Monthly Archives: January 2015

Worship – February 1, 2015

Welcome & Announcements

 

Call to Worship
There is none like you, O Lord,
nor are there any works like yours.
All the nations you have made shall come
and bow down before you, O Lord,
and shall glorify your name.

For you are great and do wondrous things,
you alone are God.

—Psalm 86:8-10 (NRSV)

 

All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name
All hail the power of Jesus’ name
Let angels prostrate fall
Bring forth the royal diadem
And crown him Lord of all
Bring forth the royal diadem
And crown him Lord of all

Ye chosen seed of Israel’s race
Ye ransomed from the fall
Hail him who saves you by his grace
And crown him Lord of all
Hail him who saves you by his grace
And crown him Lord of all

Let every kindred, every tribe
On this terrestrial ball
To him all majesty ascribe
And crown him Lord of all
To him all majesty ascribe
And crown him Lord of all

O that, with yonder sacred throng
We at his feet may fall
We’ll join the everlasting song
And crown him Lord of all
We’ll join the everlasting song
And crown him Lord of all

Edward Perronet; adpt. John Rippon, Tune CORONATION Oliver Holden; CCLI 241710

 

O Praise Him
Turn your ear to Heaven
And hear the noise inside
The sound of angels awe
The sound of angels songs

And all this for a King
We could join and sing
All to Christ the King

How constant, how divine
This song of ours will rise
O, how constant how divine
This love of ours will rise, will rise…

O praise him, O praise him
He is holy, he is holy

Turn your gaze to Heaven
And raise a joyous noise
The sound of salvation come
The sound of rescued ones

And all this for a King
Angels join to sing
All for Christ our King

O praise him, O praise him
He is holy, he is holy
(repeat)

How infinite and sweet
This love so rescuing
O, how infinitely sweet
This great love that has redeemed
As one, we sing…

Hallelujah, hallelujah
He is holy, he is holy

O praise him, O praise him
He is holy, he is holy
(repeat)

David Crowder © 2003 worshiptogether.com songs | sixsteps Music CCLI 241710

 

Prayer for the People, the City, and the People

 

Gifts

 

Ordination & Installation of Officers

 

Baptism {10:30 a.m. service}
The child being presented for infant baptism this morning is Noah Joseph Solomon, covenant son of Joe and Colleen Solomon and brother to Lily and Maggie.

 

Fairest Lord Jesus
Fairest Lord Jesus
Ruler of all nature
Son of God and Son of man

Thee will I cherish
Thee will I honor
Thou, my soul’s glory, joy, and crown

Fair are the meadows
Fairer still the woodlands
Robed in the blooming garb of spring

Jesus is fairer
Jesus is purer
Who makes the woeful heart to sing

Fair is the sunshine
Fairer still the moonlight
And all the twinkling starry host

Jesus shines brighter
Jesus shines purer
Than all the angels heaven can boast

Beautiful Savior
Lord of the nations
Son of God and Son of man

Glory and honor
Praise, adoration
Now and forevermore be thine

Bless the Lord, O my soul, O my soul
Worship his holy name
Sing like never before, O my soul
I’ll worship your holy name

H.A. Hoffman von Fallersleben, Joseph August Seiss – Public Domain, LLC CCLI 241710

 

Children Dismissed for Children’s Church

 

Sermon
“Imitating Jesus”
Acts 5:12-16

 

Prayer of Confession
Our Father and God,
great is your faithfulness.
in you the shadow never turns.
Your mercies are new each morning,
and your love is from everlasting to everlasting.
Forgive our sins and renew us through Christ,
who suffered our curse and died our death,
and who lives, that we may live and serve,
from the deep well of your grace and peace.
That the world may know who you are,
until you make everything new.
Through Jesus. Amen.

