chapelgate worship

Welcome & Announcements

 

Call to Worship
Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain,
to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength
and honor and glory and praise!

To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb
be praise and honor and glory and power, for ever and ever!

—Revelation 5:12, 13b (NIV)

 

Immortal, Invisible
Immortal, invisible
God only wise
In light inaccessible
Hid from our eyes

Most blessed, most glorious
The Ancient of Days
Almighty, victorious
Thy great name we praise

Unresting, unhasting
And silent as light,
Nor wanting, nor wasting
Thou rulest in might

Thy justice, like mountains
High soaring above
Thy clouds, which are fountains
Of goodness and love

To all, life thou givest
To both great and small
In all life thou livest
The true life of all

We blossom and flourish
As leaves on the tree
And wither and perish
But naught changeth thee

Great Father of glory
Pure Father of light
Thine angels adore thee
All veiling their sight

All praise we would render
O help us to see
‘Tis only the splendor
Of light hideth thee

Walter Chalmers Smith, 1867.Tune, ST. DENIO, traditional Welsh hymn melody

 

Arise, My Soul, Arise
Arise, my soul, arise
Shake off your guilty fears
The bleeding sacrifice
In my behalf appears

Before the throne my Surety stands
Before the throne my Surety stands
My name is written on his hands

Arise (arise), arise (arise), arise
Arise, my soul, arise
Arise (arise), arise (arise), arise
Arise, my soul, arise
Shake off your guilty fears and rise

He ever lives above
For me to intercede
His all redeeming love
His precious blood to plead

His blood atoned for every race
His blood atoned for every race
And sprinkles now the throne of grace

Arise (arise), arise (arise), arise
Arise, my soul, arise
Arise (arise), arise (arise), arise
Arise, my soul, arise
Shake off your guilty fears and rise

Five bleeding wounds he bears
Received on Calvary
They pour effectual prayers
They strongly plead for me

“Forgive him, O forgive,” they cry
“Forgive him, O forgive,” they cry
“Nor let that ransomed sinner die”

Arise (arise), arise (arise), arise
Arise, my soul, arise
Arise (arise), arise (arise), arise
Arise, my soul, arise
Shake off your guilty fears and rise

My God is reconciled
His pardoning voice I hear
He owns me for his child
I can no longer fear

With confidence I now draw nigh
With confidence I now draw nigh
And “Father, Abba, Father,” cry

Arise (arise), arise (arise), arise
Arise, my soul, arise
Arise (arise), arise (arise), arise
Arise, my soul, arise
Shake off your guilty fears and rise

Charles Wesley, Kevin Twit © 1996 Kevin Twit Music CCLI 241710

 

Prayer for the People, the City, and the Nations

 

Gifts

 

An Affirmation of the Gospel
What is True Faith?

True faith is a sure knowledge whereby I accept as true
all that God has revealed to us in His Word.
At the same time it is a firm confidence that not only to others, but also to me,
God has granted forgiveness of sins, everlasting righteousness, and salvation,
out of mere grace, only for the sake of Christ’s merits.
This faith the Holy Spirit works in my heart by the gospel.

—from the Heidelberg Confession, Q&A 54

 

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

 

Children Dismissed for Children’s Church

 

Sermon
“When ‘They’ Becomes ‘Us’”
Acts 11:1-18

 

Prayer of Confession
Take our Hearts, Father,
and prepare them for your Feast.
Forgive our sins.
Purify our thoughts and motives.
Cause the body and blood of Christ,
to break us, and to pour us out,
to those we love and see daily,
and into the world,
as a Feast to the hungry,
and a Wellspring to the thirsty.
Through Jesus, our Lord and King. Amen.

 

The Lord’s Supper

 

God With Us
You’ve come to bring peace, to be love
To be nearer to us

You’ve come to bring life, to be light
To shine brighter in us
O Emmanuel, God with us

Our Deliverer, you are Savior
In your presence we find our strength
Over everything, our redemption
God with us, you are God with us

You’ve come to be hope to this world
For your honor and name

You’ve come to take sin, to bear shame
And to conquer the grave
O Emmanuel, God with us

Our Deliverer, you are Savior
In your presence we find our strength
Over everything, our redemption
God with us, you are God with us

You are here, you are holy
We are standing in your glory
You are here, you are holy
We are standing in your glory, Lord

Our Deliverer, you are Savior
In your presence we find our strength
Over everything, our redemption
God with us…

