August 25, 2013 by Cityview Presbyterian Church

Fourteenth Sunday After Pentecost

August 25, 2013

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. We have clipboards next to each row: we call those our “Connection Cards”. These 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.

Community Life: After the Service Each week, we linger for fellowship with one another. Please join us for refreshments in the cafeteria. Community Groups In addition to weekly worship, we offer small groups (community groups, men’s and women’s bible studies, book studies) that meet throughout the week. We want all of our members and regular attenders to be intentional about building trusting and meaningful spiritual relationships. For a complete list of our small groups, please visit our Web site at www. cityviewchicago.org or fill out one of our “connection cards” for more information.

For Children: Children of all ages are welcome in the worship service. Nursery is provided during the service for children 2 years of age and younger. Children ages three through 5th grade are given the choice of attending Sunday school classes beginning during the greeting portion of the service. If you have any questions about children’s ministry at Cityivew, please contact Interim Children’s Ministry Coordinator Lynda Adamson (lyndabadamson@gmail.com).

Cover Image: Sun of Righteousness by Elizabeth Steele Halstead. Reprinted by permission from Visuals for Worship, ©2006, Faith Alive Christian Resources 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.

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 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.

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.

ORDER OF WORSHIP In the end that Face which is the delight or the terror of the universe must be turned upon each of us either with one expression or with the other, either conferring glory inexpressible or inflicting shame that can never be cured or disguised… We can be left utterly and absolutely outside--repelled, exiled, estranged, finally and unspeakably ignored. On the other hand, we can be called in, welcomed, received, acknowledged. We walk every day on the razor edge between these two incredible possibilities. Apparently, then, our lifelong nostalgia, our longings to be reunited with something in the universe from which we now feel cut off, to be on the inside of some door which we have always seen from the outside, is no mere neurotic fancy, but the truest index of our real situation. And to be at last summoned inside would be both glory and honour beyond all our merits and also the healing of that old ache. — C.S. Lewis

God Calls Us Call to Worship from Psalm 71 In you, O Lord, I take refuge; let me never be put to shame. In your righteousness deliver me and rescue me; incline your ear to me and save me. Rescue me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of the unjust and cruel. For you, O Lord, are my hope, you are my trust, O Lord, from my youth. Upon you I have leaned from my birth; it was you who took me from my mother’s womb. My mouth is filled with your praise, and with your glory all day long. My enemies speak concerning me, and those who watch for my life consult together. They say, “Pursue him whom God has forsaken; seize him, for there is no one to deliver.”

O God, do not be far from me; O my God, make haste to help me! My mouth will tell of your righteous acts, of your deeds of salvation all day long I will come praising the mighty deeds of the Lord God, I will praise your righteousness, yours alone.

Come O Spirit!

Prayer of Invocation

Words and Music by Isaac Wardell

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Father in heaven, there have been times when our faith has faltered. We have been sinfully comfortable in the futility of this life. We have seen little of your purposes in our work. We have felt little of your pleasure in our play. We have grown despondent of your promises. Worst of all, we have become suspicious of your grace. Startle us this day, we pray. Shake us with a truth that cuts us to the bone and a love that will not let us go.

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Silent Confession

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Assurance of Grace - Adapted from Ephesians 1:7 In Christ we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our sins, according to the riches of his grace. Know that you are forgiven and be at peace. Amen. 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 We Are Not Overcome of God for you?

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Words & Music: Isaac Wardell & Robert Heiskell

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Opportunities and Concerns 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. And also with you!

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God Speaks To Us Sermon Text - Psalm 49 Hear this, all peoples! Give ear, all inhabitants of the world, 2 both low and high, rich and poor together! 3 My mouth shall speak wisdom; the meditation of my heart shall be understanding. 4 I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will solve my riddle to the music of the lyre. 5 Why should I fear in times of trouble, when the iniquity of those who cheat me surrounds me, 6 those who trust in their wealth and boast of the abundance of their riches? 7 Truly no man can ransom another, or give to God the price of his life, 8 for the ransom of their life is costly and can never suffice, 9 that he should live on forever and never see the pit. 10 For he sees that even the wise die; the fool and the stupid alike must perish and leave their wealth to others. 11 Their graves are their homes forever, their dwelling places to all generations, though they called lands by their own names. 12 Man in his pomp will not remain; he is like the beasts that perish. 13 This is the path of those who have foolish confidence; yet after them people approve of their boasts. Selah 14 Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol; death shall be their shepherd, and the upright shall rule over them in the morning. Their form shall be consumed in Sheol, with no place to dwell. 15 But God will ransom my soul from the power of Sheol, for he will receive me. Selah 16 Be not afraid when a man becomes rich, when the glory of his house increases. 17 For when he dies he will carry nothing away; his glory will not go down after him. 18 For though, while he lives, he counts himself blessed â&#x20AC;&#x201D;and though you get praise when you do well for yourselfâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; 19 his soul will go to the generation of his fathers, who will never again see light. 20 Man in his pomp yet without understanding is like the beasts that perish. 1

