CALL TO WORSHIP

This week, we will begin our service by proclaiming the greatness of God from Revelation 15:

3 Great and amazing are your deeds,
    O Lord God the Almighty!

In response, we will sing the Doxology.

Doxology (Purchase)

 

 

CONFESSION OF SIN

After welcoming one another, we will pray a Prayer of Confession and then sing a revision of the hymn And Can It Be together. The theme of this hymn revolves around the idea God poured out his amazing love upon sinners through his perfect son, Jesus.

And can it be that I should gain an interest in the Savior’s blood?
Died he for me, who caused his pain, for me, who him to death pursued?

Have you ever spent time contemplating how incomprehensible that is? That Jesus, who was perfect, would die for us, who are rotten? When Charles Wesley wrote the hymn, his response was this:

Amazing love! How can it be?
That thou, my God, should die for me?
‘Tis mercy all, immense and free!
For o my God, it rescued me!

You will want to give this one some listening time – it’s a quick one!

And Can It Be (Purchase)

 

 

ASSURANCE OF SALVATION

Thanks be to God that Jesus chose to give his life to save us. We will remind ourselves of this as we sing How Deep The Father’s Love For Us:

How Deep The Father’s Love For Us

 

 

PROCLAMATION

We then continue our series titled The Gospel in Life. This week we will see how the gospel of Jesus should impact how we enjoy the good things of life.

 

 

RESPONSE

We will remember how we have been transformed by the gospel as we participate in communion and sing together.

I Surrender All (Purchase)

 

Jesus Paid It All

 

Learn the songs. Meditate on the scripture. Come worshipping to church.

See you on Sunday.

CALL TO WORSHIP

This week, we will begin our service by reading scripture from Psalm 117:

1 Praise the Lord, all nations!
    Extol him, all peoples!
2 For great is his steadfast love toward us,
    and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever.
Praise the Lord!

In response, we will sing the hymn Come Thou Fount.

Come Thou Fount (Purchase)

 

 

CONFESSION OF SIN

After welcoming one another, we will then pray a prayer of confession and then sing The Lord’s Prayer together.

 

ASSURANCE OF SALVATION

Thanks be to God that Jesus chose to give his life to save us. We will remind ourselves that our Salvation is sure because Jesus is our rock as we sing Rock of Ages:

Rock of Ages (Purchase)

 

 

PROCLAMATION

We then continue our series titled The Gospel in Life. This week we will see how the gospel of Jesus affects both our relationship with God and our relationships with one another.

 

RESPONSE

We will remember how we have been transformed by the gospel as we participate in communion and sing together.

I Stand Amazed (Purchase)

 

Grace Alone (Purchase)

 

Learn the songs. Meditate on the scripture. Come worshipping to church.

See you on Sunday.

CALL TO WORSHIP

This week, we will begin our service by reading scripture from 1 Timothy 6.15b-16:

15b He (Jesus) who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords, 16 who alone has immortality, who dwells in unapproachable light, whom no one has ever seen or can see. To him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen.

In response, we will sing the song The Truth.

The Truth (Purchase)

 

 

CONFESSION OF SIN

After welcoming one another, we will then pray a prayer of confession and then remind ourselves that it was our sin that required Jesus to die on the cross as we sing Man of Sorrows.

Man of Sorrows

 

 

ASSURANCE OF SALVATION

Thanks be to God that Jesus conquered sin and death on our behalf! We will then remind ourselves that Jesus loved us first and completely purchased our pardon as we sing an arrangement of the hymn My Jesus I Love Thee:

I love thee because thou has first loved me

And purchased my pardon on Calvary’s tree

I love thee for wearing the thorns on thy brow

If ever I loved thee, my Jesus ’tis now

My Jesus I Love Thee (Purchase)

 

 

PROCLAMATION

We then begin a short series titled The Gospel in Life. For 6 weeks we will see how the gospel should transform our relationships, our leisure, our work, our money and how we experience suffering. Our primary text for this week will be Luke 19.1-10:

1 He entered Jericho and was passing through. 2 And behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector and was rich. 3 And he was seeking to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was small in stature. 4 So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was about to pass that way. 5 And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for I must stay at your house today.” 6 So he hurried and came down and received him joyfully. 7 And when they saw it, they all grumbled, “He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.” 8 And Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor. And if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I restore it fourfold.” 9 And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, since he also is a son of Abraham. 10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”

 

RESPONSE

We will remember how we have been transformed by the gospel as we participate in communion and sing together.