Our Deliverer, you are Savior
In your presence we find our strength
Over everything, our redemption
God with us, you are God with us

God with us, you are God with us

Jason Ingram, Leslie Jordan © 2012 Integrity’s Praise! Music, Open Hands Music, Sony/ATV Timber Publishing CCLI241710

 

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

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)

 

I Sing the Mighty Power of God
I sing the mighty power of God
That made the mountains rise
That spread the flowing seas abroad
And built the lofty skies

I sing the wisdom that ordained
The sun to rule the day
The moon shines full at his command
And all the stars obey

I sing the goodness of the Lord
Who filled the earth with food
Who formed the creatures with his Word
And then pronounced them good

Lord, how thy wonders are displayed
Where’er I turn my eye
If I survey the ground I tread
Or gaze upon the sky

There’s not a plant or flower below
But makes thy glories known
And clouds arise, and tempests blow
By order from thy throne

While all that borrows life from thee
Is ever in thy care
And everywhere that man can be
Thou, God art present there

Isaac Watts, altered Tune, ELLACOMBE, from Gesangbuch der Herzogl, Württemberg, 1784

 

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 Nations

 

Gifts — Lead Us Back
Falling down upon our knees
Sharing now in common shame
We have sought security
Not the cross that bears your name

Fences guard our hearts and homes
Comfort sings a siren tune
We’re a valley of dry bones
Lead us back to life in you

Lord we fall upon our knees
We have shunned the weak and poor
Worshipped beauty, courted kings
And the things their gold affords

Prayed for those we’d like to know
Favor sings a siren tune
We’ve become a talent show
Lead us back to life in you

You have caused the blind to see
We have blinded them again
With our manmade laws and creeds
Eager ready to condemn

Now we plead before your throne
Power sings a siren tune
We’ve been throwing heavy stones
Lead us back to life in you

We’re a valley of dry bones
Lead us back to life in you
We’ve become a talent show
Lead us back to life in you
We’ve been throwing heavy stones
Lead us back to life in you

Bobby Gilles, Brooks Ritter © 2006 Bobby Gilles, Sojourn Community Church CCLI 241710

 

Affirmation of the Church’s Calling
“Again Jesus said, ‘Peace be with you!’”

“As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.”

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 John 20:21 (NIV) & Our World Belongs to God, st. 44

 

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

John Bacchus Dykes, Reginald Heber © Public Domain CCLI 241710

 

Children Dismissed for Children’s Church

 

Sermon
“The Unbound God”
Acts 10:34-48

 

Prayer of Confession
Loving Father and tender God,
you made your Son to be a drink offering,
in atoning sacrifice for our sin,
be merciful, and forgive.
Cleanse us from unrighteousness.
Forgive our ingratitude and rebellion.
Make us a merciful people,
and a community, broken and poured out,
that loves tenderly as you have loved us,
to a world in need of your healing grace.
That many will flee to you and live.
Through Jesus. Amen.

 

The Lord’s Supper

 

Jesus Died My Soul to Save
I stand amazed at your love for me
That lonely night in Gethsemane
This sinner’s heart can’t help but thrill
To hear you pray, “Father, not my will”

What depth of love, what reach of grace
O, how my grateful heart now aches
To sing it louder, the refrain
Jesus died my soul to save

Atonement full, applied to me
The blood that spilled at Calvary
Has swallowed all my sin and shame
I’m reconciled, in Jesus’ name

What depth of love, what reach of grace
O, how my grateful heart now aches
To sing it louder, the refrain
Jesus died my soul to save

O such pleasure, O such pain
The Father’s wrath and fury laid
On Christ whom saints and angels praise
Jesus died my soul to save

Come you broken, bound by sin
And let your weary journey end
Come and lay your burdens down
Where mercy rules and peace abounds

What depth of love, what reach of grace
O, how my grateful heart now aches
To sing it louder, the refrain
Jesus died my soul to save
Jesus died my soul to save

Matt Boswell, Michael Farren © 2008 Dayspring Music, LLC, Pocket Full Of Rocks Publishing Word Music, LLC 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

Welcome & Announcements

 

Call to Worship
Let the nations be glad and sing for joy,
for you judge the peoples with equity
and guide the nations upon earth.

Let all the peoples praise you, O God;
let all the peoples praise you.

The earth has brought forth its increase;
God, our God, has blessed us.

Let all the peoples praise you, O God;
let all the peoples praise you.

