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WORSHIP VOLUNTEERS FOR MAY 10:

Liturgist:

Rev. Taylor Young

Ushers:

Acolyte(s):

Laney and Brayden Rogers

Children’s Message:

Rev. Taylor Young

CELEBRATION OF DISCIPLINE—THE OUTWARD DISCIPLINE OF SUBMISSION

Submission. I ask that you stop for a moment

and check your initial gut reaction to the word.

What thought or thoughts immediately come to

you? Honestly, I don’t think very much about the

word submission and when I do I would describe

my reaction as being very “piecemeal” and not

consistent in my life. As a spiritual discipline it is

not at the top of my list as being one that I have

worked at to develop and strengthen in my life.

Perhaps, no there is no “perhaps” about it, my

reaction is like that because way down deep

there’s a part of me that just doesn’t like to sub-

mit…submit to anything or anyone; can I get an

amen?

But our liking or disliking of submission should-

n’t nor does it ultimately drive us to develop this

spiritual discipline. You see, though it has often

been one of the most misunderstood and abused

discipline for the Christian life, it truly is one of

most needed in our life. In writing this article I

turned to the concordance in my Bible and found

a number of passages of Scripture that contain

the words submit, submission or submissive.

These passages of Scripture are important be-

cause they give us very prescriptive instructions

of how and when to exercise submission.

However, the touchstone for the biblical under-

standing of submission is found in Mark 8:34,

“Then he called the crowd to him along with his

disciples and said, If anyone would come after

me, he must deny himself and take up his cross

and follow me.” Again, if we are honest with our-

selves, there is a visceral or instinctive reaction

for most of to pull back or to rationalize away

what Jesus is teaching. We pull back and ration-

alize because so often we equate “self-denial”

with self-contempt or even self-hatred. I think we

also have a real fear of losing our identity if not

our reason or purpose in life. But this is an error

which must be corrected and can only be correct-

ed as we come to understand that it is only in

submission to the Lord that we gain both real

freedom and our true identity. In Matthew 10:39,

Jesus continues to teach us, “Whoever finds his

life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my

sake will find it.” Jesus is the most perfect exam-

ple of submission, and one of the reasons we

struggle so much with this discipline is because

we don’t intently look at how Jesus was submis-

sive. Jesus’ example and call to follow the way of

the cross and to lose one’s life is the basis not

only of our submission to God, but also our sub-

mission in all human relationships. In Paul’s let-

ter to the Philippian church, he grounds the disci-

pline of submission in the life of Jesus Christ (Phil

2:4-7). The apostle goes on in his letter to the

Ephesian church and writes, “to submit to one

another out of reverence for Christ” (Eph 5:21).

Now I’d like to tell you a story. Recently, I’ve

had a real internal struggle. At first I didn’t clearly

understand what the issue was and so after sev-

eral weeks I finally spoke with Cheryl about it. At

first our discussions were circular and not very

profitable because at the end of each discussion

I still found myself struggling with the issue,

sometimes even more than when we started.

Now, just to let you know, the struggle was about

something outside of our family. But I also want

you to know that after about another week there

was a break through, and guess what? I have

great peace! It’s like this burden I was carrying

around on my shoulders just fell away. Why?

Because I was not practicing submission, I was

not practicing the cross-life of Jesus, and I real-

ized that I needed to lay my burden and bondage

down at the cross of Christ.

As always there is much more to write about

these spiritual disciplines, and I’m not even sure

if what I’ve written makes sense let alone is help-

ful. But a great quote that summarizes my recent

submission and perhaps will aid you too is by the

reformer Martin Luther. Dr. Martin shares this

with us all, “A Christian is the most free lord of

all, and subject to none; a Christian is the most

dutiful servant of all, and subject to everyone.”

May the Lord give you insight to this quote and to

the discipline of submission.

Lord Bless, Bro. John

All activities in the month of May have been canceled.

All Sunday Services will be posted on our

website each Sunday by 11:00 a.m. at

www.clarksvillecpc.com.

For additional updates, please continue to

check your email regularly.

