september 7, 2014

SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

Cityview Presbyterian Church exists in Chicago’s West Loop neighborhoodto celebrate the good news of Jesus Christthrough worship, relationships & service.

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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 in this bulletin, 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. You may put this in the offering when it is passed at the end of the service. Pastor Dan Adamson ([email protected]) 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 greeting portion of the service.

If you have any questions about children’s ministry at Cityivew, please contact Children’s Ministry Coordinator Lynda Adamson ([email protected]).

Community Life:After the ServiceEach week, we linger for fellowship with one another. Please join us for refreshments in the cafeteria.

Community GroupsCommunity 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 PMDan Adamson [email protected] West Superior St.

Wednesday / 7:30 PM Joel Avila - [email protected] West Ohio, Unit 16W

Thursday / 7:00 PMMalissa Mackey - [email protected] South Green St. Apt 807-B

Visit cityviewchicago.org/news to see all upcoming events.

C TYVIEWpresby terian church

Welcome to Cityview Presbyterian Church

All songs used by permissionCCLI 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.

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The LiturgyPreparing in StillnessWe 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 WorshipWe 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 SinBecause 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 GraceChrist 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 SermonSome 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.

CommunionCommunion, 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 GivingBecause 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 BenedictionGod 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 WORSHIPThe Son of God was the new Adam. He was both the actual presence and the harbinger of a new kingdom. Everything about his life, his teaching, and his death was a demonstration of a different kind of power — not just in relation to the spiritual realm and not just in relation to the ruling political authorities, but in the ordinary social dynamics of everyday life. It operated in complete obedience to God the Father, it repudiated the symbolic trappings of elitism, it manifested compassion concretely out of calling and vocation, and it served the good of all and not just the good of the community of faith. In short, in contrast to the kingdoms of this world, his kingdom manifests the power to bless, unburden, serve, heal, mend, restore, and liberate. - James Davison HunterChristians are not meant to just try to do good, be nice and help the world work a little bit better. They are instead to act as signposts to another order, another way of life, another kingdom, which can be glimpsed in this world, but has not yet arrived completely….It is God who builds his kingdom and will bring it into being- it is not for us to do this. However, those who believe in God’s kingdom and kingship will want to acts as signs of that kingdom, offering reminders, aromas, tastes of what it might mean to live under God’s rule, not the iron law of sin and death. - Graham Tomlin

Question for Reflection and DiscussionOne of the priorities of Cityview is to cultivate deeper spiritual involvement in one another’s lives. How would you define this, and what would this look like in your life?

Call to Worship — based on Micah 6:6-8With what shall we come before the Lord and bow down before the exalted God?

Shall we come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old? Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I offer my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

He has shown you what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.

Blessed are all who fear the LORD and who walk in his ways.

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Hymn of Praise Come People of the Risen King

Words & Music: Keith & Kristyn Getty & Stuart Townend

Prayer of AdorationMighty God, we do not yet see the glory you plan for all humankind, but in fatih we do see Jesus. We thank you for the humility and holiness in which he lived and died. We praise you that he freed us from our sin, that he comforts and strengthes us through our struggles, and that he gives us courage to follow him. For this, we now join with all creation and shout for joy: Holy, holy, holy are you, Lord!

Amen.

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Copyright Thankyou Music

1 Cor 15:28

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Call to Confession — Psalm 23 1:1-4 The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside still waters; he restores my soul.

He leads me in right paths for his name’s sake. Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I fear no evil; for you are with me; your rod and your staff—they comfort me.

Prayer of ConfessionOur God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, you have made us a sent people, but at times we have resisted this new identity. Forgive us for this. Give us hearts for the people you have placed in our lives, and overcome our fear and indifference. Knit us into a community that loves the lost, serves the broken, and welcomes the stranger. Protect us from removing your mission from our day to day lives. May your glory be seen and known, as we live under your gracious care.

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Hymn of Confession God Be Merciful to Me

Words: Richard Redhead; Music: Christopher Miner

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God Be Merciful To Me

(ps. 51)Words by Richard Redhead

Music by Christopher Miner

5. Gracious God, my heart renew,

Make my spirit right and true

Cast me not away from thee,

Let thy Spirit dwell in me;

Thy salvation's joy impart,

Steadfast make my willing heart.

6. Sinners then shall learn from me,

And return O God to Thee

Savior all my guilt remove,

And my tongue shall sing Thy love

Touch my silent lips O Lord,

And my mouth shall praise accord© 1997Christopher Miner Music

Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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Hymn of Assurance Gloria Patri

Silent ConfessionAssurance of Grace — based on Romans 8:34; 2 Corinthians 5:17

Hear the good news! Who is in a position to condemn? Only Christ, and Christ died for us, Christ rose for us, Christ reigns in power for us, Christ prays for us. Anyone who is in Christ is a new creation. The old life has gone; a new life has begun. Know that you are forgiven, and be at peace.

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.

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Hymn of Assurance Guide Me O My Great Redeemer

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Story of Grace — Malissa MackeyPassing 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!

