Community Presbyterian Church
January 26, 2025
Please join us for worship at 10:00am as we live stream the service on our YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/communitypresbyterianchurchedison
Locations & Times
Community Presbyterian Church of Edison
75 Glenville Rd, Edison, NJ 08817, USA
Sunday 9:45 AM
Gathering - Worship begins as the people gather – greeting one another, praying in silence, sharing announcements, and offering music to the glory of God. We ask that as the prelude begins that you make your way to your seat and enter into a worshipful mindset.
PRELUDE
PRELUDE
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Psalms, Hymns, Spiritual Songs - Since the beginning of the church Christians have sung psalms as praise and prayer to God, and singing psalms remains an important part of the Reformed heritage. Through the ages we have added other music from hymns to praise songs. We sing all these things to the glory of God.
PRAISE TIME
PRAISE TIME
SHARED GREETING
Please stay in your pew and greet your surrounding neighbors with a hello. When done we will sing without holding hands,
“They’ll Know We are Christians”
We are one in the Spirit, we are one in the Lord
We are one in the Spirit, we are one in the Lord
And we pray that all unity may one day be restored
And they’ll know we are Christians by our love, by our love
Yes, they’ll know we are Christians by our love
Please stay in your pew and greet your surrounding neighbors with a hello. When done we will sing without holding hands,
“They’ll Know We are Christians”
We are one in the Spirit, we are one in the Lord
We are one in the Spirit, we are one in the Lord
And we pray that all unity may one day be restored
And they’ll know we are Christians by our love, by our love
Yes, they’ll know we are Christians by our love
Call to Worship - A Call to Worship, drawn from sentences of Scripture, expresses God’s invitation to gather as Christ’s body in this place.
CALL TO WORSHIP Revelation 4:8-11
Leader: Each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around, even under its wings. Day and night they never stop saying:
All: ‘Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty,’ who was, and is, and is to come.”
Leader: Whenever the living creatures give glory, honor and thanks to him who sits on the throne and who lives for ever and ever, the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne and worship him who lives for ever and ever. They lay their crowns before the throne and say:
All: “You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being.”
CALL TO WORSHIP Revelation 4:8-11
Leader: Each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around, even under its wings. Day and night they never stop saying:
All: ‘Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty,’ who was, and is, and is to come.”
Leader: Whenever the living creatures give glory, honor and thanks to him who sits on the throne and who lives for ever and ever, the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne and worship him who lives for ever and ever. They lay their crowns before the throne and say:
All: “You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being.”
Prayer of Confession and Silent Prayer - Having praised the holiness of God, we must also face the sinful state of the world and our lives, confessing our unworthiness to enter into God’s presence. Nevertheless, we approach God with confidence, trusting in the mercy of Jesus Christ. We start this off with a communal confession and follow it up with silent and personal confession to God of our sins.
UNISON PRAYER OF CONFESSION
Holy God, we confess that we have failed to follow your laws and that we have sinned against you and our neighbors. We have not put your word first and therefore have fallen. Forgive us Lord and help us to keep your word and your law. Lord, help up to be holy and merciful as you are holy and merciful. Lord, hear us now as we confess these sins, and all others, to you.
UNISON PRAYER OF CONFESSION
Holy God, we confess that we have failed to follow your laws and that we have sinned against you and our neighbors. We have not put your word first and therefore have fallen. Forgive us Lord and help us to keep your word and your law. Lord, help up to be holy and merciful as you are holy and merciful. Lord, hear us now as we confess these sins, and all others, to you.
Assurance of Pardon - A declaration of forgiveness that proclaims the good news of God’s mercy and offers the assurance of pardon in Jesus’ name.
SILENT PRAYER AND ASSURANCE OF PARDON
SILENT PRAYER AND ASSURANCE OF PARDON
Catechism or Confession - As a Reformed church rooted in the history of Christianity, we recite creeds, confessions, and catechisms that explain biblical teaching and help us to remember the lessons of God’s Word.
