Welcome/Call To Worship: Psalm 145
•GREAT ARE YOU LORD
•YOUR GRACE
•JESUS, I AM RESTING
Sermon: Isaiah 44
Communion [Hab 3:2, Rom 12:1, 1 Cor 11:26]
•JESUS, ONLY JESUS
•JESUS!
Set List
Welcome/Call To Worship: Psalm 145
•GREAT ARE YOU LORD
•YOUR GRACE
•JESUS, I AM RESTING
Sermon: Isaiah 44
Communion [Hab 3:2, Rom 12:1, 1 Cor 11:26]
•JESUS, ONLY JESUS
•JESUS!
Spurgeon said, ‘The most important daily habit we can possess is to remind ourselves of the Gospel.’ Why? Because we are forgetful people. Scripture is full of commands to ‘remember.’ And full of examples of those who forget – no sooner does Israel step foot out of 400 years of slavery do they long for the ‘comforts’ of their former bondage (Exodus 16). After Joshua dies, a whole generation is lost to idol worship because those older failed to pass along the works of the Lord (Judges 2). Paul reminds the church in Galatia not to submit to a yoke of slavery – because they had forgotten their true identity as children of God.
The Gospel – the good news of who Jesus is and what He has done demands a response: worship. So we want to use our liturgy to remind people of the Gospel. To rehearse the old old story – that God is the Author of CREATION, at the FALL we sinned and as a result all things were broken and distorted, but God promised REDEMPTION which is accomplished in and through the work of Christ on the cross, RESTORATION with God and one another is won for us in that completed work, and one day we will be fully GLORIFIED – perfected as we sing and celebrate the Gospel story in the very presence of God for all eternity.
There is nothing more essential, or of greater significance we can offer those we are leading and serving than to help tell the Gospel story. Over the last several months all of the people who have been putting set lists together have been using this Gospel pattern – Creation, Fall, Redemption, Restoration, Glorification in the structure and order of our songs. So as you practice, think and prepare for Sundays – rehearse the gospel again and again and again – because ‘…we never move on from the cross, only into a deeper understanding of it.’
Rehearsing and Remembering,
AB
Welcome/Call to Worship: Psalm 89:1-4
Sermon
Communion: THERE IS A REDEEMER
Revelation 12:10-11
Welcome/Call to Worship: Isaiah 6:1-5
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 Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. [Worship Sourcebook]
SERMON
COMMUNION
Romans 8:35-39
Welcome/Call To Worship: Psalm 139:1-18,23-24
THIS IS AMAZING GRACE
PRAISE TO THE LORD
Giving
JESUS I AM RESTING
Dedication
Sermon: 1 John 2:18-3:10
Confession/Assurance
Communion
MAN OF SORROW - Traditional
JESUS!
Welcome/Call To Worship: Ephesians 2:19-22
THIS I BELIEVE (THE CREED)
THE APOSTLE'S CREED
Giving
JESUS I AM RESTING
Dedication
Sermon
JESUS, ONLY JESUS
Baptisms
LAY ME DOWN
Welcome/Call To Worship: John 1:9-13 / John 10:10 / Romans 12:1
GREAT ARE YOU LORD
ALWAYS
HOW DEEP THE FATHER'S LOVE FOR US
Sermon
Communion
LET IT BE JESUS-TURN YOUR EYES UPON JESUS
1 John 3:1 / Acts 4:12
LOVE PURSUED
BE THOU MY VISION
Maundy Thursday was a really special night. And for me that began with the preparations and rehearsals - they felt different - they felt worshipful in a way that I haven't experienced in my time of planning before. God was obviously using my time leading up to that night to speak truth to my own heart that I was trying to articulate to those we would be leading. It was the times of secret place worship that fed our gathered time.
Because Maundy Thursday remembers when Jesus shared the Last Supper with His disciples and instituted the Communion, we set up intentionally in a circle around the center of the room. And at the center of the room - communion. It is the center of relationship, the center of God's heart, and the central part of our gathering. At the center of any family gathering is the table - at the center of God's family gathering - The Lord's Table.
WELCOME: Luke 19:35-44, 22:14-23, 47-53, 63-71, Matthew 27:15-26, 32-46, Luke 23:44-45, John 19:28-3
DOXOLOGY
HERE IS LOVE
O THE DEEP DEEP LOVE OF JESUS
MAN OF SORROWS (Traditional)
MAN OF SORROWS (Hillsong)
Special Song: BONDS OF LOVE
This is a song that I wrote with Shelly Moore specifically for this evening...
