Christ Presbyterian Church

Worship Service

January 30, 2022

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 Welcome to Sunday Worship Service
4th Sunday after Epiphany
January 30, 2022 10:00AM
Welcome and Announcements
GATHERING AROUND THE WORD

Opening Prayer
Call to Worship
One: God has called each one of to serve, using the gifts we have been given.
All: I don't know where to start.
One: Place your trust in God's guidance.
All: What if I fail?
One: God is with you - place your trust in God's presence.
All: Help me, O God, to trust in you and in your gracious gifts to me.
Help me to serve others in your name. AMEN.
Hymn
To God Be the Glory
To God be the glory; great things he has done!
So loved he the world that he gave us his Son,
who yielded his life an atonement for sin,
and opened the lifegate that all may go in.
Refrain
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord; let the earth hear his voice!
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, let the people rejoice!
O come to the Father through Jesus the Son,
and give him the glory: great things He hath done!

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 Great things he hath taught us; great things He has done,
and great our rejoicing through Jesus the Son;
but purer and higher and greater will be
our wonder, our transport, when Jesus we see.
refrain
Prayer of Confession
God of great expectations, you know how easy it is for us to make
excuses for inactivity. We love to run and hide when a task is set before
us. We look at the expectation and think that we don't have the abilities,
strength, or wisdom to accomplish this task. We think, too often, that we
are doing these things all by ourselves. And we feel sorry for ourselves
and angry that you expect so much from us. Forgive our ignorance, our
stubbornness, and our stupidity, O Lord. Help us to understand that the
opportunities for service that you offer to us also come with your abiding
presence, love and support. It is your love which makes the impossible
possible. Turn us around and place us back on the path of joyful service.
Let our work be part of the fulfillment of the mandate of Jesus Christ
when he made his proclamation in the synagogue so long ago.
Silent Confession
Assurance of Pardon
One: Even before we were born, God knew us. God has always been with us.
Place your trust in God's presence and forgiving love. Rejoice! In the
name of Jesus Christ, we all are forgiven!
All: In Jesus Christ we are forgiven!

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 PROCLAIMING THE WORD

Prayer of Illumination
Reading from the Epistles
1 Corinthians 13:1-13
If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not have love, I am a
noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 And if I have prophetic powers, and
understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to
remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3 If I give away all my
possessions, and if I hand over my body so that I may boast, but do not have
love, I gain nothing. 4 Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful
or arrogant 5 or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or
resentful; 6 it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. 7 It bears
all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 8 Love never
ends. But as for prophecies, they will come to an end; as for tongues, they will
cease; as for knowledge, it will come to an end. 9 For we know only in part, and
we prophesy only in part; 10 but when the complete comes, the partial will come
to an end. 11 When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I
reasoned like a child; when I became an adult, I put an end to childish ways. 12
For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then we will see face to face. Now I know
only in part; then I will know fully, even as I have been fully known. 13 And now
faith, hope, and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love.
The Holy Bible: New Revised Standard Version. (1989). (1 Cor 13:1-13). Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers.

One: This is the Word of the Lord.

All: Thanks be to God!

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Family Choir
Spirit of the Living God
Spirit of the living God, fall afresh on me;
Spirit of the living God, fall afresh on me.
Melt me, mold me, fill me, use me.
Spirit of the living God, fall afresh on me. (x2)
Reading from the Gospel
Luke 4:21-30
Then he began to say to them, “Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your
hearing.” 22 All spoke well of him and were amazed at the gracious words that
came from his mouth. They said, “Is not this Joseph’s son?” 23 He said to them,
“Doubtless you will quote to me this proverb, ‘Doctor, cure yourself!’ And you will
say, ‘Do here also in your hometown the things that we have heard you did at
Capernaum.’” 24 And he said, “Truly I tell you, no prophet is accepted in the
prophet’s hometown. 25 But the truth is, there were many widows in Israel in the
time of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, and
there was a severe famine over all the land; 26 yet Elijah was sent to none of
them except to a widow at Zarephath in Sidon. 27 There were also many lepers
in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha, and none of them was cleansed except
Naaman the Syrian.” 28 When they heard this, all in the synagogue were filled
with rage. 29 They got up, drove him out of the town, and led him to the brow of
the hill on which their town was built, so that they might hurl him off the cliff. 30
But he passed through the midst of them and went on his way.
The Holy Bible: New Revised Standard Version. (1989). (Lk 4:21-30). Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers.

