HOW GREAT THOU ART
Call to Worship: Psalm 70:4-5
We gather not for a spiritual pick-me-up, but to delight our hearts in the salvation of our great God. The One who has enabled us through Jesus to be in right relationship with Him. Let’s delight in that truth together:
WAYMAKER
MY JESUS, I LOVE THEE
Sermon: Joshua 5:1-9
The people of Israel saw God do great and glorious things and still did not obey. Brothers and sisters, we sit on this side of the cross of Christ and still do not obey. Our obedience to God does not earn God’s love for us. God loves us, so we desire to obey. Let’s remind one another of that truth together - would you stand and sing:
HOW DEEP THE FATHERS LOVE FOR US
RAISE UP THE CROWN (ALL HAIL THE POWER)
Liturgy
January 30: Liturgy + Set List
ON CHRIST THE SOLID ROCK
Call To Worship: Psalm 100
You will hear no other word from this platform this morning that is more important than the Word of God. That is why we sing God’s Word, we pray God’s Word, we hear God’s Word, we preach and teach God’s Word, and we live our lives in response to God’s Word. It is in God’s Word that we learn about the Word made Flesh - Jesus. Who He is, what He has done, and how He has called us to live. Let’s sing to Him together.
PRAISE TO THE LORD, THE ALMIGHTY/GOOD GOOD FATHER
I SHALL NOT WANT
Sermon: Joshua 3-4
Elder Ordination
RAISE A HALLELUJAH
January 23: Liturgy + Set List
HOLY HOLY HOLY
Call to Worship: Psalm 8
We have just sung about the holiness of God. How He is other than us, He is great, glorious, and set apart. And we have just read about how this same God is mindful of humanity - made from the dust humanity. When we face up to the glory of God, we will always find ourselves facedown as we see our own sin. Let’s remember who God is and who we are as we confess our sins to God and one another as we read this together:
Corporate Confession:
Merciful God, We confess that we have sinned against You in thought, word, and deed, By what we have done, and by what we have left undone. We have not loved You with our whole heart and mind and strength. We have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. In Your mercy forgive what we have been, help us amend what we are, And direct what we shall be, So that we may delight in your will and walk in Your ways, To the glory of Your holy name. Through Christ, our Lord. Amen. (from the Book of Common Prayer)
Brothers and sisters, hear the good news from Psalm 103:
He does not deal with us according to our sins,
nor repay us according to our iniquities.
For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him;
as far as the east is from the west,
so far does he remove our transgressions from us.
As a father shows compassion to his children,
so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him.
For he knows our frame;
he remembers that we are dust.Psalm 103:10-14
WHO YOU SAY I AM
Sermon: Joshua 2
I SHALL NOT WANT
Communion
STAND IN YOUR LOVE
Benediction
January 9: Liturgy + Set List
GREAT THINGS
Call To Worship: Psalm 98:1-3
ALL CREATURES OF OUR GOD AND KING
HIS MERCY IS MORE
Sermon: Joshua 1:1-2; 24:29-33
The book of Joshua is marked from beginning to end with the faithfulness of God. Just like every book of Scripture from beginning to end is marked with the faithfulness of God. And for the life of every follower of Jesus from beginning to end is marked by the faithfulness of God. The faithfulness of God is not dependent on your faithfulness to Him, in fact, Scripture tells us that even when we are faithless, He remains faithful. Let’s respond to our faithful God together.
COME THOU FOUNT
LIVING HOPE
January 2: Liturgy + Set List
DOXOLOGY | AMEN
Whether this year brings you excitement and anticipation, or fear and anxiety, let’s hear about the unchanging heart and character of our God:
Call to Worship: Lamentations 3:21-25
THIS IS AMAZING GRACE
IN CHRIST ALONE
Every follower of Jesus has bold, complete, and confident access to God the Father, not through the length of time we have been followers of Jesus, not through how spiritually mature we are, not through how much knowledge of the Bible or theology we possess. No, followers of Jesus have direct, bold, complete, and confident access to God because of the God man - the Son of God, and Son of Man, the Man, Christ Jesus. The One who stands between God and man making intercession on our behalf. We are going to go to our Father through Christ the Son and pray together:
Prayers of the People
Sermon: Luke 12:13-21
Thou He was rich, for our sake, He became poor, so that we by His poverty might become rich. God has been rich toward us in Christ, how could we not be rich toward God in response? Let’s stand and respond together to our good and gracious God:
GOODNESS OF GOD
GREAT IS THY FAITHFULNESS
December 26: Liturgy + Set List
ADVENT (Andrew Newell, Aaron Bucy, Joy Faulkner, Michael Baggott)
Glory, the earth is full of Your Glory
Immanent, transcendent, incarnate
The heart of God is found in flesh
And the earth is filled with Your Glory
Joy, the silent stars are shouting joy
Salvation sleeps and wakes and breathes
The Timeless One bursts into time and the silent stars are shouting joy
Holy, angels sing You are holy
You are come, silently, suddenly
The darkened hills ablaze with light
And the angels sing You are holy
CALL TO WORSHIP: Philippians 2:5-11
GOD REST YE MERRY GENTLEMEN
GREAT ARE YOU LORD
Sermon: Romans 8:18-25
Psalm 68:5-6 - Father and protector. Not a God that is far off, but One who is near. One whose nearness is our good. For every follower of Jesus is adopted now, and will be adopted forever.
