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Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Communion Night this Wednesday

It's the first Wednesday of the month and we have communion tonight so come out and join us. We are so blessed to be able to sit at the Lord's table and remember the great cost of the cross and all the gospel entails for us. We were sinners unreconciled to God and enemies of Him, but in His great grace and mercy He lavished His love on us "in that while we were yet sinner Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8), rising again and reconciling a people to Himself! This is why we're going to gather tonight to remember and celebrate the gospel, so join us for this! As usual, Pastor Jim will be proclaiming the truth of God's Word tonight in Nehemiah and we will worship and sing to God because He is great and worthy to be praised! We'll see you tonight!

1) My Jesus I Love Thee

2) In Christ Alone

3) O Come, O Come Emmanuel

4) Child of God

5) Remembrance

6) How He Loves (Communion Song)

7) Rock of Ages

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Our Desire

"Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly - teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.” (Col. 3:16)

We take the Word of God extremely serious at CCR and recognize our spiritual call to worship in all areas of our lives ("Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual act of worship"-Romans 12:1) and here according to Col. 3:16 in the area of Music. It is our desire to see you the congregation create an atmosphere of worship that displays the greatness of our Holy God, making big of Him and little of ourselves through the obedience of attributing to God the Musical Worship that is due His Name.

What That Looks Like

“Worship songs should serve the church as take-home theology, reinforcing God glorifying doctrine and teaching through Christ-centered lyrics and memorable melodies.” – C.J. Mahaney

In order to cultivate that type of atmosphere there needs to be a clear understanding of the songs we sing and why we sing them. We need to come to grips with the reality of what is taking place during the "worship service." These are not just poetic lyrics with catchy melodies be they hymns or modern contemporary worship. Rather the songs we sing at CCR are an expression of our dire need for the salvific redemption provided through the Son of God at the hand of the Father, and an outpour of gratitude for the work that was done in our stead on the cross for the Glory of God primarily and the salvation of men!