Worship Notes If you are tuning in to Cherry Creek, welcome and thank you for worshiping with us on this beautiful Sunday morning. Music for some songs may be found at the end of this bulletin. Thank God for our Mothers! Cultur-ally, today is a day we set aside to honor mothers. From a biblical perspective, God’s ordinary mode of saving and redeeming people is through His work in families (think of God’s plan of salvation of the world through Israel...the family of Abraham). So it makes sense that we would highly value mothers. For they (along with our fathers) are given the primary responsibil-ity of making disciples out of their children. Mothers are our “first contact” for learning about God and fostering a relationship with Him through Jesus. Thank God for mothers! More to Mother’s Day. On this Mother’s Day, we give thanks for the roles of mothers and other loving nurturing people in our lives. As we do, we also offer our respect and love to those for whom this day is painful. Some mourn the loss of loving mothers; others do not have happy memories of childhood; some have been unable to bear children or have suffered the death of children, others have placed children into adoption. As the family of God, we rejoice with those who rejoice on this day and we weep with those who weep.

Order of Worship

May 10, 2020

9:30 am

Fifth Sunday of Eastertide

God Gathers Us into Community Prelude

"Chorale" and Andante con moto from Sonata V - Felix Mendelssohn

Announcements

Welcome

Call to Worship & Invocation - responsive reading from Isaiah 6:6-8 Leader: A voice says, “Cry out.”

And I said, “What shall I cry?”

People: “All people are like grass…

Leader: The grass withers and the flowers fall,

because the breath of the Lord blows on them.

People: Surely the people are grass.

All: The grass withers and the flowers fall,

but the word of our God endures forever.”

Hymns of Praise Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise

Great Are You, Lord

We Respond to God’s Presence Confession of Sin & Assurance of Pardon - from Isaiah 44:21-22

Song of Assurance

Nothing But the Blood - arr. Citizens

Gloria Patri - arr. Zac Hicks

We Give Ourselves to God Worship Through Giving

To continue giving your tithes and offerings, please give online or mail a check. Checks mailed to CCPC will be collected from the mailbox daily and deposited on Mondays.

Seeking the Christ-centered life together

Rev. Dr. Brad Strait, Senior Pastor Rev. Bruce Finfrock, Associate Pastor

Rev. Chris Piehl, Associate Pastor Gary Hein, Executive Pastor

Evan Mazunik, Dir. of Worship & Liturgy Dr. Douglas Macomber, Organist

Susie Mendoza, Asst. Dir. Worship & Liturgy

Cherry Creek Presbyterian Church · www.cherrycreekpres.org · (303) 779-9909 10150 E. Belleview Avenue · Englewood, Colorado · 80111

The Church as Mother. Reformation theologian John Calvin said, “He who does not have the church for mother does not have God for Father.” Have you ever thought of the church as your “mother?” God has chosen to use the church as a place where we are nurtured, fed, disciplined, loved and taught how to grow in faith. Participat-ing in the life of the church is part of our spiritual upbringing. Giving: If you can continue giving your tithes and offerings, please do so. Checks may be mailed to the church; or if you already have an account for online giving, please sign in at the link below. https://www.elexiogiving.com/App/Giving/cherrycreekpres Prayer for the Week Lord, on this Mother's Day we lift up the aching hearts of all those who long to be mothers, but mourn the absence of new life within them; who have conceived, but suffered loss through miscarriage or abortion; who have given birth, but endured the tragedy of burying a child. Their grief is often hidden from us or neglected on this day of celebra-tion of motherhood. We pray that they may experience healing in this church family. Risen Lord of life, grant them comfort and peace, breath in us all the breath of new life. Through Jesus Christ, who defeated death, Amen. (by Nathan Bierma) Assisting in Worship The Yu Family: Jongeun, Jenny, Hanbit, Daniel & Gracelynn; Sanctuary Choir; The Koepke Family: Kevin, Evita, Joshua, Brice & Reed; The Rydberg Family: Eric, Alice, Kate, Micah, Jo & Elliott; Emmanuel Engulu, KiDs Ministry; David Knopp, Christian Rathke & Stephen Bailey, Tech Team.

Offertory

If You But Trust in God to Guide You - Words & Music: Georg Neumark, 1621-81, Arr. David Cherwien

Prayer of Intercession

The Lord’s Prayer

Doxology with Alleluias

Greeting

God Reveals His Word to Us Invocation of the Light - Peters Branch

Scripture

Old Testament: Ecclesiastes 2:15-26 New Testament: Matthew 25:34-40

Kids Message

Song of Response

Hallelu, Hallelu

Testimony

Sermon Rev. Dr. Brad Strait

Series: The Most Relevant Book in the Bible Message: Ecclesiastes Intro

We Go Forth in Joy Hymn of Response

O God, Our Help in Ages Past

Benediction

Postlude

Allegro Maestoso from Sonata V - Felix Mendelssohn

Seeking the Christ-centered life together

Songs for Worship Immortal, Invisible God Only Wise

Gloria Patri

Seeking the Christ-centered life together

O God, Our Help In Ages Past