—based Psalm 67

 

Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken
Glorious things of thee are spoken
Zion, city of our God
He, whose word cannot be broken
Formed thee for his own abode

On the Rock of Ages founded
What can shake thy sure repose
With salvation’s walls surrounded
Thou mayst smile at all thy foes

See, the streams of living waters
Springing from eternal love
Well supply thy sons and daughters
And all fear of want remove

Who can faint while such a river
Ever will their thirst assuage
Grace which like the Lord, the giver
Never fails from age to age

Blest inhabitants of Zion
Washed in our Redeemer’s blood
Jesus, whom our souls rely on
Makes us monarchs, priests to God

Us, by his great love, he raises
Rulers over self to reign
And as priests his solemn praises
We for thankful offering bring

Savior, if of Zion’s city
I through grace a member am
Let the world deride or pity
I will glory in thy name

Fading is the worldling’s pleasure
All his boasted pomp and show
Solid joys and lasting treasure
None but Zion’s children know

John Newton, Olney Hymns (London: W. Oliver, 1779 Tune, AUSTRIA arr. Franz J. Haydn, 1797, possibly from a Croatian folk melody) CCLI 241710

 

Majestic
O Lord, our Lord how majestic
Is your name in all the earth
O Lord, our Lord how majestic
Is your name in all the earth

The heavens declare your greatness
The oceans cry out to you
The mountains they bow down before you
So I’ll join with the earth
And I’ll give my praise to you

O Lord, our Lord how majestic
Is your name in all the earth
O Lord, our Lord how majestic
Is your name in all the earth

The heavens declare your greatness
The oceans cry out to you
The mountains they bow down before you
So I’ll join with the earth and I’ll sing

The heavens declare your greatness
The oceans cry out to you
The mountains they bow down before you
So I’ll join with the earth
And I’ll give my praise to you

I will worship you
I will worship you
We will worship you
We will worship you

The heavens declare your greatness
The oceans cry out to you
The mountains they bow down before you
So I’ll join with the earth and I’ll sing

The heavens declare your greatness
The oceans cry out to you
The mountains they bow down before you
So I’ll join with the earth
And I’ll give my praise to you

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

 

Prayer for the People, the City, and the Nations

 

Gifts

 

Baptisms {10:30 a.m. service}
The child being presented for infant baptism this morning is Faith Elizabeth Dean, covenant daughter of Jared and Kristin Dean, sister of Olivia Dean, and granddaughter of Alan and Sue Sneeringer.

Benjamin Alexander Ramirez and Chan Hyun Park will be baptized this morning upon their professions of faith.

 

Receiving of New Members

 

A Confession of the Church
I am called Christian
because by faith I am a member of Christ
and so I share in his anointing.
I am anointed to confess his name,
to present myself to him as a living sacrifice of thanks,
to strive with a good conscience against sin and the devil
in this life, and afterward to reign with Christ over all creation
for all eternity.

—from Heidelberg Catechism, Q&A 32

 

Jesus, Only Jesus
Who has the power to raise the dead
Who can save us from our sin
He is our hope, our righteousness
Jesus, only Jesus

Who can make the blind to see
Who holds the keys that set us free
He paid it all to bring us peace
Jesus, only Jesus

Holy King, Almighty Lord
Saints and angels all adore
I join with them and bow before
Jesus, only Jesus

Who can command the highest praise
Who has the name above all names
You stand alone, I stand amazed
Jesus only Jesus

Holy King, Almighty Lord
Saints and angels all adore
I join with them and bow before
Jesus, only Jesus

You will command the highest praise
Yours is the Name above all names
You stand alone, I stand amazed
Jesus, only Jesus
Jesus, only Jesus

Holy King, Almighty Lord
Saints and angels all adore
I join with them and bow before
Jesus, only Jesus

Holy King, Almighty Lord
Saints and angels all adore
I join with them and bow before
Jesus, only Jesus

Chris Tomlin, Christy Nockels, Kristian Stanfill, Matt Redman, Nathan Nockels, Tony Wood © 2013 S. D. G. Publishing, Said And Done Music, sixsteps Music, Sixsteps Songs, Sweater Weather Music, Thankyou Music, Worship Together Music, worshiptogether.com songs, Songs From Exit 71, Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing CCLI 241710

 

Children Dismissed for Children’s Church

 

Sermon
“What God has Made Clean”
Acts 10:9-23

 

Prayer of Confession
Almighty God and Gracious Father, have mercy on us.
You alone have the power to pardon.
Forgive us and make us whole.
Fill, cleanse and renew us.
Turn our doubt into reliance, our pride into gentleness,
and our self-centeredness into love, that the world may know your Son,
and enjoy your Grace and Peace, 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, come as you are
Fall in his arms, 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

Welcome & Announcements

 

Call to Worship
Sing aloud, O daughter of Zion;
shout, O Israel!
Rejoice and exult with all your heart,
O daughter of Jerusalem!
The Lord your God is in your midst,
a mighty one who will save;
he will rejoice over you with gladness;
he will quiet you by his love;
he will exult over you with loud singing.

