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Now in The Christian Year: Ordinary Time
October 27, 2019Today’s Scripture:
Acts 15
SERVICE TIMES • 9:15am | 10:45am
The mission of College Wesleyan Church is to make more and better disciples who transform the community and resource the Church. CWC desires to partner with God in restoring people and redeeming the world by reflecting Jesus Christ.
We want you to feel at home and well-informed as you enter into worship and become a part of our church family. To assist you in navigating opportunities each week to grow and serve, you will find printed materials for each ministry area in the Atrium. You can also find out more at our website, collegewes.com, or by calling us in the church office at 765-674-8541, M-F for more personalized service.
Welcome to College Wesleyan Church
Communion is being served this morning and is open to all Christ-followers. We celebrate communion via intinction. That is, we dip the bread in the cup before partaking in the sacrament.
Two gluten-free stations are available at the front of the Sanctuary to the left and right of the altar. Please see an usher if you have questions or need assistance.
SPLASH parents, if you would like to get your child(ren) for communion, you will be dismissed following the sermon.
Communion served in both services.Sun: 10.27
Worship Sanctuary
Worship SanctuarySpiritual Formation Classes ClassroomsJCB Courses Various Locations
JCB Life GroupsGrades 9-12 JCB GymGrades 4-8 CWC Chapel
9:15am
10:45am
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SAVE THE DATE
WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEK
November 3
November 7-9
November 13
November 24
November 28-31
All Saints Sunday
Wellsprings Training Conference
All Church Forum
Christ the King Sunday
Follow 2019 (Youth Conference)
7:00am - Ask-to-Listen Morning Prayer in the Chapel3:00pm - Middle School Crossover in the JCB Gym6:00pm - Outreach Forum: Sierra Leone in the Great Room Club SPLASH in the SPLASH classrooms
4:00pm - High School Crossover in the JCB Gym
Deepen: Inward Prayer in Room 123
Reminder: Set your clocks back an hour on Saturday, as daylight savings time ends.
Ask-to-Listen Retreat
Tues: 10.29
Thurs: 10.31
Sun: 11.03
Fri: 11.01-Sat: 11.02
Wed: 10.30
Average Weekly Need: $55,889.77
Received October 20: $32,641.43Financial
Update
THANKSGIVING • We respond to God’s Word in thanksgiving and fellowship.
GATHERING • God unites us in His presence to remember the story of God.
MUSIC O Praise the Name | Lion and the LambHillsong, Leeland
WORD • God speaks to us through His Word.
SENDING • God blesses us and sends us out to do His mission in the world.
SCRIPTURE PRESENTATION:
OFFERING: Holy Spirit | Spirit of the Living God – Jesus Culture, Hymn #247CENTERING PRAYER
WORDS OF INSTITUTION
COMMUNION
PASTORAL PRAYER
PRELUDE: Fully of Your Glory – Wesleyan Worship Project CALL TO WORSHIP, INVOCATION & GREETING
BENEDICTION & SENDING
Host Pastor: Eric Crisp Song Leader: Jordan Rife (acoustic guitar & vocals) Scripture Team: Annastasia Bonczyk, Daniel Rife, Andrew Julian, Silas Vermilya,
and band membersPreaching Pastor: Emily VermilyaMusic Team: Sabrina Porter (acoustic guitar), Patrick Eby (bass), Rob Luttrell (drums), Silas Vermilya (electric guitar), Daniel Rife (piano & vocals), Alexis Vanfleet (harmonium & vocals), Abby Wilkinson, Clay Crofford, Jaena Hardin, Maddie Bigham, Sydney Count (vocals)
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The Word of the LordAll: Thanks be to God!
Give thanks to the Lord, for He is Good!All: His love endures forever!
SERMONRESPONSE TO THE WORD
I Stand Amazed(How Marvelous)Hymn #512
Heal Our LandKari Jobe
Does this element primarily reveal
things about God, or respond to God’s
revelation?
Formational Signifi cance:
Which fold does this element best facilitate?
ELEMENT:
“The Four-Fold Order of Worship”
GATHERING WORD TABLE/THANKSGIVGING
SENDING
SCRIPTURE PRESENTATION
Why do we do what we do in worship? The worship practices of any church (i.e. its “Liturgy”) are the formational habits of the people of God on their journey toward holiness. On Sundays, we gather for the Liturgy which remembers, celebrates, and reorients (re-stories) our lives to God’s story, with Christ as the center. We are then sent to live lives of worship–our liturgy of Monday through Saturday. Below you will see an analysis of how our worship practices are intentionally included in our Liturgy to form us into the People of God and ultimately the likeness of Christ.
From oral tradition and ancient scrolls to the Vulgate and the Bible in front of you, remembering God’s story has always been a primary element of Christian worship. It is in the presentation of the Word that we witness the desires, work, and nature of our triune God (Acts 2:42).
We gather to witness the Word so that we may leave living the Word.
Is the action VERTICAL: between us & God...
...or HORIZONTAL: between each other?
REVELATION
RESPONSE
Biblical/Historical Signifi cance:
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Right LifeLiving our commission to love God and love our neighbor.
Right IdentitySeeing ourselves as He sees us.
Right RealitySeeing God and His work like He sees it.
THE LITURGY OF CWC
OUTREACH FORUM: SIERRA LEONE • OCT. 30Join us this Wednesday evening, Oct. 30th, from 6:00 to 7:00pm in the Great
Room to learn more about the ways CWC is leaning into what God is doing in Sierra Leone.