HEIDELBERG CATECHISM
122 Q. What does the first petition mean?
A. “Hallowed be your name” means: Help us to truly know you, to honor, glorify, and praise you for all your works and for all that shines forth from them: your almighty power, wisdom, kindness, justice, mercy, and truth. And it means, help us to direct all our living—what we think, say, and do—so that your name will never be blasphemed because of us but always honored and praised.
HEIDELBERG CATECHISM
122 Q. What does the first petition mean?
A. “Hallowed be your name” means: Help us to truly know you, to honor, glorify, and praise you for all your works and for all that shines forth from them: your almighty power, wisdom, kindness, justice, mercy, and truth. And it means, help us to direct all our living—what we think, say, and do—so that your name will never be blasphemed because of us but always honored and praised.
Children’s Time - Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these” (Matthew 19:14). To this end we invite all children forward to hear a message designed to help bring them closer to the majesty of God and his Son.
CHILDREN’S TIME
CHILDREN’S TIME
SCRIPTURE HYMN
Scriptures - The Scriptures bear witness to the Word of God, revealed most fully in Jesus Christ, the Word who “became flesh and lived among us” (John 1:14). Where the Word is read and proclaimed, Jesus Christ the living Word is present by the power of the Holy Spirit. The role of the congregation is to listen prayerfully, actively, and attentively to the Word that is read and proclaimed.
SCRIPTURE READING Leviticus 19:1-37
SCRIPTURE READING Leviticus 19:1-37
SERMON “Leviticus: Purpose of the Law”
Pastor George Erlandson
Pastor George Erlandson
*HYMN 1 “Holy, Holy, Holy!”
INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS
We will be installing Bev O’Shea & Scott Ramsay, Class of 2027 as Elders.
A special thank you to Fara Samuel and Kathy Beatty for their service as Elders over the past six years.
We will be installing Elijah Mukuria, Mike Wattie and Andy Olsen, Class of 2027 as Deacons.
A special thank you to Bill Beatty for his service as a Deacon over the past six years.
We will be installing Bev O’Shea & Scott Ramsay, Class of 2027 as Elders.
A special thank you to Fara Samuel and Kathy Beatty for their service as Elders over the past six years.
We will be installing Elijah Mukuria, Mike Wattie and Andy Olsen, Class of 2027 as Deacons.
A special thank you to Bill Beatty for his service as a Deacon over the past six years.
Prayer of Concerns and Thanksgivings - In response to the Word, we pray for the world God so loves – joining in Christ’s ministry of praying for others before the throne of God. These prayers are not the work of a single leader, but an act of the whole congregation as Christ’s royal priesthood.
PRAYER OF CONCERNS & THANKSGIVINGS
PRAYER OF CONCERNS & THANKSGIVINGS
Offering, Doxology, Prayer of Thanksgiving - Christian life is an offering of one’s self to God. Tithes and offerings are gathered as an act of thanksgiving to God for all of the blessings that he has given us and for the work of his church. In response we sing glory to God and lift up prayer thanking him for his blessings and to continue to bless the work of the church through our offerings.
OFFERING
By giving to our church, you help us assist others in our local community and in the world at large. https://cpcedison.org/ways-to-give/
OFFERING
By giving to our church, you help us assist others in our local community and in the world at large. https://cpcedison.org/ways-to-give/
DOXOLOGY
Praise God from whom all blessings flow
Praise Him all creatures here below
Praise Him above ye heavenly host
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
Praise God from whom all blessings flow
Praise Him all creatures here below
Praise Him above ye heavenly host
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
*HYMN
Benediction - The Service is concluded with a charge and blessing to congregation. This calls us to go forth as agents of God’s mission in the world and reminds us that God walks with us and blesses us in order to be a blessing to others.
BENEDICTION
BENEDICTION
POSTLUDE
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