—Zephaniah 3:14 & 17 (ESV)

 

How Firm a Foundation
How firm a foundation
Ye saints of the Lord
Is laid for your faith
In his excellent Word

What more can he say
Than to you he hath said
To you, who for refuge
To Jesus have fled

Fear not, I am with thee
O be not dismayed
For I am thy God
And will still give thee aid

I’ll strengthen thee, help thee
And cause thee to stand
Upheld by my righteous
Omnipotent hand

When through the deep waters
I call thee to go
The rivers of woe
Shall not thee overflow

For I will be with thee
Thy troubles to bless
And sanctify to thee
Thy deepest distress

When through fiery trials
Thy pathways shall lie
My grace, all sufficient
Shall be thy supply

The flame shall not hurt thee
I only design
Thy dross to consume
And thy gold to refine

The soul that on Jesus
Hath leaned for repose
I will not, I will not
Desert to its foes

That soul, though all hell
Should endeavor to shake
I’ll never, no never
No never forsake

John Rippon’s Selection of Hymns, 1787, alt. Tune, FOUNDATION, American folk hymn

 

Jesus, Only Jesus
Who has the power to raise the dead
Who can save us from our sin
He is our hope, our righteousness
Jesus, only Jesus

Who can make the blind to see
Who holds the keys that set us free
He paid it all to bring us peace
Jesus, only Jesus

Holy King, Almighty Lord
Saints and angels all adore
I join with them and bow before
Jesus, only Jesus

Who can command the highest praise
Who has the name above all names
You stand alone, I stand amazed
Jesus only Jesus

Holy King, Almighty Lord
Saints and angels all adore
I join with them and bow before
Jesus, only Jesus

You will command the highest praise
Yours is the Name above all names
You stand alone, I stand amazed
Jesus, only Jesus
Jesus, only Jesus

Holy King, Almighty Lord
Saints and angels all adore
I join with them and bow before
Jesus, only Jesus

Holy King, Almighty Lord
Saints and angels all adore
I join with them and bow before
Jesus, only Jesus

Chris Tomlin, Christy Nockels, Kristian Stanfill, Matt Redman, Nathan Nockels, Tony Wood © 2013 S. D. G. Publishing, Said And Done Music, sixsteps Music, Sixsteps Songs, Sweater Weather Music, Thankyou Music, Worship Together Music, worshiptogether.com songs, Songs From Exit 71, Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing CCLI 241710

 

Prayer for the People, the City, and the Nations

 

Gifts — Wonder
God, our Savior
God, our matchless King
God, your glory never faltering
Your mercy, forever
Your mercy, for all

O Lord my God, when in awesome wonder
Sing my soul, your song again
O Lord my God, when I’m lost in wonder
Sing my soul, how great thou art
How great thou art
How great thou art

God, our Promise
God, our coming King
God, our Maker, God of everything
Your justice, forever
Your justice, for all

O Lord my God, when in awesome wonder
Sing my soul, your song again
O Lord my God, when I’m lost in wonder
Sing my soul, how great thou art
How great thou art
How great thou art

Who can comprehend what you’ve done for us
Who can comprehend your unfailing love
Your glory, forever
Our Savior, our God

Oh Lord my God, when in awesome wonder
Sing my soul, your song again
Oh Lord my God, when I’m lost in wonder
Sing my soul, how great thou art
You conquered death, you paid our debt
You rose again
How great thou art
How great thou art
How great thou art
How great thou art

David Crowder, Hank Bentley, Nate Bedingfield © 2015 Stuart K. Hine Trust, Inot Music, sixsteps Music, worshiptogether.com songs CCLI 241710

 

A Confession of the Church
“We believe that God has entrusted the church
with the message of reconciliation
in and through Jesus Christ,
that the church is called to be the salt of the earth
and the light of the world,
that the church is called blessed
because it is a peacemaker,
that the church is witness
both by word and by deed
to the new heaven and the new earth
in which righteousness dwells.”

