Pastor Rick will be preaching "Jesus Is Our Peace" from Ephesians 2:11-22 in the series "God's Ultimate Plan."
Then on Sunday evening at 6:30pm in the sanctuary, our Sunday Evening Worship Services will resume. Our series will be "The Pursuit of Grace: The Book of Jonah." Kicking off the series is special guest and former CMPCer, Dean Eidson. The son of Chuck and Deb Eidson and grandson of Lynne Warnock, Dean currently serves as the Pastoral Intern over Youth at Redeemer Presbyterian in Athens. He's also a student at Birmingham Theological Seminary.
Then on Sunday evening at 6:30pm in the sanctuary, our Sunday Evening Worship Services will resume. Our series will be "The Pursuit of Grace: The Book of Jonah." Kicking off the series is special guest and former CMPCer, Dean Eidson. The son of Chuck and Deb Eidson and grandson of Lynne Warnock, Dean currently serves as the Pastoral Intern over Youth at Redeemer Presbyterian in Athens. He's also a student at Birmingham Theological Seminary.
This Sunday's Order of Worship
Announcements and Welcome
Dee Hammond
Pastor of Missions
Adoration of God
The Song of Ascent
God’s people sang together as they gathered and traveled together up to Jerusalem to worship God.
Congregation
Across The Lands
You're the Word of God the Father from before the world began.
Ev'ry star and ev'ry planet has been fashioned by your hand.
All creation holds together by the power of your voice.
Let the skies declare your glory; let the land and seas rejoice!
Refrain: You're the Author of creation;
You're the Lord of ev'ry man;
And your cry of love rings out across the lands.
Yet you left the gaze of angels, came to seek and save the lost,
And exchanged the joy of heaven for the anguish of the cross.
With a prayer you fed the hungry;
with a word you stilled the sea;
Yet how silently you suffered that the guilty may go free!
With a shout you rose victorious, wresting vict'ry from the grave,
And ascended into heaven, leading captives in your wake.
Now you stand before the Father, interceding for your own;
From each tribe and tongue and nation, you are leading sinners home!
© 2002 Thankyou Music/Adm. by worshiptogether.com songs UBP/ARR ccli #184884
Call to Worship
Psalm 95:1-3
Oh come, let us sing to the Lord; let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation! Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise! For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods.
Invocation
Declaration of Truth
The Nicene Creed
I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible.
And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all worlds; God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God; begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father, by whom all things were made.
Who, for us men for our salvation, came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the virgin Mary, and was made man;
and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate; he suffered and was buried; and the third day he rose again, according to the Scriptures; and ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of the Father; and he shall come again, with glory, to judge the living and the dead; and whose kingdom shall have no end.
And I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord and Giver of Life; who proceeds from the Father and the Son; who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified; who spoke by the prophets.
And I believe one holy catholic* and apostolic Church. I acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins; and I look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.
* The word “catholic†means “universal†and refers to God’s people from throughout history.
Gloria Patri
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end, Amen, Amen
The Gloria Patria's first line was sung in the church as early as the 2nd century to affirm that God is Triune. The second line was added in the 4th century to emphasize the eternal Deity of Jesus, refuting the Arian heresy that Jesus was not eternally God.
Hymn of Praise
It Is Well With My Soul
When peace, like a river, attendeth my way,
When sorrows like sea billows roll;
Whatever my lot, thou hast taught me to say,
"It is well, it is well with my soul."
Refrain: It is well (It is well) with my soul (with my soul);
It is well, it is well with my soul.
Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come,
Let this blest assurance control,
That Christ has regarded my helpless estate,
And has shed his own blood for my soul.
My sin—-O the bliss of this glorious thought!—-
My sin, not in part, but the whole,
Is nailed to the cross and I bear it no more;
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!
O Lord, haste the day when the faith shall be sight,
The clouds be rolled back as a scroll,
The trump shall resound and the Lord shall descend;
"Even so"—-it is well with my soul.
