JUNE 14, 2015
Welcome to Cityview Presbyterian Church
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To Our Guests: Visiting a church can be an intimidating experience. We are glad that you are here, and we hope to remove as much of that awkwardness as we can from your visit to Cityview. Our worship service usually lasts about 90 minutes. This worship guide will help you navigate the service. There are short paragraphs on the next page to explain each part of the service. The service is designed to be accessible to you, whether you’ve spent years in the church or you’ve never been to a church service in your life. During the service, we will try to help you understand how the message of Jesus can apply to your life today. If you are new to Cityview or just visiting, we would love to know that you were here. The Connection Cards, which can be found along the center aisle, are a place for you to let us know whatever information you might want us to know, and to request any information from us that you might need. Pastor Dan Adamson (dadamson@cityviewchicago.org) is always enthusiastic to meet you in person, as well.
For Children: Children of all ages are welcome in the worship service. Nursery is provided during the service for children 3 years of age and younger. Children ages four through 5th grade are given the choice of attending Sunday school classes beginning during the opportunities and concerns portion of the service. If you have any questions about children’s ministry at Cityivew, please contact Children’s Ministry Coordinator Lynda Adamson (lyndabadamson@gmail.com).
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Community Life: Before the Service Each week, we take time before the service to fellowship and prepare for worship. Refreshments are served starting at 9:45 AM outside of the sanctuary. Community Groups Community Groups are the primary way to get to know people at Cityview. At a Community Group, you will be invited to deepen your spiritual involvement with others. You will find a weekly opportunity to study the scripture passage for the upcoming week’s sermon and pray together. When & Where Tuesday / 6:30 PM Dan Adamson dadamson@cityviewchicago.org 2154 West Superior St. Wednesday / 7:30 PM Joel Avila - joel.p.avila@gmail.com 2455 West Ohio, Unit 16W Thursday / 7:00 PM Malissa Mackey - malissa.mackey@cru.org 841 W. Monroe Street Visit cityviewchicago.org/news to see all upcoming events. All songs used by permission CCLI License #11041992 Scripture reprinted from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission.
The Liturgy Preparing in Stillness
We often come into worship tired, overwhelmed and distracted. If we are honest we are not prepared to worship God. Each week, we take a few moments to quiet our hearts to prepare to meet God in worship. Please take this time to read the reflections, look over the rest of the service or pray as we anticipate being called into worship.
Call to Worship
We need to be “called” to come and worship God because we default to thinking the world revolves around our needs and agendas- and also because we struggle to believe that God truly wants us to draw near to him. The call to worship focuses our attention on God and prepares us to meet him.
Confession of Sin
Because sin is so pervasive in both our individual and corporate lives, we are called to come before God with honesty and transparency, confessing our failures and brokenness and asking for both healing and forgiveness through Jesus Christ. We confess corporately to show our unity even in our brokenness.
Assurance of Grace
Christ has given the Church authority to declare forgiveness of sins in his name. Because of this, when the liturgist proclaims that your sins are forgiven, you can know that Christ agrees.
The Sermon
Some view the sermon as a way to get principles for “right” living. In reality, as we open the Scripture we corporately encounter Christ. Therefore, as you listen, pray to be open to the Spirit’s leading, exhortation, encouragement, and healing.
Communion
Communion, also called the Lord’s Supper or the Eucharist, is the family meal for Christians. We welcome all Christians - those who look to Christ alone for salvation, who are in good standing with his church, and who seek strength to live more faithfully to their Savior - to join in this sacrament.
Worship Through Giving
Because money is so powerfully tied to our hearts, this is a valuable expression of worship as we acknowledge that everything we have comes from God and belongs to him. If you are visiting with us, we are glad you are here- please do not feel obligated to give.
The Benediction
God always gets the last word in our encounter of worship. For Christians, it is always a word of blessing and sending to live our lives in the light of the reality of the Gospel of Christ.
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ORDER OF WORSHIP The spirit of bondage works by fear for the slave fears the rod: but love cries, Abba, Father; it disposes us to go to God, and behave ourselves towards God as children; and it gives us clear evidence of our union to God as His children, and so casts out fear. So that it appears that the witness of the Spirit the apostle speaks of, is far from being any whisper, or immediate suggestion or revelation; but that gracious holy effect of the Spirit of God in the hearts of the saints, the disposition and temper of children, appearing in sweet childlike love to God, which casts out fear or a spirit of a slave. - Jonathan Edwards
God Calls Us Call to Worship* All who thirst, come to the water. Come, all who are weary. Come, all who yearn for forgiveness. The Holy Spirit through Jesus Christ has washed over us, and our gracious and holy God beckons and blesses us. Drink deeply of these living waters. Glory to you, O Lord, glory to you. Let us worship the eternal God, the risen Son, and the Spirit who breathes life into dust Glory to you, O Lord, glory to you. Amen.
