Order of Worship for 29 March 2020

Cumberland Presbyterian Church

Online Worship Service

29 March 2020

Invocation

Worship in Song

This is Amazing Grace

Holy Spirit

Word of God Speak

Memory Verse

Blessed are the merciful,

    for they will be shown mercy.

Matthew 5:7 NIV

Worship Warmup

God Loves You – Love One Another

As for me and my house we will serve the Lord

Prayers of the People

Offering Reminder & Blessing

Message

James 5

Benediction

Closing:  Step by Step

2020 Memory Verses

2020 Memory Verses

January – Psalm 119:11

February – Romans 3:23

Lent Plus (1 Verse each week)

1 March – Matthew 5:3

8 March – Matthew 5:4

15 March -Matthew 5:5

22 March – Matthew 5:6

29 March – Matthew 5:7

5 April – Matthew 5:8

12 April – Matthew 28:5-6

19 April – Matthew 5:9

26 April -Matthew 5:10

May – Matthew 5:11-12

June – Proverbs 22:6-7

July – Proverbs 27:17

August – Proverbs 31:30-31

September – Romans 13:8

October – 1 Corinthians 10:31

November – Psalm 100

December – John 15:13

All are in NIV unless otherwise noted.

Liturgists 2020

Liturgists 2020

January

5                              Rick Reeves

12                           Garrett Stegall

19                           Larry Walker

26                           Robert Wascom

February

2                              Sam McConnell

9                              Danny Rush

16                           Gerald Stegall

23                           Kathy Stegall

March

1                              Rodney Chilton

8                              Robert Rush

15                           Ethan Delp

22                           Libby Spence

29                           Older Elementary

April

5                              Grace Schneberger

12                           Dana Ellis

19                           Lori Schneberger

26                           Candace Bond 

May

3                              Laci Stegall (Senior Sunday)

10                            Marcee Hose

17                           Gage Stegall

24                           Dylan Walker

31                           Joe Thompson

June

7                              Sharman Spence

14                           Lynn Ferrari

21                           Dyanne Thompson

28                           Luke Schneberger

July

5                              Danny Rush

12                           Rick Reeves

19                           Rick Ellis

26                           Kenzie Delp

August

2                             Camryn Bond

9                              Elders

16                           Kendra Walker

23                           Carl Hose

30                           Junior/Senior Youth

September

6                              Garrett Stegall

13                           Kathy Stegall

20                           Robert Wascom

27                           Rick Reeves

October

4                              Danny Rush

11                           Des Simmons

18                           Larry Walker

25                           Kylie Denbo

November

1                              Robert Wascom

8                              Rick Ellis

15                           Dana Ellis

22                           Rick Reeves

29                           Senior Adult Class

December

6                              Rodney Chilton

13                           Kathy Stegall

20                           Dyanne Thompson

27                           Joe Thompson

Give us more faith

Read Luke 17:1-10

Jesus told the woman in John 8 that nobody was left to condemn her and neither did he.  He sent her on her way saying go and sin no more.

No more sin!  Do you hear me?  No more sin!

In Luke 17, Jesus said, You are going to stumble here and there.  You will sin.  He goes on to say that if you are the instigator of sin, you will wish that you weren’t, especially if you are leading children in the wrong direction.

Then he tells them to forgive each other.  If your brother sins against you and then comes to you seeking forgiveness, then forgive him.  If it happens again and he comes in repentance, then forgive him again.

That’s enough though, right?

No.  Forgiveness must continue so long as there is repentance.  Elsewhere we might read that we forgive our brother seventy times or even seven times seventy times.

That’s pretty staggering.  It’s no wonder that the disciples thought that they needed more faith. 

I can forgive once, maybe twice, but seven times is really pushing it.  I’m going to need some superpowers to keep on forgiving.

I’m sure the disciples were thinking about other directions given by their Lord. Love your enemies.  Turn the other cheek.  Go the extra mile.  Render unto Caesar.  The list of things that challenged the disciples just kept on going.