 

The Lord’s Supper

 

Lord, I Need You
Lord I come, I confess
Bowing here I find my rest
Without you, I fall apart
You’re the one that guides my heart

Lord, I need you, O I need you
Every hour I need you
My one defense, my righteousness
O God how I need you

Where sin runs deep, your grace is more
Where grace is found is where you are
And where you are Lord, I am free
Holiness is Christ in me

Lord, I need you, O I need you
Every hour I need you
My one defense, my righteousness
O God how I need you

Teach my song to rise to you
When temptation comes my way
And when I cannot stand I’ll fall on you
Jesus, you’re my hope and stay

Lord, I need you, O I need you
Every hour I need you
My one defense, my righteousness
O God how I need you

You’re my one defense, my righteousness
O God how I need you

Christy Nockels, Daniel Carson, Jesse Reeves, Kristian Stanfill, Matt Maher © 2011 sixsteps Music, Sweater Weather Music, Thankyou Music, Valley Of Songs Music, worshiptogether.com songs CCLI 241710

 

Gloria Patri
Glory be to the Father
And to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost
As it was in the beginning
Is now and ever shall be
World without end
Amen, amen

Henry Wellington Greatorex © 2014 CCLI, Inc. All Rights Reserved. CCLI 241710

 

Benediction

Worship – January 25, 2015

Welcome & Announcements

 

Call to Worship
It is good to praise the LORD and make music to your name, O Most High,
to proclaim your love in the morning and your faithfulness at night.

—Psalm 92:1-2 (NIV)

 

Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing
Come, thou fount of every blessing
Tune my heart to sing thy grace
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 God’s unchanging 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 that grace now, 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

Robert Robinson, 1758. Asahel Nettleton, 1825 CCL 241710

 

Enough
All of you is more than enough for all of me
For ev’ry thirst and ev’ry need
You satisfy me with your love
And all I have in you is more than enough

You are my supply, my breath of life
Still more awesome than I know
You are my reward, worth living for
Still more awesome than I know

All of you is more than enough for all of me
For ev’ry thirst and ev’ry need
You satisfy me with your love
And all I have in you is more than enough

You’re my sacrifice of greatest price
Still more awesome than I know
You’re my coming King, you are ev’rything
Still more awesome than I know

All of you is more than enough for all of me
For ev’ry thirst and ev’ry need
You satisfy me with your love
And all I have in you…

More than all I want
More than all I need
You are more than enough for me

More than all I know
More than all I can say
You are more than enough

All of you is more than enough for all of me
For ev’ry thirst and ev’ry need
You satisfy me with your love
And all I have in you is more than enough

Chris Tomlin/Louie Giglio. ©2002 worshiptogether.com songs/sixsteps Music CCLI 241710

 

Prayer for the People, the City, and the Nations

 

Gifts – O Love That Will Not Let Me Go
O love that will not let me go
I rest my weary soul in thee
I give thee back the life I owe
That in thine ocean depths its flow
May richer, fuller be

My life is not my own, it’s yours
My life is not my own, it’s yours

O light that follows all my way
I yield my flickering torch to you
My heart restores its borrowed ray
That in thy sunshine’s blaze its day
May brighter, fairer be

So light a fire in my heart, I’ll burn for you
So light a fire in my heart, I’ll burn for you

O joy that seeks me through the pain
I cannot close my heart to thee
I trace the rainbow through the rain
And feel the promise is not in vain
That morn shall tearless be

So anoint me with joy, joyful I will be
So anoint me with joy, joyful I will be

O cross that’s lifting up my head
I dare not ask to fly from thee
I lay in dust life’s glory dead
And from the ground there blossoms red
Life that shall endless be

And we will sing: holy, holy is the King of kings
And we will sing: holy, holy is the King of kings

George Matheson, Ascend The Hill © 2011 Ascend The Hill Music CCLI 241710

 

A Profession of Jesus Christ
As followers of Jesus Christ, living in this world—
which some seek to control, but which others view with despair—
we declare with joy and trust:

Our world belongs to God!

From the beginning, through all the crises of our times,
until his kingdom fully comes, God keeps covenant forever.

Our world belongs to him!
God is King! Let the earth be glad!
Christ is Victor; his rule has begun. Hallelujah!
The Spirit is at work, renewing the creation. Praise the Lord!

—Our World Belongs to God, st. 1-2

 

A Shield About Me
Thou, O Lord, are a shield about me
You’re my glory
You’re the lifter of my head

Thou, O Lord, are a shield about me
You’re my glory
You’re the lifter of my head

Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah
You’re the lifter of my head

Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah
You’re the lifter of my head

Charles Williams, Donn Thomas. ©1980 Spoone Music/Word Music, LLC. CCLI 241710.