GOD WITH US
O COME ALL YE FAITHFUL
Benediction: Galatians 4:4-7
Sending Song: SILENT NIGHT (SON OF GOD, SON OF MAN)
December 23: Liturgy + Set List
COME AND STAND AMAZED
Reading: Isaiah 9:2-7
Reading: John 1:9-14
HARK THE HERALD ANGELS SING
ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD ON HIGH
Reading: Luke 1:26-38
O COME, O COME EMMANUEL
Message: Hebrews 1:1-4
COME THOU LONG-EXPECTED JESUS/JESUS WHAT A FRIEND FOR SINNERS
Reading: Luke 2:1-14
SILENT NIGHT (SON OF GOD, SON OF MAN)
Silent night, holy night
Ages past, heavenly height
Before the fall salvation was planned Son of God is Son of Man
Christ our Rescue is here, Christ our Rescue is here
Silent night, holy night
God is near, not by might
God with us the Word made flesh
On His shoulders, all kingdoms will rest
Jesus, King of kings, Jesus, King of kings
Silent night, holy night
God from God, Light from Light
For our pardon, He lived and died
God and man now reconciled Christ,
Himself is our peace Christ, Himself is our peace
Silent night, holy night
All is calm, all is bright
Round yon virgin, mother, and child
Holy Infant so tender and mild
Sleep in heavenly peace, sleep in heavenly peace
Reading: Luke 2:15-21
THE KING IS COMING PRELUDE
December 19: Liturgy + Set List
ADVENT HYMN
Call to Worship: Psalm 62:5-8
Welcome to this fourth Sunday of Advent. We live in a country and culture that enables us to have almost anything and everything we desire delivered to our front door within 24 hours. But Advent is a season where we learn to wait. And as we sit between the advent of Christ’s first coming, and the advent of his second coming we wait with longing, expectation, and hope knowing that all of the promises of God are yes and amen in Jesus. So as we sing this morning, and as you hear from God’s word, I want to encourage you to sit in the inconvenience of waiting. To lean into the ache of longing and expectation of what is to come, as we hold onto hope. Let’s sing together:
COME THOU LONG-EXPECTED JESUS
IS HE WORTHY
Sermon: Matthew 2:13-23
The life of faith is a life where we learn to hold tensions - that God is completely sovereign and completely good, and that sometimes our experiences make it seem that God is anything but sovereign and any but good. We want certainty, but God invites us to mystery. We can know and believe God for the things He has revealed, and we can trust Him for the things He has not. If you are wrestling with those tensions this morning, my prayer for you, and for me is that our posture would be that of the father who brings his demon-possessed son to Jesus. ‘I believe! Help my unbelief!’ Go to Jesus with the wrestle, and speak openly and honestly to Him. Would you stand, let’s sing about the mystery and the glory of God.
COME BEHOLD THE WONDROUS MYSTERY
HARK THE HERALD ANGELS SING
Advent Candle Lighting: Isaiah 46:8-11
BENEDICTION: Brothers and sisters, let us go as those carrying the Light of Christ into the darkness. Let us live as those who know there is no one like our God - the One who declares the end from the beginning, the One who has spoken and is speaking through His Son. The One who has purposed and will bring it to pass.
