Online Service 31/05/20
Introduction
Hi everyone! A warm welcome to the CBC online service.
Let’s worship together
Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow. Words to sing out today as we say a heartfelt goodbye yet move forwards and ‘continue’ together.
An interview with Ken & Sue
On their last Sunday with us Ellen chats with Ken & Sue
A song of trust for our journey
Those He saves are His delight, Christ will hold me fast; Precious in His holy sight, He will hold me fast. He’ll not let my soul be lost; his promises shall last; Bought by Him at such a cost, He will hold me fast.
Reading
To mark the occasion of Ken and Sue’s last Sunday, today’s reading from 2 Timothy is brought to us by their son and daughter Alex and Zoe. Press play below to hear them read. For the text go here.
Message
A talk option for children
Click here for the children’s resource for today.
Questions for you
1. What key things help you to keep going in your faith journey in the sense that Paul encourages Timothy to continue? Perhaps you have found certain regular patterns / spiritual disciplines or key truths to focus on helpful?
2. If ‘continue’ here means ‘to abide - to unpack and commit for the long haul’, is there anything we can do / say / pray today to have that sense of reaffirming a lifelong commitment to following Jesus?
3. The final blessing was from Hebrews 13:15-21. Re-read these words and as each new theme is introduced why not pick up Ken’s challenge to pray:
‘Lord let this continue ...’ ‘Let this continue in CBC and in me’?
When you do that, does anything strike you as particularly timely today?
A final song of thanksgiving
We close our service today with a very special song of gratitude. We thank God for Ken and Sue, their gifts, their ministry, their lives and the season they have spent in Chichester. We thank Him for blessing CBC with Ken and Sue and their family and for His power and presence in all our journeys. We sing of the goodness of God.
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