral Prayer (Plybon)

The Lord’s Prayer

Worshiping God by Hearing His Word: Hebrews 5:11-6:12 (Edwards)

Missions Offering

Lord, Your Kingdom Come

God Sends Us With His Benediction

Team: Davis/DeBoer (Leaders), Womble, Adams, Stanley, Mainhart, Dougherty

Welcome and Announcements

Confessing Our Historic Faith: The Heidelberg Catechism, Lord’s Day 30

Q80. How does the Lord’s Supper differ from the Roman Catholic Mass?

A. The Lord’s Supper declares to us that our sins have been completely forgiven through the one sacrifice of Jesus Christ which he himself finished on the cross once for all. It also declares to us that the Holy Spirit grafts us into Christ, who with his very body is now in heaven at the right hand of the Father where he wants us to worship him.

Q81. Who are to come to the Lord’s table?

A. Those who are displeased with themselves because of their sins, but who nevertheless trust that their sins are pardoned and that their continuing weakness is covered by the suffering and death of Christ, and who also desire more and more to strengthen their faith and to lead a better life. Hypocrites and those who are unrepentant, however, eat and drink judgment on themselves.

Q82. Are those to be admitted to the Lord’s Supper who show by what they say and do that they are unbelieving and ungodly?

A. No, that would dishonor God’s covenant and bring down God’s anger upon the entire congregation. Therefore, according to the instruction of Christ and his apostles, the Christian church is duty-bound to exclude such people, by the official use of the keys of the kingdom, until they reform their lives.

God is Calling Us to Worship

Worshiping God by Giving

Pastoral Prayer (Edwards)

The Lord’s Prayer

Worshiping God by Hearing His Word: The Sabbath Rest: Hebrews 4:1-13

The Apostle’s Creed

Celebrating Our Lord’s Supper

Mercy Ministries Offering

Receiving God’s Benediction

Team: Edwards (Leader), Howard, Devonmille, McClain, Dell’Arena, Adams

Welcome and Announcements

Confessing Our Historic Faith: Heidelberg Catechism, Lord’s Day 29

Q78. Are the bread and wine changed into the real body and blood of Christ?

A. No. Just as the water of baptism is not changed into Christ’s blood and does not itself wash away sins but is simply God’s sign and assurance, so too the bread of the Lord’s Supper is not changed into the actual body of Christ even though it is called the body of Christ in keeping with the nature and language of sacraments.

Q79. Why then does Christ call the bread his body and the cup his blood, or the new covenant in his blood?

A. Christ has good reason for these words. He wants to teach us that as bread and wine nourish our temporal life, so too his crucified body and poured-out blood truly nourish our souls for eternal life. But more important, he wants to assure us, by this visible sign and pledge, that we, through the Holy Spirit’s work, share in his true body and blood as surely as our mouths receive these holy signs in his remembrance, and that all of his suffering and obedience are as definitely ours as if we personally had suffered and paid for our sins.

God is Calling Us to Worship

Responsive Reading: Psalm 145

Lord, I Lift Your Name on High

Every Move I Make

Worshiping God by Giving (VBS Video)

Pastoral Prayer (Edwards)

The Lord’s Prayer

Worshiping God by Hearing His Word: Hebrews 3:1-19

Prince of Peace

God Sends Us with His Benediction

Team: Baum (Leader), Hicks, Devonmille, Howard, Cole, Collins, Bechtold, Young

Welcome and Announcements

Confessing Our Historic Faith: Heidelberg Catechism, Lord’s Day 28

Q 75. How does the Lord’s Supper remind you and assure you that you share in Christ’s one sacrifice on the cross and in all his gifts?

A. In this way: Christ has commanded me and all believers to eat this broken bread and to drink this cup. With this command he gave this promise: First, as surely as I see with my eyes the bread of the Lord broken for me and the cup given to me, so surely his body was offered and broken for me and his blood poured out for me on the cross. Second, as surely as I receive from the hand of the one who serves, and taste with my mouth the bread and cup of the Lord, given me as sure signs of Christ’s body and blood, so surely he nourishes and refreshes my soul for eternal life with his crucified body and poured-out blood.

Q 76. What does it mean to eat the crucified body of Christ and to drink his poured-out blood?

A. It means to accept with a believing heart the entire suffering and death of Christ and by believing to receive forgiveness of sins and eternal life. But it means more. Through the Holy Spirit, who lives both in Christ and in us, we are united more and more to Christ’s blessed body. And so, although he is in heaven and we are on earth, we are flesh of his flesh and bone of his bone. And we forever live on and are governed by one Spirit, as members of our body are by one soul.

Q 77. Where does Christ promise to nourish and refresh believers with his body and blood as surely as they eat this broken bread and drink this cup?

A. In the institution of the Lord’s Supper: “The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, ‘This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.’ In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, ‘This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.’ For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.” This promise is repeated by Paul in these words: “Is not the cup of thanksgiving for which we give thanks a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ? Because there is one loaf, we, who are many, are one body, for we all partake of the one loaf.”

God is Calling Us to Worship John 6:25-40

Prince of Peace

There is a Fountain

Come to the Water

God is at Work in the World (Missions Minute)

Cherokee Missions Team Commissioning

Worshiping God by Giving

Thou Who Wast Rich

Welcoming One Another

Pastoral Prayer (Edwards)

The Lord’s Prayer

Worshiping God by Hearing His Word: King, Champion, Brother, and Priest: Hebrews 2:5-18

Missions Offering

Let Your Kingdom Come (new)

God Sends Us With His Benediction

Lord, Reign in Me

Team: Ellis (Leader), Sanders, LaCroix, Edwards, Plybon, Lis, Voss.

Prelude

And Can It Be

Welcome and Announcements

Heidelberg Catechism, Lord’s Day 27

Q 72. Does this outward washing with water itself wash away sins?

A. No, only Jesus Christ’s blood and the Holy Spirit cleanse us from all sins

Q 73. Why then does the Holy Spirit call baptism the washing of rebirth and the washing away of sins?

A. God has good reason for these words. He wants to teach us that the blood and Spirit of Christ wash away our sins just as water washes away dirt from our bodies. But more important, he wants to assure us, by this divine pledge and sign, that the washing away of our sins spiritually is as real as physical washing with water.

Q74. Should infants, too, be baptized?

A. Yes. Infants as well as adults are in God’s covenant and are his people. They, no less than adults, are promised the forgiveness of sin through Christ’s blood and the Holy Spirit who produces faith. Therefore, by baptism, the mark of the covenant, infants should be received into the Christian church and should be distinguished from the children of unbelievers. This was done in the Old Testament by circumcision, which was replaced in the New Testament by baptism.

God is Calling Us to Worship

Isaiah 60:1-6

Arise, O God and Shine

More Love to Thee O Christ

How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds

Giving Our Offerings

How Deep the Father’s Love for Us

Welcoming One Another

Pastoral Prayer (Edwards)

The Lord’s Prayer

Worshiping God by Hearing His Word: Jesus Christ, The Final Word, Hebrews 1:1-4, 2:1-4

God Sending Us with His Benediction

Days of Elijah

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