How could they do all of these things?  Jesus was going to have to give them more faith.  That’s all there was to it.

God’s chosen people left Egypt with great possessions, flocks, and even some folks that did not come from the bloodline of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.  They left slavery behind them.  They said goodbye to bondage.

Then some started wishing they were slaves again.  At least they would know where their next meal would come from—eaten in slavery but guaranteed nonetheless.

Some started longing for the days of bondage again.  At least they were not thirsty as slaves.

God provided water and manna and meat to his people.  They were never going to starve or die of thirst, but the people could only see what they didn’t have right now. 

The disciples could only see that what Jesus had been asking them to do was more that they believed they could do.  They needed something more.  They needed more faith.

While we are told to approach God’s throne of grace with confidence; sometimes our requests can be somewhat irreverent.

Why did you lead me here to this place with no water?

Why don’t we have anything to eat?

How can you expect me to obey your commands with this little bit of faith that you gave me?

So, Jesus puts his disciples in the shoes of being the master.  Your servant comes in from a long days work in the field.  Do you:

a.    Tell him to sit down and take a load off.  Bring him the remote and tell him you will make his supper.

b.    Thank the servant for doing what is expected.

c.     Tell him to make supper.  I’m hungry.  That’s your job.

Jesus said you just need to do your duty.  You just need to do your job.  Quit complaining. Quit whining.  Do what you are supposed to do.

So how do we in 2019 relate?

If you would just take the faith that you do have and do the things that Jesus told you to do, you would be amazed at the results.

We need to stop asking Jesus to increase our faith and start demanding more of ourselves.  Jesus gave us life when we were sentenced to death.  This gift of salvation that we call grace came by faith.

Will that same faith not take us to greater things?  Jesus has taken our burdens.  The battle belongs to him.  Can we not step out in obedience to him with the faith that we have?

Jesus has promised to forgive every sin that we confess.  Can we not step out in faith knowing that when we try and fall short, we are confident of his forgiveness?  We never really fail for he will put us right back in the race with the pardon that he promised.

What if I used my faith to do the things I know to do?

Would I still have enough time in the day if I read my Bible for a full half hour every day?

Would I still have enough to pay my bills if I trusted God with the first 10%?

Would I still be able to accomplish all that I want to accomplish if I used my Spiritual Gifts more each week?

Would I still be okay if I worked at everything as if I as working for God and not for men?

Would I still enjoy my life if my prayer truly was thy will be done?

God loves to give us good gifts, but how do you think he feels when we think what he has given us is not enough?  How do you think he feels when we say gimmie, gimmie, gimmie?

He has given us all a measure of faith.  What if instead of asking for more faith, we put more of our faith in action.  What if we did what we knew to do with the faith we have?

Think of the woman In John 8 again.  She was brought before Jesus to be stoned.  Jesus told the mob, let he who is without sin throw the first stone.  Slowly from the oldest to the youngest, the stones fell and the crowd disbursed. 

So he asked the woman, who is there to condemn you?

None sir, she answered.

Then neither do I.  Now, go and sin no more.

Now what if she had continued the conversation?  What if she said, that was a neat trick how you got rid of the crowd?  Thanks for that but if you are serious about this go and sin no more, I’m going to need some more self-discipline or a better husband or something that I don’t have now.

She might have received the same lecture from Jesus about the servant coming in from working in the field.

What about us?  Having received salvation that we didn’t deserve—let’s call that grace—and promised eternity, how would Jesus feel about us saying that we need some extra faith to live the way you want us to live?

I think he would tell us that we are beneficiaries of a wonderful gift called grace.  It was a gift that was not earned.  It was a gift of the Father that came by Jesus and was received by faith.

I think he would tell us to take the same faith by which we received this gift and put it to work.

Instead of granting our request to increase our faith, I think he would say increase what you do with the faith that you have.

Do your duty.

If 20 years ago, someone had dropped half a million dollars in the collection plate, I don’t think we would have enjoyed the same journey of faith that took place in this congregation as we stepped out with little in our bank account but full of faith as we acquired, reconfigured, and paid for this building.

