Fourth Sunday of Lent
March 18, 2012
Welcome to Cityview Presbyterian Church
Community Life: After the Service
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 75 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”. Connection Cards are a way 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
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 website (www.cityviewchicago.org) or fill out one of our “connection cards” for more information.
(dadamson@cityviewchicago.org) is available to answer questions, as well.
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.
Cover Image:
Cross and Sun Rays
Children ages three through 5th grade are given the choice of attending Sunday school classes beginning during the greeting portion of the service.
by Elizabeth Steele Halstead. Reprinted by permission from Visuals for Worship, ©2006, Faith Alive Christian Resources
If you have any questions about children’s ministry at Cityivew, please contact Children’s Ministry Coordinator Hilary Clark (hilary.r.clark@gmail.com).
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.
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The Liturgy Preparing for Worship The goal of our time of gathering is to engage with God together, listening to him in his Word and speaking to him in prayer and song. Because we often enter this time tired, overwhelmed and distracted, we take a few moments at the beginning of our meeting to prepare to meet God in 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 The Scriptures declare that each of us has failed in the way we act toward God and each other. We confess our sin to be honest and transparent about this reality and to admit our ongoing dependence on the mercy of God through Jesus. We confess as a community to show our unity even in our brokenness. Assurance of Grace We confess our sins not just to admit what is true, but also to be reminded again of the truth that Jesus came into this world to save sinners; and all of our sin has been forgiven through him. Every week, following our confession, we hear God speak to us in Scripture of this forgiveness so that our faith might be strengthened. 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 just 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.
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ORDER OF WORSHIP “For the essence of sin is us substituting ourselves for God, while the essence of salvation is God substituting himself for us. We assert ourselves against God and put ourselves where only God deserves to be; God sacrifices himself for us and puts himself where only we deserve to be. We claim prerogatives which belong to God alone; God accepts penalties which belong to us alone.”
-John Stott
God Calls Us Call to Worship — Psalm 130, A Song of Ascents* Leader: Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord. People: Lord, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications! Leader: If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, Lord, who could stand? People: But there is forgiveness with you, so that you may be revered. Leader: I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in his word I hope; People: my soul waits for the Lord more than those who watch for the morning, more than those who watch for the morning. Leader: O Israel, hope in the Lord! For with the Lord there is steadfast love, and with him is great power to redeem. People:
It is he who will redeem Israel from all its iniquities. Let us praise his Name forever!
* Psalms 120-134 are known collectively as the Songs of Ascents. They were used by the Israelites as “pilgrimage” or “processional” songs as they traveled to Jerusalem for the celebration of various festivals. They were a songbook for pilgrims and would have been the Psalms on which Jesus meditated and sang as he traveled to Jerusalem and prepared to take Passover and endure the cross. During Lent, we will reflect on some of these songs in our liturgy as we prepare for Holy Week and anticipate the celebration of Jesus' resurrection.
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Hymn of Praise
Come Holy Spirit, Come
Words and Music: Abbeville
Prayer of Adoration Leader: Almighty God, your Son fasted forty days in the wilderness, and was tempted as we are but did not sin. Give us grace to direct our lives in obedience to your Spirit, that as you know our weakness, so we may know your power to save; through Jesus Christ our Redeemer, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. All:
Amen.
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Lenten Hymn
To Christ, the Lord
Words: Samuel Stennett and Laura Taylor Music: Laura Taylor
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New Testament Reading 43
And immediately, while he was still speaking, Judas came, one of the twelve, and with him a crowd with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders. 44 Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying, “The one I will kiss is the man. Seize him and lead him away under guard.” 45 And when he came, he went up to him at once and said, “Rabbi!” And he kissed him. 46 And they laid hands on him and seized him. 47 But one of those who stood by drew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest and cut off his ear. 48 And Jesus said to them, “Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs to capture me? 49 Day after day I was with you in the temple teaching, and you did not seize me. But let the Scriptures be fulfilled.” 50 And they all left him and fled. 51
And a young man followed him, with nothing but a linen cloth about his body. And they seized him, 52 but he left the linen cloth and ran away naked.
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God Cleanses Us Prayer of Confession Leader:
Lord, forgive us for the ways we betray and mock you with our lives. Forgive us for promising to follow you but instead we run to other things we think will satisfy us more.
