“In whom also we have obtained an inheritance.” Ephesians 1:11 When Jesus gave himself for us, he gave us all the rights and privileges which went with himself; so that now, although as eternal God, he has essential rights to which no creature may venture to pretend, yet as Jesus, the Mediator, the federal head of the covenant of grace, …
Order of Worship for 2/4/2018
Welcome and Announcements Scripture Meditation “But the LORD is the true God; he is the living God and the everlasting King.” Jeremiah 10:10a The Lord Calls Us to Worship * Salutation 1 Corinthians 1:3 * Call to Worship Psalm 113:1-3 * Prayer of Invocation Our Response to the Lord’s Call * Hymn …
Order of Worship for 1/28/2018
Welcome and Announcements Scripture Meditation “And he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him, and everyone marveled.” Mark 5:20 The Lord Calls Us to Worship * Salutation 1 Corinthians 1:3 * Call to Worship Psalm 99:1-2 * Prayer of Invocation Our Response to the …
Order of Worship for 1/21/2018
Welcome and Announcements Scripture Meditation “To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood and made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.” Revelation 1:5-6 The Lord Calls Us to Worship * Salutation 1 Corinthians 1:3 * Call …
From the Pastor’s Desk (Jan 10, 2018)
Dear CSOPC brothers and sisters, 2018 is now in full swing. Back to work. Back to school. Back to the routine of life. There is one ‘routine’ however, that is life-giving. That, of course, is the ‘routine’ of gathering with the people of God to feed on his word and commune with our Redeemer in worship. Week after week, month …
Order of Worship for 1/14/2018
Welcome and Announcements Scripture Meditation “Have you not known? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable.” Isaiah 40:28 The Lord Calls Us to Worship * Salutation 1 Corinthians 1:3 * Call to Worship …
Order of Worship for 1/7/2018
Welcome and Announcements Scripture Meditation “But I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own.” Philippians 3:12 The Lord Calls Us to Worship * Salutation 1 Corinthians 1:3 * Call to Worship Psalm 98:1 * Prayer of Invocation Our Response to the Lord’s Call * …
Weekly Devotion from Spurgeon’s “Morning and Evening”
“Lo, I am with you alway.” Matthew 28:20 The Lord Jesus is in the midst of his church; he walketh among the golden candlesticks; his promise is, “Lo, I am with you alway.” He is as surely with us now as he was with the disciples at the lake, when they saw coals of fire, and fish laid thereon and …
Order of Worship for 12/31/17
Welcome and Announcements Scripture Meditation “And the ransomed of the LORD shall return and come to Zion with singing; everlasting joy shall be upon their heads, they shall obtain gladness and joy … sorrow and sighing shall flee away.” Zechariah 9:9 The Lord Calls Us to Worship * Salutation 1 Corinthians 1:3 * Call to Worship …
Weekly Devotion from Spurgeon’s “Morning and Evening”
Revelation 21:1 And there was no more sea. Scarcely could we rejoice at the thought of losing the glorious old ocean: the new heavens and the new earth are none the fairer to our imagination, if, indeed, literally there is to be no great and wide sea, with its gleaming waves and shelly shores. Is not the text to be …