This Sunday at CMPC (November 24, 2024)

This Sunday morning at CMPC, Pastor Rick will be preaching "Living Wisely" from Ephesians 5:15-21.

Then on Sunday evening, Pastor Ben will preach "The Fifth Vision In the Night" continuing our series "Dark Days and Radiant Revelations"; the book of Zechariah.

Announcements and Welcome
Ben Phillips, Pastor of Ministries

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                        
Stand Up, Stand Up For Jesus

Stand up, stand up for Jesus, ye soldiers of the cross;
lift high his royal banner, it must not suffer loss:
from vict'ry unto vict'ry his army he shall lead,
till ev'ry foe is vanquished  and Christ is Lord indeed.
 
Call to Worship    
                     
Titus 3:4-6
But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior.
 
Invocation
 
Declaration of Truth
                                                                 
Leader: The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; all those who practice it have a good understanding. Psalm 111:10
 
All: Thus says the Lord: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches,  but let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I delight, declares the Lord.” Jeremiah 9:23-24
 
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 Patri’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                    
For The Beauty Of The Earth                    

For the beauty of the earth,  for the glory of the skies,
for the love which from our birth  over and around us lies.
 
Refrain:  Lord of all, to thee we raise
this, our hymn of grateful praise.
 
For the beauty of each hour  of the day and of the night,
hill and vale and tree and flow'r,  sun and moon and stars of light,
 
For the joy of ear and eye, for the heart and mind's delight,
for the mystic harmony linking sense to sound and sight,
 
For the joy of human love,   brother, sister, parent, child,
friends on earth, and friends above,  for all gentle thoughts and mild,
 
For each perfect gift of thine,  to our race so freely given,
graces human and divine,  flow'rs of earth and buds of heav'n,
 
CMPC Mission and Family Life
 
Reception of New Members
 
Pastoral Prayer                                                                                
     
Blest Be the Tie that Binds

Blest be the tie that binds our hearts in Christian love;
The fellowship of kindred minds is like to that above.
 
Our Gifts to God      
 
Receiving God’s Tithes and Our Offerings
 
The Gift of Music                    
Grace and Thanksgiving                                
Hand Bells
 
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                      
O Church Arise

O church, arise and put your armor on;
Hear the call of Christ our captain;
For now the weak can say that they are strong
In the strength that God has given.
With shield of faith and belt of truth
We'll stand against the devil's lies;
An army bold whose battle cry is "Love!"
Reaching out to those in darkness.

Our call to war, to love the captive soul,
But to rage against the captor;
And with the sword that makes the wounded whole
We will fight with faith and valor.
When faced with trials on ev'ry side,
We know the outcome is secure,
And Christ will have the prize for which he died
An inheritance of nations.
 
Come, see the cross where love and mercy meet,
As the Son of God is stricken;
Then see his foes lie crushed beneath his feet,
For the Conqueror has risen!
And as the stone is rolled away,
And Christ emerges from the grave,
This vict'ry march continues till the day
Ev'ry eye and heart shall see him.

So Spirit, come, put strength in ev'ry stride,
Give grace for ev'ry hurdle,
That we may run with faith to win the prize
Of a servant good and faithful.
As saints of old still line the way,
Retelling triumphs of his grace,
We hear their calls and hunger for the day
When, with Christ, we stand in glory.
©2005 Thankyou Music/Adm. by worshiptogether.com songs  ARR/UBP  ccli 184884
 
Proclaiming the Word of God
 
Prayer of Illumination
 
Reading of God’s Word                  
Ephesians 5:15-21
All: The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.
Isaiah 40:8
 
Sermon                                                
“Living Wisely”                  
Series: God’s Ultimate Plan  
Pastor Rick Holmes
                                                   
Our Response                
 
Prayer of Application
 
Hymn of Response          
Come, Ye Thankful People, Come                        

Come, ye thankful people, come, raise the song of harvest-home:
All is safely gathered in, ere the winter storms begin:
God, our Maker, doth provide for our wants to be supplied:
Come to God's own temple, come, raise the song of harvest-home!
 
All the world is God's own field, fruit unto his praise to yield;
Wheat and tares together sown, unto joy or sorrow grown:
First the blade, and then the ear, then the full corn shall appear:
Lord of harvest, grant that we wholesome grain and pure may be.
 
For the Lord our God shall come, and shall take his harvest home;
From his field shall in that day all offenses purge away;
Give his angels charge at last in the fire the tares to cast;
But the fruitful ears to store in his garner evermore.
 
Even so, Lord quickly come, to thy final harvest-home!
Gather thou, thy people in, free from sorrow, free from sin;
There forever purified, in thy presence to abide:
Come, with all thine angels, come, raise the glorious harvest-home!
 
The Benediction and Threefold Amen