December 12: Liturgy + Set List
THE GLORIOUS IMPOSSIBLE
Welcome to this third Sunday of Advent, the glorious impossible - that is really what the Church has been proclaiming for 2000 years - the glorious impossible reality that God saves sinners in and through Christ. So whether this is the first time that you have set foot in a church building, or you have been in Church longer than you can remember - this is the one story that we will continue to proclaim - the Glorious Impossible reality that is ours in Christ. We rehearse this story because we are slow to remember and quick to forget. Let’s respond to who God is and what He has done:
Call To Worship: Psalm 145:10-13
ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD ON HIGH
ALL CREATURES OF OUR GOD AND KING
Sermon: Matthew 2:1-12
Is Jesus better? Is He enough? It is not lost on me that we have fellow citizens in Kentucky who this weekend are wrestling with some form of that question as a tornado has ripped through communities leaving death and destruction in its wake. And maybe you are not standing in the rubble of a home, but maybe you are standing in the rubble of a life and asking yourself - is Jesus better? Is Jesus enough? Brothers and sisters, let me tell you - Jesus is enough, and He is better than all things. Let’s treasure Him together, would you stand:
MY JESUS I LOVE THEE
O HOLY NIGHT (HEAR THE GOSPEL STORY)
Advent Candle Lighting: Psalm 73;25-26
BENEDICTION: Brothers and sisters, let us go as those carrying the Light of Christ into the darkness. Let our portion be Christ, and our every desire - in heaven and on earth - be for Him. In weakness, let Christ be the strength of our hearts forever.
With Expectation
It is easy for regularity to breed repetition.
And repetition to breed familiarity.
And familiarity to breed contempt… apathy… indifference.
But if we believe that God is living and active, He speaks to us through His Word, and He desires to meet with us, to confront us, comfort us, and conform us - there is no such thing as just another Sunday.
In your planning and preparation, in your rehearsals and communication, in your set up and serving, do you expect God to speak?
Do you expect Him to move?
Do you expect Him to do what only He can do?
As those leading and serving week in and week out, we have to fight against the ease with which we can go on autopilot - just plan another setlist, just schedule another team, just set up and sound check another time, just lead another service.
May your leadership, your team, and those you serve be marked with expectation and desperation for God to do what only He can do in, among, and through His people. Because there are no such things as just another Sunday. So come expectant.
November 28: Liturgy + Set List
THE KING IS COMING PRELUDE/COME THOU LONG EXPECTED JESUS
Call to Worship: Psalm 130:5-8
This is the first Sunday of Advent. Advent means coming or arrival. We are people who live between two Advents. And in this season we remember the first coming of Christ - His first Advent as a baby. When He took on our flesh as a baby, lived a perfect life, died a death that we deserved, and was raised to life again. And we look forward with longing and expectation to the day of His second Advent - when He will return as King to rule and reign, to wipe every tear and set all things right. So as we sing songs expressing the longing and expectation for Christ first Advent this season, I want you to hold in your mind at the same time His second Advent. Let’s remember His coming, and look ahead to His return.
KING OF KINGS
O COME, O COME EMMANUEL
Sermon: Matthew 1:1-17
If you’re here this morning as a follower of Jesus, the genealogy we read in Matthew is not just a list of names - it is actually your genealogy. Because you have been adopted, grafted into the family of Jesus. Not because of your goodness, or righteousness, but because of the goodness of God. And this family of God is a family that is always, always, always moving toward fullness of joy and pleasures forevermore at the right hand of God. So, family of God, let’s respond join the family song:
RAISE UP THE CROWN (ALL HAIL THE POWER)
O COME ALL YE FAITHFUL
Lighting the Advent Candle: Galatians 4:4-7
Benediction:
Brothers and sisters, let us go as those carrying the Light of Christ into the darkness. Living as those who have been redeemed from the law, no longer slaves, but as adopted as children, heirs of God in Christ.
November 21: Liturgy + Set List
BEFORE THE THRONE
CALL TO WORSHIP: To all who are weary and need rest
To all who mourn and long for comfort
To all who feel worthless and wonder if God cares
To all who fail and desire strength
To all who sin and need a Savior
This church opens wide her doors with a welcome from Jesus Christ, the Ally of
His enemies, the Defender of the guilty, the Justifier of the inexcusable, the
Friend of sinners, welcome.
[10th Presbyterian Call to Worship]
We gather not as a collection of individuals, but as a people. The people of God standing before the throne of God, to pour out the praises of God. We stand here not because of anything we have done, but because of God’s grace alone.
GRACE ALONE
COME BEHOLD THE WONDROUS MYSTERY
Sermon: 1 Corinthians 11:17-34
THERE IS A REDEEMER
COMMUNION
DEATH WAS ARRESTED
Benediction: Ephesians 3:20-21