Welcome
Thank you for joining us in gathered worship today! At Covenant, we believe that true hope, joy, meaning, and redemption is found in Jesus Christ. Therefore, we hope that you will be moved towards greater love for Jesus and one another as we pause to praise, pray, and ponder under God’s Word.
The emphasis throughout our Sunday service is that worship is all about God. We gather to worship Him. Our gathered worship is that it is foundationally and fundamentally about God. In our service, we will: worship our Heavenly Father for his miraculous deeds, bear witness to Jesus Christ the Son and the hope he brings through his death and resurrection, be moved to engage with the mission of God through the power of the Holy Spirit as we wait for the return of Christ. All of these activities of worshipping, witnessing, and waiting will be shaped and formed by God’s divine revelation as it is given to us in Holy Scripture.
Our understanding of Scripture, God’s divine action, and theology will shape the flow of our service. Therefore, our worship service is “liturgical” and what you hold before you is our weekly liturgical document. Originating from Greek, this word means, “work of the people”. This means our service is both corporate and communal in nature. We are not individual consumers of a product, but join others in community to participate together in engaging with God. At different points in the service, there will be opportunities to join the liturgy, and we encourage you to enthusiastically participate in these corporate moments of response.
We hope your time with us serves to encourage and fill you with hope and joy.
Call to Worship
Shout aloud and sing for joy, people of Zion, for great is the Holy One of Israel among you.
Isaiah 12:6
Songs of Invitation
Confession of Sin
O Gracious God
Please forgive us, we pray.
Remove the sins that distance us from you and from those we love and care about. Remove our selfishness, our pride, our envy, and our greed.
Remove from us our thoughtless acts and words that hurt one another.
Remove from us the tendency to hurt others out of revenge and anger.
Forgive us please.
Create in us a clean heart, O Lord.
And renew in us a right spirit.
All: Amen!
Word of Assurance
When you were dead in your sins and n the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, having canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness, which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross.
Colossians 2:13b-14
Congregational Prayer
Offering
Weekly Catechism
New City Catechism for Kids – Question 13
Q: Can anyone keep the law of God perfectly?
A: Since the fall, no human has been able to keep the law of God perfectly.
Community News
School holiday activities
There will be no Sunday School this week, during the winter school holidays. For parents with Sunday School children, Kiu Fei and Jasmine have kindly prepared some materials to keep them engaged during the service. Please see Jasmine or the welcoming team for more details!
Covenant Session summary reports
Covenant Session summary reports are available for meetings up to 22 June 2025. Please use this link to access: https://www.covenantchurch.com.au/aka/sessionsummary
Important Dates
| July 18-20 | Covenant elders’ retreat Hunter Valley |
| July 27 | Covenant prayer corner 8am @ Christ College |
| Covenant Session meeting 2pm @ Christ College | |
| Church BBQ After service @ Wangal Park, Croydon |
Bible Reading
- Numbers 36:1-13 NIV
- Ephesians 1:15-23 NIV
All: Thanks be to God.
Sermon Outline
A Great Inheritance
Numbers 36:1-13; Ephesians 1:15-23
Paul Byun
Songs in Response
Lord’s Prayer
I believe in God the Father Almighty
Creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, God’s only Son, our Lord;
Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
Born of the Virgin Mary,
Suffered under Pontius Pilate,
Was crucified, dead, and buried;
He descended to the dead;
On the third day he rose from the dead;
He ascended into heaven,
and is seated at the right hand of the Father;
From there he will come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit;
the holy catholic [universal] Church;
the communion of saints;
the forgiveness of sins;
the resurrection of the body;
and the life everlasting.
Amen
Benediction
May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had, so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Romans 15:5-6