If just over a decade ago, someone on the session would have said, we’ve never done that before, we likely would have never stepped out in local evangelism that we call Walk A Block for Jesus.  We had zero experience but had the faith to do our duty.

If after a season of serving meals on Tuesdays with few in attendance, we would have thrown in the towel, Chewy Tuesdays would have been a flash in the pan.  While our first efforts fed few with much, our faith prompted us to change the model and take meals and love to kids and some shut-ins in our community.

If when you leave this place, you find a place to quietly dispose of the cards you were given, you will likely never know the joy of fulfilling your commission.  But if you did your duty and talked with at least three people each week, you will find that when the cards run out, your desire to share the good news and invite people to come into the covenant community was still going strong.

Your faith will help you fulfill your commission.

We have the faith that we need to do the things that we have been told to do.

We don’t need God to increase our faith.  We need to increase what we do with the faith God has already given us.

Let’s work on our prayers.  Instead of asking God for more faith, ask him to help us put what faith we have to work.

Lord, help me increase my response to your great love by putting my faith to work.

Lord, help me to do my duty.

Lord, help me to forgive and love and share your good news with the faith that is already within me.

Lord, help me do more with the faith that I have.

Amen.

Liturgist List

2025 Liturgists

 DATE      LITURGIST             

1-Jun	Des Simmons
8-Jun	Kendra Walker
15-Jun	Kathy Stegall
22-Jun	Rodney Chilton
29-Jun	Ethan Delp
6-Jul	Kenzie Delp
13-Jul	Kristy Denbo
20-Jul	Rodney Chilton
27-Jul	Elena Rodriquez
3-Aug	Faith Schneberger
10-Aug	Libby Spence
17-Aug	Kylie Denbo
24-Aug	Des Simmons
31-Aug	Lori Schneberger
7-Sep	Rick Reeves
14-Sep	Emma Stegall
21-Sep	Garrett Stegall
28-Sep	Kaitlyn Denbo
5-Oct	Avery Simmons
12-Oct	Kendra Walker
19-Oct	Kathy Stegall
26-Oct	Larry Walker
2-Nov	Ethan Delp
9-Nov	Kenzie Delp
16-Nov	Kristy Denbo
23-Nov	Larry Walker
30-Nov	Elena Rodriquez
7-Dec	Rick Reeves
14-Dec	Garrett Stegall
21-Dec	Des Simmons
28-Dec	Laci Stegall

 

Updated based on recent input

2024

January

7             Ethan Delp

14           Rick Reeves

21           Kathy Stegall

28           Kenzie Delp

February

4             Desarae Simmons

11           Larry Walker

18           Rick Reeves

25           Kendra Walker

March

3             Garrett Stegall

10           Gerald Stegall

17           Faith Schneberger

24           Gage Stegall

31           Desarae Simmons

April

7             Kenzie Delp

14           Kylie Denbo

21           Ethan Delp

28           Kaitlyn Denbo

May

5             Gage Stegall

12           Kristy Denbo

19           Kathy Stegall

26           Rick Reeves

 

June

2             Avery Simmons

9             Libby Spence

16           Emma Stegall

23           Kathy Stegall

30           Rodney Chilton

July

7             Larry Walker

14           Kathy Stegall

21           Garrett Stegall

28           Gerald Stegall

August

4             Young Adult Class

11           Elders

18           Kristy Denbo

25           Ethan Delp

September

1             Rick Reeves

8             Kathy Stegall

15           Ethan Delp

22           Larry Walker

29           Sharman Spence

October

6             Lori Schneberger

13           Danny Rush

29           Kendra Walker

27           Ethan Delp

November

3             Kristy Denbo

10           Garrett Stegall

17           Rick Reeves

24           Des Simmons

December

1             Kendra Walker

8             Laci Stegall

15           Kristy Denbo

22           Desarae Simmons

29           Rodney Chilton

 

