Set List
Call to Worship: Psalm 95:1-8
Every person on the planet is a recipient of God’s common grace. But if you’re here this afternoon as a follower of Christ, you have also received God’s saving grace, and the grace that saves you is the grace that keeps and sustains you. And together we’re going to sing about the about God’s common grace, his saving grace, and his sustaining grace.
ABIDE
COME THOU FOUNT
GOODNESS OF GOD
Nicene Creed
Sermon: Galatians 2:6-10
Communion
Benediction
REJOICE
Call to Worship: Exodus 34:6-8
This is the posture of a worship - God reveals Himself, and we bow our lives. Many churches, denominations and Christians love to emphasize God’s transcendence - that He is holy, set apart, glorious and other than us. And still other churches, denominations, and Christian’s emphasize God’s immanence - that God is near, knowable, and close. But the reality is God is both of these things, fully, and completely at the exact same time. He is transcendent and immanent at once. One of the things that has struck me during our time in the 10 Commandments is how God has always desires to be near His people. We see this throughout Scripture, from the Garden of Eden, to the 10 Commandments, to the temple, tabernacle, and sacrificial system, and ultimately we see that through the person and work of Jesus. And this morning we are going to teach you a song that I hope will help us to hold both of these ideas together: God’s transcendence and God’s immanence:
HOLY FOREVER
A THOUSAND HALLELUJAHS
Sermon: Exodus 20:7
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ALL CREATURES OF OUR GOD AND KING
Benediction
GRACE ALONE
Call to Worship: Psalm 24
There is only one who has clean hands and a pure heart. There is only one who has never lifted up his soul to what is false and has not sworn deceitfully. There is only one who has continually constantly sought the face of God - and that is the God man, Jesus Christ. And if you’re here this morning as a follower of Christ, you are covered in the perfect and complete righteousness of Christ. And because of Christ we can respond lifting up clean hands, pure hearts, lifting up our souls, and seeking God because of Christ. Let’s look to Him together. Let’s sing together…
GOD YOU’RE SO GOOD
DOXOLOGY|AMEN
Sermon: Exodus 20:4-6
Repentance, turning away from our sin and turning toward Christ is not a one time act when you first become a follower of Christ. Repentance is the continually posture of heart as every follower of Jesus. And my hope and prayer for you and for me this morning is that God, through His Spirit has revealed to you the subtle and significant idols of our hearts. The places where you have exchanged the glory of the Creator, for created things. And if the Spirit is speaking to you, and revealing those things to you, that is God’s kindness toward you because it is the kindness of God that leads us to repentance. I am going to pray, and then we will pause for a few moments to ask the Holy Spirit to speak to you, to reveal to you, and then together we will confess our sin to God and to one another. Let’s confess our sins to God and one another:
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]
O PRAISE THE NAME (ANASTASIS)
HOW GREAT THOU ART
Benediction
HOUSE OF THE LORD
Good morning Life Church, and welcome to worship with us on this Memorial Day Weekend, and this Family Worship Weekend. One of the reasons that we can gather in freedom to worship in this country is that for generations men and women have laid down their lives to secure and sustain the freedoms we enjoy. That is what our culture is celebrating this weekend, and that is right and good. But what we know as followers of Christ is that the freedoms we enjoy in this country are only a shadow of the freedom that ours in and through Christ. Because He has set us free from the law of sin and death. Let’s celebrate the freedom that we have in this country, but if you are here this morning as a follower of Christ, let’s celebrate the freedom that is ours through Christ. Let’s hear God call us to worship from His word:
Call to Worship: Psalm 1:1-2
Let’s look to Christ, the One who fulfills the law.
