ALL CREATURES OF OUR GOD AND KING
Call to Worship: Psalm 99:1-5
This morning marks 40 days since Easter Sunday, which means today is Pentecost Sunday in the Global Church Calendar - a day where we celebrate the sending of the Holy Spirit. And if you are here this morning as someone who confesses Jesus Christ as Lord and King with more than your mouth and your songs, but with your life, that is not something that you have done on your own, it is the Holy Spirit who has opened your eyes to behold the truth of who Jesus is and what He has done. So let’s pray as we worship and sing this morning that the Holy Spirit will continue to open our eyes to behold Jesus as Lord of lords, and King of kings…
KING OF KINGS
IS HE WORTHY
Sermon: James 2:14-26
Works are a natural result of real, saving faith. In the same way, a tree does not have to labor over producing fruit, so a believer - empowered by the Holy Spirit - will naturally become people who love the Lord our God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength, producing works that glorify God and bless the world. Let’s sing:
10,000 REASONS (BLESS THE LORD)
BUILD MY LIFE
Benediction
Set List
May 29: Liturgy + Set List
GOD SO LOVED
Call to Worship: Psalm 24:1-6
We gather to be reminded that God is the creator and sustainer of all things. We gather to be reminded weekly, because we forget daily, to seek the face of God. The One who has revealed Himself in many ways - most clearly in and through Jesus, and through God’s Word. So let’s seek God together this morning, let’s sing…
CHRIST BE MAGNIFIED
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL NAME
Sermon: James 1:26-2:13
The truth is every one of us is more comfortable with people that look, think, believe, vote, live like us. But as followers of Jesus we know that the distance between one sinner and another sinner is nowhere as wide as the distance a holy God crossed toward sinful people. Let’s be reminded of what Jesus has done:
Philippians 2:5-12
LIVING HOPE
Baptism
Benediction
May 22: Liturgy + Set List
HOUSE OF THE LORD
Call to Worship: Psalm 86:1-7
It is a gift of Grace to the people of God that God has spoken to us through His Word. And not just that but that He desires to speak to us through His Spirit as we gather around His Word. He has spoken, He is speaking, but He is also the God who listens and hears. He invites us to pour out our hearts as we seek to respond to His Word preached. Let’s stand and sing in response to God’s Word:
GRACE ALONE
CHRIST BE MAGNIFIED
Sermon: Ezekiel 37:1-14
The grass withers and the flower fades, but the Word of the Lord endures forever. The heavens will pass away, and the earth will pass away but the Word of the Lord endures forever. Why would we seek to anchor our lives to anything other than the immovable, enduring, eternal Word of God? Let’s stand and respond together:
ON CHRIST THE SOLID ROCK
HIS MERCY IS MORE
May 15: Liturgy + Set List
DOXOLOGY|AMEN
Call to Worship: Psalm 150
One of the things I say often is that when we gather, we join worship that is already in progress. Scripture tells us that day and night around the throne of God, the saints and the angels, the living creatures and the elders are declaring God’s holiness and worth. Creation itself is responding in worship to its Creator. And when we gather we join the universal, global Church made up of people from every tribe, tongue, nation, and language - all those who have gone before us, and those who will come after us in responding to God. This morning we are going to learn a new song that is a reminder that we join worship already in progress, but also that as followers of Jesus we are called to live lives of daily worship.
CHRIST BE MAGNIFIED
EVER BE
Sermon: James 1:19-25
Communion Reflection Questions:
“...let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger…”
Jesus has spoken to us through His Word.
Take a moment to quiet your heart and mind.
Being quick to listen, invite His Holy Spirit to speak to you now.“But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.”
How might the Holy Spirit be leading you to respond at this moment?
Repent of sin? Experience His comfort? Confess Jesus as Lord?
How might the Holy Spirit be leading you to live differently as you leave?