One: This is the Word of the Lord.

All: Thanks be to God!

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Sermon Rev. John Scott

“The Gift of Love”

RESPONDING TO THE WORD
Affirmation of Faith The Apostle’s Creed
I believe in God, the Father almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and in
Jesus Christ his only Son, our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost,
born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead,
and buried; he descended into hell; the third day he rose again from the
dead; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the
Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the
dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy catholic church; the communion
of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life
everlasting. AMEN.
Invitation to Giving
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.
Prayer of Dedication
Prayer of the People
The Lord’s Prayer Solo – Susan Taylor

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 GOING OUT INTO THE WORLD

Hymn
Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
Love divine, all love excelling, Joy of heaven, to earth come down,
fix in us thy humble dwelling; all thy faithful mercies crown.
Jesus, thou art all compassion; pure, unbounded love thou art;
visit us with thy salvation; enter every trembling heart.
Breathe, O breathe thy loving Spirit into every troubled breast;
let us all in thee inherit; let us find the promised rest.
Take away the love of sinning; Alpha and Omega be;
end of faith, as its beginning, set our hearts at liberty.
Come, Almighty, to deliver; let us all thy life receive;
suddenly return, and never, never more thy temples leave.
Thee we would be always blessing, serve thee as thy hosts above,
pray, and praise thee without ceasing, glory in thy perfect love.
Finish then thy new creation; pure and spotless let us be;
let us see thy great salvation perfectly restored in thee:
changed from glory into glory, till in heaven we take our place,
till we cast our crowns before thee, lost in wonder, love and praise.
Benediction
Postlude

Please join us for coffee fellowship today in Narthex E after worship.

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 ANNOUNCEMENTS
Covid Church Reopening Plan – Phase 3
• Face Coverings are optional
Family Choir
Family Choir will be resuming this week at CPC. If you would like to rehearse prior to the service, join Steve @
9:45AM every week for warm up practice.

CPC Town Hall Workshop

Come & join the pastor and session on Saturday February 5 th @ 10:00AM, as we host a church workshop to
discuss where we are currently as a church and the future life of CPC. Lunch will be served after the workshop.

Wednesday Night Dinner

Wednesday night meals have returned for takeout dinners and in-person at 5:15PM. Menu: spaghetti &
meatballs, salad, garlic bread, and cream puffs. If you are currently on the takeout list and want to continue to
receive boxed dinners or to reserve for in-person meals, please call June Sanchez @ 727-409-4199 or the church
office.

Open Bible Study in January

Pastor John will continue to lead an open bible study through Acts of the Apostles on Wed, February 2nd at
4:15PM in Don Airey Hall and on Facebook Live. Please bring your bible in any translation.

Blessing Box and CPC Neighborhood Meals

Please help us keep the pantry full as our community continues to struggle with hunger. Food items can be
dropped off on Sunday mornings prior to service and placed in the wheeled grocery cart or at the church office.
The Neighborhood Meals continue to provide bagged meals on Tuesdays at 5PM in front of the church.
Contributions to support the Neighborhood Meals and the Blessing Box can be donated to our “Neighborhood
Food Ministry Fund.” We appreciate your continued support in sharing these meals with our neighbors.

CHRIST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Phone: 727-584-8695 • Fax: 727-585-1079 • 3115 Dryer Ave, Largo FL 33770
www.LargoCPC.org • email: Office.largocpc@gmail.com
Office Hours: Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday 9 AM – 11:30 AM or by an appointment.
Face covering and social distancing is required for in-person assistance.

Pastor & Teaching Elder Rev. John A. Scott, Jr. email: Pastor.largocpc@gmail.com
Secretary Sarah Reeves email: Office.largocpc@gmail.com
Director of Music Steven Radeck email: StevenRadeck@gmail.com
Custodian June Sanchez email: JuBug616@aol.com
All songs used by permission CCLI #863215 and streaming CPSL 139714, Expiration date 7/31/2022
The use of video and audio recording8equipment is in use during worship.
By participating in this service, you consent to being recorded for this purpose.