CMPC Mission and Family Life
Mission Moment
Pastoral Prayer
Our Gifts to God
Receiving God’s Tithes and Our Offerings
The Gift of Music
Grace Flows Down with Grace That is Greater Than All My Sin
Choir & Orchestra
The Doxology and Prayer
Praise God from whom all blessings flow. Praise him, all creatures here below.
Praise him above, ye heavenly host. Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Amen.
Hymn of Testimony
Loved With Everlasting Love
Loved with everlasting love, drawn by grace that love to know,
Spirit sent from Christ above, thou dost witness it is so.
O this full and precious peace from his presence all divine;
in a love that cannot cease, I am his and he is mine;
in a love that cannot cease, I am his and he is mine.
Heav'n above is deeper blue, earth around is sweeter green,
that which glows in every hue Christless eyes have never seen.
Birds in song his glories show, flow'rs with richer beauties shine
since I know, as now I know, I am his and he is mine;
since I know, as now I know, I am his and he is mine.
Taste the goodness of the Lord: welcomed home to his embrace,
all his love as blood outpoured seals the pardon of his grace.
Can I doubt his love for me, when I trace that love's design?
By the cross of Calvary I am his and he is mine.
By the cross of Calvary I am his and he is mine.
His forever, only his-- who the Lord and me shall part?
Ah, with what a rest of bless Christ can fill the loving heart.
Heav'n and earth may fade and flee, firstborn light in gloom decline,
but while God and I shall be, I am his and he is mine.
but while God and I shall be, I am his and he is mine.
Proclaiming the Word of God
Reading of God’s Word
Ephesians 2:11-22
All: The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.
Isaiah 40:8
Prayer of Illumination
Sermon
“Jesus Is Our Peaceâ€
Series: God’s Ultimate Plan
Pastor Rick Holmes
Our Response
Prayer of Application
Hymn of Response
Like A River Glorious
Like a river glorious is God's perfect peace,
over all victorious in its bright increase;
perfect, yet it floweth fuller ev'ry day,
perfect, yet it groweth deeper all the way.
Stayed upon Jehovah, hearts are fully blest,
finding, as he promised, perfect peace and rest.
Hidden in the hollow of his blessed hand,
never foe can follow, never traitor stand;
not a surge of worry, not a shade of care,
not a blast of hurry touch the spirit there.
Ev'ry joy or trial falleth from above,
traced upon our dial by the Sun of Love.
We may trust him fully all for us to do;
they who trust him wholly find him wholly true.
The Benediction and Threefold Amen
Dee Hammond
Pastor of Missions
Adoration of God
The Song of Ascent
God’s people sang together as they gathered and traveled together up to Jerusalem to worship God.
Congregation
Across The Lands
You're the Word of God the Father from before the world began.
Ev'ry star and ev'ry planet has been fashioned by your hand.
All creation holds together by the power of your voice.
Let the skies declare your glory; let the land and seas rejoice!
Refrain: You're the Author of creation;
You're the Lord of ev'ry man;
And your cry of love rings out across the lands.
Yet you left the gaze of angels, came to seek and save the lost,
And exchanged the joy of heaven for the anguish of the cross.
With a prayer you fed the hungry;
with a word you stilled the sea;
Yet how silently you suffered that the guilty may go free!
With a shout you rose victorious, wresting vict'ry from the grave,
And ascended into heaven, leading captives in your wake.
Now you stand before the Father, interceding for your own;
From each tribe and tongue and nation, you are leading sinners home!
© 2002 Thankyou Music/Adm. by worshiptogether.com songs UBP/ARR ccli #184884
Call to Worship
Psalm 95:1-3
Oh come, let us sing to the Lord; let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation! Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise! For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods.
Invocation
Declaration of Truth
The Nicene Creed
I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible.
And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all worlds; God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God; begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father, by whom all things were made.
