Sunday Morning Worship Guide and Bulletin
May 19, 2024
WELCOME TO CHRIST CENTRAL CHURCH!
Whatever your spiritual disposition - skeptic, seeker or follower - we are glad you are with us! We desire to have all of our hearts strengthened by the grace of Christ through today's worship service. We pray that we will leave eager to share that grace with the people around us throughout the coming week.
Our Mission
Freeing people to enjoy God, hear his truth, grow in diverse community and engage the world with a renewed dignity that comes from Christ.
Our Vision
Christ Central Church seeks to be a racially diverse church community. We strive to be a church that is Biblically authentic and true in its worship of God. We desire to communicate and grow spiritually from the message of the gospel as it is read, preached, shared and taught faithfully, clearly and relevantly. We long to be a community filled with loving and encouraging relationships. We seek to spread the good news in word, thought and deed as a community of individuals and families that are faithful to serve, trust, share, grow and spread the redeeming love of Jesus everywhere, in everything and with all people.
Sunday Morning Children's Ministry
Children meet every Sunday except for 5th Sundays. 5th Sundays are family worship and all children will remain in the worship service. If you have any questions, email our Executive Director Derrick Crawford.
Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month
May is AAPI Heritage Month. Asian Americans come from a multitude of different ethnic, national, and linguistic backgrounds. During this month, we remember those who have come before us and paved the way for us to live as Asian Americans in the United States.
The Order of Worship
*You are invited to stand as you are able.
Welcome To Christ Central Church
Meet & Greet
Congregational Meeting Notice!
Please attend our next Congregational Meeting on Sunday, May 26, 2024. We will meet for a very short time to dissolve (vote to end) the pastoral relationship of Pastor Josh with Christ Central Church. As an associate pastor (voted by the congregation), we must also vote for him to end his time with us as well. The meeting will take place immediately after our worship service for 5 minutes. All communing members are encouraged to attend.
Introducing Summer Studies: The Master Plan of Evangelism
“It was always before his mind. He intended to save out of the world a people for himself and to build a church of the Spirit which would never perish.” Dr. Coleman
Our Summer Studies session is back! Starting on June 2nd, we will spend 8-12 weeks studying God's plan for evangelism through group learning. Children's ministry care will be provided. Please join us in room M3 from 9:30 am to 10:15 am throughout the summer to learn more. No registration is required. You can pick up a book in the lobby or purchase it online HERE.
Sisters,
A number of us have expressed an interest in reading and discussing the book Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation by Kristin Kobes Du Mez. Let's do it!
Please go ahead and REGISTER HERE so we can know of your interest. Instead of setting a specific date, we will send a Doodle poll to set a date when most can attend.
Books are available in the church lobby for $10 ($16 on Amazon) while supplies last. It's also available as an audiobook and eBook on Charlotte library's Hoopla app.
There will be an option to pay for the book when you register. Don't let the cost of the book hinder your participation - reach out to HERE and one will be provided.
Questions? Contact LeVan McLain.
Community Groups
Our Community Groups provide a warm and welcoming environment where members come together in each other's homes within their local neighborhoods. If you're interested in joining one of these groups, please CLICK HERE access a list of all available Community Groups. For assistance in connecting with the Community Group that aligns with your interests and location, please reach out to Pastor Josh via email.
Interested in becoming a member at CCC?
CLICK HERE if you are interested in being part of our next New Members Class. The current cohort is live. But you can still join. Please email Pastor Josh if you have any questions.
Around Town
Looking to do a little shopping and not sure where to start? Kelsey Park (deaconess) owns a small business called AlterNarrative that sources handmade products from around the world. You can shop online at AlterNarrativeco.com. She offers free local delivery!
Prepare Your Hearts for Worship
Glorious Day
*Song of Praise & Worship
How Deep The Father’s Love for Us
Tithes & Offering - CLICK HERE to give online
Celebration of Graduates - Class of 2024
*Song of Preparation
Great Are You Lord
*Scripture Reading
Malachi 1:1 – 5 NLT
This is the message that the Lord gave to Israel through the prophet Malachi.
2 “I have always loved you,” says the Lord.
But you retort, “Really? How have you loved us?”
And the Lord replies, “This is how I showed my love for you: I loved your ancestor Jacob, 3 but I rejected his brother, Esau, and devastated his hill country. I turned Esau’s inheritance into a desert for jackals.”
4 Esau’s descendants in Edom may say, “We have been shattered, but we will rebuild the ruins.”
But the Lord of Heaven’s Armies replies, “They may try to rebuild, but I will demolish them again. Their country will be known as ‘The Land of Wickedness,’ and their people will be called ‘The People with Whom the Lord Is Forever Angry.’ 5 When you see the destruction for yourselves, you will say, ‘Truly, the Lord’s greatness reaches far beyond Israel’s borders!’”
Leader: This is the word of the Lord.
Congregation: Thanks be to God.
Sermon
12: Prophets: Malachi: First Love
Rev. Josh Kim
Sermon Points
Loss of Love
Redeeming Love
Confession
Prayer of Confession
Adopted from Psalm 13:1–6 (NIV):
LEADER:
1 How long, LORD? Will you forget me forever?
How long will you hide your face from me?
CONGREGATION:
2 How long must I wrestle with my thoughts
and day after day have sorrow in my heart?
How long will my enemy triumph over me?
LEADER:
3 Look on me and answer, LORD my God.
Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death,
CONGREGATION:
4 and my enemy will say, “I have overcome him,”
and my foes will rejoice when I fall.
LEADER:
5 But I trust in your unfailing love;
my heart rejoices in your salvation.
CONGREGATION:
6 I will sing the LORD’s praise,
for he has been good to me.
Silent Reflection
Zephaniah 3:17 (ESV):
The LORD your God is in your midst,
a mighty one who will save;
he will rejoice over you with gladness;
he will quiet you by his love;
he will exult over you with loud singing.
Prayer for Those Searching for Truth
God, you claim that Jesus is the way, the truth and the life. Grant that I might be undaunted by the cost of following you as I consider the reasons for doing so. If what you claim is true, please guide me, teach me and open to me the reality of who you are. Give me an understanding of you that is coherent, convincing, and that leads to the life that you promise.
*Song of Response
Jesus at the Center