Your Love, Oh Lord Your love, oh Lord, Reaches to the Heavens Your faithfulness stretches to the sky Your righteousness is like a mighty mountain, Your justice flows like the ocean’s tide And I will lift my voice to worship you, my king And I will find my strength in the shadow of your wings Words & Music: Third Day
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Prayer of Adoration God of all faithfulness, you have opened the gate of mercy for your people and are always ready to welcome those who turn to you. Look on us in your compassion, that we may gladly respond to your love and faithfully walk in your way through Jesus Christ, our Lord.
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God Cleanses Us Call to Confession — from Psalm 25:16-18 Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted. The troubles of my heart are enlarged; bring me out of my distresses. Consider my affliction and my trouble, and forgive all my sins.
Prayer of Confession Our God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, You live in perfect unity. And you have invited us into your fellowship. Forgive us when we isolate ourselves from you, and live indifferently to those you have placed in our path. Move us outside ourselves, to bear witness to your love and kindness before a world that is lonely and in need of Christ’s friendship. Through Jesus we pray. Amen.
To Thee I Come
Hymn of Confession
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To Thee I Come
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Silent Confession Assurance of Grace* — 2 Corinthians 5:21
For our sake he made him to be sin, who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. Thanks be to God! Brothers and sisters, you have heard God’s holy demands and have confessed your sins to him. Do you believe that Jesus Christ, by his perfect life, sacrificial death, and glorious resurrection has atoned for your sins and satisfied the wrath of God for you? We do.
Passing of the Peace — from John 13:34 Hear the teaching of Christ: “A new command I give you, that you love one another as I have loved you.” The peace of Christ be with you all.
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Come Thou Fount, Come Thou King Traditional. Additional Lyrics: Gateway Worship
Hymn of Assurance
Come Thou Fount, Come Thou King
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Opportunities and Concerns Children may be dismissed for Sunday School
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God Speaks To Us Old Testament Reading — Isaiah 44:1-5 “But now hear, O Jacob my servant, Israel whom I have chosen! 2 Thus says the LORD who made you, who formed you from the womb and will help you: Fear not, O Jacob my servant, Jeshurun whom I have chosen. 3 For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground;
I will pour my Spirit upon your offspring, and my blessing on your descendants. 4 They shall spring up among the grass like willows by flowing streams. 5 This one will say, ‘I am the LORD’s,’ another will call on the name of Jacob, and another will write on his hand, ‘The LORD’s,’ and name himself by the name of Israel.”
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New Testament Reading — 2 Corinthians 3:17-18 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. 18 And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are
being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.
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This is the word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
Sermon — The Spirit of Truth: The God We Worship Aaron Baker, Pastor of Covenant Presbyterian Church
Sermon Text — John 16:4b-15 4b “I did not say these things to you from the beginning, because I was with you. 5 But now I am going to him who sent me, and none of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’ 6 But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart. 7 Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you. 8 And when he comes, he will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment: 9 concerning sin, because they do not believe in me; 10 concerning
righteousness, because I go to the Father, and you will see me no longer; 11 concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged. 12 “I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. 13 When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. 14 He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you. 15 All that the Father has is mine; therefore I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you.
The God We Worship— For the next few weeks, Cityview is partnering with other Chicago-area churches in our denomination for this sermon series on the Trinity to help us understand the God we worship as Father, Son and Holy Spirit. 10
God Strengthens Us Confession of Faith — The Apostles’ Creed Christian, what do you believe? I believe in God, the Father Almighty, the Maker of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; He descended into hell. The third day He rose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from there He shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy catholic church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. Amen.
Invitation to the Lord’s Table Prayer of Thanksgiving and Consecration The Lord be with you. And also with you. Lift up your hearts. We lift them up to the Lord. Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. It is right to give him thanks and praise.
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Words of Institution We break bread in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and proclaim the mystery of the faith: Christ has died. Christ is risen. Christ will come again. Christ our Passover has been sacrificed for us; Therefore, let us keep the feast.
Distribution of the Bread and the Cup Prayers for Reflection Prayer for those searching for truth Lord Jesus, you claim to be the way, the truth, and the life. As I consider the reasons for doing so, grant that I might be undaunted by the cost of following you. If what you claim is true, please guide me, teach me, and open to me the reality of who you are. Give me an understanding of you that is coherent, convincing, and that leads to the life that you promise. Amen.
