Monthly Archives: July 2016

Worship – July 31, 2016

Welcome & Announcements

 

Call to Worship
How lovely is your dwelling place, Lord Almighty!

My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the Lord;
my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself,
where she may have her young—a place near your altar,
Lord Almighty, my King and my God.

Blessed are those who dwell in your house; they are ever praising you.

—Psalm 84:1-4

 

Better Is One Day
How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord Almighty
For my soul longs and even faints for you

For here my heart is satisfied
Within your presence
I sing beneath the shadow of your wings

Better is one day in your courts
Better is one day in your house
Better is one day in your courts
Than thousands elsewhere
Than thousands elsewhere

One thing I ask and I would seek
To see your beauty
To find you in the place your glory dwells

Better is one day in your courts
Better is one day in your house
Better is one day in your courts
Than thousands elsewhere

Better is one day in your courts
Better is one day in your house
Better is one day in your courts
Than thousands elsewhere

My heart and flesh cry out
For you the living God
Your Spirit’s water to my soul

I’ve tasted and I’ve seen
Come once again to me
I will draw near to you
I will draw near to you

Better is one day
Better is one day
Better is one day
Than thousands elsewhere

Better is one day
Better is one day
Better is one day
Than thousands elsewhere

Better is one day in your courts
Better is one day in your house
Better is one day in your courts
Than thousands elsewhere
Than thousands elsewhere
Than thousands elsewhere

Matt Redman. ©1995 Kingsway’s Thankyou Music. CCLI 241710

 

He Leadeth Me
He leadeth me, O blessed thought
O words with heav’nly comfort fraught
Whate’er I do, where’er I be
Still ’tis God’s hand that leadeth me

He leadeth me, he leadeth me
By his own hand he leadeth me
His faithful follower I would be
For by his hand he leadeth me

Sometimes mid scenes of deepest gloom
Sometimes where Eden’s bowers bloom
By waters still, over troubled sea
Still ’tis His hand that leadeth me

He leadeth me, he leadeth me
By his own hand he leadeth me
His faithful follower I would be
For by his hand he leadeth me

Lord, I would place my hand in thine
Nor ever murmur nor repine
Content, whatever lot I see
Since ’tis my God that leadeth me

He leadeth me, he leadeth me
By his own hand he leadeth me
His faithful follower I would be
For by his hand he leadeth me

And when my task on earth is done
When by thy grace the vict’ry’s won
E’en death’s cold wave I will not flee
Since God through Jordan leadeth me

He leadeth me, he leadeth me
By his own hand he leadeth me
His faithful follower I would be
For by his hand he leadeth me

L.C. Hall © Public Domain CCLI 241710

 

Awesome Is the Lord Most High
Great are you, Lord, mighty in strength
You are faithful and you will ever be
We will praise you all of our days
It’s for your glory we will ever sing

Raise your hands, all you nations
Shout to God all creation
How awesome is the Lord most high

You, O Lord, are a shield about me
You are my glory and you lift my head
You always answer when I call your name
You are my God and I will ever sing

Raise your hands all you nations
Shout to God all creation
How awesome is the Lord most high

We will praise you together
For now and forever
How awesome is the Lord most high

Hallelujah, hallelujah
How awesome is the Lord most high

Hallelujah, hallelujah
How awesome is the Lord most high

Raise your hands all you nations
Shout to God all creation
How awesome is the Lord most high

We will praise you together
For now and forever
How awesome is the Lord most high
The Lord most high

Cary Pierce, Chris Tomlin, Jesse Reeves, Jon Abel © 2006 worshiptogether.com songs, sixsteps Music, Popular Purple Publishing, Bridge Building Music, Inc., 45 Degrees Music, Vamos Publishing CCLI 241710

 

Prayer for the People, the City, and the Nations

 

Gifts — My Victory
You came for criminals and ev’ry Pharisee
You came for hypocrites, even one like me

You carried sin and shame, the guilt of ev’ry man
The weight of all I’ve done nailed into your hands

Oh, your love bled for me
Oh, your blood in crimson streams
Oh, your death is Hell’s defeat
A cross meant to kill is my victory

