LORD S DAY WORSHIP 10:45 AM. Worshipping with Peachtree Corners Presbyterian 5918 Spalding Drive

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1 LORD S DAY WORSHIP 10:45 AM Worshipping ith Peachtree Corners Presbyterian.cogatlanta.com 5918 Spalding Drive Peachtree Corners, GA Facebook:fb.me/cog.atlanta

2 WORSHIP GUIDE PRELUDE Come, Come Ye Saints Martha Lynn Carroll As e begin orship, God invites you into his presence. This is our chance to make a choice: ill e merely observe today s happenings, or ill e participate in orship? CALL TO WORSHIP Psalm 66:1-2, 4 Minister: Make a joyful noise to God, all the earth; sing the glory of his name; give him glorious praise. Congregation: All the earth orships you; they sing praises to you, sing praises to your name. Let us orship God! Our first act in orship is to praise God for ho he is and hat he has done. This helps remind us ho God is and hy e ould ant to orship him. We also pray that he ould send the Spirit to help us orship. PRAYER OF ADORATION & INVOCATION Our Father ho art in Heaven, halloed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy ill be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as e forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom and the poer and the glory forever. Amen. HYMN OF PRAISE Come Christians, Join to Sing # 108 If e ve been paying attention to hat e re singing and praying about God, the difference beteen his holiness and our sinfulness becomes clear. That s hy e take a moment to confess our sin corporately and to be reminded of the forgiveness e have in Christ. Those ho are able, please stand. CONFESSION OF SIN & ASSURANCE OF PARDON Is. 5:15-16, Micah 7:18-20 Minister: Man is humbled, and each one brought lo, and the eyes of the haughty are brought lo. But the LORD of hosts is exalted in justice, and the Holy God shos himself holy in righteousness. Congregation: Forgive us our sins, O Lord. Forgive us the sins of our youth and the sins of our age, the sins of our soul and the sins of the body, our secret and our hispering sins, our presumptuous and our careless sins, the sins e have done to please ourselves, and the sins e have done to please others. Forgive us the sins that e kno, and the sins that e kno not; forgive them, O Lord, forgive them all through the atoning ork of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. Amen. Minister: [Words of Assurance] Kno that your sins are forgiven and be at peace. Congregation: Thanks be to God!

3 SCRIPTURE READING Acts 8:1-25 p. 916 OUR MORNING PRAYERS While God ordained, commands, and blesses preaching, he doesn t need our help to speak. We read continually through books of the Bible in each service to remember the poer of his ord. THE OFFERING OF OUR TITHES & GIFTS YOU MAY GIVE BY PLACING YOUR GIFT INTO THE PLATES AS THEY PASS, ONLINE AT COGATLANTA.COM, OR BY TEXTING THE AMOUNT YOU D LIKE TO GIVE TO (404) XXX-XXXX. (ONE-TIME ACCOUNT SETUP REQUIRED) OFFERTORY ANTHEM We Are One, Lord Stan Pethel DOXOLOGY Praise God from hom all blessing flo! Praise him all creates, here belo! Praise him above, ye heavenly hosts! Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost! Amen PRAYER OF DEDICATION God provides for his Church through the tithes and offerings of his people. He doesn t need our money, but desires to give us generous hearts through giving. That s hy e conclude our giving by singing praise to God for his goodness and generosity to us. HYMN OF PREPARATION Spirit of God, Descend Upon My Heart # 249 SERMON TEXT Matthe 16:13-20 pp. 822 SERMON The Church s Beginning Paul Mulner HYMN OF RESPONSE "I Love thy Kingdom Lord" #353 Preaching is God s appointed means to gather, gro, and disciple his people. We ask the Spirit to help us, e focus on the Word of God to find truth, and e listen seeking to find understanding and application for our lives. THE MINISTRY OF THE LORD'S SUPPER Minister: Lift up your hearts! Congregation: We lift them up to the Lord. Minister: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. Congregation: It is right for us to give thanks and praise.

