Order of Worship for 6/7/2015

Welcome and Announcements   Scripture Meditation   “This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night.” Joshua 1:8          The Lord Calls Us to Worship   * Salutation                                                             1 Corinthians 1:3 * Call to Worship                                                       Psalm 100:1-5 * Prayer of Invocation   Our …

From the Pastor’s Desk (6/3/2015)

Dear CSOPC brothers and sisters in the Lord,   I’m sure we’ve all heard the question from a child’s mouth, “What is God like?”  That is a great question!  I have always found a helpful answer to be something along the lines of, “God is like Jesus.”  In other words, if we want to know what God is ‘like,’ we …

Why we Worship the Way we Worship

Is there a reason our worship looks the way it does?  Is there a reason why we begin the service with a call to worship and  close the service with the benediction?  Absolutely there is!  Rev. Glen Clary explains and walks through a Biblical order of worship: http://reformedforum.org/ctc387/

From the Pastor’s Desk (5/27/2015)

Dear CSOPC brothers and sisters,   As I mentioned yesterday, let’s continue to keep one another in prayer; and pray for those whose homes have been destroyed by the flooding.  Pray for God’s purposes to be accomplished – for those who do not know the Lord to be convicted; and for those who do know the Lord to be encouraged by his wisdom, …

Order of Worship for 5/31/2015

Welcome and Announcements   Scripture Meditation   “For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the Spirit.” 1 Peter 3:18          The Lord Calls Us to Worship   * Salutation                                                             1 Corinthians 1:3 * Call …

From the Pastor’s Desk (5/20/2015)

Dear CSOPC brothers and sisters,   Spring is here and summer is just around the corner.  And that means folks will be on the road traveling.  May we commit to be in prayer for one another during the busy summer.  Pray for safe travels.  But more importantly, pray for the Lord to build up and to grow his people.  Pray for one another’s …

Order of Worship for 5/24/2015

Welcome and Announcements   Scripture Meditation   “Oh how I love your law! It is my meditation all the day … How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!” Psalm 119:97, 103          The Lord Calls Us to Worship   * Salutation                                                             1 Corinthians 1:3 * Call to Worship                                …

From the Pastor’s Desk (5/13/2015)

Dear brothers and sisters,   This Lord’s Day in our series in Mark we will be treading on holy ground.  By God’s grace, we will look at our Lord’s agony in the garden of gethsemane – where he wrestled in prayer with his father and sweated great drops of blood.  Take some time this week to reflect on the enormity of …

Order of Worship for 5/17/2015

Welcome and Announcements   Scripture Meditation   “So Jesus said to the twelve, ‘Do you want to go away as well?’ Simon Peter answered him, ‘Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.’” John 6:67-68          The Lord Calls Us to Worship   * Salutation                                                             1 Corinthians 1:3 * Call to Worship …

From the Pastor’s Desk (5/6/2015)

Dear CSOPC brothers and sisters,   The Psalmist says, “The eyes of the LORD are toward the righteous and his ears toward their cry … When the righteous cry for help, the LORD hears and delivers them out of all their troubles.  The LORS is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit” (PS 34:15, 17-18).   Two members …