Oh, your amazing grace, I’ve seen and tasted it
It’s running through my veins, I can’t escape its grip
In you my soul is safe, you cover ev’rything

Oh, your love bled for me
Oh, your blood in crimson streams
Oh, your death is Hell’s defeat
A cross meant to kill is my victory

Behold the Lamb of God
Who takes away our sin, who takes away our sin

The holy Lamb of God
Makes us alive again, makes us alive again

Behold the Lamb of God
Who takes away our sin, who takes away our sin

The holy Lamb of God
Makes us alive again, makes us alive again

Oh, your love bled for me
Oh, your blood in crimson streams
Oh, your death is Hell’s defeat
A cross meant to kill is my victory
Oh, a cross meant to kill is my victory

Darren Mulligan, David Crowder, Ed Cash, Hank Bentley © 2016 Dayspring Music, LLC Inot Music, sixsteps Music, worshiptogether.com songs, All Essential Music, Bentley Street Songs, Alletrop Music CCLI 241710

 

Great and Mighty King
Your love has rescued us
The cross delivered all our hearts from fear
Our hope is here

You came to make a way
Jesus, you came to raise the dead to life
Our song will rise

O great and mighty King, you reign in majesty
Before your throne we sing holy, holy
O great and mighty King, for all eternity
We bow with heaven and sing holy, holy

What do we have to bring
This is our offering, our hearts before
The risen Lord

All power in your name
Jesus, the One who saves, be lifted high
Our song will rise

O great and mighty King, you reign in majesty
Before your throne we sing holy, holy
O great and mighty King, for all eternity
We bow with heaven and sing holy, holy

Your glory fills this place
We shout unending praise
Forever hallelujah
Forever hallelujah

Your glory fills this place
We shout unending praise
Forever hallelujah
Forever hallelujah

Your glory fills this place
We shout unending praise
Forever hallelujah
Forever hallelujah

Your glory fills this place
We shout unending praise
Forever hallelujah
Forever hallelujah

O great and mighty King, you reign in majesty
Before your throne we sing holy, holy
O great and mighty King, for all eternity
We bow with heaven and sing holy, holy

Brett Younker Chris Brown, Zachary Kale © 2013 sixsteps Music, worshiptogether.com songs, Be Essential Songs, Elevation Worship Publishing CCLI 241710

 

Children Dismissed for Children’s Church

 

Sermon
“Tender Strength”
Psalm 37:8-11

 

Prayer of Confession
Father in Heaven,
tender and loving, mighty and true.
From everlasting to everlasting,
you are God, and in Jesus, we are yours.
Forgive our sins. They are many.
We are in need of cleansing grace,
and the renewing power of your Spirit.
Find us where we hide,
and expose where we are weak.
Break through our barriers of self,
and fear and false righteousness.
Heal our hurts, calm our fears,
and relieve our sorrows.
Make us a loving presence
in this world you created to be good,
until you make all things new.
Through Jesus. Amen.

 

Assurance of Pardon
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

—1 John 1:9:

 

The Lord’s Supper

 

Savior Like a Shepherd Lead Us
Savior, like a shepherd lead us
Much we need thy tender care
In thy pleasant pastures feed us
For our use thy folds prepare

Blessed Jesus, blessed Jesus
Thou hast bought, thine we are
(repeat)

We are thine, thou dost befriend us
Be the guardian of our way
Keep thy flock, from sin defend us
Seek us when we go astray

Blessed Jesus, blessed Jesus
Hear, O hear us when we pray
(repeat)

Thou hast promised to receive us
Poor and sinful though we be
Thou hast mercy to relieve us
Grace to cleanse and power to free

Blessed Jesus, blessed Jesus
We will early turn to thee
(repeat)

Early let us seek thy favor
Early let us do thy will
Blessed Lord and Savior
With thy love our bosoms fill

Blessed Jesus, blessed Jesus
Thou hast loved us, love us still
(repeat)

“Hymns for the Young,” 1836; attributed to Dorothy A. Thrupp, Tune BRADBURY. William B. Bradbury 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 – July 24, 2016

Welcome & Announcements

 

Call to Worship
All the nations you have made
shall worship and glorify your name, O Lord,
For you are great and do wondrous things;
you alone are God.

