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Call to Worship
Praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord, O my soul!
I will praise the Lord as long as I live;
I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.
—Psalm 146:1-2 (ESV)
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
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 – Made Alive
Dead in our sin, broken and hopeless
Children of wrath, walking in darkness
But God, rich in mercy, great in love
By grace from the depths you’ve lifted us
We are made alive through you
And for your glory
We lift our voices to you
For you are holy
No longer dead but now revived
From darkness into life
We are made alive
We are made alive
Raised in Christ, seated in the heavens
So all would know that there is redemption
But God, rich in mercy, great in love
By grace from the depths you’ve lifted us
We are made alive through you
And for your glory
We lift our voices to you
For you are holy
No longer dead but now revived
From darkness into life
We are made alive
We are made alive
In you, we have redemption
In you, we have been chosen
In you, we have redemption
In you, we have been chosen
We are made alive through you
And for your glory
We lift our voices to you
For you are holy
No longer dead but now revived
From darkness into life
We are made alive
We are made alive through you
And for your glory
We lift our voices to you
For you are holy
No longer dead but now revived
From darkness into life
We are made alive
We are made alive
Emma Barge, Justin Melton, Brandon Stubbs © 2014 Dream Worship CCLI 241710
A Confession of the Church’s Mission
“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
God You Reign
You paint the night
You count the stars
And you call them by name
The skies proclaim, ‘God you reign’
Your glory shines
You teach the sun
When to bring a new day
Creation sings, ‘God you reign’
God you reign
God you reign
Forever and ever
God you reign
You part the seas
You move the mountains
With the words that you say
My song remains, ‘God you reign’
You hold my life
You know my heart
And you call me by name
I live to say, ‘God you reign’
God you reign
God you reign
Forever and ever
God you reign
Hallelujah, hallelu
Hallelujah, hallelu
Hallelujah, hallelu
Hallelujah, hallelu
God you reign
God you reign
Forever and ever
God you reign
God you reign
God you reign
Forever and ever
God you reign
Lincoln Brewster, Mia Fieldes © 2008 Integrity’s Praise! Music, Hillsong Publishing CCLI 241710
Children Dismissed for Children’s Church
Sermon
“Why Are We Here?”
Acts 13:1-12
Prayer of Confession
Glorious and Everlasting God,
mighty and gracious, tender and kind.
Be merciful and forgive us.
Wash us from within and make us whole.
We sin, yet you receive us as beloved children,
we rebel, yet you do not treat our sins as they deserve.
Fill us with gratitude and wonder at your goodness.
Give us eyes to see your beauty,
and hearts to live as a graced people,
in a world that thirsts for love,
and longs for peace.
Until you make all things new.
Through Jesus. Amen.
The Lord’s Supper
How Great Thou Art
O Lord my God,
When I in awesome wonder
Consider all the worlds
Thy hands have made
I see the stars
I hear the rolling thunder
Thy power throughout
The universe displayed
Then sings my soul
My Savior God to thee
How great thou art
How great thou art
(repeat)
And when I think that God
His Son not sparing
Sent Him to die
I scarce can take it in
That on the cross
My burden gladly bearing
He bled and died
To take away my sin
Then sings my soul
My Savior God to thee
How great thou art
How great thou art
(repeat)
When Christ shall come
With shouts of acclamation
And take me home
What joy shall fill my heart
Then I shall bow
In humble adoration
And there proclaim
“My God, how great thou art”
Then sings my soul
My Savior God to thee
How great thou art
How great thou art
(repeat)
Stuart Wesley Keene Hine © 1953 Stuart K. Hine, Renewed 1981 Manna Music, Inc. 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
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