ALL CHURCH FORUMThe next All Church Forum (CWC Town Hall Meeting) will take place on
Wednesday, November 13th, from 6-7 pm in the Great Room. Come hear updates on the What’s Next Campaign from Pastors Steve and
Emily and see progress being made on the building projects as our Architects from Halstead will present the latest drawings and models.
Light refreshments will be provided.
FRANCES SLOCUM TEACHER ENCOURAGEMENTOne of our ministries at Frances Slocum Elementary is the ministry of
encouragement. There are teachers and staff workers who need someone to pray for them and write them notes of encouragement each month. Would you consider adopting one of them for this school year? Contact Vickie Conrad to find out how you can get involved. [email protected]
OPPORTUNITIES
Ask to Listen Retreat
Come to the Ask to Listen Retreat and get away for 24 hours to listen individually and corporately. At this retreat, we will follow the cycle of listening to God through posturing, scripturing, discerning, and obeying. There will be times of silence and solitude, corporate worship, as well as guided group discernment, which will give us space to hear from God and build relationships with one another around Scripture and prayer.
• When: November 1-2
• Where: St Joseph's Retreat and Conference Center
• Friday evening check-in at the retreat center between 5:00 pm and 5:30 pm. All programming complete by 4:00 pm on Saturday.
• Visit collegewes.com/discipleship/ to register or fill out your Connect Card for more information.
When entering into the work of becoming more inclusive as an organization or person and thinking about those who have special needs, many of us are daunted by the amount and complexity of the work. How do we accommodate for each person’s individual needs? Especially when so many disabilities are invisible? Don’t let this line of thought paralyze you from growing and trying. What will make a larger difference than 1 person or organization being perfectly inclusive is if we had 100 people or organizations in Grant County doing it in small ways, even imperfectly, yet growing in their awareness and efforts. It takes a community effort to become a healthy community.
At CWC, we strive to empower and be empowered by our brothers and sisters with special needs.
Ideas for Including "A Community Effort"
Post 34 of 50 • To see the other articles, go to: collegewes.com/ministries/specialneeds
A half-day training workshop to equip couples within our congregation with resources to provide counsel, mentoring and relationship care with pre-marital and marital couples in CWC and the community.
• November 23, 8:30am-12:30pm in the CWC Chapel
• RSVP Required. To RSVP, email [email protected]
• Training materials and food provided
Unless marked for Staff & Elders only, prayer requests are shared with the College Church family. Please indicate private prayer requests by marking the Staff & Elder only on your Connect Card.
If you would like to be part of the Prayer Team which receives prayer requests via email, send a message to Pastor Alex ([email protected]). Also, if you do not have email and would like to receive a paper copy of weekly requests, stop by or call the church office.
Prayer Requests:• Mark Leming: Please pray for Jim Leming; he has been diagnosed with ANCA
Vasculitis—a rare kidney disease. Jim is in rolling Meadows Nursing Home doing rehab and taking dialysis every other day. There is hope for [his] kidneys to regain full function on their own.
• Olivia Chamberlain: Discernment
• Jeff (Penny) Bonner’s MRI last Wednesday was inconclusive. However, the oncologist remarked that if the tumor had been progressing, he would expect Jeff to be worse, instead of getting better (as he has been doing). Jeff will have another MRI in about 60 days.
• Leann Martens’ friend Karen had heart surgery and it is working better. She has now started the process of recovery.
• Cindy Pattengale's family friend, Shirley Burns, went to be with the Lord last Sunday Oct 20. Thank you for your prayers during her difficult journey. Remember her daughters Cindy and Kele as they grieve her loss.
PRAYER REQUESTS
CHURCH FAMILY
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OUR MISSION
STEVE DENEFF | Lead [email protected]
JORDAN ASHLEY | Financial [email protected]
MATTHEW BECK | Family [email protected]
CHIP BOS | Resources & [email protected]
ERIC CRISP | [email protected]
BEAU HAMNER | [email protected]
ETHAN LINDER | Connections/Young Adults/[email protected]
EMILY VERMILYA | Executive [email protected]
ALEX MANDURA | Congregation Care/[email protected]
JORDAN RIFE | Worship [email protected]
JOE RUDER | Facilities & [email protected]
Making More & Better DisciplesWe are blessed to be adjacent to the campus of Indiana Wesleyan University and consider it a gift to be part of raising up students for leadership in the world. We are excited by the numbers of students from both IWU and Taylor University who worship with us each Sunday, who serve in ministry with us and are part of Spiritual Formation groups. As a sending church, our Ministry Development Program (MDP) continues to equip and send out leaders into youth ministry, denominational headquarters, church revitalization and other ministry areas.
Transforming the CommunityWith more than 300 commissioned “shepherds,” we are committed to influencing our neighborhoods, workplaces, and homes with the transforming power of Jesus Christ. We seek to develop strong and healthy families which aid in the revitalization of our community.
Resourcing the ChurchIn building partnerships with other churches, we have opportunity to influence, serve, and lead beyond our own congregation. These partnerships inspire and produce events, curriculum, and services that promote a nurturing ministry and revitalization of smaller local churches.
For a complete listing of staff & resident pastors, visit the CWC website, “Meet the Team”.
CONTACT US
200 E. 38th St., Marion, IN 46953765.674.8541 | collegewes.comPastor on call: 765.506.8174
Discerning the voice of God lies at the heart of our desire to shift from asking to listening. But what if God’s leading seems unclear or leaves open a number of options for us in terms of next steps? What do we do when what we discern lies in direct contrast with what another brother or sister is hearing from the Lord? Examining the account of the Jerusalem Counsel (Acts 15), the Early Church models for us the role of others in helping us discern God’s voice and encourages us to become a community of people who engage in corporate discernment.
SERMON NOTES "Hearing Aides” Acts 15