4 We are a community united in hat e believe. Diverse in our backgrounds, preferences, and even the mood e re in this morning, e are still able to unite around hat e believe about Christ. OUR AFFIRMATION OF FAITH Heidelberg Catechism 32, 34 Minister: Christians, confess your faith in Christ! Congregation: I am called Christian because by faith I am a member of Christ and so share in His anointing. I am anointed to confess His name, to present myself to Him as a living sacrifice of thanks, to strive ith a good conscience against sin and the devil in this life, and afterard to reign ith Christ over all creation for all eternity. We call Him our Lord because - not ith gold or silver, but ith His precious blood He has set us free from sin and from the tyranny of the devil, and has bought us, body and soul, to be His very on. The Lord's Supper is a divine invitation to see ith our eyes hat can normally only be seen by faith. In the simple elements of bread and ine e, by faith, participate in the death and resurrection of Jesus and proclaim his death until he comes. INVITATION TO THE LORD'S TABLE PRAYER Congregation: We do not presume to come to this thy holy table, O merciful Lord, trusting in our on righteousness, but in thy great mercies. We are not orthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under thy table: but you are the Lord, ho is alays able to have mercy. Grant us therefore, by thy grace, so to eat the flesh of thy dear son Jesus Christ, and to drink his blood, that our sinful bodies may be made clean by his most sacred Body, and our souls ashed through his most precious blood, and that e may evermore dell in him, and he in us. Amen. DISTRIBUTION OF THE ELEMENTS WORDS OF INSTITUTION AND SHARING OF THE SUPPER PRAYER OUR RESPONSE Gloria Patri The last ord in orship is God's blessing to us. God speaks through the minister a blessing on his children, that they might to into the orld and bless others in the name of Christ. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it as in the beginning, is no and ever shall be. World ithout end. Amen. Amen. BENEDICTION GOD S BLESSING FOR HIS PEOPLE

5 WELCOME Welcome to Covenant of Grace! We exist to provide a place here those seeking Christ can orship in truth, gro by grace, and live as disciples. You can learn more about our church and vision at.cogatlanta.com. Please remember to turn off your cell phones during the orship service. Silent is good. Off is better. We encourage children to orship ith us. A nursery for young children is provided in the education ing. There are crayons, note pads, sermon help books, and Bibles and available in the narthex. Restrooms are located through the double doors to the left as you exit the sanctuary. ABOUT COVENANT OF GRACE Worship in Truth What e include in our orship service are those things hich God has declared beneficial for his people. Adults and children ill be invited to participate in the singing of beautiful songs, expressions of corporate confession and prayer, useful preaching, and the joyful celebration of the sacraments. GROW BY GRACE The result of eekly participation in this orship and in the life of the church ill be, by grace, groth. We are seeking to build a community of people ho become more and more like Christ through orshipping him, learning from his ord, and living in covenant together. Live as Disciples As e gro in grace, e gro in love for God and neighbor. This means e care enough about each other and our community to help those in need, proclaim the nes of Jesus, and demonstrate his lordship over all of life. Worshipping ith Peachtree Corners Presbyterian Covenant of Grace is presently orshipping ith the Peachtree Corners Presbyterian congregation, ho is in the process of searching for their next pastor. The core team of Covenant of Grace and the elders of PCARP are excited about the ays our congregations can help one another in this time of orshipping together. Paul Mulner ill provide the eekly preaching and leadership in orship, as he as going to do for Covenant of Grace until e are ready to call a pastor. Peachtree Corners is graciously sharing their facility, nursery, and children s ministry programs ith us. Both congregations have the opportunity to be encouraged by the felloship of believers ho are actively praying for God s blessing on both congregations, no and in the future. On Sunday mornings, members and guests of Covenant of Grace are invited to meet in the felloship hall starting at 9:45am for coffee, prayer and felloship. Children's Sunday School classes are also available.

6 PRAYER FOCUS & REQUESTS For this eek Pray for our church: that God ould bring people seeking Christ and excited about our vision; that he ould raise up future elders and deacons as members of the core team; that e ould orship and serve God and neighbor faithfully as a congregation. Pray for the congregation of Peachtree Corners: for unity during a time of transition; for their pastoral search; for isdom for their elders; for their itness to Christ in the Peachtree Corners area. Pray for the conversion of our unbelieving friends and family. Pray that God ould give us enough love for them, faith in his ord, and terror for his judgement against evil, that e ould have the courage e need to stand up for Christ and to try and persuade unbelievers to turn to him for salvation. Pray for all the victims of the recent hurricanes, especially those in Puerto Rico. Pray seeking the specific ays in hich God is calling you to love and help your neighbors. Pray for the leaders of our country, state, and local governments. Pray that these leaders ould honor God in their decisions, hether intentionally, by common grace, or by God using the things they have intended for evil for his good. Pray for conversion for those ho do not kno Christ. Pray for other orld leaders ho persecute and bring suffering upon their people, especially Christians. Pray that God ould convince and convert them or else remove them from their positions of poer. Pray for our families. Pray for fathers to lead their families in isdom, ith toughness and tenderness as each is required. Pray for mothers to be encouraged in their ork, to keep up the good fight, and to love God by loving their households. Pray for children to seek God at every age, to ask good questions, to flee from temptation, and to believe you are never too young to follo Christ. Pray for the sick. Pray for healing for those ith temporary infirmities and injuries. Pray for comfort and peace for those suffering from long-term conditions like Alzheimer's, Parkinson s, dementia, and cancer. Pray for those ho care for them to be reminded that as they do for the least of these they do for Christ himself.

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8 Covenant of PCARP.cogatlanta.com 5918 Spalding Drive Peachtree Corners, GA Facebook:fb.me/cog.atlanta