This Sunday at CMPC (January 12, 2024)

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This Sunday at 8:30 and one at 11 in the Sanctuary Pastor Rick will be preaching "Our Warfare" from Ephesians 6:10-18.

During the Sunday Evening Worship Service at 6:30pm, Pastor Ben will continue our series "Visions in the Night" with Zechariah chapter 6.

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                        
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.
 
Stand up, stand up for Jesus, stand in his strength alone;
the arm of flesh will fail you, ye dare not trust your own:
put on the gospel armor, each piece put on with pray'r;
where duty calls, or danger, be never wanting there.
 
Call to Worship                        
Exodus 15:1-3

Then Moses and the people of Israel sang this song to the Lord, saying,
“I will sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea.  The Lord is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation; this is my God, and I will praise him, my father's God, and I will exalt him. The Lord is a man of war; the Lord is his name.”
 
Invocation
 
Declaration of Truth                                                                
       
The Apostles’ Creed

I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord, Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, and born of the virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. The third day He rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of God the Father Almighty. From there He will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic* church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.
 
This creed traditionally dates back to the early 2nd century.
The word “catholic” means “universal”, meaning the one true church made
up of all believers in Jesus Christ from every tribe, language, people and nation.
 
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                              
Only a Holy God                            
             
Who else commands all the hosts of heaven?
Who else could make every king bow down?
Who else can whisper and darkness trembles?
Only a Holy God
 
What other beauty demands such praises?
What other splendor outshines the sun?
What other majesty rules with justice?
Only a Holy God
 
Come and behold him the One and the Only
Cry out, sing holy forever a Holy God
Come and worship the Holy God
 
What other glory consumes like fire?
What other power can raise the dead?
What other name remains undefeated?
Only a Holy God
 
Who else could rescue me from my failing?
Who else would offer his only Son?
Who else invites me to call him Father?
Only a Holy God
 
CMPC Mission and Family Life
 
Mission Moment                
Commissioning of Matthew
World Discipleship Association
             
Pastoral Prayer and Confession of Sin
 
Assurance of Pardon                                                                      
John 3:16-17
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
                                                                                 
Our Gifts to God      
 
Receiving God’s Tithes and Our Offerings
 
The Gift of Music                          
I Stand In Awe
 
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                  
Soldiers of Christ Arise                

Soldiers of Christ, arise, And put your armor on,
Strong in the strength which God supplies Through his Eternal Son.
Strong in the Lord of hosts, And in his mighty pow'r,
Who in the strength of Jesus trusts Is more than conqueror.
 
Stand then in his great might, With all his strength endued;
But take, to arm you for the fight, The panoply of God.
Leave no unguarded place, No weakness of the soul;
Take ev'ry virtue, ev'ry grace, And fortify the whole.
 
To keep your armor bright, Attend with constant care;
Still walking in your Captain's sight, And watching unto prayer.
From strength to strength go on; Wrestle and fight and pray;
Tread all the pow'rs of darkness down, And win the well-fought day.
 
Proclaiming the Word of God
 
Prayer of Illumination
 
Reading of God’s Word                  
Ephesians 6:10-18                
All: The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.
Isaiah 40:8
 
Sermon                                                  
“Our Warfare”                  
Pastor Rick Holmes
                                                       
Our Response                
 
Prayer of Application
 
Hymn of Response                      
Be Thou My Vision                                          

Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart;
Naught be all else to me, save that thou art--
Thou my best thought, by day or by night,
Waking or sleeping, thy presence my light.
 
Be thou my wisdom, and thou my true word;
I ever with thee and thou with me, Lord;
Thou my great Father, I thy true Son;
Thou in me dwelling, and I with thee one.
 
Be thou my battle shield, sword for my fight;
Be thou my dignity, thou my delight,
Thou my soul's shelter, thou my high tow'r;
Raise thou me heav'n-ward, O Pow'r of my pow'r.
 
Riches I heed not, nor man’s empty praise,
Thou mine Inheritance, now and always:
Thou and thou only, first in my heart,
High King of Heaven, my treasure thou art.
 
High King of heaven, my victory won,
May I reach heaven's joys, O bright heav'n's Sun!
Heart of my own heart, whatever befall,
Still be my vision, O Ruler of all.
 
The Benediction and Threefold Amen