Good Friday: Liturgy + Set List

• TRISAGION

Welcome + Invitation to Rest

God, it is good to be near You. Would you help me become aware of your presence and nearness in this moment?

Psalm 46:10

• I SHALL NOT WANT

• MY JESUS I LOVE THEE

Invitation to Remember

God, where was I far from You today? Whether in thought, word, or deed?

Hebrews 8:12

• GOODNESS OF GOD

• O PRAISE THE NAME (ANÁSTASIS)

Invitation to Rejoice

God, would you show me how to endure in light of the fullness of joy, and pleasures forevermore promised to me as a follower of Christ?

Psalm 16:11

• NOTHING BUT THE BLOOD

Message: Ephesians 2:1-3

Invitation to Repent

God, in Your kindness would You lead me to repentance?

Mark 1:14-15

• OUR JESUS

• ALL HAIL KING JESUS

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]

Communion

Invitation to Request

Father, would You give me the ability to respond like Jesus: requesting of You honestly, while also in humility surrendering to Your will?

Matthew 26:39

• FORGIVEN FOREVER

Thank you for being here with us tonight. If you’d like to use this space to continue to Rest, RememberRejoice, Repent, or Request, the band will continue to play for the next moments. As you go, please leave the auditorium and the lobby in silence, carrying the hope and anticipation of the resurrection. We’ll see you on Sunday.

2 April: Liturgy + Set List

• BE THOU MY VISION

  Good morning Life Church and welcome to this first Sunday in Holy Week - Palm Sunday. A day when we remember the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem, and how He was met with shouts of praise and worship. But we know that the events of Holy Week escalate and praise quickly turns to protest. It can be easy to stand on this side of the cross and wonder how people got it wrong. But truthfully, we can do the same. Happy to praise and worship the Lord when we feel like our lives are going to plan - but how quickly we move to protest, anger, and bitterness when we feel that God has done us wrong. But it is precisely because Jesus laid aside what was rightfully his that you and I never receive what is rightfully ours - death and hell. This is the wondrous mystery of Holy Week - let’s be reminded of who Jesus is and what He has done as God calls us to worship from His Word, this is from Philippians 2:

  Call to Worship: Philippians 2:5-11

• COME BEHOLD THE WONDROUS MYSTERY

• ALL HAIL KING JESUS

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]

Sermon: Mark 6:14-29

• GOODNESS OF GOD

• ABIDE

Benediction

26 March: Liturgy + Set List

• BEFORE THE THRONE

  Call to Worship: Psalm 16:7-11

Welcome to worship on this fifth Sunday in Lent. I learned this week that Eastern Orthodox Christians call Lent the Season of Bright Sadness. It is bright because we know that the tomb is empty. It is sad because we know that it is our sin that Christ took upon Himself at the cross. The majority of the American Church is really good at the brightness - really good at the celebration. The majority of the American Church is not as good at sadness. We don’t like to sit in the loss, grief, lament, and mourning. But I think that is one of the gifts of the season of Lent to us - that we are forced not to rush the Resurrection. We spend these forty days considering our sins, confessing our sins, and repenting of our sins - looking ahead to the hope of the life of Christ. But truthfully, bright sadness is not just true of how we live during the season of Lent, but it is how we live every moment of our lives. Because we know that Jesus has defeated satan, sin, and death - but we still live in a fallen and broken world. We still feel the effects of sin in our lives. But we sit in this sadness knowing that there is a day coming when Christ will fully banish all darkness and sadness, and it will always, only, and forever be bright - because the Lord Himself will be our light. And this morning we’re going to teach you a new song that I think will help us acknowledge the bright sadness of this life, but also how we will respond on that day, and today. This is All Hail King Jesus - we’ll teach you the chorus first:

• ALL HAIL KING JESUS

• GREAT ARE YOU LORD

  Sermon: Mark 6:1-13

  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]

