A Presbyterian Church in America · 2020-06-06 · Welcome to Grace Community Church, a...
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A Presbyterian Church in America
Grace, Growth, Glory
June 28, 2020 • 10:45 am
Welcome to Grace Community Church, a Presbyterian Church in America. If you are worshiping with us for the first time, we pray that you may know the Gospel’s
transforming grace in Jesus Christ.
Today’s Scheduled Activities: Sunday School: 9:45-10:30am - Sunday School (Fellowship Hall)-Adults—Colossians – Ron Brightwell (Library)-Children-Attributes of Scripture Morning Worship Service: 10:45am-12:15pm –The Purpose of the Lord’s Supper– Rev. Brent Bergman Sunday Evening: 6:00pm — Summer Fellowship at the church.
Weekly Calendar: Monday 2:15pm Women’s Prayer contact Janis Stevenson Tuesday 9:15am Men’s White Horse Stable Wednesday 7:00pm Prayer Meeting to resume in July Friday 9:30am Women’s ‘T’ Room (Daniel)
Fellowship and Announcements: check website for additional details
• Church Member and Guest Rosters are available in the foyer. • Sunday School, studying Colossians with Ron Brightwell. • If interested in an inquirer’s class please contact Pastor Brent. • Sunday evening fellowship tonight at the church, refreshments are welcome. • Wednesday evening Prayer Meeting to resume in July.
Pastor: Rev. Brent Bergman – 727-692-1865 Associate Pastor: Rev. Stephen Jennings – 904-327-7599
Elder: Ron Brightwell 2255 Nebraska Avenue, Palm Harbor, FL 34683
727-789-2124 ● Fax 727-785-8096 ● Web: gccpalmharbor.org
Order of Worship Theme: The Lord’s Supper
Announcements
Prelude The prelude is a time to prepare for the worship of our holy God. Pray that God would meet His
people as we gather. (Please silence all phones and electronic devices.)
Call to Worship *
The service begins with a scriptural “call to worship.” It is God Himself who calls His people to worship. We do not call ourselves, but it is the King who opens His gates and beckons us into His courts. Worship is a reflexive and deliberate response to His gracious call.
Psalm 100 (KJV)
Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands. Serve the Lord with gladness: come before His presence with singing.
Know ye that the Lord He is God: it is He that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.
Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise: be thankful unto Him, and bless His name.
For the Lord is good; His mercy is everlasting; and His truth endures to all generations.
Prayer of Adoration and Invocation * This prayer exalts the Name of the Lord and invokes His presence and communion as we come to
worship Him.
*Please stand if able.
We receive
the Call to
Worship in
accordance
with
Hebrews
12:28
Let us offer to
God
acceptable
worship, with
reverence and
awe.
We offer the
Prayer of
Invocation in
accordance
with
Psalm 22:3
KJV
But Thou art
holy, O thou
that inhabits
the praises of
Israel.
Confession of Faith Westminster Larger Catechism # 183 & 192
Q. 183. For whom are we to pray?
A. We are to pray for the whole church of Christ upon earth; for magistrates, and ministers; for ourselves, our brethren, yea, our enemies; and for all sorts of men living, or that shall live hereafter; but not for the dead, nor for those that are known to have sinned the sin unto death.
Q. 192. What do we pray for in the third petition?
A. In the third petition, (which is, Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven,) acknowledging, that by nature we and all men are not only utterly unable and unwilling to know and do the will of God, but prone to rebel against His Word, to repine and murmur against His providence, and wholly inclined to do the will of the flesh, and of the devil: we pray, that God would by His Spirit take away from ourselves and others all blindness, weakness, [stubbornness], and perverseness of heart; and by His grace make us able and willing to know, do, and submit to His will in all things, with the like humility, cheerfulness, faithfulness, diligence, zeal, sincerity, and constancy, as the angels do in heaven.
Prayer of Confession
Assurance of Forgiveness
Acts 5:31
God exalted [Christ] at His right hand as Leader and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.
We offer our
Confession of
Faith in
accordance
with
Hebrews
10:23
Let us hold
fast the
confession of
our hope
without
wavering, for
He who
promised is
faithful
We offer the
Prayer of
Confession in
accordance
with
I John 1:9
If we confess
our sins, He is
faithful and
just to forgive
us our sins and
to cleanse us
from all
unrighteousness
"My Savior My God" Aaron Shust
Verse 1: I am not skilled to understand
What God has willed, what God Has planned
I only know at His right hand
Stands one who is my Savior
Verse 2: I take Him at His word and deed
Christ died to save me: this I read
And in my heart I find the need
Of Him to be my Savior
Bridge: That he would leave his place on high
And come for sinful man to die
You count it strange, so once did I
Before I knew my Savior
Chorus (X2) My Savior loves, My Savior lives
My Savior's always there for me
My God He was, My God He is, My God is always gonna be.
Verse 3: Yes, living, dying: let me bring
My strength, my solace from the Spring
That He who lives to be my king
Once died to be my Savior
Bridge: That He would leave His place on high
And come for sinful man to die
You called it strange, so once did I
Before I knew my Savior
Chorus (x2) My Savior loves, My Savior lives
My Savior's always there for me
My God He was, My God He is, My God is always gonna be.
Prayer for the Congregation
The Lord’s Prayer
Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in 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 temptation, but deliver us from evil: For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever.
Amen.
Tithes and Offerings / Offertory Giving is an act of worship.
