Dear Congregation,
The Deacons have asked me to announce that this Sunday’s diaconal offering will be devoted to relief efforts in Houston after Hurricane Harvey.
Breckinridge Update
Tonight at Village I will be making my first presentation (out of four) on R. J. Breckinridge that are designed to help me get organized for writing next year.
The title of tonight’s talk is: “What Is Man Without His Friend?” The Making of a Kentucky Lawyer (1800-1829)
Caylor House Update
At the recommendation of the Caylor House Committee, the session is making an offer for a ‘starter house’ for the Caylor House project. It’s something of a long shot, since another offer was accepted the day before we voted to make a “backup offer.” (Our realtor, Lin Gray, encouraged us to make a backup offer because apparently the offer ahead of us has lots of contingencies. A backup offer only comes into play if the other party’s offer falls through). Please pray that God would work all things out for his glory and our good. If you have any questions, there will be lots of us at Village tonight who can talk more about this.
Sermon Series
In the morning service, I am preaching through the book of Exodus. After finishing Exodus, I will preach Philemon in October and then Book Four of the Psalms from November-January.
In the evening Joel and I are preaching a catechetical series through the topics of the Shorter Catechism. Then I will preach through Lamentations and Daniel (Joel will continue preaching once a month during the school year).
Prayer Requests
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- For rulers and those in authority
- For the spread of the gospel
- Missionaries
- Will Traub (Dundee, Scotland)
- Jamie & Julia Thornton (Ukraine)
- Nell (France)
- C family (that place over there)
- Bruce (France)
- Markus & Sharon Jeromin (Uruguay)
- PCA Ministries
- Mission to the World, Mission to North America, Reformed University Ministries, Interchurch Relations, Christian Education & Publications, Covenant College and Seminary, etc.
- Great Lakes Presbytery
- Pastor Wallace serves on the Mission to North America Committee (church planting & Reformed University Fellowship)
- Mark Hanson serves on the Administrative Committee (reading session minutes, stewardship, and nominating members for committee service)
- Joel Irvin serves on the Candidates & Credentials Committee (examining and overseeing candidates for the ministry)
- Michiana Area Churches
- Grace Reformed OPC (Walkerton) — Pastor Matt Barker
- Elkhart RPCNA (Elkhart) — Pastor Wade Mann
- Grace Fellowship Church (Bremen) — Pastor Jon Hueni
- Grace Baptist Fellowship (Warsaw) — Pastor Aaron Hoak
- Fulkerson Park Baptist Church (Niles) — Pastor Brian Hedges
- Hillsdale OPC — Pastor Everett Henes
- New City EPC (South Bend) — Pastor Luke Potter
- Greater Mt. Calvary Missionary Baptist Church (South Bend) — Pastor Earl Hairston
- All churches where Christ is preached.
- Pastor Peter and pastoral intern Joel
- Preaching Christ faithfully
- Discipleship and imitating Christ (as husband, father, and pastor)
- Writing and teaching projects
- MCPC Elders and Deacons
- for wisdom in leading the congregation
- praise for cash offer for the former LaPorte church building
- Elders: Jay, Mark, Rex, Joel, Stephen, and Jacob
- Deacons: Hugh, Mihkail, Jake, Dan, Matthew, and Bob
- That we would be salt and light in our community
- Missionaries
- For those who are suffering, pray both for relief and for grace to endure in the midst of trials
- in our community
- Patty (Jamie Irvin’s mother) — needs a new kidney
- Laura Gekeler (Juday Creek neighbor) — ovarian cancer is in remission
- Myrle Rowley’s great-grandson, Isaac (leukemia)
- in our congregation
- Ian Heitzmann (diabetes)
- Bob Taylor (traumatic brain injury)
- Wade Hall (heart)
- Michael Kaufmann (rehab)
- loss of loved ones
- wisdom that we might always number our days
- in our community
- For students, wisdom to prepare effectively for future service
- Students away from home:
- Immanuel Deliyannides (Calvin)
- Olivia Deliyannides (Calvin)
- Lena Wallace (Bethel)
- Students away from home:
- For those who are looking for employment, that God would provide them with gainful employment so that they might provide for their households and be useful in the kingdom of God:
- Deborah Forteza (praise for job at Grove City College)
- Christine Jordan (praise for job in South Bend)
- Christopher Kleven (praise for job in Iowa)
- For teachers, wisdom to train students for that service
- For the Michiana Covenant Academy as we seek to provide assistance to home schoolers
- For other area Christian (e.g., Covenant, Elkhart, and Granger Christian Schools) and public schools
- For home school teachers and students
- For husbands and wives; parents and children
- Lynns — with Audrey’s transition
- Longs — living in Germany, Maria’s schooling
- For those who desire children
- Irvins (fostering)
- For pregnant mothers
- Margaret McMillan
- Margaret McCarthy
- For those seeking to adopt
- For singles, both wisdom to devote themselves fully to Christ’s service and also (for those who desire it) a godly spouse
- For those preparing for marriage
If you would like a particular prayer request to appear in the Pastoral Notes, please let me know.
