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
Praise the Lord!
How good it is to sing praises to our God,
how pleasant and fitting to praise him!Psalm 147:1
Songs of Invitation
Confession of Sin
Lord, for the sake of your tender mercy,
do not hold us accountable for our sins,
but forgive all that is past and give us grace to amend our lives;
to decline from sin and incline to righteousness,
that we may walk with a pure heart before you,
now and evermore
All: Amen!
Word of Assurance
The Lord is trustworthy in all he promises and faithful in all he does. The Lord upholds all who fall and lifts up all who are bowed down.
Psalm 145:13B-14
Congregational Prayer
Offering
Weekly Catechism
New City Catechism for Kids – Question 12
Q: What does God require in the ninth and tenth commandments?
A: Ninth, that we do not lie or deceive. Tenth, that we are content, not envying anyone.
Community News
Church logo.
We have a winner! More information to be provided during the service 🙂
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Covenant Session summary reports
Covenant Session summary reports are available for meetings up to 14 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 Session meeting 2pm @ Christ College |
| Church BBQ LocLocation TBD |
Bible Reading
- Leviticus 11
- Acts 10:9-16
All: Thanks be to God.
Sermon Outline
Free and Made Separate by Jesus Christ
Leviticus 11; Acts 10:2-16
Nelson Kim
What is unclean and clean?
Why the distinctions?
How does this apply to us today?
Songs in Response
Lord’s Prayer
Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins
as we forgive those who sin against us.
Lead us not into temptation
but deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours
now and for ever.Amen.
Benediction
May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who
loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and
good hope, encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every
good deed and word.2 Thessalonians 2:16–17