Communion
Last night in Buffalo, NY, a gunman opened fire in a grocery store intentionally trying to kill people who bear God's image in their black bodies. Jesus said that hating someone in your heart is as good as murdering them. You and I can be hearers of God’s Word and mourn and grieve the sin out there that causes people to pick up a gun and destroy the life of another. But to be hearers and doers of God’s Word is to mourn and grieve and uproot the sin in us - the sin that causes us to hate - which is as good as murder. We need the Holy Spirit, and the people of God deeply and desperately to be hearers as well as doers of God’s Word. Would you stand, let’s sing…
HOW CAN IT BE
Benediction
8 May: Liturgy + Set List
GOD SO LOVED
Call to Worship
Parent Commissioning
GRAVES INTO GARDENS
LORD, I NEED YOU
Sermon: James 1:12-18
If you are here this morning sitting in a trial if you are here this morning aware of how you have been lured away and enticed to sin from your distorted desires if you are here this morning sitting in the consequences of your own brokenness, let all of those things be to you an invitation to return to the Lord. Return to the Shepherd and Overseer of your soul, our good and gracious God. Let’s stand and sing in response to God’s Word preached:
COME THOU FOUNT
April 17: Liturgy + Set List
HOUSE OF THE LORD
Call to Worship: Luke 24:1-6
Corporate Reading:
LEADER: Alleluia! Christ is risen. ALL: He is risen indeed. Alleluia!
L: Praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. A: He has given us new life and hope,
He has raised Jesus from the dead.L: God has claimed us as His own.
A: He has brought us out of darkness. He has made us light to the world,L: Alleluia! Christ is risen.
A: He is risen indeed, Alleluia![From the Worship Sourcebook, based on 1 Peter 3:3-5]
CHRIST THE LORD IS RISEN TODAY
KING OF KINGS
Sermon: Acts 13:36-41
Whatever stage of life you may be in - committed follower of Jesus, or you don’t believe anything said or sung this morning, or anywhere in between - our only hope in life and death for everyone one of us, a risen Christ. Let’s respond to who God’s Word preached with our songs and lives, would you stand and sing:
IN CHRIST ALONE
LIVING HOPE
Benediction
April 15: Liturgy + Set List
Enter in Silence [Isaiah 53:3-7, Matthew 26:26-29, Matthew 27:28-31, Mark 15:33-34]
Welcome and 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. [Book of Common Prayer]
WHEN I SURVEY THE WONDROUS CROSS
KING OF KINGS
Corporate Confession:
Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Lord, have mercy, and save Your people whom You bought with Your own blood. Do not turn away from us because of our sins. Remember us according to Your steadfast love, and Your gracious work for Your people. Deliver us that we may enjoy the benefits of Your chosen ones, and share in the joy of Your people, and join Your inheritance in giving praise. Amen. [Adapted from Seed Grains Prayer]
Individual Confession: Psalm 51:1-3
NOTHING BUT THE BLOOD
Sermon
MAUNDY THURSDAY HYMN
Corporate Confession Based on Psalm 51:
ALL:
Have mercy on us, O God according to Your steadfast love and abundant mercy. We confess we have committed overt and secret sins against You. We’ve done evil in Your sight and our sin is always before us. We’ve tried to right our own wrongs in pride but our guilt causes our heads to hang low.LEADER:
For those who hide themselves in the work of Christ, our High Priest, you’ve been give a broken spirit, a contrite heart. Your transgressions are blotted out. Your iniquities cleansed. You’ve been washed whiter than snow. In Christ, you can know joy and your broken bones rejoice! God renews our spirit and creates in us a clean heart. Because God’s renewing power, we can sing aloud of His power and goodness.
Communion
HOW CAN IT BE
IS HE WORTHY
Final Word, John 19:30, when ready, people leave in silence
JESUS PAID IT ALL
10 April: Liturgy + Set List
GOD SO LOVED
Call To Worship: Zechariah 9:9
Welcome to the 6th and final Sunday in the season of Lent, Palm Sunday. Palm Sunday is a day full of contradictions: It is a celebration of Christ’s arrival, while sorrow knowing that He is on His way to the cross, shouts of celebration at Christ’s arrival which days later become shouts of ‘Crucify Him!’ It is the God of the universe riding humbly on a donkey, it is the God of the universe taking the punishment for the sin that we deserve so that we can have the life Christ deserved. Every person in this room is a person of contradictions. And as we continue in worship we to be honest with God, ourselves, and one another. Would you take a moment to read the prayer on the screen before we confess this prayer together? Let’s confess our sins to God and one another:
Corporate Confession:
Jesus, our Lord, we shout hosannas to praise You.