Communion

• IS HE WORTHY

Benediction

19 March: Liturgy + Set List

• GRACE ALONE

  Good morning and welcome to worship with us, welcome to this fourth week of Lent. If you know anything about Lent you probably know that one of the rhythms of this season is fasting, fasting from sugar, alcohol, social media, or spending money. And as we fast we are reminded of our need for rescue because we often give up things that we use to comfort or reward ourselves, numb or distract ourselves. But we don’t just fast from, we feast on. We run to the Savior and feast on the goodness, beauty and truth of the person and work of Christ. And in some small way, that is what we do together - a micro fast from all the things that we could be filling our time with this morning, but instead gathering with the people of God and feasting on the goodness, beauty, and truth of the Gospel. Don’t just go through the external motions of fasting, feast on the beauty of Jesus this morning. Let’s hear God call us to worship from His Word…

  Call to Worship: Psalm 34:1-8

• WE ARE SAVED

• JESUS PAID IT ALL

  Sermon: Mark 5:21-43

  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]

• ONLY A HOLY GOD

• IN CHRIST ALONE

  Benediction: Ephesians 3:20-21

12 March: Liturgy + Set List

• GLORIOUS DAY

  Call to Worship: Psalm 24:7-10

  We get to do this as we gather - lift our eyes, lift our hearts, lift our lives to behold the King of Glory. But that only occurs when the Holy Spirit does what only the Holy Spirit can do - lead us in all truth, and reveal more of the character and identity of Jesus. We have been in the Gospel of Mark for several weeks, and we have seen the question about Jesus’ identity come up several times - ‘who then is this…’ this is the King of Glory. And this morning we will learn a new song that both asks and answers the question of Jesus’ identity - the one and only, the Holy God. We’ll teach you the chorus first, it goes like this:

• ONLY A HOLY GOD

• COME THOU FOUNT

  More than words we sing, that song is really the testimony of every follower of Jesus, because we all are prone to wander, we all are faithless. And still, God always remains faithful. We are entering the third week of Lent. And if the whole of your journey of faith has been as a part of churches that look and feel like ours, the season of Lent and its rhythms may feel unfamiliar to you. Because in Lent we pause, we reflect on our sins, we look to the cross, we confess our sins to God, and one another, we repent and turn from our sins, and turn to Christ. These rhythms and practices do not belong to a specific denomination, but they belong to the people of God. So we are going to spend some time now in quiet reflection, as you find your story in those words we have just sung - prone to wander - and we look with joy to the cross. Then we will confess our sins to God and one another:

  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 - God does not treat us as our sins deserve. He is faithful when we are faithless.

Sermon: Mark 5:1-20

No true encounter with Jesus ever leaves us the same. And if you are here this morning as a follower of Jesus, you were not a good person made better by Jesus, you were not even a demon-possessed person freed by Jesus, you were a dead person who has been made alive in Christ. Let’s behold the power, wonder, grace, mercy, and kindness of the Lord. Would you stand if you’re able, we’ll sing together:

• RAISE UP THE CROWN (ALL HAIL THE POWER)

• GRAVES INTO GARDENS

  Benediction: Jude 1:24-25

Kenyan Reflections

‘We would like the team to lead worship in several languages…’ That request came along with the invitation to lead worship for the global assembly of a large missions organization that would be hosting its annual conference outside of Nairobi, Kenya. I had led worship in English and Spanish before, but never on this kind of scale. But part of leading worship is learning how to serve the people.

And this gathering would be made up of over 200 missionaries from multiple countries. Graciously, the Lord provided a team of amazingly talented musicians to help me lead, who could also carry some of the languages needed for our time in Kenya.

I have a post coming in a few months that will outline some of the things I have learned about leading worship in various cultures, but for the moment, let me leave you with this encouragement: the Church is global, diverse, and advancing. I pray that these small glimpses of a global church will fuel joy and enthusiasm in my daily serving within my local church… I hope you have the opportunity for those glimpses as well.