I will praise you, O Lord my God, with my whole heart,
and I will glorify your name forever.

—based on Psalm 86

 

Unbroken Praise
Praise unbroken, praise unending
Be yours, be yours forevermore

Praise untainted, praise unfading
Be yours, be yours forevermore
Be yours, be yours forevermore

Unbroken praise be yours, God, forever
All my praise be yours, God, forever
Lord, take this life, let it become your throne
Unbroken praise be yours

My surrender, my devotion
Be yours, be yours forevermore
Be yours, be yours forevermore

Unbroken praise be yours, God, forever
All my praise be yours, God, forever
Lord, take this life, let it become your throne
Unbroken praise be yours

So let my deeds outrun my words
And let my life outweigh my songs

So let my deeds outrun my words
And let my life outweigh my songs

Unbroken praise be yours, God, forever
All my praise be yours, God, forever
Lord, take this life, let it become your throne
Unbroken praise be yours

Unbroken praise be yours, God, forever
All my praise be yours, God, forever
Lord, take this life, let it become your throne
Unbroken praise be yours

Unbroken praise be yours
Unbroken praise be yours

Jonas Myrin, Matt Redman © 2015 Said and Done Music, sixsteps Music, Thankyou Music, worshiptogether.com songs CCLI 241710

 

The Solid Rock
My hope is built on nothing less
Than Jesus’ blood and righteousness
I dare not trust the sweetest frame
But wholly lean on Jesus’ name

On Christ the solid rock I stand
All other ground is sinking sand
All other ground is sinking sand

When darkness veils his lovely face
I rest on his unchanging grace
In every high and stormy gale
My anchor holds within the veil

On Christ the solid rock I stand
All other ground is sinking sand
All other ground is sinking sand

His oath, his covenant, his blood
Support me in the whelming flood
When all around my soul gives way
He then is all my hope and stay

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

On Christ the solid rock I stand
All other ground is sinking sand
All other ground is sinking sand

On Christ the solid rock I stand
All other ground is sinking sand
All other ground is sinking sand

Edward Mote 1834, Tune, SOLID ROCK, William B. Bradbury CCLI 241710

 

Rejoice
Come and stand before your Maker
Full of wonder, full of fear
Come behold his power and glory
Yet with confidence draw near

For the one who holds the heavens
And commands the stars above
Is the God who bends to bless us
With an unrelenting love

Rejoice!
Come and lift your hands
And raise your voice
He is worthy of all praise

Rejoice!
Sing the mercies of your King
And with trembling, rejoice

We are children of the promise
The beloved of the Lord
Won with everlasting kindness
Bought with sacrificial blood

Bringing reconciliation
To a world that longs to know
The affections of a Father
Who will never let them go

Rejoice!
Come and lift your hands
And raise your voice
He is worthy of all praise

Rejoice!
Sing the mercies of your King
And with trembling, rejoice

All our sickness, all our sorrows
Jesus carried up the hill
He has walked this path before us
He is walking with us still

Turning tragedy to triumph
Turning agony to praise
There is blessing in the battle
So take heart and stand amazed

Rejoice!
When you cry to him
He hears your voice
He will wipe away your tears

Rejoice!
In the midst of suffering
He will help you sing…

Rejoice!
Come and lift your hands
And raise your voice
He is worthy of all praise

Rejoice!
Sing the mercies of your King
And with trembling, rejoice

Dustin Kensrue, Stuart Townend © 2013 Dead Bird Theology, It’s All About Jesus Music, Townend Songs, We Are Younger We Are Faster Music CCLI 241710

 

Prayer for the People, the City, and the Nations

 

Gifts — I Am Not Alone
When I walk through deep waters
I know that you will be with me
When I’m standing in the fire
I will not be overcome
Through the valley of the shadow, I will not fear

I am not alone, I am not alone
You will go before me, you will never leave me

I am not alone, I am not alone
You will go before me, you will never leave me

In the midst of deep sorrow
I see your light is breaking through
The dark of night will not overtake me
I am pressing into you
Lord, you fight my ev’ry battle and I will not fear

