Chinese for Christ Church of San Jose
English Worship Service
Worship Service: 10:00 –11:10 am followed by snacks in the Fellowship Hall.
Call To Worship* – Hannah Lee
Praise & Worship*- Praise Team and Congregation
Welcome & Announcements – Daniel Chen
Sermon “Declaration & Proclamation Matthew 16:13-20 (page 822)- Joey Wang
Communion – Kenny Chan
Song(s) of Response* – Praise Team
Doxology (Words of Praise)*- Congregation
Prayer & Benediction (Lord’s Blessing)* – Joey Wang
*Please stand, if physically able. Also, please set your cell phones to “silent.”
Please exit through the ‘front’ of the sanctuary at the end of service. Thank you.
Sermon Notes
2 Timothy 3:1-17 “The News: Daily, Difficult, or Different?”
The Daily News: Normal News v.1-5(v.6-9)
v.5b you avoid such people….
The Difficult News: Worsening News v.10-13
v.10 you follow my example…
The Different News: Good News of God’s Word v.14-17
v.14 you continue in what you have learned & believed
Questions for Contemplation & Application
If your life was characterized as a “headline”, what might it say or how would it describe your life?
What daily events or “regular” life experiences comprise or fall under that “headline” or story of your life?
What subjects or topics might be a constant or continual theme of the story?
As a follower of Christ, despite knowing that sufferings and persecutions for believers will come (and get worse), will you still continue to follow Christ as well as set an example of faith for others?
If you were to honestly evaluate your life and lifestyle, how evident is the impact or influence of God’s Word and the Gospel upon how you live and why you live your life?
What steps or changes can you/will you make to follow and obey God & His Word?
We are glad you are here this morning to worship God together with us! We hope that through this service you would experience God’s blessings to you — and know His love for you through Jesus Christ and the presence of His Spirit!
If this is your first time here, please fill out one the pink cards in the pew and pass onto any of our ushers if you would like us to contact you with more information about our church.
Announcements
- Saltshakers: We will be continuing our series on “Relationships” this Saturday (10/15) from 7:00-9:00pm in the Church Sanctuary. For more information, please contact Daniel Chen (dantchen83@gmail.com).
- Care Package: We will be gathering together as youth and adults to put together care packages for our current college and grad students from Fri (10/21) to Sun (10/23). For more information, please contact Daniel Chen (dantchen83@gmail.com).
- Family Night: Our church’s Halloween alternative will be on Monday (10/31). More details to come. If you are interested in helping out, please contact George Sya (georgesya@gmail.com)
- Scholarship applications for full-time students: CFCCSJ provides a limited number of scholarships to full-time seminary students who intend to go into full-time ministry upon graduation. The scholarship deadline for the Spring semester (2017) is November 30th. For more details, please contact George Sya (gsya@hotmail.com)
Prayer Requests & Praises
- Pray for the Friday Night Fellowship Group as they spend time fellowshipping and reflecting together during their retreat get away in Santa Cruz. Pray that during this retreat, they will form deeper relationships with God and each other.
- Pray for our current college freshmen as they continue to adjust to college life. Pray that they will get plugged into a church community and grow in their dependence on God.
- Pray for Pastor Kenny as he transitions from pastoral service at our church at the end of October. Pray for him and his family as they go through this season of transition.
- Praise God for our guest speakers this past summer for taking the time to visit our church community and to preach God’s Word to us.
- Praise God for His continual Grace over our church community as well as the many ways He has grown us as a church. Pray that we will continue to grow deeper in the gospel and a passion for His people.
While in recent times the gap between Protestants and Roman Catholics have narrowed, there still remains a significant divide on some key issues of faith:
Scripture – Scripture plus tradition (Catholic) or sola scriptura (“scripture alone”)?
Justification – How is one saved? Faith + Works = Justification (Catholic) or Faith = Justification + Works (Protestant)?
The Church – Who is the church and what is the role of the church?
The Sacraments – The number and nature of the sacraments. Catholic’s 7 Sacraments: Baptism, Confirmation, Matrimony, Extreme Unction, Holy Orders, Penance and Lord’s Supper (Catholic) or Protestant’s 2 Sacraments: Baptism and Lord’s Supper.
The Papacy – The position and role of the Pope
Mary – The importance of Mary in the Christian faith
For more information, read “Are We Together? A Protestant Analyzes Roman Catholicism by R.C. Sproul.
New City Catechism (from www.newcitycatechism.com/intro.php)
We hope that this will be a tool for us to use in disciplining our children, one another and ourselves as a church community. The New City Catechism is also available online & for your smart phones.
Question 52: What hope does everlasting life hold for us?
Answer: It reminds us that this present fallen world is not all there is; soon we will live with and enjoy God forever in the new city, in the new heaven and the new earth, where we will be fully and forever freed from sin and will inhabit renewed resurrection bodies in a renewed, restored creation.
Passage(s): Revelation 21:1-4