On call

Lynn Ferrari

Liturgists for 2023

JANUARY

1              Ethan Delp

8              Rick Reeves

15           Kathy Stegall

22           Kenzie Delp

29           Desarae Simmons

February

5              Garrett Stegall

12           Lynn Ferrari

19           Rick Reeves

26           Danny Rush

March

5              Sharman Spence

12           Lori Schneberger

19           Kendra Walker

26           Luke Schneberger

April

2              Lynn Ferrari

9              Danny Rush

16           Kenzie Delp

23           Elementary Youth

30           Libby Spence

May

7              Laci Stegall

14           Kathy Stegall

21           Rodney Chilton

28           Gerald Stegall

June

4              Danny Rush

11           Faith Schneberger

18           Lori Schneberger

25           Avery Simmons

July

2              Dylan Walker

9              Gage Stegall

16           Emma Stegall

23           Gerald Stegall

30           Kathy Stegall

August

6              Garrett Stegall

13           Elders

20           Lynn Ferrari

27           Desarae Simmons

September

3              Rick Reeves

10           Larry Walker

17           Kylie Denbo

24           Kaitlyn Denbo

October

1              Dakota Walker

8              Candace Bond

15           Kristy Denbo

22           Ethan Delp

29           Rick Reeves

 

 November

5              Gage Stegall

12           Dylan Walker

19           Libby Spence

26           Lynn Ferrari

December

3              Ethan Delp

10           Garrett Stegall

17           Kathy Stegall

24           Young Adult Sunday School Class

31           Rodney Chilton

Liturgists 2022

January

2 – Danny Rush

9 – Ethan Delp

16 – Kathy Stegall

23 – Rick Reeves

30 – Garrett Stegall

February

6 – Desarae Simmons

13 – Kenzie Delp

20 – Lynn Ferrari

27 – Kristy Denbo

March

6 – Ethan Delp

13 – Libby Spence

20 – Kylie Denbo

27 – Kaitlyn Denbo

April

3 – Adult Sunday School Class

10 – Lynn Ferrari

17 – Desarae Simmons

24 – Kathy Stegall

May

1 - Rick Reeves

8 – Laci Stegall (Sr Sunday)

15 – Gerald Stegall

22 – Sharman Spence

29 – Elementary Youth

 June

5 – Dylan Walker

12 – Gage Stegall

19 – Libby Spence

26 – Rodney Chilton

July

3 – Danny Rush

10 - Young Adult Sunday School Class

17 – Joe Thompson

24 – Dakota Walker

31 – Jr/Sr Youth

August

7 – Lori Schneberger

14 - Elders

21 – Faith Schneberger

28 – Danny Rush

September

4 – Rick Reeves

11 – Lynn Ferrari

18 – Luke Schneberger

25 – Kendra Walker

October

2 – Candace Bond

9 – Garrett Stegall

16 – Ethan Delp

23 – Kenzie Delp

30 – Young Adult Sunday School Class

November

6 – Joe Thompson

13 – Dana Ellis

20 – Lori Schneberger

27 - Sam McConnell

December

4 – Libby Spence

11 – Kristy Denbo

18 – Gerald Stegall

25 – TBD

Liturgists 2021

January

 3             Garrett Stegall

10           Rick Reeves

17           Danny Rush

24           Gerald Stegall

31           Robert Wascom

February

 7            Dana Ellis

14           Kathy Stegall

21           Rick Ellis

28           Rodney Chilton

March

 7            Lynn Ferrari

14           Sharman Spence

21           Joe Thompson

28           Lori Schneberger

April

 4             Kenzie Delp

11           Ethan Delp

18           Grace Schneberger

25           Dakota Walker

May

 2            Libby Spence

 9            Laci Stegall (Sr Sunday) 

16           Candace Bond

23           Luke Schneberger

30           Kristy Denbo

 

