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DECEMBER 21, 2014
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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.
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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 WORSHIPWe go on multiplying our conveniences only to multiply our cares. We increase our possessions only to the enlargement of our anxieties. - Anna C. Brackett
There are two ways to get enough: one is to accumulate more and more, the other is to desire less. - G.K. Chesterton
Comparison is the thief of joy. - Theodore Roosevelt
God Calls Us
And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day. - Genesis 1:3-5
Throughout the scriptures, God uses the metaphor of light to reflect his character and how we should live—from the goodness of his creation, to the ‘light’ of his son, to the ways in which we are to be ‘light’ to the world. During the advent season, as the days shorten, we are reminded of the darkness of the world and of our own lives and hearts without the light of creation in Christ! Without God, in Christ, our whole world would be deep in darkness.
The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shone. For to us a child is born to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will do this. - Isaiah 9:2,6-7
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O Come, O Come Emmanuel
Call to WorshipWe light the Fourth candle of Advent to remind us that Jesus is the Light of the world. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
Thanks be to God!
Lighting of the Advent Candle
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Words & Music: George Elderkin
Hymn of Adoration Jesus, the Light of the World
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Prayer of AdorationBlessed are you, Lord our God, ruler of the universe, for you have kept us in life, sustained us, and brought us to this holy season. We praise you because you came, and we look forward to when you will come again. In your name we pray.
Amen.
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God Cleanses Us
Call to Confession — Matthew 6:24No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and Money.
Prayer of ConfessionCome and confess your sins to God:
Father God, you have brought us into your kingdom, but we run from you daily and worship other gods. We love food, sex, our jobs, titles, good works, possessions, family and friends more then we love you. We crave approval, power, respect, and comfort, and are willing to sin frequently to get them. Tempted, tired, and often failing, we look now to you Jesus for strength. Free us from all that rules our hearts beside you. Amen.
Hymn of Confession Thou Who Was’t Rich Beyond All Splendor
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Hymn of Assurance Invocation of the Light
Assurance of Grace — Zephaniah 3:14-18The Lord, your God, is in your midst, a warrior who gives victory; he will rejoice over you with gladness, he will renew you in his love; he will exult over you with loud singing.
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 13:34Hear 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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Hymn of Assurance Angels We Have Heard on High
Opportunities and Concerns
God Speaks To Us
New Testament Reading — Philippians 2:5-11 5 Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, 6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. 9 Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
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Gospel Reading — Luke 1:46-55 46 And Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord, 47 and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, 48 for he has looked on the humble estate of his servant. For behold, from now on all generations will call me blessed; 49 for he who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is his name. 50 And his mercy is for those who fear him from generation to generation. 51 He has shown strength with his arm; he has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts; 52 he has brought down the mighty from their thrones and exalted those of humble estate; 53 he has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he has sent away empty. 54 He has helped his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy, 55 as he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and to his offspring forever.”
This is the word of the Lord.Thanks be to God.
Sermon — Rest from Consumerism: Longing for RestReverend Dan Adamson
Sermon Text — Leviticus 25:1-7 1 The LORD spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai, saying, 2 “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When you come into the land that I give you, the land shall keep a Sabbath to the LORD. 3 For six years you shall sow your field, and for six years you shall prune your vineyard and gather in its fruits, 4 but in the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a Sabbath to the LORD. You shall not sow your field or prune your vineyard. 5 You shall not reap what grows of itself in your harvest, or gather the grapes of your undressed vine. It shall be a year of solemn rest for the land. 6 The Sabbath of the land shall provide food for you, for yourself and for your male and female slaves and for your hired worker and the sojourner who lives with you, 7 and for your cattle and for the wild animals that are in your land: all its yield shall be for food.
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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.
Sanctus
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 Cup
God Strengthens Us
Confession of Faith — based on 1 Timothy 1:15; 2:5-6; 3:16This saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance:
That Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.There is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
Who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time.
Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness:He was manifested in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among the nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory.
Invitation to the Lord’s Table
Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might, heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest.
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.
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Communion Hymn Our God Alone
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Communion PrayerEternal God, for whom we wait, you have fed us with the bread of life, strengthen us now in the knowledge that we belong to our faithful Savior Jesus Christ, who delivers us and preserves us, whatever our circumstances or our past. 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 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.
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.
Prayers for Reflection
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Benediction & Sending May the joy of the angels, the eagerness of the shepherds, the perseverance of the wise men, the obedience of Joseph and Mary, and the peace of the Christ child be yours this Christmas; may the blessing of God almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, be among you and remain with you always.
Amen.Let us go forth to serve the world as those who love our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
Thanks be to God!
PostludeEach week people are available to pray with you immediately following the service, located near the communion table.
Hymn of Benediction Hark, the Herald Angels Sing
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CITYVIEWCHICAGO.ORGAround Cityview
CONTACTSDan Adamson, Senior Pastor [email protected] Schamp, Worship Director [email protected] Adamson, Children’s Ministry Director [email protected] Koonce, Administrative Coordinator [email protected] Hefner, Theological Education Coordinator [email protected] Beach, Communications Coordinator [email protected]
SoundGreeters
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Sunday School
SoundGreeters
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Sunday School
Danny Samudio Drew Lanphear & Paul LeoStephanie SamudioEmily AdamsonMatt Covalle
Gary VargasDrew Lanphear & James RichardsonRachel BauguesDanny SamudioNick Lake & Lynda Adamson
SERVING THIS WEEK
SERVING NEXT WEEK
*In addition to congregational giving, we receive fundraising support from other churches and individuals to help cover operating costs.
Newer to Cityview? Go out to eat with a small group of regular attenders for lunch after the Sunday service. Today’s hosts are Danny & Ellen Kim.
EVENING PRAYER 6:00 PM / TONIGHT / 1812 S. DEARBORN, UNIT 8 Join us to pray for one another, the church, the city and the world every Sunday night at the Adamson home from 6-7pm. Contact Dan ([email protected]) for more information.
CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE AT COVENANT WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 7:00 – 8:30PM Join our sister churches in the Chicagoland area for a Christmas Eve service at Covenant Presbyterian Church (2012 West Dickens).
2015 SURVEY & PLANNING Thank you to everyone who took the time to complete the survey for 2015 planning! Members of the leadership team will be working to schedule a check-in with all members of the congregation to hear thoughts and plans for the next year throughout January and February, and results of the survey will be shared with the 2015 budget at the congregational meeting on February 8.
If you did not get a chance to fill out the survey but still want to, please contact Carolyn ([email protected]) or Dan.
Online Giving If you would like to set-up online giving (one-time or recurring), please visit cityviewchicago.org/giving. If you would like to give via your phone, text (312) 697-1144.
GIVE ONLINE
Actual Monthly Giving
Budgeted Monthly Giving
Difference
Actual YTD Giving
Budgeted YTD Giving
Difference
YTD Fundraising Revenue:
10,829
12,250
1,421
121,808
134,750
-12,942
83,710
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$
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$
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CONGREGATIONAL GIVING* NOV 2014
