This Lord’s Day at CURC

 

THE MORNING DIVINE SERVICE

The Lord’s Day ~ May 20, 2012 ~ 9:30am

Rev. Michael Brown, lead­ing wor­ship and preaching

* Indi­cates stand­ing if you are able

CALL TO WORSHIP

*INVOCATION

* GOD’S GREETING

* SONG OF PRAISE
(#320) “Safely Through Another Week”

READING OF THE LAW

PRAYER OF CONFESSION

DECLARATION OF PARDON

DOXOLOGY

CONFESSION OF FAITH
Apos­tles’ Creed

PASTORAL PRAYER

OFFERING

*SONG OF PREPARATION
(#220.1–3, 13) Psalm 109: “O God, Whom I Delight to Praise”

*PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION

SCRIPTURE READING
Luke 6.27–36

SERMON
“Love Your Enemies”

PRAYER OF APPLICATION

SACRAMENT OF THE LORD’S SUPPER

* SONG OF RESPONSE
(#60) Psalm 35: “Be Thou My Helper in the Strife”

* GOD’S BENEDICTION

 

THE EVENING DIVINE SERVICE

The Lord’s Day ~ May 20, 2012 ~ 6:00pm

Rev. Michael Brown, preach­ing and lead­ing worship

CALL TO WORSHIP

* INVOCATION

*GOD’S GREETING

* GLORIA PATRI

* SONG OF PRAISE
(#284) Psalm 136: “Give Thanks to God, for Good Is He”

* CONFESSION OF FAITH

EVENING PRAYER

OFFERING

* SONG OF PREPARATION
(#288) Psalm 139: “Lord, Thou Hast Searched Me”

*PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION

SCRIPTURE READING
Psalm 139

SERMON
“Prac­ti­cal Theology”

PRAYER OF APPLICATION

* SONG OF RESPONSE
(#290) Psalm 139: “O Lord, My Inmost Heart and Thought”

* GOD’S BENEDICTION

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2 thoughts on “This Lord’s Day at CURC

  1. 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.

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

    Thanks so much

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