June

 6            Dyanne Thompson

13           Des Simmons

20           Larry Walker

27           Kathy Stegall

July

 4             Gerald Stegall

11           Dana Ellis

18           Danny Rush

25           Rick Reeves

August

 1             Gage Stegall

 8             Robert Wascom

15           Elders

22           Joe Thompson

29           Jr/Sr Youth

September

 5             Garrett Stegall

12           Dyanne Thompson

19           Kendra Walker

26           Kristy Denbo

October

 3             Dylan Walker

10           Garrett Stegall

17           Rick Ellis

24           Ethan Delp

31           Elementary Youth

November

 7             Des Simmons

14           Larry Walker

21           Sam McConnell

28           Rodney Chilton

December

 5             Kylie Denbo

12           Kaitlyn Denbo

19           Libby Spence

26           No Liturgist

Liturgists 2020

January

5                              Rick Reeves

12                           Garrett Stegall

19                           Larry Walker

26                           Robert Wascom

February

2                              Sam McConnell

9                              Danny Rush

16                           Gerald Stegall

23                           Kathy Stegall

March

1                              Rodney Chilton

8                              Robert Rush

15                           Ethan Delp

22                           Libby Spence

29                           Older Elementary

April

5                              Grace Schneberger

12                           Dana Ellis

19                           Lori Schneberger

26                           Candace Bond 

May

3                              Marcee Hose

10                           Laci Stegall (Senior Sunday)

17                           Gage Stegall

24                           Dylan Walker

31                           Joe Thompson

June

7                              Sharman Spence

14                           Lynn Ferrari

21                           Dyanne Thompson

28                           Luke Schneberger

July

5                              Danny Rush

12                           Rick Reeves

19                           Rick Ellis

26                           Kenzie Delp

August

2                             Camryn Bond

9                              Elders

16                           Kendra Walker

23                           Carl Hose

30                           Junior/Senior Youth

September

6                              Garrett Stegall

13                           Kathy Stegall

20                           Robert Wascom

27                           Rick Reeves

October

4                              Danny Rush

11                           Des Simmons

18                           Larry Walker

25                           Kylie Denbo

November

1                              Robert Wascom

8                              Rick Ellis

15                           Dana Ellis

22                           Rick Reeves

29                           Senior Adult Class

December

6                              Rodney Chilton

13                           Kathy Stegall

20                           Dyanne Thompson

27                           Joe Thompson

Follow this link for 2021 Liturgist assignments.

Liturgists

2019

 January

 6             Rick Reeves                      Pulpit Supply (Rev. Swint)

13           Garrett Stegall                   Pulpit Supply (Rev. Swint)

20           Larry Walker

27           Robert Wascom

February

 3             Danny Rush

10           Scout Troop 310

17           Gerald Stegall

24           Kathy Stegall

March

 3             Rick Ellis

10           Rodney Chilton

17           Ethan Delp                          Pulpit Supply (Rev. Nease)

24           Libby Spence

31           Elementary Youth

April

 7             Camryn Bond

14           Grace Schneberger               Palm Sunday

21           Dana Ellis                             Easter Sunday

28           Lori Schneberger

   

May

 5             Pam Kauk-Delp

12           Laci Stegall                          Senior Sunday

19           Dyanne Thompson

26           Kenzie Delp

June

 2             Joe Thompson

 9             Marcee Hose

16           Dylan Walker

23           Kristy Denbo

30           Jr/Sr High Youth

July

 7             Church Campers

14           VBS Students

21           Rick Reeves                           Pulpit Supply

28           Rick Ellis                               Pulpit Supply

August

 4             Sharman Spence

11           Gage Stegall

18           Robert Rush

25           Luke Schneberger

September

 1             Garrett Stegall

 8             Robert Wascom

15           Larry Walker

22           Des Simmons

29           Senior Adult Class

October

 6             Candace Bond

13           Kathy Stegall

20           Danny Rush

27           Grace Schneberger

November

 3             Camryn Bond

10           Veterans

17           Ashley Reeves

24           Joe Thompson

December

 1             Gerald Stegall

 8             Rodney Chilton

15           Lynn Ferrari

22           Dana Ellis

29           Elementary Youth



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