the forgiveness of sins,

CANADA WATER CHURCH

the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting. Amen.
21 November 2021
The Lord Commissions Us Baptism of Archer Isaac Norris

BENEDICTION The Lord Calls Us Into His Presence

The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The I lift up my eyes to the hills.
grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Where does my help come from?
Romans 16:20 My help comes from the Lord,
Notices who made heaven and earth. Psalm 121:1-2

Women’s Christmas Craft Morning - Saturday 27th

November - 10:30am to 1pm, Cannon Wharf Room 108. To all… who are loved by God and called to be his holy people:
Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord
Carol Singing - 3pm on Sunday 5th, 12th and 19th of Jesus Christ.
December, by Greenland Dock / Tesco Underpass. Rom 1:7
PRAYER
Carol Service - afternoon of Sunday 19th December at the
Culture Space.
I love you, O Lord, my strength.
Different venue on Sunday 12th December - not in the The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer,
Culture Space but in Room 108 Cannon Wharf. my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge,
my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
Volunteers - we need help to run the services! Please speak to I call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised,
Hin-Tai
and I am saved from my enemies.
The cords of death encompassed me;
Nappies - please only dispose of these in the nappy changing
facilities in the toilets. the torrents of destruction assailed me;
the cords of Sheol entangled me;
Giving to the church - to support the work of the church, the snares of death confronted me.
please go to canadawaterchurch.com/giving In my distress I called upon the Lord;
If you would like to give cash, please speak to any of the elders or to my God I cried for help.
deacons of the church.
Psalm 12:1-7a
PRAYER
Needs for the deacons - if you are in need, please speak to the
deacons on how we can help.
Song 1: Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing (page 14,
Happy Birthday to: None that we are aware of... CWC songbook)

Small Groups on Wednesdays - talk to Kruger or Hin-Tai for

more details The Lord Cleanses Us From Our Sins
CALL TO CONFESSION
Christianity EXPLORED Small Group - starting this What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not
Wednesdays 7pm, Dinner included, Room 1.08 Cannon
this, that your passions are at war within you? You desire and do
Wharf, Pell Street, SE8 5EN
‘What’s the best news you’ve ever heard?’ Come and explore not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you
Mark’s Gospel and enjoy the short films! fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask. You
ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on
your passions. You adulterous people! Do you not know that
DOXOLOGY friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore
Praise God from whom all blessings flow! whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an
Praise Him all creatures here below. enemy of God. Or do you suppose it is to no purpose that the
Praise Him above you heavenly host. Scripture says, “He yearns jealously over the spirit that he has
Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost! Amen. made to dwell in us”? But he gives more grace. Therefore it says,
“God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” Submit
yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee and many peoples shall come, and say:
from you. Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you to the house of the God of Jacob,
double-minded. Be wretched and mourn and weep. Let your that he may teach us his ways
laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. Humble and that we may walk in his paths.”
yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you. For out of Zion shall go the law,
James 4:1-10 and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
He shall judge between the nations,
PRAYER OF CONFESSION and shall decide disputes for many peoples;
Gracious God, our sins are too heavy to carry, too real to and they shall beat their swords into ploughshares,
hide, and too deep to undo. Forgive what our lips tremble and their spears into pruning-hooks;
to name, what our hearts can no longer bear, and what has nation shall not lift up sword against nation,
become for us a consuming fire of judgment. Set us free neither shall they learn war any more.
from a past that we cannot change; open to us a future in O house of Jacob,
which we can be changed; and grant us grace to grow more come, let us walk
and more in your likeness and image, through Jesus Christ, in the light of the Lord.
the light of the world. Amen. Isaiah 2:1-5
PRAYER
DECLARATION OF FORGIVENESS
Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have GIVING TO THE LORD
peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through
him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which Hearing God’s Word
we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. More than Please turn to your Bibles.
that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering Parents and children: you may wish to move to the
produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and training room at this point in the service.
character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame,
because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Sermon - Kruger
Holy Spirit who has been given to us.
For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the Song 3: Be Thou My Vision (page 10, CWC songbook)
ungodly. For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though
perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die— but
God shows his love for us in that while we were still
The Lord Communes With Us
sinners, Christ died for us. Since, therefore, we have now been The Lord’s Supper - Matthew 26
justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from including
the wrath of God. For if while we were enemies we were The Apostles’ Creed
reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that I believe in God, the Father Almighty,
we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. More than that, we Creator of heaven and earth.
also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,
whom we have now received reconciliation. who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
Romans 5:1-11 born of the Virgin Mary,
PRAYER suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried.
Song 2: Amazing Grace (page 8, CWC songbook) He descended into hell.
The third day he rose again from the dead;
he ascended into heaven,
The Lord Consecrates Us By His Word and is seated at the right hand of God,
The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and the Father Almighty.
Jerusalem. It shall come to pass in the latter days From there he shall come to judge the living and the dead.
that the mountain of the house of the Lord I believe in the Holy Spirit,
shall be established as the highest of the mountains, the holy catholic Church,
and shall be lifted up above the hills; the communion of saints,
and all the nations shall flow to it,