Sermon - The World’s Empty Glory Reverend Dan Adamson

God Strengthens Us Confession of Faith The Heidelberg Catechism Question 1 What is your only comfort in life and death? That I am not my own, but belong with body and soul, both in life and in death, to my faithful Savior Jesus Christ. He has fully paid for all my sins with His precious blood, and has set me free from all the power of the devil. He also preserves me in such a way that without the will of my heavenly Father not a hair can fall from my head; indeed, all things must work together for my salvation. Therefore, by His Holy Spirit He also assures me of eternal life and makes me heartily willing and ready from now on to live for Him.

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.

Sanctus Sanctus Sanctus

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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 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. 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 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.

Communion Prayer God of all mercy, in this eucharist you have set aside our sins and given us your healing. Send us out in the assurance of your love, that we who are made whole in Christ may be agents of healing and renewal in Chicago, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Pastoral Prayer Lordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Prayer Our Father, who art in Heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, 14

and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For yours is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever and ever. Amen.

Doxology Praise God from whom all blessings flow Praise him all creatures here and below Praise him above ye heavenly hosts Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Amen.

God Commissions UsThy Mercy My God

Is The Theme of My Song

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Words: John Stoker Music: Sandra McCracken

Now to him who by the power at work within us is able to accomplish abundantly far more than all we can ask or imagine, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen. Let us go forth to serve the world as those who love our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

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Around Cityview GATHERINGS & ANNOUNCEMENTS WORSHIP AT CROWN PLAZA HOTEL / SEPTEMBER 8

Due to a special event occurring at Merit School of Music (The International Beethoven Project) Cityview will be meeting for church at the Crown Plaza Hotel (733 W Madison St) for worship at 10 a.m. Parking is available at the hotel. We will be back at Merit the following week.

FRIDAY NIGHT COOKOUT / AUGUST 30 / 7 PM

Join us August 30th at 7pm for our third cookout of the summer at the Adamson home (1539 West Jackson Blvd). Bring meat to grill and drinks or a side to share. Contact Dan Adamson for more information.

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SERVING THIS WEEK Sound Joel Avila Greeters Matt & Whitney Covalle Snacks Christina Jenq Nursery Herb Bowsher Sunday School Kylene Young

VISION NIGHT SUNDAY / SEPTEMBER 16 / 6 PM

SERVING NEXT WEEK

LAWNDALE 5K WALK/RUN / SATURDAY, SEPT 28

Sound Josh Koonce Greeters Danny Kim & Emily Adamson Snacks TBA Nursery Lynda Adamson Sunday School TBA

Please join us at the Adamson home (1539 W Jackson Blvd) for an update from Dan and the Leadership Team as we enter the fall season as a church. This is an important meeting to attend if you consider Cityview to be your church community. Light snacks will be provided. Please bring drinks to share. Childcare will be provided. Join others from Cityview to run the Lawndale 5K to benefit the Lawndale Christian Health Center. More information can be found at www.lawndale.org.

CALL FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS

Cityview is looking for folks who would be willing to take some photos by the end of August of our church life and the West Loop neighborhood for our website and print materials. If you are interested in helping out in this way, please talk to Jenny Avila or email her at jenny.n.avila@gmail.com.

CONTACTS Dan Adamson, Pastor dadamson@cityviewchicago.org Jenny Avila, Administrative Coordinator jenny.n.avila@gmail.com Herb Bowsher, Financial Administrator bowsher@comcast.net Lynda Adamson, Interim Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ministry Coordinator lyndabadamson@gmail.com Carolyn Koonce, Social Coordinator carolyn.groenewold@gmail.com Paul Leo, Service & Outreach Coordinator contactpaulleo@gmail.com Paul-David Young, Music Coordinator pauldavidy@gmail.com

CONGREGATIONAL GIVING* JULY 2013 Actual Monthly Giving Budgeted Monthly Giving

$ 8,716 $ 12,250;

Difference

$ -3,534

Actual YTD Giving

$ 77,917

Budgeted YTD Giving

$ 85,750

Difference

$ -$7,833

*In addition to congregational giving, 25% of our overall operating budget is currently comprised of financial support from other churches and individuals. Our budgeted congregational giving represents 75% of the overall operating budget.