This Lord’s Day at CURC

 

THE MORNING DIVINE SERVICE

The Lord’s Day ~ May 12, 2013 ~ 9:30am

Rev. Michael Brown, preach­ing and lead­ing worship

* Indi­cates stand­ing if you are able

CALL TO WORSHIP

*INVOCATION

* GOD’S GREETING

* SONG OF PRAISE
(#321) O Day of Rest and Glad­ness

READING OF THE LAW

PRAYER OF CONFESSION

DECLARATION OF PARDON

DOXOLOGY

CONFESSION OF FAITH
Apos­tles’ Creed

PASTORAL PRAYER

OFFERING

*SONG OF PREPARATION
(#222) Psalm 111: O Give the Lord, Whole-hearted Praise

*PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION

SCRIPTURE READING
Luke 13.10–17

SERMON
“You are Freed”

PRAYER OF APPLICATION

SACRAMENT OF THE LORD’S SUPPER

* SONG OF RESPONSE
(TH #455) And Can It Be That I Should Gain

* GOD’S BENEDICTION

 

THE EVENING DIVINE SERVICE

The Nine­teenth Lord’s Day of 2013 ~ 6:00pm

Rev. Michael Brown, lead­ing wor­ship and preach­ing
Mr. Jor­dan Huff, lead­ing prayer

CALL TO WORSHIP

* INVOCATION

* GOD’S SALUTATION

* GLORIA PATRI

* SONG OF PRAISE
(#187) Psalm 96: Sing to the Lord, Sing His Praise

* CONFESSION OF FAITH
Hei­del­berg Cat­e­chism Lord’s Day 19

EVENING PRAYER

OFFERING

* SONG OF PREPARATION
(#135) Psalm 72: Christ Shall Have Domin­ion

*PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION

SCRIPTURE READING
Joshua 6

SERMON
“He Shall Come to Judge the Liv­ing and the Dead”

PRAYER OF APPLICATION

* SONG OF RESPONSE
When Peace, Like a River

* GOD’S BENEDICTION

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4 thoughts on “This Lord’s Day at CURC

  1. Dear Vasil,

    I’m encour­aged to hear that the term is used in Mace­do­nia. May God equip you to help oth­ers under­stand the proper inter­pre­ta­tion. As you said, it is a dif­fer­ent way of under­stand­ing the wor­ship service.

    Every bless­ing to you in 2013!

    Mike

  2. Mr. Brown,

    thank you for the answer! In Mace­do­nia, we also use the same word­ing (like the orig­i­nal “Gottes­di­enst”) but it’s often inter­preted as “we come to serve God” and not in a way that “God serves us.” It’s a whole new way of under­stand­ing… and thanks be to God for His service!

    May God bless you even more tonight!
    Vasil

  3. Hi Chris­tine,

    The term “Divine Ser­vice” is much older than CURC. It was used fre­quently in the Protes­tant Ref­or­ma­tion dur­ing the six­teenth and sev­en­teenth cen­turies to empha­size that God is the pri­mary actor in wor­ship, serv­ing his peo­ple with Word and sacra­ment. The main rea­son God calls us to wor­ship (and thus the main rea­son we go) is not for us to serve but to be served by God. The same Lord who once laid aside his outer gar­ments and stooped down to wash the feet of his dis­ci­ples is the same Lord who con­de­scends to us every Lord’s Day to serve us and feed our souls with the nour­ish­ment of the Gospel. Our wor­ship of God is the response to his serv­ing us every week. Thus, it is a *Divine* ser­vice, and not *our* service.

  4. Why do you name your church ser­vices Divine? This sounds odd and some­what mys­ti­cal. Please explain.

    Thanks so much

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