We give because all we are and all we have are gifts of God’s grace. For those who are currently unable to attend the worship service you will find on the
website under the MINISTRIES tab a place for ONLINE GIVING
Scripture Reading* Exodus 12:29-42
At midnight the Lord struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the first born of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of the livestock. And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he and all his servants and all the Egyptians. And there was a great cry in Egypt, for there was not a house where someone was not dead. Then he summoned Moses and Aaron by night and said, “Up, go out from among my people, both you and the people of Israel; and go, serve the Lord, as you have said. Take your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and be gone, and bless me also!” The Egyptians were urgent with the people to send them out of the land in haste. For they said, “We shall all be dead.” So the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading bowls being bound up in their cloaks on their shoulders. The people of Israel had also done as Moses told them, for they had asked the Egyptians for silver and gold jewelry and for clothing. And the Lord had given the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they let them have what they asked. Thus they plundered the Egyptians. And the people of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides women and children. A mixed multitude also went up with them, and very much livestock, both flocks and herds. And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough that they had brought out of Egypt, for it was not leavened, because they were thrust out of Egypt and could not wait, nor had they prepared any provisions for themselves. The time that the people of Israel lived in Egypt was 430 years. At the end of 430 years, on that very day, all the hosts of the Lord went out from the land of Egypt. It was a night of watching by the Lord, to bring them out of the land of Egypt; so this same night is a night of watching kept to the Lord by all the people of Israel throughout their generations. *Please stand if able
We offer the
Prayer for
the
Congregation
in accordance
with
1 Peter 5:7
Casting all
your anxieties
on Him,
because He
cares for you.
We offer our
Tithes and
Offerings in
accordance
with
Malachi 3:10.
Bring the full
tithe into the
storehouse.
We receive
the Scripture
Reading in
accordance
with
1Timothy
4:13
Devote
yourself to the
public reading
of Scripture
Prayer for Illumination
Preaching of God’s Word “The Purpose of the Lord’s Supper”
Mark 14:22-25 Rev. Brent Bergman
We offer the
Prayer for
Illumination
in accordance
with
Psalm
119:130
The unfolding
of Your words
gives light; it
imparts
understanding
to the simple.
We submit to
the
Preaching of
God’s Word
in accordance
with
Romans
10:17.
So, faith comes
from hearing,
and hearing
through the
word of Christ.
Benediction
2 Thessalonians 2:16-17
Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace, [may He]
comfort your hearts and establish them in every good work and word.
Weekly Prayer Journal (June 21 - June 28, 2020)
Please notify us of new prayer requests or answers to prayer. You may call the church office at 727-789-2124 or e-mail the information to [email protected].
Sunday: Prayer Theme: The Sufficiency and Effectualness of Christ’s Sacrifice O the height and depth and length and breadth of that love of Christ that surpasses knowledge! Ephesians 3:18-19 That Christ did through the eternal Spirit offer Himself without blemish to God…to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself. Hebrews 9:14,26 the living bread which came down from heaven: which if any man eat he shall live forever. John 6:51
Monday: Prayer Needs: Etienne – Haiti: God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do, sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, who by a sacrifice for sin, condemned sin in the flesh. Romans 8:3 He has redeemed me from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for me. Galatians 3:13
Tuesday: God has by a single offering perfected for all time those who are being sanctified; Hebrews 10:14 He has finished transgression, put an end to sin, atoned for iniquity, and has brought in an everlasting righteousness. Daniel 9:24 Herein indeed God shows His love to me, in that while I was still a sinner, Christ died for me; that I might be reconciled to Him by the death of His Son. Romans 5:10
Wednesday: In this is love, not that I have loved God, but that He loved me and sent His Son to be the propitiation for my sins, 1 John 4:10 that through death He might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil. Hebrews 2:14 and He by His own blood entered once for all into the holy places, thus securing my eternal redemption. Hebrews 9:12
Thursday: He was wounded for my transgressions and crushed for my iniquities; upon Him was the chastisement of my peace, and with His stripes I am healed; the LORD having laid upon Him the iniquity of all His people, Isaiah 53:5-6 O that great love with which He loved me! Ephesians 2:4
Friday: Give thanks for our church body and pray for our sanctification, the Pastors, the Elders and Deacons, and Fred and Shirley Guthrie.
Saturday: Christ has disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in His cross, and has cancelled the record of debt that stood against me with its legal demands; this He set aside, nailing it to the cross. Colossians 2:14-15 and thus has freed me from my sins by His blood and has made His people a kingdom, priests to His God and Father. Revelation 1:5-6
We receive
the
Benediction
in accordance
with Leviticus
9:22-23
Then Aaron
lifted up his
hands toward
the people and
blessed them.
The proclamation of God’s grace.
God’s will for His Church is for the Church to proclaim and defend Truth (I Tim. 3:15) so that God’s people may avail themselves of the ordinary means of grace in order to grow in grace and manifest the fruit of the spirit. (Col. 1: 5-6, WSC* #89)
The growth of God’s people.
God’s will for His people is to enable them to more and more die to sin and live unto righteousness. (I Thess. 4:3, WSC* #35)
The magnification of God’s glory.
God’s will is for all things to glorify Him. So, whether we eat or drink, or whatever we do, it is to be for the glory of God. We are to let our light to shine before men so that they might see our good works and glorify our Father in heaven. (I Cor 10:31; Matt 5:16). Therefore, man’s chief end is to “glorify God and to enjoy Him forever.” (WSC* #1) *Westminster Shorter Catechism
Missionaries We Support Matlack MTW Prayer Ministry Andrew Newman – RUF @ USF Schmidts Brazil New Life Solutions Kawachis France Genevan Institute Etienne Haiti Scriptures quoted are from the ESV unless otherwise noted. Next Communion: July 5, 2020 Next Benevolence Offering: July 12, 2020