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The Lord's Day Sunday, September 13, 2020
YOUTH:
Contact
Welcome to
Chandler Downtown Presbyterian Church
Machemehl for
information.
Thank you for worshiping with us today.
The vision of DPC is to see every avenue of downtown Greenville
YOUNG ADULTS:
Contact connected with the good news and loved well.
Jonathan Davis Our mission is to uphold the gospel of Jesus Christ,
for information.
share life in small groups and find avenues of downtown to love.
WOMEN:
Contact Visitors, we are so glad you are here!
Betsy Norwood Please complete a Connect Card on the back of your bulletin
for information.
and drop it into a Welcome Box on your way out today
(tear off the back page if you wish to keep your bulletin).
MEN:
Contact Feel welcome to reach out to any staff member with questions.
Jonathan Davis
for information.
STAFF:
GIVING:
Available online.
Brian Habig Betsy Norwood
Pastor Women's Ministries Director
bhabig@downtownpres.org bnorwood@downtownpres.org
MORE
INFORMATION: Jonathan Davis Abby Ream
downtownpres.org Assistant Pastor Church Life Coordinator
jdavis@downtownpres.org aream@downtownpres.org
PRAYER
REQUESTS:
Adam Radcliff De McKinley
Prayer requests
Assistant Pastor Bookkeeper/HR
can be sent to aradcliff@downtownpres.org dmckinley@downtownpres.org
Abby Ream.
Ryan McMillen Tiffany Mauk
Music Director Nursery Director
rmcmillen@downtownpres.org dpcnursery@downtownpres.org
Chandler Machemehl Mary Young
Youth Pastor Children’s Director
cmachemehl@downtownpres.org dpcchildren@downtownpres.orgPlease Take Note: Admission of New Members & Communicants Sunday, September 20 | 11 am | MBC Those who have completed the membership/communicant requirements will join the church or be welcomed to the Lord’s table. Contact Abby Ream to participate. Congregational Meeting: Sunday, Setptember 27 | 11 am | MBC Members are strongly encouraged to attend the congregational meeting before the worship service on Sunday, September 27. We will explain the process of electing and installing our new elders and deacons, and then members will vote. The new officer installation will take place on Sunday, October 4. Intro to DPC: Sunday, October 4 | 9:45 am | MBC Gym An overview of the history, vision, and mission of DPC. Childcare will not be provided. Register at downtownpres.org/events-1. Baptism: Sunday, October 11 | 11 am | MBC Members’ children will be baptized as children of the covenant. Contact Abby Ream to participate.
Reflections ...for Greek and Roman historians, the ideal eyewitness was not the dispassionate observer but one who, as a participant, had been closest to the events and whose direct experience enabled him to understand and interpret the significance of what he had seen. ...Involvement was not an obstacle to a correct understanding of what they perceived as historical truth. It was rather the essential means to a correct understanding of what had really happened. - Richard Bauckham, Jesus and the Eyewitnesses: The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony The popular teaching is that you cannot believe [the] records we are given, but that does not matter at all as long as you get the “religious value” of the stories. It does not matter whether or not Jesus was born of a virgin; it does not really matter whether or not He worked miracles or atoned for our sins by His death. It certainly does not matter whether He arose in body from the tomb. The facts do not matter, they say, as long as you have the religious value of Jesus and His teaching. In a sense, these apostles preached nothing but the facts, which to them were all-important. They kept on talking about “the things which we have seen and heard.” The experience of these men came directly out of the facts about which they were constantly speaking. If your experience does not result from the facts of Christ’s life and death, it is not a Christian experience. - Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Courageous Christianity
Order of Worship
§ Call to Worship & Opening Prayer Psalm 9:1-2
Pastor: I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart; § Congregation
Standing
All: I will recount all of your wonderful deeds.
Pastor: I will be glad and exult in you;
All: I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.
§ Hymn of Adoration Praise to the Lord, the Almighty
Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of creation! Words by
Joachim Neander,
O my soul, praise him, for he is thy health and salvation! 1680, tr. by
All ye who hear, now to his temple draw near; Catherine
Winkworth, 1863
Praise him in glad adoration. Composer
unknown, 1665
Praise to the Lord, who o’er all things so wondrously reigneth,
Shelters thee under his wings, yea, so gently sustaineth!
Hast thou not seen how thy desires e'er have been
Granted in what he ordaineth?
Praise to the Lord, who doth prosper thy work and defend thee;
Surely his goodness and mercy here daily attend thee.
Ponder anew what the Almighty can do,
If with his love he befriend thee.
Praise to the Lord! O let all that is in me adore him!
All that hath life and breath, come now with praises before him!
Let the Amen sound from his people again,
Gladly fore’er we adore him.Sacrament of Baptism
Anna Lynn Duncan
Daughter of Stephen & Caroline Duncan
Edward Trammel Reynolds
Son of Ned & Cameron Reynolds
Parental Vows 1. Do you acknowledge your child’s need of the cleansing blood of Jesus
Christ, and the renewing grace of the Holy Spirit?
2. Do you claim God’s covenant promises on their behalf, and do you look in
faith to the Lord Jesus Christ for their salvation, as you do for your own?
3. Do you now unreservedly dedicate your child to God, and promise, in
humble reliance upon divine grace, that you will endeavor to set before
them a godly example, that you will pray with and for them, that you will
teach them the doctrines of our holy religion, and that you will strive, by
all the means of God’s appointment, to bring them up in the nurture and
admonition of the Lord?
Congregational Do you as a congregation undertake the responsibility of assisting these parents
Vow
in the Christian nurture of these children?