—from the Belhar Confession

 

Our God Alone
Who formed the mountains
And filled the oceans
Our God alone, our God alone

Who took the dust
And breathed life in us
Our God alone, our God alone

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia

Who came from heaven
For our redemption
Our God alone, our God alone

Who died for sin
That we may live
Our God alone, our God alone

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia

Who rose again
Death could not win
Our God alone, our God alone

Who is returning, bringing a Kingdom
Our God alone, our God alone

We will worship, we will worship
Our God alone, our God alone

We will worship, we will worship
Our God alone, our God alone

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia

Holy King, Almighty Lord
Saints and angels all adore
I join with them and bow before
Jesus, only Jesus

David Gungor © 2010 worshiptogether.com songs CCLI 241710

 

Children Dismissed for Children’s Church

 

Sermon
“Lessons from the Devout Unbelieving”
Acts 10:1-8

 

Prayer of Confession
Loving Father and God,
have compassion on us.
Be merciful and forgive our many sins.
Cause the care of Jesus, our gentle Shepherd,
to bring healing and restoration where we have erred,
and to those we have wounded.
Settle our restless hearts
and silence our rebellious thoughts.
Freshly pour out your Spirit upon us.
Give us hearts that love your Word, and your World,
with lives that reflect the gospel,
through Jesus. Amen

 

The Lord’s Supper

 

Thy Mercy
Thy mercy, my God
Is the theme of my song
The joy of my heart
And the boast of my tongue

Thy free grace alone
From the first to the last
Hath won my affection
And bound my soul fast

Without thy sweet mercy
I could not live here
Sin would reduce me
To utter despair

But through thy free goodness
My spirit’s revived
And he that first made me
Still keeps me alive

Thy mercy is more
Than a match for my heart
Which wonders to feel
Its own hardness depart

Dissolved by thy goodness
I fall to the ground
And weep for the praise
Of the mercy I’ve found

Great Father of mercies
Thy goodness I own
In the covenant love
Of thy crucified Son

All praise to the Spirit
Whose whisper divine
Seals mercy and pardon
And righteousness mine

All praise to the Spirit
Whose whisper divine…
Seals mercy and pardon
And righteousness mine

Isaac Watts, John Stocker, Sandra McCracken © 2001 Same Old Dress Music 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

Welcome & Announcements

 

Call to Worship
We come together to celebrate Jesus Christ,
who humbled himself,
becoming obedient to the point of death.

God raised him up
and gave him a name above all other names,
that at the name of Jesus
everyone would bow down and confess
that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father.

This is our God — come and worship!

—based on Philippians 2:5-11

 

This Is My Father’s World
This is my Father’s world
And to my listening ears
All nature sings, and round me rings
The music of the spheres

This is my Father’s world
I rest me in the thought
Of rocks and trees, of skies and seas
His hand the wonders wrought

This is my Father’s world
The birds their carols raise
The morning light, the lily white
Declare their maker’s praise

This is my Father’s world
He shines in all that’s fair
In the rustling grass I hear him pass
He speaks to me everywhere

This is my Father’s world
O let me ne’er forget
That though the wrong seems oft so strong
God is the ruler yet

This is my Father’s world
Why should my heart be sad
The Lord is King, let the heavens ring
God reigns, let the earth be glad

This is my Father’s world
Why should my heart be sad
The Lord is King, let the heavens ring
God reigns, let the earth be glad

Maltbie D. Babcock, Tune TERRA BEATA. Franklin L. Sheppard © Public Domain CCLI 241710

 

Cornerstone
My hope is built on nothing less
Than Jesus’ blood and righteousness
I dare not trust the sweetest frame
But wholly trust in Jesus’ name

Christ alone, Cornerstone
Weak made strong in the Savior’s love
Through the storm he is Lord
Lord of all

When darkness seems to hide his face
I rest on his unchanging grace
In every high and stormy gale
My Anchor holds within the veil

Christ alone, Cornerstone
Weak made strong in the Savior’s love
Through the storm he is Lord
Lord of all

When he shall come with trumpet sound
Oh may I then in him be found
Dressed in his righteousness alone
Faultless, to stand before the throne

Christ alone, Cornerstone
Weak made strong in the Savior’s love
Through the storm he is Lord
Lord of all