With eager hands, we place our cloaks and palms on the path before You.
Yet, Lord, we confess that the mouths that seek to praise You often deny or defy You.
And we confess that the hands that seek to serve you often become fists. Lord, hear us as we confess.
Assurance of Pardon - Hear the Good News:
Hosanna to the Son of David!
Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!
For Christ came into the world not to condemn the world,
But that the world through Him should be saved.
Therefore, be imitators of God, as beloved children.
And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us,
A fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
Hosanna! Amen!
From the Worship Sourcebook based on Matthew 21:8-9, John 3:17, Ephesians 5:1-2
GRACE ALONE
THIS IS AMAZING GRACE
Sermon: Joshua 23-24
Choose this day whom you will serve is not a choice for one moment of one day, it is a choice made every moment of every day. But Scripture tells us that no one chooses God. Our choosing this day whom we will serve this day whom you will serve is only a response to how God in Christ has first served us. Let’s respond to our God together:
GOD WITH US
RAISE UP THE CROWN (ALL HAIL THE POWER)
Benediction
3 April: Liturgy + Set List
YES AND AMEN
Welcome to this fifth Sunday of Lent. Let’s hear God call us to worship through His Word:
Call to Worship: Psalm 50
My hope and prayer in this season of Lent are that we are awakened afresh and anew to the deep darkness of our own sin and brokenness, and awakened afresh and anew to the glory of God and His grace and kindness toward us in and through the work of Jesus. Because of what Christ has done for you, you are adopted into the family of God, with God as your Father. If you are here this morning as a follower of Christ, God is not apathetic or indifferent toward you, He is not distant or an acquaintance, you are an adopted and redeemed child of God. Not only has God reconciled Himself to us through Christ, but he has also reconciled us one to another. We were once enemies of God, we were once enemies of one another, now we are a part of the new family of God. Let’s celebrate those truths as brothers and sisters this morning.
IS HE WORTHY
MY JESUS I LOVE THEE
Sermon: Joshua 22
If we truly grasped the depth to which Christ descended to redeem us from our sin, how quick we would be to confess our sin to God, and to one another. How quick we would be to pursue one another in our wandering and sin, and walk together toward repentance and faith. All sin is first and foremost against God, but we also sin against one another. Your spiritual stuff is my spiritual stuff, my spiritual stuff is your spiritual stuff because we belong together as the family of God. So let’s practice our repentance and faith together, would you stand as we confess our sin to God and to one another.
Corporate Confession:
Almighty God, we confess how hard it is to be Your people. You have called us to be the church, to continue the mission of Jesus Christ to our lonely and confused world. Yet we acknowledge we are more apathetic than active, isolated than involved, callous than compassionate, obstinate than obedient, legalistic than loving.
Gracious Lord, have mercy upon us and forgive our sins. Remove the obstacles preventing us from being Your representatives to a broken world. Awaken our hearts to the promised gift of your indwelling Spirit. This we pray in Jesus’ powerful name. Amen.
[From the Worship Sourcebook]
Brothers and sisters, family of God, hear the good news: there is nothing that can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. Let your brothers and sisters in Christ be living markers of God’s faithfulness and redemptive work to you as His people.
