Worship Services

SUNDAY WORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

Hi Friends!

“Consider the ravens,” Jesus says.

I have been thinking about those words lately. In Luke 12, Jesus points toward the birds and invites his followers to pay attention. Ravens do not plant fields or build barns. They do not spend their lives accumulating more and more. And yet, Jesus says, God feeds them.

Maybe there is something the ravens can teach us about stewardship.

When we hear the word stewardship in church, we often think immediately about money, budgets, pledges, and giving. Those things are important, and we will be talking honestly about them in the weeks ahead. But stewardship is much bigger than funding the church budget.

Stewardship is a way of life.

It begins with recognizing that our lives are filled with gifts: our time, our abilities, our relationships, our resources, this congregation, this community, and the world around us. The question of stewardship is not simply, “How much should I give?” It is, “How will I live with what has been entrusted to me?”

Jesus contrasts the ravens with a man who has so much that he decides to build bigger barns to hold it all. One way of life is centered on accumulating and protecting. The other trusts that life is more than what we can store away.

Over the coming weeks, I hope we can have a larger conversation about generosity at Community Presbyterian Church. Yes, that conversation will include money. It should. But it will also include our time, our gifts, our ministry, our care for one another, and the kind of community God is calling us to become.

Perhaps stewardship begins not with an offering plate, but with learning to pay attention.

So, for now, consider the ravens.

Blessings!
Pastor Kirk
Trust God, Clean House, Help Others

🙏 SUNDAY WORSHIP SERVICES
Join us each Sunday at 10:30 a.m. as our church family gathers for worship, music, prayers and a Bible-based sermon. On Sunday, October 4, we will observe World Communion Day. This is the Lord’s Supper and open to all. You are invited to contribute a variety of breads for this special Sunday.

On Sundays when Holy Communion is served, children remain in church with their families, and it is also Noisy Bucket collection day. Packets with stories, puzzles, coloring pages, etc. are available for children during the worship service. There is a nursery for infants. All are invited to fellowship afterward in Gillespie Hall.

After worship service come and enjoy a time of fellowship with others over light refreshments in Gillespie Hall. It’s a great time to visit informally.

COMMUNION (1st Sunday)
Is October 4
We partake in Communion by intinction. This practice involves breaking off a smaller piece of bread from a larger loaf. Then, we dip it into consecrated wine (or juice) before consuming. The Pastor breaks apart a larger loaf of bread. We break off smaller pieces and dip them into a communal goblet of wine (or juice). If you are unsure how to join, but would like to join in Communion, don’t worry about the details. Simply watch the folks around you. Follow their lead.
We also offer a gluten free choice for the convenience of those with certain allergies.

If you can’t attend our worship service, here is the link for the live recorded service on Community Presbyterian YouTube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnd4Ceiw1Eo_TcIEaNuMGbw

NOISY BUCKETS (1st Sunday)
The Noisy Bucket offering is collected on the third Sunday of each month, with the children shaking tin buckets as those in the congregation donate their coins (green is accepted). This offering is donated monthly to the Box Elder Community Pantry to help those with food insecurity.

FLOW OF SERVICE
Never been to a Presbyterian worship service and don’t know what to expect?
There are weekly exceptions, but the general flow of our worship service is as follows- Greetings & Announcements (10:30 a.m.)
– Musical Prelude to Worship
– Lighting of the Christ Candle
– Praise & Worship (in song)
– Unison Prayer of Confession
– Call & Response
– Gloria Patri (song)
– Children’s Sermon (the children are invited to sit around Pastor Kirk up front)
– Hymn (song)
– Giving of Tithes & Offerings
– Doxology (song)
– Prayer of Dedication (over the offerings given)
– Sharing of Prayer Requests, Concerns, & Praises from the Congregation
– Prayer (Pastor), which ends with a prompt for the Congregation to join together in praying The Lord’s Prayer in unison
– Musical Prelude to the Pastor bringing the Word of God
– Scripture Reading
– Sermon
– Hymn (song)
– Benediction (generally around 11:45 a.m.)
– Musical Postlude