ALL I HAVE IS CHRIST
BE THOU MY VISION
Sermon: Exodus 20:1-3
Everyone, everywhere, always, is a worshiper. But right worship begins not with us, but when God reveals Himself as the only one worthy of our worship - ‘I AM the Lord your God, worship me alone.’ Right worship is a result of the Holy Spirit leading you in all truth to behold the person and work of Christ. And this morning is Pentecost Sunday, the day when the global church remembers and celebrates the sending of the Holy Spirit to indwell and empower the life of every believer. To empower right worship. And so as we remember this day and the sending of the spirit we are going to pray these words together. I will read this through one time so you can hear these words, and then together we will pray these words.
Almighty God, on this day, through the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, you revealed the way of eternal life to every race and nation: Pour out this gift anew, that by the preaching of the Gospel your salvation may reach to the ends of the earth; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen.
Book of Common Prayer
THE GREATNESS OF OUR GOD
ONLY A HOLY GOD
Benediction
Call to Worship: Psalm 40:5, 16-17
One of the things we do when we gather is recount the wondrous deeds of the Lord, not just sing those truths to God, but to one another. So I want to encourage you as we sing to hold in your heart and in your mind a specific example from this past week or month of the wondrous deeds of the Lord, and sing from that place. Sing in response to that truth to your brothers and sisters.
KING OF KINGS
JESUS PAID IT ALL
WHO YOU SAY I AM
Sermon: Galatians 1:13-24
Benediction
GOD SO LOVED
Call to Worship: Psalm 17:15
This verse follows a chapter where the Psalmist is crying out to God. Crying out to God for rescue from his pursuing enemies. Often we can think when we follow Jesus that our lives should be comfortable and easy, and what we see in this passage and throughout the Psalms, and throughout Scripture, and in the life of Jesus, obedience to God does not always mean my life will be easy or comfortable. What we really need is not different circumstances, what we really need is to behold the face of God, and live. To be satisfied with God and God alone. That is my hope and prayer for you and me this morning, that we would behold the Lord and live.
CHRIST BE MAGNIFIED
I STAND AMAZED (HOW MARVELOUS)
Sermon: Mark 8:1-21
The Apostles’ Creed
The Lord’s Supper
BEFORE THE THRONE
Benediction
GLORIOUS DAY
Good morning and welcome to worship with us this morning. And Happy Mother’s Day. We know that these holidays can bring up complicated feelings and experiences for each of us. I’m going to pray a prayer in light of this day as we set our hearts on Christ together:
To those who gave birth this year to their first child—we celebrate with you.
To those who lost a child this year—we mourn with you.
To those who are in the trenches with little ones every day and wear the badge of food stains—we appreciate you.
To those who experienced loss through miscarriage, failed adoptions, or running away—we mourn with you.
To those who walk the hard path of infertility, fraught with pokes, prods, tears, and disappointment—we walk with you. Forgive us when we say foolish things. We don’t mean to make things harder.
To those who are foster moms, mentor moms, and spiritual moms—we need you.
To those who have warm and close relationships with your children—we celebrate with you.
To those who have disappointment, heartache, and distance with your children—we sit with you.
To those who lost their mothers this year—we grieve with you.
To those who experienced abuse at the hands of your own mother—we acknowledge your experience.
To those who lived through driving tests, medical tests, and the overall testing of motherhood—we are better for having you in our midst.
To those who have aborted children—we remember them and you on this day.
To those who are single and long to be married and mothering your own children—we mourn that life has not turned out the way you longed for it to be.
To those who stepparent—we walk with you on these complex paths.
To those who envisioned lavishing love on grandchildren, yet that dream is not to be, we grieve with you.
To those who will have emptier nests in the upcoming year—we grieve and rejoice with you.
To those who placed children for adoption—we commend you for your selflessness and remember how you hold that child in your heart.
And to those who are pregnant with new life, both expected and surprising—we anticipate with you.
