9:00 service + November 12, 2017
Order of Worship Liturgist is Cole Lescher Themes and keywords: flesh, pride, gentleness, meekness We hear testimony of God s mission John Murray Central Christian School Prelude STANDING (IF ABLE) God calls us to worship from Revelation 15:34 Come and worship the Lord God Almighty, for great and amazing are all his deeds! Just and true are all his ways! Who will not fear the Lord and glorify his name? For he alone is holy. All na3ons will come and worship him, for his righteous acts have been revealed. We praise God We pray for God to help us worship Pastor: Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation Text: Latin hymn 6th or 7th cent. Hymnal #276 tr. John Mason Neale 1851 Tune: Henry Smart 1866 Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! He died for us that we might live for him. We greet one another with the peace of Christ page 1 Songs of worship are used with permission. CCLI #100150
SEATED God calls us to confess our sin from Matthew 11:2830 & # # # # 4 & # # # # Ho Ho Jesus said, Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. We confess our sin All (sing): Trisagion (below); sing 3 \mes All (sing): Christ our Champion, you have called us to resist and conquer evil in your way and with your strength. But we try to fight spiritual war with worldly weapons in the strength and wisdom of our flesh rather than your Spirit. We repay evil with evil, boast with boast, anger with anger, insult with insult. We love to take revenge, and we praise those who take pride in vengeance. We ogen confuse meekness with weakness and gentleness with cowardice. And so our thoughts and ac3ons are taken cap3ve by the lies of the evil one. Lord, have mercy on us. (silent prayers of confession) Gracious Father, may your gentle kindness turn our hearts back to you. Renew us and lead us by your Holy Spirit s grace and power to fight spiritual baales with spiritual weapons of courageous kindness, bold love, humble strength, and gentle answers that turn away wrath. Help us to take every thought cap\ve to obey you and to walk in a manner worthy of your calling in the unlimited strength and grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. Trisagion (below); sing 1 \me Ó Ó ly God, Ho ly Migh ty One, j j j j w ly Im mor tal One, Have mer cy, have mer cy on us. page 2 Trisagion Text: Traditional Greek prayer Tune: Fernando Ortega 2011
2 STANDING (IF ABLE) God declares our forgiveness from Psalm 103:813 The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniqui\es. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us. As a father shows compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him. For all who have turned from sin in sorrow and look to God for mercy, this is God s gib. In Jesus Christ, God loves you, God forgives you, God accepts you, and God rejoices over you as beloved daughters and sons. Hallelujah, Amen! We praise God SEATED All Hail the Power of Jesus Name Text: Edward Perronet 1780 Hymnal #97 Tune: Oliver Holden 1793 Verleih Uns Frieden Chancel Choir Nancy Mayo, keyboardist Verleih uns Frieden gnädiglich, Herr Go5, zu unsern Zeiten! Est ist doch ja kein Andrer nicht, der für uns könnte streiten, denn du, unser Go5 alleine. Text: Martin Luther tr. John Rutter Music: F. Mendelssohn Lord, in thy mercy grant us peace throughout all genera\ons. Thou art alone our sword and shield, Lord who dost guide the na\ons. Defend us, O God, we pray thee. God instructs us in scripture reading = Corinthians 10 (pew Bible pp. 968969) God instructs us in preaching Connected in God s Kingdom Battle Rev. Dr. Clay Smith page 3
We offer ourselves in gifts and song 3 & # # 4 & # # & # # & # # Prior to singing, we will take a moment of silence to reflect and pray. 1. O Church, a rise and put your 2. Our call to war, to love the 3. Come see the cross, where love and 4. So Spir it come, put strength in For now And with Then see that we O Church, Arise Text and tune: Keith Getty and Stuart Townend 2005 2005 Thankyou Music j j the weak the sword his foes may run With shield of When faced with faith trials And as the stone As saints of old can say that they are that makes the wounded lie crushed be neath his with faith to win the and on is s ll belt ev rolled line of 'ry a the ar mor on; cap ve soul, mer cy meet, ev 'ry stride, j j truth, side, way, way, strong whole, feet, prize we'll we and re hear the call of but to rage a as the Son of give grace for in the strength that God we will fight with faith for the Con quer or of a ser vant good an ar my bold, whose bat tle cry is love, reach ing out to andchrist will have the prize for which he died, an in her i this vic tory march con n ues ll the day, ev 'ry eye and we hear their calls and hunger for the day when with Christ we Christ our Cap gainst the cap God is strick ev 'ry hur has and has and giv val ris faith tain. tor; en. dle, j J j j j j en. or. en! ful. stand a gainst the dev il's lies; know the outcome is se cure, Christ e mer ges from the grave, tell ing triumphs of his grace, those tance heart stand in of shall in dark na see glo ness. ons. him. ry. This Little Light of Mine Choristers Elizabeth Smith, Director This liale light of mine, I m gonna let it shine. This liale light of mine, I m gonna let it shine. This liale light of mine, I m gonna let it shine, let it shine, let it shine, let it shine. AfricanAmerican spiritual arr. Mark Patterson page 4
STANDING (IF ABLE) We pray for the church and the world (prayers for the church and the world) Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into tempta3on, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen. We praise God Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah Text: William Williams 1745 Hymnal #51 Tune: John Hughes 1907 page 5
God blesses us and sends us out Pastor: And all God s people said... Hallelujah! Amen. & # U U 4?# & #?# Praise God from whom all bless ings flow; Praise Him, all crea tures here be low;?# 4 Praise Him a bove, ye heavn' ly hosts; Praise Fa ther, Son, and Ho Doxology Text: Thomas Ken 1709 Tune: Louis Bourgeois, Genevan Psalter, 1551 & # U U w ly Ghost. A men, A men, A men. w w Postlude page 6
Central Presbyterian Church Pastoral Staff Clay Smith Senior Pastor Mike Farley Associate Pastor, Spiritual Forma\on Randy Mayfield Pastor, Missions and Outreach Eric S\ller Associate Pastor, Church Planter Central West End Ministry and Administrative Directors Eric Schmidt Congrega\onal Care Maahew Mazzoni Director, Music Ministry Jamie Afshari Director, Women s Ministry Karen Brown Director, Family Ministry Andrew Dickson Director, Student Ministry Cole Lescher Coordinator, College Ministry Tim Page Execu\ve Administrator Jeff Brown Director, Communica\ons and Technology Julie Kraus Director, Hospitality Elders Deacons Norman Barter John Holmes Steve Rasche Bob Church Mike Hentrich Marc Braun Jeremiah Jobe Eric Schmidt John Clayton Steve Hurst Nathan Burgess Doug Kennedy Brad Smith Tim Corbet Lawson Primm Sam Chimento Larry Kindbom Gary Smith Michael Dorsey Paul Reising Dave Dunlap John Kramer Scoa Smout Jared Gilbert Andy Roth Joe Egertson Carl Lothman Tyler Stephens James Griffith Ron Spielman Erin Gardner Robert Mannion Mark Talboa John Hamer Steve Subracko Peter Geisz Bob Mark Scoa Wait Gerry Goeke Brian Middendorf Jeff Waller Andy Gunn Mark Mills Dennis Wiggers Neal Nielsen The flowers in the chancel are given by John and Jeanne Plag in loving memory of their parents. Sermon discussion ques\ons are available in paper copies at the Hanley Road entrance, on the table outside the Choir Room, and online at www.centralpres.com at the Sunday @ Central page. Central Presbyterian Church 7700 Davis Drive, Clayton, Missouri 63105 + 3147272777 www.centralpres.com page 7