Prayer of belief Lord Jesus, I admit that I am weaker and more sinful than I ever before believed, but through you I am more loved and accepted than I ever dared hope. I thank you for paying my debt, bearing my punishment on the cross, and offering forgiveness and new life. Knowing that you have been raised from the dead, I turn from my sins and receive you as Savior and Lord. Amen.
Prayer of commitment Lord Jesus, you have called us to follow you in baptism and in a life of committed discipleship in your church. Grant that I may take the necessary steps to be one with your people, and live in the fullness of your Spirit. Amen.
Prayer for those struggling with sin Lord Jesus, grant that I may see in you the fulfillment of all my need, and may turn from every false satisfaction to feed on you, the true and living bread. Enable me to lay aside the sin that clings so closely, and faithfully follow you in life. Amen.
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Communion Hymn
Narrow Little Road
I believe in the love of God It is an orphan’s wildest dream It is a narrow little road It is an ever-widening desert stream Refrain: Oh I, and I, I will leave this road For the narrow It is portrayed in the bread and wine Let it fortify my bones It is more than just a sign It is the fountain from that desert stone refrain The love of God is the hymn of hope Let the needy join the throng Let the widow hear and cope Let the crippled rise to sing this song refrain
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Worship Through Giving
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Just a Closer Walk with Thee Hymn of Benediction
Just a Closer Walk With Thee
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Benediction Sending Let us go forth to serve the world as those who love our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Thanks be to God!
Postlude Each week people are available to pray with you immediately following the service, located near the communion table.
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Service
Relationships
Worship
Around Cityview SUNDAY EVENING PRAYER - 6:00 PM SUNDAYS, 6:00 PM / 841 W. MONROE ST. Join us to pray for one another, the church, the city and the world every Sunday night at Cityview Commons from 6-7:00pm. FAITH & SCRIPTURE FORUM JUNE 24, 8:00 PM This summer we’ll begin a forum series to discuss challenging questions about our faith together. Join us on June 24 to discuss Faith & Scripture and to think through the question, “Can We Trust the Bible?”. PICNIC LUNCH IN SKINNER PARK TODAY / SKINNER PARK - 1331 W MONROE Sunday lunch will be hosted as a picnic in Skinner Park today. Grab your lunch at a local grocery store and join us! SUMMER COMMUNITY GROUP THURSDAYS, 7:00 PM / 841 W. MONROE ST. Throughout the summer we’ll have one community group meeting regularly at the Commons on Thursday evenings. The group will focus on a 6-week study called The Explicit Gospel. Contact Danny Kim (dannytkim@gmail.com) for more information. OUTREACH TEAM OPENING The Outreach volunteer committee is looking for 1-2 people to join their team. The team meets once/month to discuss ways Cityview can assist in serving and volunteering throughout Chicago, and coordinates volunteer opportunities for the congregation. For more information, contact Josh Koonce (joshua.koonce@gmail.com). COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR POSITION We’re looking for someone part time to take over Bonnie’s position, with hopes to have the position filled in June. The position description can be found on the Cityview website. If you are interested, or know of anyone who may be, please contact Carolyn Koonce.
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SERVING THIS WEEK Sound Greeters Set-up Hospitality Nursery Sunday School
Joel Avila Paul Leo & Brad Gill Brad Gill Stephanie Samudio Emily Adamson TBA
SERVING NEXT WEEK Sound Danny Samudio Greeters Nick & Janelle Lake Set-up Nick Lake & Dawn Markley Hospitality Lela & Rob Saffle Nursery Ben Adamson Sunday School Carolyn Koonce & Stephanie Samudio
CONTACTS Dan Adamson, Senior Pastor dadamson@cityviewchicago.org Peter Schamp, Worship Director pschamp@gmail.com Lynda Adamson, Children’s Ministry Director lyndabadamson@gmail.com Carolyn Koonce, Administrative Coordinator carolyn.groenewold@gmail.com Craig Hefner, Theological Education Coordinator craig.hefner@my.wheaton.edu Bonnie Beach, Communications Coordinator bonnie.e.beach@gmail.com
CONGREGATIONAL GIVING* MAY 2015
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Actual Monthly Giving
$ 12,238
Budgeted Monthly Giving
$ 15,650
Difference
$ (3,412)
Actual YTD Giving
$ 67,336
Budgeted YTD Giving
$ 68,970
Difference YTD Fundraising Revenue:
$ 1,604 $ 21,005
*In addition to congregational giving, we receive fundraising support from other churches and individuals to help cover operating costs.