Who, for us men for our salvation, came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the virgin Mary, and was made man;
and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate; he suffered and was buried; and the third day he rose again, according to the Scriptures; and ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of the Father; and he shall come again, with glory, to judge the living and the dead; and whose kingdom shall have no end.
And I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord and Giver of Life; who proceeds from the Father and the Son; who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified; who spoke by the prophets.
And I believe one holy catholic* and apostolic Church. I acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins; and I look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.
* The word “catholic†means “universal†and refers to God’s people from throughout history.
Gloria Patri
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end, Amen, Amen
The Gloria Patria's first line was sung in the church as early as the 2nd century to affirm that God is Triune. The second line was added in the 4th century to emphasize the eternal Deity of Jesus, refuting the Arian heresy that Jesus was not eternally God.
Hymn of Praise
It Is Well With My Soul
When peace, like a river, attendeth my way,
When sorrows like sea billows roll;
Whatever my lot, thou hast taught me to say,
"It is well, it is well with my soul."
Refrain: It is well (It is well) with my soul (with my soul);
It is well, it is well with my soul.
Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come,
Let this blest assurance control,
That Christ has regarded my helpless estate,
And has shed his own blood for my soul.
My sin—-O the bliss of this glorious thought!—-
My sin, not in part, but the whole,
Is nailed to the cross and I bear it no more;
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!
O Lord, haste the day when the faith shall be sight,
The clouds be rolled back as a scroll,
The trump shall resound and the Lord shall descend;
"Even so"—-it is well with my soul.
CMPC Mission and Family Life
Mission Moment
Pastoral Prayer
Our Gifts to God
Receiving God’s Tithes and Our Offerings
The Gift of Music
Grace Flows Down with Grace That is Greater Than All My Sin
Choir & Orchestra
The Doxology and Prayer
Praise God from whom all blessings flow. Praise him, all creatures here below.
Praise him above, ye heavenly host. Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Amen.
Hymn of Testimony
Loved With Everlasting Love
Loved with everlasting love, drawn by grace that love to know,
Spirit sent from Christ above, thou dost witness it is so.
O this full and precious peace from his presence all divine;
in a love that cannot cease, I am his and he is mine;
in a love that cannot cease, I am his and he is mine.
Heav'n above is deeper blue, earth around is sweeter green,
that which glows in every hue Christless eyes have never seen.
Birds in song his glories show, flow'rs with richer beauties shine
since I know, as now I know, I am his and he is mine;
since I know, as now I know, I am his and he is mine.
Taste the goodness of the Lord: welcomed home to his embrace,
all his love as blood outpoured seals the pardon of his grace.
Can I doubt his love for me, when I trace that love's design?
By the cross of Calvary I am his and he is mine.
By the cross of Calvary I am his and he is mine.
His forever, only his-- who the Lord and me shall part?
Ah, with what a rest of bless Christ can fill the loving heart.
Heav'n and earth may fade and flee, firstborn light in gloom decline,
but while God and I shall be, I am his and he is mine.
but while God and I shall be, I am his and he is mine.
Proclaiming the Word of God
Reading of God’s Word
Ephesians 2:11-22
All: The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.
Isaiah 40:8
Prayer of Illumination
Sermon
“Jesus Is Our Peaceâ€
Series: God’s Ultimate Plan
Pastor Rick Holmes
Our Response
Prayer of Application
Hymn of Response
Like A River Glorious
Like a river glorious is God's perfect peace,
over all victorious in its bright increase;
perfect, yet it floweth fuller ev'ry day,
perfect, yet it groweth deeper all the way.
Stayed upon Jehovah, hearts are fully blest,
finding, as he promised, perfect peace and rest.
Hidden in the hollow of his blessed hand,
never foe can follow, never traitor stand;
not a surge of worry, not a shade of care,
not a blast of hurry touch the spirit there.
Ev'ry joy or trial falleth from above,
traced upon our dial by the Sun of Love.
We may trust him fully all for us to do;
they who trust him wholly find him wholly true.
The Benediction and Threefold Amen
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