Silent Confession Leader:
Lord, forgive us for the ways we are all so self absorbed and live more for ourselves then for you and your kingdom.
Silent Confession Leader: Lord, forgive us for running away from you and your call in our lives.
Silent Confession
Hymn of Confession
Kyrie
Assurance of Grace - Romans 5:8 Leader:
God proves his love for us in that while we still were sinners Christ died for us. This is the good news!
People: Thanks be to God! Leader: 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? All:
We do.
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Words and Music: American Spiritual
Hymn of Comfort
Mary, Don’t You Weep
Words: American Spiritual Music: Bruce Springsteen
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Hymn of Comfort
Give Reviving
1. Father for Thy, promised blessing, Still we plead before Thy throne For the times of, sweet refreshing, Which can come from Thee alone Blessed earnests, Thou hast given, But in these we would not rest Blessings still with, Thee are hidden, Pour them forth and make us blest! 2. Prayer ascendeth to Thee ever, Answer! Father, answer prayer Bless oh bless each, weak endeavor, Blood-bought pardon to declare Wake Thy slumbering, children wake them, Bid them to Thy harvest go Blessings O our, Father make, Round their steps let blessings flow 3. Let no people be forgotten, Let Thy showers on all descend That in one loud blessed anthem, millions may in triumph blend Give reviving, give refreshing, Give the looked-for Jubilee To Thyself may, crowds be pressing, Bringing glory unto Thee Tag: Give reviving, give refreshing, Give the looked-for Jubilee To Thyself may, crowds be pressing, Bringing glory unto Thee Words: Albert Midlane alt. Chelsey Scott Music: Chelsey Scott
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Opportunities and Concerns
Passing of the Peace - from John 13:34 Leader:
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.
All:
And also with you!
Worship Through Giving
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God Speaks To Us Sermon Text – Mark 14: 53-72 53
And they led Jesus to the high priest. And all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes came together. 54 And Peter had followed him at a distance, right into the courtyard of the high priest. And he was sitting with the guards and warming himself at the fire. 55 Now the chief priests and the whole council were seeking testimony against Jesus to put him to death, but they found none. 56 For many bore false witness against him, but their testimony did not agree. 57 And some stood up and bore false witness against him, saying, 58 “We heard him say, ‘I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another, not made with hands.’” 59 Yet even about this their testimony did not agree. 60 And the high priest stood up in the midst and asked Jesus, “Have you no answer to make? What is it that these men testify against you?” 61 But he remained silent and made no answer. Again the high priest asked him, “Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?” 62 And Jesus said, “I am, and you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of heaven.” 63 And the high priest tore his garments and said, “What further witnesses do we need? 64 You have heard his blasphemy. What is your decision?” And they all condemned him asdeserving death. 65 And some began to spit on him and to cover his face and to strike him, saying to him, “Prophesy!” And the guards received him with blows. 66
And as Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the servant girls of the high priest came, 67 and seeing Peter warming himself, she looked at him and said, “You also were with the Nazarene, Jesus.” 68 But he denied it, saying, “I neither know nor understand what you mean.” And he went out into the gateway and the rooster crowed. 69 And the servant girl saw him and began again to say to the bystanders, “This man is one of them.” 70 But again he denied it. And after a little while the bystanders again said to Peter, “Certainly you are one of them, for you are a Galilean.” 71 But he began to invoke a curse on himself and to swear, “I do not know this man of whom you speak.” 72 And immediately the rooster crowed a second time. And Peter remembered how Jesus had said to him, “Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.” And he broke down and wept. Leader: This is the Word of the Lord. All: Thanks be to God!
Sermon The Trial of Jesus Reverend Dan Adamson
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God Strengthens Us Confession of Faith - From the Confession of St. Patrick, circa 450 AD Leader: Christian, what do you believe? All:
There is no other God, nor ever was before, nor shall be hereafter, but God the Father, unbegotten and without beginning, in whom all things began, whose are all things, as we have been taught; and his son Jesus Christ, who manifestly always existed with the Father, before the beginning of time in the spirit with the Father, indescribably begotten before all things, and all things visible and invisible were made by him. He was made man, conquered death and was received into Heaven, to the Father who gave him all power over every name in Heaven and on Earth and in Hell, so that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord and God, in whom we believe. And we look to his imminent coming again, the judge of the living and the dead, who will render to each according to his deeds. And he poured out his Holy Spirit on us in abundance, the gift and pledge of immortality, which makes the believers and the obedient into sons of God and co-heirs of Christ who is revealed, and we worship one God in the Trinity of holy name.