 

Holy, Holy. Holy
Holy, holy, holy
Lord God Almighty
Early in the morning
Our song shall rise to thee

Holy, holy, holy
Merciful and mighty
God in three Persons, blessed Trinity

Holy, holy, holy
Though the darkness hide thee
Though the eye of sinful man
Thy glory may not see

Only thou art holy
There is none beside thee
Perfect in pow’r, in love, and purity

Holy, holy, holy
Lord God Almighty
All thy works shall praise thy name
In earth, and sky, and sea

Holy, holy, holy
Merciful and mighty
God in three Persons, blessed Trinity

Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah
You’re the lifter of my head

Steven Curtis Chapman © 2007 Sparrow Song | Peach Hill Songs CCLI 241710

 

Children Dismissed for Children’s Church

 

Sermon
“Telling Ourselves the Truth”
Acts 5:1-11

 

Prayer of Confession
“To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb
be blessing and honor and glory
and might forever and ever!”
Holy God and Loving Father,
you alone are worthy of worship and praise.
And you alone satisfy the longings of our hearts,
have mercy on us and forgive our sins.
Renew us and mold us into a holy community,
that reflects the love, justice, beauty and peace
that will one day come,
when you make heaven and earth one.
Through Jesus. Amen.

 

The Lord’s Supper

 

What the Lord Has Done in Me
Hosanna, hosanna
To the Lamb that was slain
Hosanna, hosanna
Jesus died and rose again

Let the weak say I am strong
Let the poor say I am rich
Let the blind say I can see
It’s what the Lord has done in me

Into the river I will wade
There my sins are washed away
From the heaven’s mercy stream
Of the Savior’s love for me

Hosanna, hosanna
To the Lamb that was slain
Hosanna, hosanna
Jesus died and rose again

I will rise from waters deep
Into the saving arms of God
I will sing salvation songs
Jesus Christ has set me free

Hosanna, hosanna
To the Lamb that was slain
Hosanna, hosanna
Jesus died and rose again

Hosanna, hosanna
To the Lamb that was slain
Hosanna, hosanna
Jesus died and rose again

Reuben Morgan. ©1998 Hillsong Publishing. CCLI 241710

 

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

 

Benediction

Worship – January 18, 2015

Welcome & Announcements

 

Call to Worship
Praise the LORD, all his heavenly hosts, you his servants who do his will.
Praise the LORD, all his works everywhere in his dominion.
Praise the LORD, O my soul.

—Psalm 103:21-22, NIV (1984)

 

And Can It Be
And can it be that I should gain
An interest in the Savior’s blood
Died he for me who caused his pain
For me who him to death pursued

Amazing love! How can it be
That thou, my God, should die for me

He left his Father’s throne above
So free, so infinite his grace
Emptied himself of all but love
And bled for Adam’s helpless race

’Tis mercy all, immense and free
For O my God, it found out me

Amazing love! How can it be
That thou, my God, should die for me
(repeat)

Long my imprisoned spirit lay
Fast bound in sin and nature’s night
Thine eye diffused a quickening ray
I woke, the dungeon flamed with light

My chains fell off, my heart was free
I rose, went forth, and followed thee

Amazing love! How can it be
That thou, my God, should die for me
(repeat)

No condemnation now I dread
Jesus, and all in him, is mine
Alive in him, my living head
And clothed in righteousness divine

Bold I approach the eternal throne
And claim the crown, through Christ my own

Amazing love! How can it be
That thou, my God, should die for me
(repeat)

Charles Wesley, 1738. ©1994 Scott Roley Music. CCLI 241710

 

Love the Lord
Love the Lord your God
With all your heart
With all your soul
With all your mind and
With all your strength
(repeat)

With all your heart
With all your soul
With all your mind
With all your strength

Love the Lord your God
With all your heart
With all your soul
With all your mind and
With all your strength

I will serve the Lord
With all my heart
With all my soul
With all my mind and
With all my strength
(repeat)

With all my heart
With all my soul
With all my mind
With all my strength

I will serve the Lord
With all my heart
With all my soul
With all my mind and
With all my strength

With all my heart
With all my soul
With all my mind and
With all my strength
(repeat)

I will love you, Lord
With all my heart
With all my soul
With all my mind and
With all my strength

Lincoln Brewster © 2005 Integrity’s Praise! Music/BMI CCLI 241710

 

Prayer for the People, the City, and the Nations

 

Gifts

 

A Profession of Jesus Christ
This Lord, our God, the Word of God, the Word made flesh,
the Son of the Father, the Son of God, the Son of man,
exalted that he might create us,
humbled that he might recreate us.
Walked among men and suffering what is human.
Let every sigh be a panting after Christ,
let that most beautiful One,
who loved even the ugly that he might make them beautiful,
let him be longed for.
Hurry to him alone.