Silent Confession & General Prayer of Confession
Father, we confess that we have tried to hide from you, because we know we
disobey. We have lived for ourselves and apart from you. We have turned from
our neighbors and refused to bear the burdens of others. We have ignored the
pain of the world and passed by the hungry, the poor, and the oppressed. In
your great mercy, forgive our sins and free us from selfishness, that we may obey
your commandments; through Jesus Christ our Savior. Amen.Assurance of the Gospel Romans 3:23-26
For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard. Yet God, in
his grace, freely makes us right in his sight. He did this through Christ Jesus
when he freed us from the penalty for our sins. For God presented Jesus as the
sacrifice for sin. People are made right with God when they believe that Jesus
sacrificed his life, shedding his blood. This sacrifice shows that God was being
fair when he held back and did not punish those who sinned in times past, for
he was looking ahead and including them in what he would do in this present
time. God did this to demonstrate his righteousness, for he himself is fair and
just, and he makes sinners right in his sight when they believe in Jesus.
Hymn of the Gospel Let Us Love and Sing and Wonder
Let us love and sing and wonder, let us praise the Savior’s name! Words by John
Newton, 1774
He has hushed the law’s loud thunder, Music by Laura
Taylor, 2001
He has quenched Mount Sinai’s flame. ©️2001 Laura Taylor
He has washed us with his blood. He has washed us with his blood. Music
He has washed us with his blood. He has brought us nigh to God.
Let us love the Lord who bought us, pitied us when enemies,
Called us by his grace, and taught us, gave us ears and gave us eyes:
He has washed us with his blood. He has washed us with his blood.
He has washed us with his blood. He presents our souls to God.
Let us wonder; grace and justice, join and point to mercy’s store;
When through grace in Christ our trust is, Justice smiles and asks no more.
He who washed us with his blood, he who washed us with his blood,
He who washed us with his blood, has secured our way to God.
cont. on next pageLet us praise, and join the chorus, of the saints enthroned on high;
Here they trusted him before us, now their praises fill the sky:
“Thou hast washed us with thy blood. Thou hast washed us with thy blood.
“Thou hast washed us with thy blood; thou art worthy, Lamb of God!”
Intercessory Prayer & the 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 the evil one. For thine is the kingdom, and the power and
the glory forever. Amen.
Sermon Luke 1:1-4
The Wonderful 1
Inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile a narrative of the things that
Facts
have been accomplished among us, 2 just as those who from the beginning were
Rev. Brian Habig eyewitnesses and ministers of the word have delivered them to us, 3 it seemed
good to me also, having followed all things closely for some time past, to write
A Holy Bible,
an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus, 4 that you may have cer-
English Standard tainty concerning the things you have been taught.
Version, copyright
© 2001 by Crossway
Bibles, a division
of Good News
Publishers. Used
by permission. All
rights reserved.
All songs used by
permission. CCLI
License #2432089.
Assurance of the
Gospel: The Holy
Bible, New Living
Translation.
Copyright 1996,
2004, 2015 by
Tyndale House
Foundation.Sacrament of the Lord's Supper
Guidelines for Reception of the Lord's Supper Words of
Institution,
Serving of the
The Lord’s supper, also called Communion or the Eucharist, is the Bread and the Cup,
Thanksgiving.
family meal of Christians. We invite all followers of Jesus to partake of this
sacrament: those who have believed the good news, have repented of their sins, *Trays marked
‘juice’ contain
and are baptized members in good standing with the Lord’s Church. If you are not
non-alcoholic
a Christian, or if you are not prepared to share in this meal, we encourage you to grape juice.
spend this time in prayer. We hope this time is helpful to you as you The unmarked
trays contain wine.
consider your relationship with Jesus and his people, the Church.
The crackers are
gluten, nut, and
Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy dairy free.
manner will be guilty of profaning the body and blood of the Lord. Let a person ex-
amine himself, then, and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup. For anyone who
eats and drinks without discerning the body eats and drinks judgment on himself.
(1 Corinthians 11:27-29)
Prayers of Reflection for Those Not Partaking For those
comfortable
partaking:
Prayer for Those Searching for Truth: The ushers will
direct you to exit
Lord Jesus, you claim to be the way, the truth and the life. Grant that I might be un- your row.
daunted by the cost of following you as I consider the reasons for doing so. If what
Hand sanitizer is
you claim is true, please guide me, teach me and open me to the reality of who you available in front
are. Give me an understanding of you that is coherent, convincing and that leads of the communion
tables.
you into the life you promise.
Individual crackers
Prayer for Awakening: and cups of juice
or wine will be
Lord Jesus, I have heard teaching from the Bible for years, and have been in church distributed to each
for years, but very little of this seems real to me. Please show me the reality of what member partaking
in communion.
you are saying. Unnerve me with the bad news. Captivate me with the good news.
Make what is familiar seem new. Please take your
cracker and cup back
to your seat.
Prayer for Belief:
The pastor will direct
Lord Jesus, I admit that I am weaker and more sinful that I ever before believed, but the congregation to
through you I am more loved and accepted than I ever dared to hope. I thank you partake at the same
time.
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.§ Hymn of Response Come Light Our Hearts
Words and Music Refrain: For you, O Lord, our souls in stillness wait.
by Sandra
McCracken For you, O Lord, our souls in stillness wait.
©️2014 Drink Your
Tea
Truly our hope is in you, truly our hope is in you.
O Lord of life, our only hope,
Your radiance shines on all who look to you in the dark.
Emmanuel come, come light our hearts. (Refrain)
O joy above all other loves,
In you we find more than enough, we come as we are,
O heal and restore, come light our hearts. (Refrain)
§ Benediction
Announcement Pastor: Let us go out to serve the world and our city as those
of God's blessing
upon his people. who love our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
All: Thanks be to God!
Ushers will guide
the congregation to
§ Dismissal
exit from rows.Connect
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