Prayer of Thanksgiving and Consecration
Leader: All:
The Lord be with you. And also with you.
Leader: All:
Lift up your hearts. We lift them up to the Lord.
Leader:
Let us give thanks to our God.
All:
It is right to give him thanks and praise.
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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 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.
Doxology 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.
Doxology
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God Commissions Us Lenten Hymn
Cling to the Crucified
1. Cling to the Mighty One, Cling in thy grief Cling to the Holy One, He gives relief Cling to the Gracious One, Cling in thy pain Cling to the Faithful One, He will sustain Chorus: Cling to the crucified, Jesus the Lamb who died Cling to the crucified, Jesus the King Cling to the crucified, Jesus the Lamb who died Cling to the crucified, Jesus the King 2. Cling to the Living One, Cling in thy woe Cling to the Loving One, Through all below Cling to the Pardoning One, He speaketh peace Cling to the Healing One, Anguish will cease 3. Cling to the Bleeding One, Cling to His side Cling to the Rising One, In Him abide Cling to the Coming One, Hope shall arise Cling to the Reigning One, Joy lights thine eyes Words: Anonymous Music: Kevin Twit
Benediction Dismissal Leader:
Let us go now to serve the world as those who love our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
All:
Thanks be to God!
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Around Cityview
Cityview Membership Seminar- Considering making Cityview your church home? Come learn more about the vision, values and community of our church. The seminar consists of ONE session from 5 to 8:30 pm, March 24. RSVP to Dan Adamson.
Men’s Study- The Men's group has started up again, meeting Friday mornings, 6:30 am at Paul Leo's place (737 W Washington # 2002). Any questions contact Dan Hoard (dan.h.hoard@gmail.com). Hope to see you there!
Evan Devries Michael and Shannen Chin Carolyn Koonce
Lunch in the Loop- Join others from Cityview for lunch in the Chase Tower, ground floor table area next Tuesday, March 27 at 12 pm. Talk to Danny Kim for more information.
Snacks
Potluck
Nursery
Susan Cho
Plan ahead to attend Cityview’s Good Friday service, Friday April 6 th at 7pm and Easter celebration on April 8 th, followed by a lunch with our church family.
Volunteers are needed for the following areas of service on Sunday mornings: set up, Sunday School teachers, snacks for after the service, and musicians. Talk to Dan Adamson or fill out a connection card if you would be interested in serving in any of these ways.Lunch
Serving This Week Sound/ Set-Up Greeters Bread
Sunday School
Susan Young
Serving Next Week Sound/ Set-Up Greeters Bread Snacks Nursery Sunday School
Joel Avila Emily Adamson, Malissa Mackey, Kylene Young Lynda Adamson Susan Young Jason Clark Charlynne Bowsher
Contacts
February 2011 Congregational Giving*
Actual Monthly Giving: Budgeted Monthly Giving:
Actual YTD Giving:
Budgeted 2011 Giving YTD: Difference:
CITYVIEWCHICAGO.ORG $ 9,656 $ 12,250 Difference: $ (2,594) $ 16,513 $ 24,500 $ (7,987)
*In addition to congregational giving, 20% of our overall operating budget is currently comprised of financial support from other churches and individuals. Our
budgeted congregational giving represents 80% of the overall operating budget.
Dan Adamson, Pastor dadamson@cityviewchicago.org Jenny Avila, Administrative Coordinator jenny.n.avila@gmail.com Herb Bowsher, Financial Administrator bowsher@comcast.net Hilary Clark, Children’s Ministry Coordinator hilary.r.clark@gmail.com Carolyn Koonce, Social Coordinator carolyn.groenewold@gmail.com Paul Leo, Service & Outreach Coordinator contactpaulleo@gmail.com Paul-David Young, Music Coordinator music@cityviewchicago.org 16