—A Prayer from Augustine of Hippo (354-430 AD)

 

Revelation Song
Worthy is the Lamb who was slain
Holy, holy is he
Sing a new song to him who sits on
Heaven’s mercy seat

Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty
Who was and is and is to come
With all creation I sing
Praise to the King of kings
You are my ev’rything and I will adore you

Clothed in rainbows of living color
Flashes of lightning, rolls of thunder
Blessing and honor
Strength and glory and power be
To you the only wise King

Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty
Who was and is and is to come
With all creation I sing
Praise to the King of kings
You are my ev’rything and I will adore you

Filled with wonder, awestruck wonder
At the mention of your name
Jesus your name is power
Breath and living water
Such a marvelous myst’ry…

Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty
Who was and is and is to come
With all creation I sing
Praise to the King of kings
You are my ev’rything and I will adore you

Jennie Lee Riddle © 2004 Gateway Create Publishing CCLI 241710

 

Children Dismissed for Children’s Church

 

Sermon
“The Graced Community”
Acts 4:32-37

 

Prayer of Confession
Gracious Father and God,
you are our Strong Deliverer and Mighty King.
Be merciful and forgive our sin.
Restore our faith and renew our strength.
Fill us with your Spirit.
Teach us to love and obey your Son.
And enable us to live freely and joyfully
in the promise of what will one day be,
in spite of our weaknesses and fears.
That our world will know that you are the God
who loosens chains and sets prisoners free.
Through Jesus. Amen.

 

The Lord’s Supper

 

Come As You Are
Come out of sadness from wherever you’ve been
Come broken-hearted, let rescue begin
Come find your mercy, O sinner come kneel
Earth has no sorrow that heaven can’t heal
Earth has no sorrow that heaven can’t heal

So lay down your burdens, lay down your shame
All who are broken, lift up your face
O wanderer come home, you’re not too far
So lay down your hurt, lay down your heart

Come as you are

There’s hope for the hopeless
And all those who’ve strayed
Come sit at the table, come taste the grace
There’s rest for the weary, rest that endures
Earth has no sorrow that heaven can’t cure

So lay down your burdens, lay down your shame
All who are broken, lift up your face
O wanderer come home, you’re not too far
So lay down your hurt, lay down your heart

Come as you are

There’s joy for the morning, O sinner be still
Earth has no sorrow that heaven can’t heal
Earth has no sorrow that heaven can’t heal

So lay down your burdens, lay down your shame
All who are broken, lift up your face
O wanderer come home, you’re not too far
So lay down your hurt, lay down your heart

Come as you are

Ben Glover, David Crowder, Matt Maher © 2014 9t One Songs, Ariose Music, sixsteps Music, worshiptogether.com songs, Sony/ATV Tree Publishing CCLI 241710

 

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

 

Benediction

Worship – January 11, 2015

Welcome & Announcements

 

Call to Worship
Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth!
Serve the LORD with gladness!
Come into his presence with singing!

Know that the LORD, he is God!
It is he who made us, and we are his;
we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

—Psalm 100:1-3 (ESV)

 

O For a Thousand
O, for a thousand tongues to sing
My great Redeemer’s praise
The glories of my God and King
The triumphs of his grace

Jesus, the name that charms our fears
That bids our sorrows cease
‘Tis music in the sinner’s ears
‘Tis life and health and peace

He breaks the power of cancelled sin
He sets the prisoners free
His blood can make the foulest clean
His blood availed for me

He speaks and listening to his voice
New life the dead receive
The mournful broken hearts rejoice
The humble poor believe

My gracious Master and my God
Assist me to proclaim
To spread through all the earth abroad
The honors of thy name

Charles Wesley, 1739. Tune, AZMON, Carl G. Glaser, 1784-1829; adapt. Lowell Mason, 1839

 

Holy
What heart could hold the weight of your love
And know the heights of your great worth
What eyes could look on your glorious face
Shining like the sun

