COMMERCE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Words to Live By. May 10, 2022
Hello friends,
Reflect on this question for a minute or two. How often do you go to God in prayer seeking His help and guidance? Once a day, once a week, once in a while? How about whenever you find yourself in one of life’s storms? Well, we hope not, right? Hopefully, we all have acquired the habit of asking for God’s help early on and more often than not. And hopefully, we have learned to seek Him out in every aspect of our life.
In the 7th chapter of the Gospel According to Matthew, God promises to guide us if we let Him. And so, that makes it our job to let Him. However, because we are broken, we will be tempted to be different. For instance, we might be tempted to follow along with what the crowd is doing; other times we might be tempted to do things our way and not God’s way. When we are having these feelings, we need to push back and resist them.
Folks, God has promised we when ask for His help, He will not hold back. So, we need to ask. We need to ask God to help us with the needs of our day. We need to ask God to lead us through our day, to protect us from the temptations that surround us, to correct us when we fall victim to those temptations. Most importantly, we need to trust the answer God gives us.
This Sunday (15 MAY 22) is the 5th Sunday of Easter and we will be reading from The Book of Revelation, the 21st chapter. I will proclaim God’s Word in my sermon entitled: “He’s waiting for our answer”
Our 11:00 Service of Worship is broadcast on the Official Commerce Presbyterian YouTube channel. You can go to our web site at www.commercepresbyterian.com or go to YouTube and enter Commerce Presbyterian Church.
Moment for Worship from Worship Council Chair, Ruling Elder Donna Greene – This Sunday, May 15th, is officially “Online, but IN Church Day”. Whether you have just gotten out of the habit, or are just one of the many avid followers of CPC, we want to see you again or even meet some of you for the first time! Even better than that, we are providing a pot-luck lunch after the service for everyone and hope that you will stay. We are asking our “onliners” NOT to bring anything for the lunch, but just to please join us.
Of course, we would love to see you here every week, but especially for this one special day, please come worship with us. Now you don’t have to wear your finest, but we do ask you to wear more than robes and slippers.
We really do want to meet you and show you how much we appreciate you and that we truly are Good, Basic, Church - Godly, Biblical and Christian.
Presbyterian Women – will meet tonight, Tuesday, May 10th at 7:00 p.m. in Fellowship Hall for their monthly meeting and Bible Study.
CPC Session – will meet next Thursday, May 19th at 6:00 p.m. via Zoom.
Next Lunch Bunch – folks, they keep getting better. Our next gathering is Sunday, 22 MAY 22.
Gather in the Narthex immediately after worship.
We are adding a Women’s Fellowship / Study group for those who wish to have a day time meeting! We will meet the second Friday of every month at 10 a.m. here at church. It will be an eclectic group filled with study, service projects, and fun fellowship. Please join us for our first Meeting this Friday, May 13th at 10 a.m.! We look forward to seeing you! Please contact Trina Cain for further information.
Play Ball!!! – Gwinnett Stripers Baseball – Saturday, May 21st . We will meet at the gate at 5:30. Tickets are $17.00 dollars per person. See the sign-up sheet in Fellowship Hall. Deadline to sign-up is Wednesday, 18 MAY 22.
Presbyterian Women (PW) – The 12th Triennial Gathering of Presbyterian Women Synod of South Atlantic, PW of PCUSA will gather the weekend of October 21 thru 23, 2022 at Epworth by the Sea, St. Simons Island, Georgia with the theme of “Plug in & Recharge.” 75-minute workshops on a variety of topics will be offered and each participant will be able to choose two. These include ‘Worship, Meditation Techniques, Leadership Enrichment, Music-Choir, Spirituality Center, Yoga, Crafts, Diversity and Painting. For more information, information brochures are located on the mission table in Fellowship Hall.
Pentecost Sunday and Offering – is Sunday, 05 JUN 22 - “Is a foundation of faith established during childhood helps ensure lifelong faith and service. At Pentecost, we celebrate that God offers more than we can plan by joining in ministries that connect young people with one another and with caring communities, helping them shape a life and a future beyond even the one we could plan alone. A gift to the Pentecost Offering helps the church encourage, develop, and support its young people, and also addresses the needs of at-risk children.”
40% stays with each congregation to support local ministries with children, youth, and young adults.
25% supports Young Adult Volunteers (YAV) serving in communities around the world, and growing as leaders through transformative Christian service.
25% supports Ministries with Youth, especially the Presbyterian Youth Triennium.
10% is devoted to children at-risk and supports to improve education and provide safe havens.
So, as the Holy Spirit speaks to you, consider making an offering to the 2022 Pentecost Special Offering. “God, from my youth You have taught me.” Psalm 71:17
And one more thing – folks, God is patiently standing at the door and waiting. When we knock, He is there to open. When we ask, God answers. Our job, is to prayerfully pursue His guidance, more often than not and with sure confidence. You see, if we truly want to protect the steps we take, then we need to ask for Almighty God’s help.
I so much look forward to seeing each of you on Sunday and while you are at it, ask a family member or friend to sit in with you and see Jesus Christ at work in the hearts and minds of the CPC flock; I look forward to seeing them too. And for those of you Live-Streaming; we would love to see you
in-person. As the Holy Spirit moves you and you feel comfortable enough, please come join us for our in-person worship. CPC is just Good, Basic, Church – Godly, Biblical, Christian.
And by the way, do something nice for someone today.
Jeff Cain
“Keep on asking, and you will be given what you ask for. Keep on looking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened. For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone seeks, finds. And the door is opened to everyone who knocks.” Matthew 7: 7-8
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