NEWS FROM

CLARKSVILLE CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

1410 GOLF CLUB LANE CLARKSVILLE, TENNESSEE 37040

Church Office: 931-648-0817 Email: office@clarksvillecpc.com Website: www.clarksvillecpc.com

Interim Senior Pastor: John Routzahn

May Newsletter

PRAYER CONCERNS

If you wish to add/remove someone on the Prayer

Concerns, please fill out a prayer request card or

call the church office at 648-0817. Names remain

on for two weeks unless otherwise requested.

STOTT-WALLACE OFFERING

NEW ADDRESS

SESSION NOTES

Mission Trip info is available now. Trip is July

19th-25th. We will be headed to St. Louis to

work with an organization called LifeWise Stl.

Registration is $100 and is due by May 31st.

We’re sad to report that the following camps

have been canceled for Summer 2020:

Synodic (Senior High), CPYC, Junior High and

Junior Camp.

• The Clarksville Cumberland Presbyterian

Church Session met online via ZOOM for a

called meeting on 6 May 2020 at 6:00 p.m.,

with 13 elders present.

• The session voted to continue May

services online only and cancel all other ac-

tivities of the church during the month of

May.

• The session voted to assume normal un

restricted worship services on 7 June 2020.

The 7 June meeting will include the celebra-

tion of Holy Communion using pre-packaged,

peel-top elements.

• The next regular session meeting is 31

May 2020 at 6:00 p.m. in the church sanctu-

ary, observing social distancing.

YOUTH NEWS & CAMP UPDATES

The Clarksville CPC will receive the

Stott-Wallace Offering on Pente-

cost Sunday, May 31st. Please be

in prayer concerning the gift that you will give.

In the past, our church has been generous in

its support. Let us continue to serve and sup-

port world missions and spread of the gospel

message. Our church goal is $2,000. You

may mail in your gift (designate to Stott-

Wallace) or drop it by the church office.

THE FAMILY LIFE CENTER KITCHEN IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION! You may be curious about what’s been taking place so we’ve posted some progress pictures. We

have an incredible crew working countless hours to get this project complete. As a reminder, the

FLC is currently closed for all activities/events.

Pictured: Tavis Gibson, Mike Henderson, Evan

Celusta, Scott Celusta, Rodney Lockerman,

George Kettle, Brandon Kettle, Andy Kettle, Wes-

ley Kettle and Troy Poole. Not pictured: Matt

Celusta, Wayne Cook, Frank Goudard, Penny

Jones, CJ McGowan, Kim Moyer, and Jesse Reyn-

olds. Also pictured: Poole Brothers Tile

Co. employees laying and grouting the

new tile floor.

Please update your directories! Carol Ballard 1176 Warfield Blvd Clarksville, TN 37043 931-378-5388

Our Youth have been meeting each Wednes-

day on Zoom! Taylor has been leading les-

sons in Philippians and also having Trivia

time with the kids.

Anna

Ann Anderson

Debbie Averitt

Kelly Bills

Deanie Brown

Chad Bryant

Joel Byrd

Pratricia CasaSanta

Matthew Celusta

Jeane Clark

Jace Coakley

Gary Coplen

Gretchen Dillard

Jan Dowdy

Margaret Farmer

Charleston Fisher

Mike Gibson

Irma Gobleman

Christina Goudard’s

family

Betty Harris

Chad Hayes

Tommy Karns

Bonnie Long

Beverly Martin

Jerry & Jean Moore

Linda Netemyer

Russ Parchman

T.J. Perry

Mary Lu Persinger

Alyce Powers

Treva & Johnna

Primm

Sondra Roddy

E.G. Sims

Evangeline Small

Earleen Smith

W.L. & Martha

Smith

Randall Spencer

Bettye Tidwell

Marcus Thornhill &

Family

Ron Williams

Maylee Wilshire

Expectant Mothers

and Fathers,

missionaries,

law enforcement

officials,

first responders,

school staff,

our students,

our youth,

our military,

our nation,

our world.

THANK YOU

Urban Ministries Sunday-May 17th

Items Needed:

Cereal, Crackers

Soups, Rice

You may drop your items off at the church

office and they will be delivered.

Church family,

Thank you for the cards and

prayers after the passing of my

mother. It sure did help during this

time.

Thanks, Frank Goudard