Your name alone has pow’r to raise us
Your light will shine when all else fades
Our eyes will look on your glorious face
Shining like the sun

You are holy, holy, holy
God most high and God most worthy
You are holy, holy, holy
Jesus you are, Jesus you are

And you will come again in glory
To judge the living and the dead
All eyes will look on your glorious face
Shining like the sun
Who is like you, God

You are holy, holy, holy
God most high and God most worthy
You are holy, holy, holy
Jesus you are, Jesus you are

Who shall we say you are
You’re the living God
Who shall we say you are
You’re the Great I AM
The highest name of all
You’re all you say you are

You are holy, holy, holy
God most high and God most worthy
You are holy, holy, holy
Jesus you are, Jesus you are

You are holy, holy, holy
God most high and God most worthy
You are holy, holy, holy
Jesus you are, Jesus you are
Jesus you are, Jesus you are

Jason Ingram, Jonas Myrin, Matt Redman © 2011 Said And Done Music. SHOUT! Music Publishing, sixsteps Music, Thankyou Music, worshiptogether.com songs, Sony/ATV Timber Publishing, West Main Music, Windsor Hill Music CCLI 241710

 

Prayer for the People, the City, and the Nations

 

Gifts

 

A Profession of Faith
What does it benefit us to know that God has created all things
and still upholds them by his providence?

We can be patient in adversity,
thankful in prosperity,
and with a view to the future
we can have a firm confidence
in our faithful God and Father
that no creature shall separate us from His love;
for all creatures are so completely in His hand
that without his will they cannot so much as move.

—from The Heidelberg Catechism, Q&A 28

 

Agnus Dei
Alleluia, alleluia
For our Lord God almighty reigns
Alleluia, alleluia
For our Lord God almighty reigns
Alleluia

Holy, holy are you Lord God almighty
Worthy is the Lamb
Worthy is the Lamb
Amen

Alleluia, alleluia
For our Lord God almighty reigns
Alleluia, alleluia
For our Lord God almighty reigns
Alleluia

Holy, holy are you Lord God almighty
Worthy is the Lamb
Worthy is the Lamb

You are holy
Holy are you Lord God almighty
Worthy is the Lamb
Worthy is the Lamb

You are holy
Holy are you Lord God almighty
Worthy is the Lamb
Worthy is the Lamb
Amen

Alleluia, alleluia
For our Lord God almighty reigns
Alleluia, alleluia
For our Lord God almighty reigns

Michael W. Smith ©1990 Milene Music CCLI 241710

 

Children Dismissed for Children’s Church

 

Sermon
“Vanity Fair”
Ecclesiastes 1:1-11

 

Prayer of Confession
Faithful God and Loving Father,
hear our cry and forgive our sin.
Be merciful and cleanse our unrighteousness.
Take our broken lives and restore us,
that we may serve you with joy,
and enter into the pain and suffering
of your good but fallen world,
that the weary will be made strong,
the discouraged will find hope,
the lost will be found,
and the wounded will be made whole,
as we have been, in your Son.
Through Jesus. Amen.

 

The Lord’s Supper

 

Mercy
I will kneel in the dust
At the foot of the cross
Where mercy paid for me

Where the wrath I deserve
It is gone, it has passed
Your blood has hidden me

Mercy, mercy as endless as the sea
I’ll sing your hallelujah for all eternity

We will lift up the cup
And the bread we will break
Remembering your love

We were fallen from grace
But you took all our shame
And nailed it to a cross

Mercy, mercy as endless as the sea
I’ll sing your hallelujah for all eternity

Mercy, mercy as endless as the sea
I’ll sing your hallelujah for all eternity

May I never lose the wonder
O the wonder of your mercy
May I sing your hallelujah
Hallelujah, amen

May I never lose the wonder
O the wonder of your mercy
May I sing your hallelujah
Hallelujah, amen

May I never lose the wonder
O the wonder of your mercy
May I sing your hallelujah
Hallelujah, amen

I will kneel in the dust
At the foot of the cross
Where mercy paid for me

Jonas Myrin, Matt Redman © 2013 Said And Done Music, SHOUT! Music Publishing, sixsteps Music, Thankyou Music, worshiptogether.com songs CCLI 241710

 

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

 

Benediction