Here is the order of worship for Sunday.
Blessings,
Pastor Peter
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Morning Worship
“You have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God…”
*Call to Worship Psalm 100
Pastor: Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth! Serve the Lord with gladness! Come into His presence with singing! Know that the Lord, he is God!
People: It is He who made us, and we are His; We are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.
Pastor: Enter His gates with thanksgiving, and His courts with praise! Give thanks to Him; bless His name!
People: For the Lord is good; His steadfast love endures forever, And His faithfulness to all generations.
*Hymn of Approach Psalm 111 “Praise to the Lord, I Will Extol Him”
Preparation for Confession
Prayer of Confession with Lord’s Prayer From Psalm 51/Micah 6
O most merciful God, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ; who pardons all those who truly repent and turn to you; we humbly confess our sins and ask for your mercy. We have not loved you with our whole heart; neither have we loved our neighbor as ourselves. We have not done justly, nor loved mercy, nor walked humbly with you, our God. Have mercy upon us, O Lord, according to your steadfast love; according to your tender mercies, blot out our iniquity. Create in us a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within us. Cast us not away from your presence, and take not your Holy Spirit from us. Restore unto us the joy of your salvation, for we ask these things in the name of Jesus, our Savior, who taught us to pray, Our Father…
Declaration of Pardon
*Hymn of Praise TH 342 “Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation”
*Offertory Prayer
Offering
*Doxology Praise God from whom all blessings flow! Praise him all creatures here below! Praise him above, ye heavenly hosts! Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost! Amen
“Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts…”
Old Testament Reading Exodus 34 (p. 60)
*Psalm of Response Psalm 86 “Hear Me, O LORD, and Answer Me”
New Testament Reading 1 Corinthians 3 (p. 1008)
Sermon “A New Covenant” Pastor Peter Wallace
Introduction:
- The Sin of Israel: When What We See Overrules the Word of the LORD (ch 32)
- The Intercession of Moses and the Face of the LORD (ch 33)
Who Is the God Who Makes This Covenant? (v1-9)
- Replacing the Broken Tablets (v1-4)
- God’s Name Is Revealed in His Character (v5-6)
- What Does “Visiting the Iniquity of the Fathers on the Children” Mean? (v7)
- “Take Us for Your Inheritance” – Moses’ Plea for Pardon (v8-9)
The Covenant of the LORD Declared (v10-28)
- God Will Do Awesome Things – and All the People Will See It (v10)
- Do Not Make Covenants with the Nations – Because of Idolatry (v11-16)
- The Centrality of Worship to the Covenant (v17-26)
- “Write These Words” – the Importance of the Written Word (v27-28)
The Glorious Result of the Covenant: the Shining Face of Moses (v29-35)
*Hymn of Praise Psalm 27 “The LORD’s My Savior and My Light”
“Now therefore, O LORD, let your word be confirmed…”
Congregational Prayer
*Nicene Creed (p.846)
Lord’s Supper
Exhortation & Blessing
Pastor The Lord be with you
People And also with you
Pastor Lift up your hearts
People We lift them up to the Lord
Pastor Let us give thanks to the Lord our God
People It is right to give him thanks and praise
Pastor prays: It is indeed right, and a good and joyful thing . . .
The Peace
Communion (We use wine as the element commanded by our Lord Jesus Christ. We provide grape juice in the outer ring for those who conscientiously abstain from wine.)
*Prayer of Thanksgiving PHSS 200 “Heavenly Father”
Diaconal Offering
*Closing Hymn TH 546 “The Sands of Time Are Sinking”
*Benediction
Evening Worship
*Call to Worship Psalm 149
*Prayer of Invocation
*Hymn of Praise Psalm 140 “Save Me, O LORD, from Evil Men”
Psalms and Hymns
Scripture Reading Genesis 3; Matthew 18:21-35 (pp. 531, 810)
Sermon “Delivered and Forgiven” Elder Joel Irvin
- 105 – What do we pray for in the fifth petition?
- In the fifth petition, which is,And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors, we pray that God, for Christ’s sake, would freely pardon all our sins; which we are the rather encouraged to ask, because by His grace we are enabled from the heart to forgive others.
- 106 – What do we pray for in the sixth petition?
- In the sixth petition, which is,And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil,we pray that God would either keep us from being tempted to sin, or support and deliver us when we are tempted.
Congregational Prayer
*Apostles’ Creed (p.845)
Prayer of Thanksgiving
*Hymn of Praise TH 691 “It Is Well with My Soul”
*Benediction