COME THOU FOUNT
LION AND THE LAMB
Benediction: Romans 15:13
March 27: Liturgy + Set List
PRAISE TO THE LORD, THE ALMIGHTY/GOOD GOOD FATHER
Welcome to this fourth Sunday of Lent. In a world that values personal rights and freedoms above all, in a world that encourages you to pursue your own happiness above all, in a world that says ‘if you can afford it, do not deny yourself any pleasure…’ there is perhaps nothing you or I will do this week that is more counter-cultural, more counter-formative than gathering with the people of God. It is when we gather with the people of God that we learn to treasure Christ above our individual rights and freedoms. It is when we gather with the people of God that we learn to grow together rather than seek our own happiness. It is when we gather with the people of God that we learn to live on mission to the glory of God instead of chasing after temporary pleasures. And this is really the invitation of the season of Lent as well, to be invited into a practice that is counter-formative to the way of the world. To starve the flesh, with all of its selfishness, pride, and preferences, to fast from pleasures, so that we may feast on the goodness, grace, mercy, and love of Christ in a unique way in this season. As followers of Jesus we are called to live counter to the way of the world, and that begins when we gather. And we hope that these songs being slow and quiet the last several weeks have served in some small way as visible and audible reminders of the counter-cultural way we are called to live as followers of Jesus. Let’s hear God call us to worship through His word:
Call to Worship: Psalm 40:5
WAYMAKER
BEFORE THE THRONE
Sermon: Joshua 15-21
ON CHRIST THE SOLID ROCK
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. 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. (Book of Common Prayer)
Brothers and sisters, hear the good news: He remembers your sins no more. His mercy is greater than your ability to sin.
HIS MERCY IS MORE
Benediction
20 March: Liturgy + Set List
GREAT THINGS
Call to Worship: Psalm 77:11-15
Maybe you are here this morning, and along with the Psalmist, are ready to recount the deeds of the Lord. Maybe you are here this morning feeling like you have been slighted by God. The reality for every follower of Jesus is that, one, God has not given us that which we rightly deserve - which is death - the punishment for our sins. And two, that God has given us Himself. Wherever you may be this morning, you and I have many reasons to be glad. Let’s sing these truths together:
10,000 REASONS (BLESS THE LORD)/JIREH
Can I let you in on a worship leader secret? We don’t pick songs that we like to sing. We choose songs week to week which will hopefully help us respond to God as He teaches us through His Word. And at a higher level, we choose songs to sing that will hopefully form our minds and our hearts. Shape our knowledge and our affections of who God is, what He has done, and who He has called us to be. Over the last few weeks, you may have noticed that our songs have been slower, the teams have been smaller and we have not had drums - all of that is on purpose. This is the third week of Lent, a time where we remember, reflect, and repent as we ready our hearts for Easter Sunday. And we wanted to make space for that remembrance, reflection, and repentance through our gathered time together. One other element we are incorporating weekly is a corporate confession of sin, where we confess our sins to God and to one another. Let’s do that together now:
Corporate Confession:
Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Lord, have mercy and save Your people whom You bought with Your own blood. Do not turn away from us because of our sins. Remember us according to Your steadfast love, and Your gracious work for Your people. Deliver us that we may enjoy the benefits of Your chosen ones, and share in the joy of Your people, and join Your inheritance in giving praise. Amen. (Adapted from Seed Grains of Prayer, 1914)
Assurance of Pardon: Ephesians 1:11-14
I SHALL NOT WANT
Sermon: Joshua 13-14
Communion
I STAND AMAZED (HOW MARVELOUS)
February 13: Liturgy + Set List
BEFORE THE THRONE
Call to Worship: Psalm 24
Let there be no mistake, we gather to lift our eyes to the King of Glory. The One who made and sustains all things, who has pursued us with His goodness and mercy. Let’s sing together:
GOODNESS OF GOD
IN CHRIST ALONE
Sermon: Joshua 5:13-6:27
If we were honest, each of us desire to be our own king. And more than that, each of use desire all of the benefits of living in God’s kingdom while remaining king of our own lives. We want God’s justice enacted on those who have wronged us. We want to receive God’s goodness, kindness, grace, love, mercy and forgiveness, but we don’t want Jesus to be our King. Because if Jesus is king it means that you are not. Jesus is a king who disrobes himself of glory and majesty, steps into our world to pursue treasonous and rebellious sinners like you and me. Jesus is king and that is good news for you and me. Let’s sing:
GOD WITH US
REVIVE US AGAIN