The bonds of love a seal a sign Creation and Creator bind
The Word of God in overflow with breath and dust God’s image sown
The bonds of love reached down below, affections set, God draws His own Once enemies, now calls us friends, He will be with us till the end
The bonds of love sent Christ the Son All wrath consuming love in One Obedient in death and loss, He took our place upon the cross
The bonds of love have never loosed, though hell approached they will not move Defeating fear and death and grave, the bonds of love forever reign
BREAD - Confession: "Merciful God, for the things we have done that we regret, forgive us; for the things we have failed to do that we regret, forgive us; for all the times we have acted without love, forgive us; for all the times we have reacted without thought, forgive us; for all the times we have withdrawn care, forgive us; for all the times we have failed to forgive, forgive us. For hurtful words said and helpful words unsaid, for unfinished tasks and unfulfilled hopes, God of all time, forgive us and help us to lay down our burden of regret. Amen." [The Worship Sourcebook]
CUP
NOTHING BUT THE BLOOD
ASSURANCE: We have seen and do testify that the Father has sent his Son as the Savior of the world. God abides in those who confess that Jesus is the Son of God, and they abide in God. So we have known and believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and those who abide in love abide in God, and God abides in them. Brothers and sisters in Christ, the Jesus we remember tonight is the Savior of the world. In Christ we are forgiven. And through him God abides with even us. Praise God, from whom all blessings flow! —based on 1 John 4:14-16, NRSV
THE WONDROUS CROSS - JESUS MESSIAH - LORD I NEED YOU
HOW DEEP THE FATHER'S LOVE FOR US
WHEN I SURVEY
MY JESUS I LOVE THEE
BENEDICTION: The peace of God, which passes all understanding, keep your hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of God, and of God’s Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord; and the blessing of God almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, remain with you always. Amen.
—based on Philippians 4:7
POWER TO REDEEM
As you plan, prepare and pray - you're also hoping and praying that the direction you're feeling the Holy Spirit leading you to pursue in song choice, liturgy, and space will help to communicate that heart and vision of worship, and not hinder it with distraction.
One of the most humbling pieces of feedback I heard as a result of this night, was about an older woman in our church who recently lost her non-believing husband; who said it was the first time since her husband died that she felt and peace and was able to sleep through the night and wake up rested. And those are the times that the Spirit whispers He is ultimately the One who leads and speaks for all of our planning and preparation is nothing without His movement. Praise God.
Welcome/Call to Worship:
All: 'Let us see Your glory!' [Ex 33:18]
Leader: Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!
Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem!
Behold, your king is coming to you;
righteous and having salvation is he,
humble and mounted on a donkey,
on a colt, the foal of a donkey. [Zech 9:9]
All: 'Let us see Your glory!'
Leader: Lift up your heads, O gates!
And be lifted up, O ancient doors,
that the King of glory may come in.
Who is this King of glory?
The Lord, strong and mighty,
the Lord, mighty in battle!
Lift up your heads, O gates!
And lift them up, O ancient doors,
that the King of glory may come in.
Who is this King of glory?
The Lord of hosts,
He is the King of glory! [Ps 24:7-10]
All: 'Let us see Your glory!'
HOSANNA (PRAISE IS RISING) - HOSANNA
TURN YOUR EYES UPON JESUS
Sermon
THERE IS A REDEEMER
Communion:
Hear the Word of the Lord from Psalm 118:
Let those who fear the Lord say,
'His steadfast love endures forever.'
Out of my distress I called on the Lord;
the Lord answered me and set me free.
The Lord is my strength and my song;
He has become my salvation.
I shall not die, but I shall live,
and recount the deeds of the Lord
In Christ, God answers us and sets us free!
In Christ, we are forgiven! Thanks be to God.
[based on Psalm 118:4-5,14,17]
JESUS, ONLY JESUS
YOU ALONE CAN RESCUE
Welcome/Call to Worship:
God calls us to worship, and we come, some with laughter and songs of joy. God calls us to worship, and we come, some from a sense of obligation or habit. God calls us to worship, and we come, some with hearts heavy with grief.
God calls us to worship, and we come, some with distraction or exhaustion.
God calls us to worship, and we come, some with eagerness and enthusiasm.
God calls us to worship, and we come, some with stress, loneliness, or depression. As God’s dearly loved children,
we bring all our joy and pain, hurt and hope
into this place of Spirit-given grace, love, and hope. [The Worship Sourcebook]
REJOICE
ALWAYS
Giving
POWER TO REDEEM
Sermon
Communion: Romans 5:6-10 + 1 John 3:!
JESUS MESSIAH
ROCK OF AGES
RAISE UP THE CROWN (ALL HAIL THE POWER)
Welcome/Call to Worship: Titus 3:4-8
•The Greatness of our God/'Tis So Sweet To Trust in Jesus
The Apostle's Creed
•Be Thou My Vision
Sermon
•Forgiven Forever
Baptisms
•Be Enthroned
Psalm 16
•As For Me
Welcome/Call to Worship:
•THIS I BELIEVE (THE CREED)
•GREAT IS THY FAITHFULNESS
Giving: Hebrews 12:1-2
•THE WONDROUS CROSS
Sermon
Communion
•LOVE PURSUED
Philippians 2:6-11
'He was bruised for our transgressions and He bears eternal scars / He was raised for our salvation and His righteousness is ours / praise oh praise Him, praise the glory of this lavished grace so full / lift your souls now and receive the glorious impossible.' [Carl Cartee - 'The Glorious Impossible']
•I STAND AMAZED (HOW MARVELOUS)
•JESUS IS BETTER