CPC Bulletin - 06/13/2021

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Greetings & Announcements


Chimes


Opening Prayer

All: O most merciful Redeemer and friend, may we know you more clearly, love you more dearly, and follow you more nearly, day by day. Be with us this day in this place, we pray. Amen. 


Prelude



Call to Worship
One: Our worship is in the name of the Father, 

All:   the one eternal God in whom we live and move and have our being,

One: and of the Son,

All:   our crucified and risen Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom the love of God is made manifest among us,

One: and of the Holy Spirit,

All:   the Counselor by whom we become the people of God and the church of Jesus Christ. 

One: Let us worship God!


Hymn #2          Come, Thou Almighty King


Call to Confession


Prayer of Confession 

All: Awesome and compassionate God, you have loved us with unfailing mercy, but we have not loved you. You constantly call us, but we do not listen. You ask us to love, but we walk away from neighbors in need, wrapped in our own concerns. We condone evil, prejudice, warfare, and greed. God of grace, as you come to us in mercy, we repent in spirit and in truth, admit our sin, and gratefully receive your forgiveness through Jesus Christ, our Redeemer. Amen. 


Assurance of Pardon



Minute for Mission


Message for Young Disciples


New Hymn



Prayer for Illumination

All: Shine within our hearts, loving Lord, with the true light of your divine knowledge, and open the eyes of our minds, that we may comprehend the message of your Word, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. 


Old Testament Reading:                                                                     Micah 6:6-8

Gospel Reading                                                                             Matthew 25:31-40


Message:                     “Becoming a Matthew 25 Church”                Pastor Greg

Affirmation of Faith (from The Heidelberg Catechism)  

All: "I believe that the Son of God through his Spirit and Word, out of the entire human race, from the beginning of the world to its end, gathers, protects, and preserves for himself a community chosen for eternal life and united in true faith. And of this community I am and always will be a living member."


Hymn #366                     Love Divine, All Loves Excelling



Prayers of the People and The Lord's Prayer

Offertory

Doxology


Prayer of Dedication

All: Our Father in heaven, multiply these gifts and increase their usefulness. Magnify your purposes in their distribution, to the end that your kingdom may come and your will may be done on earth as it is in heaven. Amen. 



Hymn #687                  Our God, Our Help in Ages Past



Benediction

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