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.

December 5: Liturgy + Set List

• O COME LET US ADORE HIM

  Call to Worship: Psalm 24 - Responsive Reading

  LEADER:

  The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein, for He has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers. Who shall ascend the hill of the Lord? And who shall stand in His holy place?

  ALL:
  He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up His soul to what is false and does not swear deceitfully.
  He will receive blessing from the Lord and righteousness from the God of his salvation. Such is the generation of those who seek
  Him, who seek the face of the God of Jacob.

  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?

  ALL:
  The Lord, strong and mighty, the Lord, mighty in battle!

  LEADER:

  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?

  ALL:
  The Lord of hosts, He is the King of glory!

• JOY TO THE WORLD (UNSPEAKABLE JOY)

• LIVING HOPE

  Sermon: Matthew 1:18-25

  God has always desired to be near His people. We see this in the Old Testament, how He dwells among His people in the Tabernacle and the Temple. We see this when Christ becomes incarnate as a human and God dwells with us - Emmanuel. And we see this now through the Holy Spirit, God does not only dwell among His people, or with His people, He dwells in His people. Christ in You, the hope of glory. The is the beauty of the Gospel that sinful people can be near a Holy God because of God’s provision of Himself. Let’s respond together…

• GOD WITH US

• HARK THE HERALD ANGELS SING

  Advent Candle Lighting: Psalm 16:5-11

  BENEDICTION: Brothers and sisters, let us go as those carrying the Light of Christ into the darkness. Let us live as those for whom the lines have fallen in pleasant places, indeed we have a beautiful inheritance in the Lord. Let our hearts be glad, and our beings rejoice, secure in Christ - the One in whose presence there is fullness of joy, and pleasures forevermore.

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

November 7: Liturgy + Set List

• GREAT THINGS

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]

You opened your eyes to fresh grace and new mercies this morning. It is grace and mercy that you did not earn or deserve, you have not achieved or accomplished it. It is simply a gift from a good and gracious God. And it is from that posture of receiving that we respond in song and worship. Let’s sing together about the heart and character of our good God:

• PRAISE TO THE LORD, THE ALMIGHTY-GOOD GOOD FATHER

• BUILD MY LIFE

Sermon: Acts 6:1-7

We become what we behold.  So is it any wonder that both in the world and in the church are ravaged consumerism and the love of self?  Beholding self leads to being bent in on self.  But if you’re here this morning as a follower of Jesus, you are one who dwells in the upside down kingdom or God.  The kingdom where the last will be first and the first will be last, a kingdom where it is greater to serve than to be served.  I don’t know what the Holy Spirit may be doing in your heart right now about how he may be leading you to practically respond to the word preached, but what I do know is that we all need to train our hearts daily to behold Jesus, the one who took the form of a servant, the one who came to serve, the one who learned obedience.  And when we behold him, our lives open in worship and service.  Let’s behold him together in song.

• TURN YOUR EYES (SOVEREIGN GRACE)

• JESUS PAID IT ALL

Benediction: Ephesians 3:20-21

October 31: Liturgy + Set List

• ALL CREATURES OF OUR GOD AND KING

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]

• DOXOLOGY

Scripture tells us that we are to confess our sins to God and to one another. Confession is telling the truth about who we are and what we’ve done. We confess our sins to God not because God doesn’t know what we’ve done, He knows all things. We confess our sins to God to receive forgiveness. We confess our sins to one another because we need to be reminded that we are not alone in our sin. The Bible calls us to bear one another’s burdens, that is why we confess one to another. Together we are going to read a prayer of confession - telling the truth, and repentance - turning away from our sin and turning to Christ. Let’s pray together:

Merciful God,

For the wrong things that we have done,

Forgive us,

For the right things that we have failed to do,

Forgive us,

For the times we have acted without love,

Forgive us,

For the times we have reacted without thought,

Forgive us,

For the ways we have not loved You with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength,

Forgive us.

ASSURANCE OF PARDON:

Brothers and sisters in Christ, remember today, That you were once dead in your sins, And, carrying out the desires of your flesh, You were by nature a child of wrath. But God, being rich in mercy, Because of the great love He has for you, Made you alive together with Christ, And raised you up and seated you with Jesus! We are His people; saved for good works, Which God has prepared for us to walk in! 

• GREAT ARE YOU LORD

Sermon: 1 Peter 5:1-4

• I STAND AMAZED (HOW MARVELOUS)

COMMUNION

• RAISE A HALLELUJAH

BENEDICTION: Ephesians 3:20-21

October 24: Liturgy + Set List

• HOLY HOLY HOLY

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]

• KING OF KINGS

• IS HE WORTHY

SERMON: John 13:31-35

Scripture tells us, ‘greater love has no one than this than they lay down their life for their friends.’ But when Christ died, we were not God’s friends - in fact, Scripture says that we were enemies of God, hostile toward Him. The love that we have received from Christ is a sacrificial, self-giving love. This is not a ‘I’m southern, we’re nice to everyone, bless your heart’ kind of nicety. No, this is a love that dies to self for the good of another, and this is the love Christ models for us, and the love that we are commanded to give to one another. In response to the love that is ours, would you stand and sing.

• RAISE UP THE CROWN (ALL HAIL THE POWER)

• REVIVE US AGAIN

October 17: Liturgy + Set List

• ON CHRIST THE SOLID ROCK

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]

When the Church gathers, we do so not as a collection of perfect people. No, when Jesus followers gather, we do so recognizing that our only hope in life and death is Jesus. We gather to remind ourselves of who Jesus is, what He has done, and who we are. That is the Gospel, and it is good news for me, and you this morning. Let’s sing.

• GLORIOUS DAY

• GOODNESS OF GOD

SERMON: Hebrews 13:17

Following Jesus is not a solo sport. If you’re here this morning as a follower of Jesus, you have not been saved to be an individual, you have been saved to be a part of the body, a part of the family, a part of Christ’s Church. We need one another. Throughout the New Testament we see calls to ‘one another,’ to love one another, to pray for one another, to serve one another to encourage one another. And in Colossians we are called to sing to one another. Yes, we sing to God, but we also sing to one another, we sing over one another. We build up our brothers and sisters through our singing. Whether these songs are familiar to you or not, at the very least would you speak aloud these words - let your brothers and sisters hear these truths proclaimed. Do not withhold your voice from sharing these truths - because I need to be reminded of what is true, you need to be reminded of what is true, we need to be reminded of what is true. Would you stand and let’s sing to God and sing to one another in response to what we have heard.

• COME THOU FOUNT

• STAND IN YOUR LOVE

BENEDICTION: Ephesians 3:20-21