Covenant Protestant Reformed Church
83 Clarence Street, Ballymena BT43 5DR
Rev. Angus Stewart
Lord’s Day, 22 December, 2019
“Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies,
kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering …” (Col. 3:12)
Morning Service – 11:00 AM
Practical Christianity (13)
Pure Religion [youtube]
Scripture Reading: I John 3:9-18; 5:1-5, 18-21
Text: James 1:27
I. Visiting the Fatherless and Widows
II. Keeping Unspotted From the World
III. Manifesting the Life of Regeneration
Psalms: 149:1-6; 119:113-120; 68:1-6; 1:1-6
Evening Service – 6:00 PM
Preparatory
Coming to the Living Stone [youtube]
Scripture Reading: I Peter 1:22-2:17
Text: I Peter 2:4-5
I. The Meaning
II. The Transformation
Psalms: 24:1-6; 119:121-128; 118:17-26; 132:11-18
For CDs of the sermons and DVDs of the worship services, contact Stephen Murray
If you desire a pastoral visit, please contact Rev. Stewart or the elders
CPRC Website: www.cprc.co.uk • Live Webcast: www.cprc.co.uk/live-streaming
CPRC YouTube: www.youtube.com/cprcni
CPRC Facebook: www.facebook.com/CovenantPRC
Quote to Consider
Thomas Manton on James 1:27: “The men of the world are sooty, dirty creatures. We cannot converse with them but they leave their filthiness upon us. The apostle saith, 2 Tim. ii. 21, ‘If a man purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel of honour, sanctified and meet for the master’s use.’ From these, that is, from the leprosy of evil examples, for the apostle speaketh of those vessels of dishonour that are in the great house of God, the world, which a man cannot touch without defilement. A man cannot hold any communion with them, but he shall be the worse for them … You are to avoid communion with the lepers of the world: we should learn a holy pride, and scorn such company. A man that keepeth ill company is like him that walketh in the sun, tanned insensibly.”
Announcements (subject to God’s will)
This evening we will have preparatory with the view to partaking of the Lord’s Supper next Sunday morning.
One the back table are letters from Rev. McGeown to the PRC, Bible reading programmes for 2020, the December Covenant Reformed News and the British Reformed Journal for subscribers.
There will be no catechism classes tomorrow, 30 December and 6 January. They will resume on 13 January.
Tuesday Bible Study will not be meeting this week but will resume on 14 January.
Belgic Confession class meets again on 15 January.
The Reformed Witness Hour broadcast next Lord’s day (Gospel 846 MW at 8:30 AM) by Rev. Bruinsma is entitled, “God’s Faithfulness” (I Thess. 5:24).
Offerings: General Fund: £1,282.14.
Rev. & Larisa McGeown leave tomorrow for Australia. Rev. McGeown will be away three weeks, during which he will be speaking at a youth camp and preaching for the EPC in Brisbane.
Everyone is invited to the manse for games and fellowship on New Year’s Eve at 7:30 PM or any time thereafter. Please let the Stewarts know, if you plan to come.
Rev. & Mary Stewart will be in Limerick from 2-12 January to fill in for Rev. McGeown.
Rev. Koole will be arriving in N. Ireland on Friday, 3 January, and will be preaching for the CPRC on 5 and 12 January. A dinner sign-up sheet for Rev. Koole is on the back table.
S. Wales Lecture: Rev. Stewart will give a lecture on “William Tyndale: English Bible Translator” at Margam Community Centre on Thursday, 23 January, at 7:15 PM.
Translation Additions: 4 Hungarian.
PRC News: Rev. Bleyenberg (Providence, MI) received the call to Immanuel PRC (Lacombe, AB). Unity PRC called Rev. VanOverloop (Grace, MI).