Christ alone, Cornerstone
Weak made strong in the Savior’s love
Through the storm he is Lord
Lord of all

Edward Mote, Eric Liljero, Jonas Myrin, Reuben Morgan, William Batchelder Bradbury © 2011 Hillsong Music Publishing CCLI 241710

 

Prayer for the People, the City, and the Nations

 

Gifts – God of This City
You’re the God of this city
You’re the King of these people
You’re the Lord of this nation, you are

You’re the light in this darkness
You’re the hope to the hopeless
You’re the peace to the restless, you are

There is no one like our God
There is no one like our God

For greater things have yet to come
And greater things are still to be done
In this city

Greater things have yet to come
And greater things are still to be done
In this city

You’re the God of this city
You’re the King of these people
You’re the Lord of this nation, you are

You’re the light in this darkness
You’re the hope to the hopeless
You’re the peace to the restless, you are

There is no one like our God
There is no one like our God

For greater things have yet to come
And greater things are still to be done
In this city

Greater things have yet to come
And greater things are still to be done
In this city

Greater things have yet to come
And greater things are still to be done here

There is no one like our God
There is no one like our God

For greater things have yet to come
And greater things are still to be done
In this city

Greater things have yet to come
And greater things are still to be done
We believe, we believe in you, God

Greater things have yet to come
And greater things are still to be done
In this city

Greater things have yet to come
And greater things are still to be done here

Greater things
Still to be done here

Aaron Boyd, Andrew McCann, Ian Jordan, Peter Comfort, Peter Kernoghan, Richard Bleakley © 2006 sixsteps Music, worshiptogether.com songs CCLI 241710

 

Baptism {10:30 a.m. service}
Isaac Scot French will be baptized at the 10:30 service this morning upon his profession of faith. Isaac is the son of Eric and Sarah French, and brother to Rachel French.

 

A Profession of Faith
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.

—Apostles’ Creed

* ‘Catholic’ is the historic word meaning ‘universal’ – it therefore refers to the entirety of believers throughout history.

 

Great Is Thy Faithfulness
Great is thy faithfulness
O God my Father
There is no shadow
Of turning with thee
Thou changest not
Thy compassions they fail not
As thou hast been
Thou forever will be

Great is thy faithfulness
Great is thy faithfulness
Morning by morning
New mercies I see
All I have needed
Thy hand hath provided
Great is thy faithfulness
Lord unto me

Summer and winter
And springtime and harvest
Sun moon and stars
In their courses above
Join with all nature
In manifold witness
To thy great faithfulness
Mercy and love

Great is thy faithfulness
Great is thy faithfulness
Morning by morning
New mercies I see
All I have needed
Thy hand hath provided
Great is thy faithfulness
Lord unto me

Pardon for sin
And a peace that endureth
Thy own dear presence
To cheer and to guide
Strength for today
And bright hope for tomorrow
Blessings all mine
With ten thousand beside

Great is thy faithfulness
Great is thy faithfulness
Morning by morning
New mercies I see
All I have needed
Thy hand hath provided
Great is thy faithfulness
Lord unto me

Thomas O. Chisholm, Tune FAITHFULNESS William M. Runyan © 1923 Renewal CCLI 241710

 

Children Dismissed for Children’s Church

 

Sermon
“Our City”
Jeremiah 29:1-14

 

Prayer of Confession
Gracious and Loving Father,
forgive and cleanse us from sin.
Where we have been self-seeking, humble us.
Where we have been indifferent, soften us.
Where we have wandered far from you, restore us.
Fill us with your Spirit, and enable us
to love and care for those, who like us,
are weak and wounded by the fall,
and to desire justice and peace,
that your glory will be known,
until you make all things 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 worshiptogether.com songs sixsteps Music Sweater Weather Music Valley Of Songs Music Thankyou Music CCLI 241710

 

Blest Be The Tie That Binds
Blest be the tie that binds
Our hearts in Christian love
The fellowship of kindred minds
Is like to that above

We share each other’s woes
Our mutual burdens bear
And often for each other flows
The sympathizing tear

This glorious hope revives
Our courage by the way
While each in expectation lives
And longs to see the day

From sorrow, toil and pain
And sin, we shall be free
And perfect love and friendship reign
Through all eternity

John Fawcett, Hymns Adapted to the Circumstance of Public Worship, 1782, Dennis, Hans G. Nägeli; arr. Lowell Mason in The Psaltery, 1845, CCLI241710

 

Benediction