Opportunities and Concerns

Hymn of Assurance We are Not Overcome

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Issac Wardell/Robert Heiskell 2011(From Lamentations 3)

Words & Music: Isaac Wardell & Robert Heiskell

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Words & Music: Isaac Wardell & Joseph Pensak

Hymn of Illumination Lord, I Believe

God Speaks To Us

Sermon Text — Matthew 9:35-10:135 And Jesus went throughout all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction. 36 When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. 37 Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; 38 therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.” 1 And he called to him his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every affliction.

Sermon — Celebrating the Good News of Jesus Christ: ServiceReverend Dan Adamson

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Prayer of Thanksgiving and ConsecrationThe 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.

God Strengthens Us

Profession of Faith — Our World Belongs to God, Questions 34 & 39Christian, what is the calling of God’s people?

In our world, where many journey alone, nameless in the bustling crowd, God, by his gracious choosing in Christ, gathers a new community— those who by God’s gift put their trust in Christ. In the new community all are welcome: the homeless come home, the broken find healing, the sinner makes a new start; the despised are esteemed, the least are honored, and the last are first. Here the Spirit guides and grace abounds. The church is a gathering of forgiven sinners called to be holy. Saved by the patient grace of God, we deal patiently with others and together confess our need for grace and forgiveness. Restored in Christ’s presence, shaped by his life, this new community lives out the ongoing story of God’s reconciling love, an-nounces the new creation, and works for a world of justice and peace.

Sanctus

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Invitation to the Lord’s Table

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Words of InstitutionWe 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 CupCommunion Hymn Our God Alone

Words & Music: David Gungor

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death could not win?

Our God a lone--

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Our God a lone

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Doxology

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Doxology

Communion PrayerLord of all mercy, we your faithful people have celebrated that one true sacrifice which takes away our sins and brings pardon and peace: by our communion keep us firm on the foundation of the gospel and preserve us from all sin; through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.

Pastoral PrayerThe Lord’s Prayer

Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

Worship Through Giving

Prayer for those searching for truthLord 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 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 commitmentLord 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.

Prayers for Reflection

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BenedictionSendingLet us go forth to serve the world as those who love our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Thanks be to God!

PostludeThere are women and men available to pray for your needs after the service in the front of the hall near the communion table.

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CONTACTSDan Adamson, [email protected] Koonce, Church Administrator [email protected] Adamson, Children’s Ministry [email protected] Schamp, Music [email protected] Beach, Communications Coordinator [email protected]

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SnacksNursery

Sunday School

SoundGreeters

Snacks

NurserySunday School

Josh KoonceMatt & Whitney CovalleKatie JasinskiJanelle LakeNick Lake

Joel AvilaChristine Smith & Brad GillDavid & Lauren MathuesLela SaffleLynda Adamson

SERVING THIS WEEK

SERVING NEXT WEEK

*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.

Newer to Cityview? Go out to eat with a small group of regular attenders for lunch after the Sunday service. Today’s hosts are Rob and Lela Saffle.

GATHERINGS & ANNOUNCEMENTSCOMMUNITY GROUPS Community Groups resume this week. These are a great way to deepen relationships with one another and grow in our relationship with the Lord. See page 2 for times and locations.

EVENING PRAYER Each week a group meets at the Adamson home (1812 S Dearborn Unit 8) from 6-7pm on Sundays to pray for one another, the church, the city and the world. Contact Dan for more information.

HOST A SUNDAY LUNCH! Help us welcome those who are newer to Cityview by hosting a Sunday Lunch. It’s a simple commitment- just pick a nearby location and eat lunch with some other folks on a Sunday after church. We still need a few hosts for the next few months. Please contact Dan Adamson or Carolyn Koonce if you would be willing to serve in this way.

AFTER-CHURCH POTLUCK SUNDAY, SEPT 14 Join us immediately following the service for a potluck and congregational meeting to hear about the upcoming fall events at Cityview. Please bring a dish to share.

LAWNDALE 5K WALK/RUN SATURDAY, SEPT 20 Join others from Cityview to run the Lawndale 5K to benefit the Lawndale Christian Health Center. More information can be found at www.lawndale5k.org.

SUNDAY MORNING APOLOGETICS CLASS SEPT 21 - OCT 19 / 9-9:50 A.M. AT MERIT Join us for an introduction to the theological discipline of apologetics. We will examine the intellectual or rational acceptability of Christian belief. To this end, we will seek to understand and refute common objections to the Christian worldview (the problem of evil, the new atheist movement, religious pluralism, etc.) In addition, we will study classic arguments for the belief in the Christian God and consider the role of apologetics for missions and evangelism. For more information contact Craig Hefner at [email protected].

Actual Monthly Giving

Budgeted Monthly Giving

Difference

Actual YTD Giving

Budgeted YTD Giving

Difference

YTD Fundraising Revenue:

7,252

12,250

-4,998

77,599

85,750

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71,210

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CONGREGATIONAL GIVING* JULY 2014

september 7, 2014

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