Amy Young, A Tribute Prayer for Mother’s Day
Over the chaos of the world, over the chaos of our lives, the Lord reigns. Let’s hear Him call us to worship from His word:
Call to Worship: Psalm 146
KING OF KINGS
HYMN OF HEAVEN
Sermon: Mark 7:31-37
If you are here this morning as a follower of Christ, you can say on this day, as you will say on that day, ‘He does all things well.’ Not because your life has or will turn out the way you hope or plan, but because the God who did not spare His own Son, has given you every good and perfect gift and withholds no good thing, because He has given you His Son. That is the hope on which we set our hearts, would you stand if you’re able, we’ll sing together…
JESUS PAID IT ALL
ALL HAIL KING JESUS
Benediction
Call to Worship: Ephesians 2:1-10
ON CHRIST THE SOLID ROCK
ABIDE
A THOUSAND HALLELUJAHS
Sermon: Galatians 1:1-5
This Is The Gospel - Responsive Reading
Benediction
HOW GREAT THOU ART
Call to Worship: Ephesians 2:1-10
If you are here this morning as a follower of Christ, you can rest and rejoice in the saving and sustaining grace of God toward you. We are going about and from those truths this morning. This is a song that we have not sung together before, but may be familiar to you already…
ALL I HAVE IS CHRIST
YET NOT I, BUT THROUGH CHRIST IN ME
Sermon: Mark 7:1-23
Communion
The Apostles’ Creed
FORGIVEN FOREVER
Benediction
ON CHRIST THE SOLID ROCK
Call to Worship: Psalm 98:1-4
We sing to the Lord, not to fill time before a sermon.
We sing to the Lord, not to hype ourselves up emotionally.
We sing to the Lord not to make space for late comers.
We sing to the Lord because he has done marvelous things. We sing to the Lord because He is good and does good.
WHAT YOU SAID
HOLY (JESUS YOU ARE)
Sermon: Mark 6:45-56
In our home, we have a framed sketch of the ocean breaking against rocks, and in the corner is a quote from Charles Spurgeon that says ‘I have learned to kiss the waves that throw me against the Rock of Ages.’ No storm in your life can or will be wasted if it weans you from the world, and pushes toward the One who lived and died with open arms. Would you stand if you’re able, we’ll sing.
WE ARE SAVED
HOLY HOLY HOLY
Benediction
ALL CREATURES OF OUR GOD AND KING
Call to Worship: Psalm 121
Life Church, what is your only hope and help? It is not found within yourself. It is not your ability to pull yourself up by your bootstraps, try harder, be better, or do more. No, your help and hope is always and only the person of Jesus. And that reality should thrill our hearts and fuel our worship this morning. We opened our Easter gathering last week with this song, and we are going to sing it together. It moves quickly, so we’ll teach you the chorus first:
REJOICE
THE GREATNESS OF OUR GOD
Sermon: Mark 6:30-44
God always meets us in the desolate places. Sometimes with loaves and fishes, always with the blessed, broken, and given life of Christ. Only a Holy God, only a Holy God, only a Holy God. Would you stand if you’re able, we’ll sing together:
ONLY A HOLY GOD
RAISE UP THE CROWN (ALL HAIL THE POWER)
Benediction
REJOICE
Welcome + Call to Worship: Psalm 111:1-4, 9
AND CAN IT BE
ALL HAIL KING JESUS
Let’s confess what we believe and what we celebrate this morning. I will read the parts marked ‘Leader,’ and together we’ll read the parts marked ‘All’:
Corporate Prayer:
Leader: Alleluia! Christ is risen.
All: He is risen indeed. Alleluia!
Leader: Praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
All: He has given us new life and hope.
He has raised Jesus from the dead.
Leader: God has claimed us as his own.
All: He has brought us out of darkness.
He has made us light to the world.
Leader: Alleluia! Christ is risen.
All: He is risen indeed. Alleluia!
—based on 1 Peter 1:3-5 [From the Worship Sourcebook]
Sermon: Ephesians 2:4-7
Scripture tells us that we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Let’s sing this morning in light of that day - the further up, and further in revelation of God’s glory. Would you stand if you’re able:
O PRAISE THE NAME (ANÁSTASIS)
SON OF SUFFERING
Benediction: 1 Peter 1:3-4