SUNDAY

• Doxology (English, Spanish, French)

• Abide

• Goodness of God (English, French)

• 10,000 Reasons

MONDAY

• Mambo Sawa Sawa (Swahili, English)

• Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus (English, French)

• O Praise The Name (Anastasis)

• Yet Not I, But Through Christ In Me

• How Great Thou Art (English, Spanish, French)

• I Love You Lord (English, Spanish, French)

• In Christ Alone

• Abide

• We Fall Down (English, Spanish)

• Agnus Dei

TUESDAY

• Hosanna (Praise Is Rising) (English, French)

• Is He Worthy

• Great Are You Lord (English, Spanish)

• Our God

• How Great Is Our God (English, French)

• Yet Not I, But Through Christ In Me

• Blessed Be Your Name

• Wonderful, Merciful Savior

• Abide

• There Is A Higher Throne

• Jesus Paid It All

• Doxology (English, Spanish, French)

Charity, Keith, Aaron, and Akim. The outdoor event space where we led. One of our speakers, Rene.

5 March: Liturgy + Set List

• PROMISES

  Good morning, Life Church, we are glad you are here worshiping with us. I am glad to be worshiping with you this morning. This past week I had the chance to go to Kenya and lead worship for a group of missionaries from all around the world. And I am aware that I am able to go and serve in that way because my family and my church family released and sent me to go and serve. So on behalf of those that I served this past week, thank you for allowing me to go and serve. They wanted to make sure that I expressed their gratitude to you, our church family for allowing me to serve. And on behalf of my family and me, thank you for caring for and praying for my family while I was away. There are so many things I am still processing about all that I saw and heard, but a few things that I hope will encourage you: I heard the testimony of a woman from a closed country in Asia saying that she was her coworkers have been asking her to pray for them, asking if she can tell them about who Jesus is and what He has done. I shared a meal with a woman serving in Turkey who told me about how she had lost friends in the earthquake, and I was able to tell her that our church prayed for her during the week of the earthquake. I had the sacred privilege of being able to put a name and a face to a place that seemed so far away. I think we can so often think of missionaries as spiritual superheroes… But I am always struck by how ordinary these people are. They have skills, trades, educations, experience, families, and desires, just like us - but they have chosen to very intentionally use those things to serve a specific group of people - sometimes in their home countries, sometimes in far-flung locations. And I do hope and pray that God will raise up and send our missionaries to the ends of the earth from our church community. But I also hope and pray that as we gather week after week and hear God’s Word preached, read, sung, and prayed, and as we gather with our Life Groups and seek to apply God’s Word to our lives, we would be so completely transformed in heart and desire, that we would intentionally live on mission wherever God has placed us. And if you’re wondering, yes, I did wear all black every day, even in the African heat. Let’s hear God call us to worship through His word, this is from Psalm 24:

  Call to Worship: Psalm 24:1-6

• WHAT YOU SAID

• I SHALL NOT WANT

  Sermon: Mark 4:35-41

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.

Communion

• O PRAISE THE NAME (ANASTASIS)

Benediction:

19 February: Liturgy + Set List

• ON CHRIST THE SOLID ROCK

  Call to Worship: Psalm 19:7-11

  My hope and prayer for you and me is that we leave here this morning not delighting in a song or style, a preacher or a sermon, but in the Word of God. The Word as it is preached, prayed, sung, and read. And the Word that is the Word made flesh - Jesus Christ. Let’s sing about Him, and to Him, and remind one another of His character:

• CHRIST BE MAGNIFIED

  We have been in the gospel of Mark for the past six weeks, and we have seen again and again, people coming to Jesus not because they treasure Him, but what He can do for them - they wanted signs, wonders, and miracles. And over and over we see Jesus saying that His primary mission is not to perform miracles, but to preach the good news of the Gospel - that God has made way for sinners to be made right with Him through life, death, and resurrection of His Son, Jesus. And this morning we are going to learn a new song that is a reminder of Christ’s saving work - we’ll teach you the chorus first, it goes like this:

• WE ARE SAVED

  Sermon: Mark 4:1-20

  I want to encourage you, don’t just sing these words, but let these words be a prayer of increasingly yielding your life to the deep work of the Holy Spirit to produce fruitful soil in your heart. Would you stand if you’re able, we’ll sing:

• THE GREATNESS OF OUR GOD

• ABIDE

  Benediction: Adapted from 1 Peter 1:23-25

12 February: Liturgy + Set List

• BEFORE THE THRONE

Let’s hear God call us to worship from His Word…

• Call to Worship: Matthew 11:28-30

Because of Jesus, the invitation is always to draw near to God. Because of Jesus, we can come boldly before the throne of God. Let’s sing with confidence in the person and work of Jesus together:

• WHAT YOU SAID

The reality of living in a fallen and broken world means that we can sing words like ‘God, You are good, and You do good,' and wonder if they are actually true. But what we cling to as followers of Jesus is that God Himself steps into the brokenness of our world, and will one day return to make all things new and set all things right. So what is the answer when we look at the brokenness of the world with things like 25,000 people dead, tens of thousands injured, and thousands still missing from an earthquake in Syria and Turkey? I think the answer is grief and lament. Honestly engaging the brokenness of the world, while looking with hope to our soon-returning Savior. We are going to spend some time grieving in prayer together this morning. I will read this prayer first, and then we will pray together:

Almighty God, by your Word you laid the foundations of the earth, set the bounds of the sea, and still the wind and waves. Surround the people of Syria and Turkey with grace and peace, and preserve them through these earthquakes. By your Spirit, lift up those who have fallen, strengthen those who work to rescue or rebuild, and fill them with the hope of your new creation; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

An Occasional Prayer During Times of Natural Disaster, Book of Common Prayer

We will spend time praying silently in these four categories:

…The people.

…The peacemakers.

…The politicians.

…The pastors.

From Pete Greig, Founder of 24/7 Prayer

• HYMN OF HEAVEN

Sermon: Mark 3:7-35

Hear the good news: it is the kindness of God that leads us to repentance. Through the finished work of Christ, applied by the Holy Spirit, would you stand as we sing and celebrate that truth.

• YET NOT I BUT THROUGH CHRIST IN ME

• I STAND AMAZED

Benediction: Hebrew 13:20-21

5 February: Liturgy + Set List

• WHAT YOU SAID

  We sang words from Psalm 119, and now we’ll hear God call us to worship from Psalm 119:

  Call to Worship: Psalm 119:89-91

• GRACE ALONE

• BUILD MY LIFE

  Psalm 119:17-20

  Prayer of Illumination

• Sermon: Mark 2:13-3:6

  The meeting place between God and man is always and only the God Man, Jesus Christ. Not in your righteousness and good works, but in Christ’s perfect righteousness, and Christ’s completed work. Let’s sing in response to the beauty and truth of the Gospel:

• O PRAISE THE NAME (ANÁSTASIS)

• LIVING HOPE

  Benediction

29 January: Liturgy + Set List

• ALL CREATURES OF OUR GOD AND KING

  Call to Worship: Psalm 95:1-7

  The One who created and sustains all things is the One who keeps promises, keeps covenant, and keeps faithfulness forever. Let’s sing these truths about God to God, and to one another:

• PROMISES

• O PRAISE THE NAME (ANÁSTASIS)

  Sermon: Mark 2:1-12

  The Apostles Creed

  Communion

• HOLY (JESUS YOU ARE)

  Benediction

22 January: Liturgy + Set List

Call to Worship: Psalm 139:1-6

If you are here this morning as a follower of Jesus, you can come boldly to your Father not because of your righteousness but because of Christ’s complete righteousness. We get to celebrate the person and work of Christ together this morning, let’s sing:

• HOUSE OF THE LORD

• HIS MERCY IS MORE

God’s mercy is greater than all our sins, that is the only reason we can read and pray these words with joy instead of fear:

LEADER:

Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence? If I ascend to heaven, you are there! If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there! If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me. If I say, “Surely the darkness shall cover me, and the light about me be night,” even the darkness is not dark to you; the night is bright as the day, for darkness is as light with you.

ALL:
For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb.
I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.[a] Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth.

LEADER:

Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them. How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them! If I would count them, they are more than the sand. I awake, and I am still with you. (Psalm 139:7-18)

Sermon: Mark 1:29-45

Elisabeth Elliot says, “Leave it all in the hands that were wounded for You.” The wounded, healing hands of the King who has forgiven us not partially, or temporarily, but forever. Would you stand if you’re able, we’ll sing together:

• FORGIVEN FOREVER

  The Apostles’ Creed

  Baptisms

• JESUS PAID IT ALL

  Benediction: Based on Isaiah 1:18, Mark 1:45