One Hanging On A Tree (Purchase)

 

Before the Throne (Purchase)

 

Learn the songs. Meditate on the scripture. Come worshipping to church.

See you on Sunday.

 

CALL TO WORSHIP

This week, we will begin our service by reading scripture from Ephesians 1:11-12.

11 In him (Jesus) we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will, 12 so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of his glory.

In response, we will sing the song To Praise Your Glory.

To Praise Your Glory (Purchase)

 

 

CONFESSION OF SIN

After welcoming one another, we will then confess our sin and cry out to Christ to save us and give us life.

Christ, or Else I Die (Purchase)

 

 

ASSURANCE OF SALVATION

Thanks be to God that in spite of our sin, God has reconciled us to himself through his son, Jesus. The words to the song God is Good remind us that God has lavished his love on us through Jesus.

We have a guarantee of his great love

In Christ who came and left his crown behind

That one day we would reign with him above

God is Good (Purchase)

 

 

PROCLAMATION

We then finish the book of Ephesians with Chapter 6, verses 21-24

21 So that you also may know how I am and what I am doing, Tychicus the beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord will tell you everything. 22 I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know how we are, and that he may encourage your hearts.

23 Peace be to the brothers, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 24 Grace be with all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with love incorruptible.

 

RESPONSE

We will remember what God has done through Jesus by participating together in Communion and singing songs that remind us that we have been saved.

Nothing But The Blood (Purchase)

 

Grace Alone (Purchase)

 

Learn the songs. Meditate on the scripture. Come worshipping to church.

See you on Sunday.

 

CALL TO WORSHIP

This week, we will begin celebrating the resurrection by reading scripture from 1 Peter 1:3, where we see how our hope is found in the Jesus Christ!

3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.

In response, we will sing the songs Jesus! and Christ is Risen.

Jesus! (Purchase)

 

Christ is Risen (Purchase)

 

 

CONFESSION OF SIN

After welcoming one another, we will then confess our our desperate need for a Savior to rescue us from sin as we sing a version of the Isaac Watts hymn Alas. Check out these lines:

Alas! And did my Savior bleed / And did my Sovereign die?

Would He devote that sacred head / For such a worm as I

Alas! (Purchase)

 

 

ASSURANCE OF SALVATION

Thanks be to God that Jesus conquered sin and death so that we might be rescued! We will celebrate our assurance of salvation by reminding ourselves that Jesus is indeed undefeated and alive and in his infinite grace and mercy has saved us!

God Undefeatable (Purchase)

 

In Tenderness (Purchase)

 

 

PROCLAMATION

We then study Acts 2:21-24, where we will see how God raised up Jesus from the grave. Spend some time meditating on the riches of vv. 23-24 over the next few days:

23 Him (Jesus), being delivered by the determined purpose and foreknowledge of God, you have taken by lawless hands, have crucified, and put to death; 24 whom God raised up, having loosed the pains of death, because it was not possible that He should be held by it.

 

BAPTISM

We will have the joy of celebrating new life in Christ as 3 people profess their salvation and show that Christ has saved them by participating in baptism.

 

 

RESPONSE

We will remember what God has done through Jesus by participating together in Communion and singing songs that remind us that we have been saved. The first song we will sing is Bright & Glorious, which proclaims that Jesus has conquered death:

Risen is the Lamb who was slain / He trampled over death and rose again!

Bright & Glorious (Purchase)

 

The Gospel (Purchase)

 

Amazing Grace (Purchase)

 

 

Learn the songs. Meditate on the scripture. Come worshipping to church.

See you on Easter Sunday!

This Sunday is Easter. We are excited to gather as a body to worship the RISEN LORD!

We will have our regular worship gatherings at 9 and 10:45AM. We would like to encourage you to invite your friends, enemies, families and neighbors. We will proclaim the goodness of God in His plan to redeem through the life, death, burial and resurrection of His only Son Jesus!

After our second gathering we are going to continue our celebration at Library Park (one block to the south and west of our building). Bring a blanket or chairs.

We will have an Easter egg hunt for the kids – one for the younger kids and one for the older kids.

Common Link (food truck) will join us at Library Park. They serve up some tasty victuals!

We’re looking forward to being with you this Sunday!