Call to Worship
We will exalt you, our God and King.
We will praise your name forever and ever.
We will praise you every day; yes, we will praise you forever.
Great is the Lord! He is most worthy of praise!
No one can measure his greatness.
Let each generation tell its children of your mighty acts;
let them proclaim your power.
We will meditate on your glorious splendor and your wonderful miracles.
Your awe-inspiring deeds will be on every tongue;
we will proclaim your greatness.
Everyone will share the story of your wonderful goodness;
they will sing with joy about your righteousness.
—based on Psalm 145:1-7
Prayer of Confession
Our God and Father, forgive our sins and cleanse us.
Forgive when we hide our Faith out of fear and indifference.
Forgive when we hide behind our Orthodoxy, and fail to love and serve.
You have been merciful to us. Make us a merciful people.
Renew our passion for you, and your call for us to be salt and light
in a world you created to be good. Through Jesus. Amen.
Come Thou Fount
Come, thou fount of every blessing
Tune my heart to sing thy praise
Streams of mercy, never ceasing
Call for songs of loudest praise
Teach me some melodious sonnet
Sung by flaming tongues above
Praise the mount, I’m fixed upon it
Mount of thy redeeming love
Here I raise my Ebenezer
Hither by thy help I’m come
And I hope, by thy good pleasure
Safely to arrive at home
Jesus sought me when a stranger
Wandr’ing from the fold of God
He, to rescue me from danger
Interposed his precious blood
O to grace how great a debtor
Daily I’m constrained to be
Let thy goodness, like a fetter
Bind my wand’ring heart to thee
Prone to wander, Lord I feel it
Prone to leave the God I love
Here’s my heart, O take and seal it
Seal it for thy courts above
O that day, when freed from sinning
I shall see thy lovely face
Clothed then in blood washed linen
How I’ll sing thy sovereign grace
Come, my Lord, no longer tarry
Take my ransomed soul away
Send thine angels, now to carry
Me to realms of endless day
Alleluia we sing
Arrangement ©2009 Page CXVI. Robert Robinson, 1758. Tune, NETTLETON, Asahel Nettleton, 1825
Amazing Grace
Amazing grace, how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost, but now am found
Was blind, but now I see
Twas grace that taught my heart to fear
And grace my fears relieved
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed
Through many dangers, toils and snares
I have already come
Tis grace has brought me safe thus far
And grace will lead me home
When we’ve been there ten thousand years
Bright shining as the sun
We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise
Than when we first begun
John Newton, 1779; Tune, AMAZING GRACE, traditional American melody
Gifts
Profession of the Church
Following the apostles, the church is sent—
sent with the gospel of the kingdom
to make disciples of all nations, to feed the hungry,
and to proclaim the assurance that in the name of Christ
there is forgiveness of sin and new life for all who repent and believe—
to tell the news that our world belongs to God.
—from Our World Belongs to God, st. 44
Jesus Keep Me Near the Cross
Jesus, keep me near the cross
There a precious fountain
Free to all, a healing stream
Flows from Calvary’s mountain
In the cross, in the cross
Be my glory ever
Till my raptured soul shall find
Rest beyond the river
Near the cross, a trembling soul
Love and mercy found me
There the bright and morning star
Sheds its beams around me
In the cross, in the cross
Be my glory ever
Till my raptured soul shall find
Rest beyond the river
Near the cross, O Lamb of God
Bring its scenes before me
Help me walk from day to day
With its shadow o’er me
In the cross, in the cross
Be my glory ever
Till my raptured soul shall find
Rest beyond the river
Near the cross I’ll watch and wait
Hoping, trusting ever
Till I reach the golden strand
Just beyond the river
In the cross, in the cross
Be my glory ever
Till my raptured soul shall find
Rest beyond the river
Fanny J. Crosby, Tune NEAR THE CROSS. William H. Doane CCLI 241710
Uncreated One
Holy uncreated one
Your beauty fills the skies
But the glory of your majesty
Is the mercy in your eyes
Worthy uncreated one
From heaven to earth come down
You laid aside your royalty
To wear the sinner’s crown
O great God, be glorified
Our lives laid down, yours magnified
O great God, be lifted high
There is none like you
Jesus Savior, God’s own son
Risen reigning Lord
Sustainer of the universe
By the power of your word
O great God, be glorified
Our lives laid down, yours magnified
O great God, be lifted high
There is none like you
And when we see your matchless face
In speechless awe we’ll stand
And there we’ll bow with grateful hearts
Unto the great I AM
O great God, be glorified
Our lives laid down, yours magnified
O great God, be lifted high
There is none like you
Chris Tomlin | J. D. Walt © 2006 sixsteps Music | worshiptogether.com songs | Vamos Publishing CCLI 241710
Sermon
“Outside the Gate Christians”
Acts 16:6-15
Apostles’ Creed
I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary.
He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried;
he descended to hell. The third day he rose again from the dead.
He ascended to heaven
and is seated at the right hand of God the Father almighty.
From there he will come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy *catholic church,
the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.
* ‘catholic’ is the historic word meaning ‘universal’ – it therefore refers to the entirety of believers throughout history.
The Lord’s Supper
Doxology
Praise God from whom all blessings flow
Praise him, all creatures here below
Praise him above, ye heavenly host
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost
Amen
Thomas Ken, Tune – OLD HUNDREDTH, Genevan Psalter (1551) attr. to Louis Bourgeois
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