I am not alone, I am not alone
You will go before me, you will never leave me

I am not alone, I am not alone
You will go before me, you will never leave me

You amaze me, redeem me
You call me as your own
You amaze me, redeem me
You call me as your own

You’re my strength, you’re my defender
You’re my refuge in the storm
Through these trials you’ve always been faithful
You bring healing to my soul

I am not alone, I am not alone
You will go before me, you will never leave me

I am not alone, I am not alone
You will go before me, you will never leave me

I am not alone, I am not alone
You will go before me, you will never leave me

Austin Davis, Ben Davis, Dustin Sauder, Grant Pittman, Kari Jobe, Marty Sampson, Mia Fieldes © 2014 Capitol CMG Publishing, Music Services, Inc., Essential Music Publishing LLC, Watershed Music Group CCLI 241710

 

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

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
“As You Have Believed”
Matthew 8:5-13

 

Prayer of Confession
“Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good;
for his steadfast love endures forever!”
Holy, gracious and kind,
are you God, our Father.
When we are weak, you are strong.
When we fail, you are merciful.
When we are faint, you are mighty.
Though we are unworthy, you are faithful.
Forgive us our sins, and cleanse our hearts
from wicked motives and impure thoughts.
Restore us and make us a sweet aroma
that reflects your loving presence,
before a broken world that longs for hope and peace.
Through Jesus. Amen.

 

Assurance of Pardon
“For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.”

— Romans 5:10, 11

 

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

Worship – July 17, 2016

Welcome & Announcements

 

Call to Worship
To him who loves us
and has freed us from our sins by his blood,
and has made us to be a kingdom and priests
to serve his God and Father—
to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen.

—Revelation 1:5-6

 

Let Us Love and Sing and Wonder
Let us love and sing and wonder
Let us praise the Savior’s name
He has hushed the law’s loud thunder
He has quenched Mount Sinai’s flame

Let us love the Lord who bought us
Pitied us when enemies
Called us by his grace and taught us
Gave us ears and gave us eyes

He has washed us with his blood
He has washed us with his blood
He has washed us with his blood
He presents our souls to God

Let us wonder, grace and justice
Join and point to mercy’s store
When through grace in Christ our trust is
Justice smiles and asks no more

He who washed us with his blood
He who washed us with his blood
He who washed us with his blood
Has secured our way to God

Let us praise, and join the chorus
Of the saints enthroned on high
Here they trusted him before us
Now their praises fill the sky

He has washed us with his blood
He has washed us with his blood
He has washed us with his blood
He will bring us home to God

John Newton © 2001 Laura Taylor Music. CCLI 241710

 

Only King Forever
Our God and firm foundation
Our Rock, the only solid ground
The nations rise and fall

Kingdoms once strong now shaken
We trust forever in your name
The name of Jesus
We trust the name of Jesus

You are the only King forever
Almighty God we lift you higher
You are the only King forever
Forevermore you are victorious

You are the only King forever
Almighty God we lift you higher
You are the only King forever
Forevermore you are victorious

Unmatched in all your wisdom
In love and justice you will reign
And ev’ry knee will bow

We bring our expectations
Our hope is anchored in your name
The name of Jesus
We trust the name of Jesus

You are the only King forever
Almighty God we lift you higher
You are the only King forever
Forevermore you are victorious

You are the only King forever
Almighty God we lift you higher
You are the only King forever
Forevermore you are victorious

We lift our banner high
We lift the name of Jesus
From age to age you reign
Your kingdom has no end

We lift our banner high
We lift the name of Jesus
From age to age you reign
Your kingdom has no end

You are the only King forever
Almighty God we lift you higher
You are the only King forever
Forevermore you are victorious

You are the only King forever
Almighty God we lift you higher
You are the only King forever
Forevermore you are victorious

Chris Brown, Mack Brock, Steven Furtick, Wade Joye © 2013 Sony/ATV Tree Publishing CCLI 241710

 

Prayer for the People, the City, and the Nations

 

Gifts

 

How Great Is Our God
The splendor of a King
Clothed in majesty
Let all the earth rejoice
All the earth rejoice

He wraps himself in light
And darkness tries to hide
And trembles at his voice
And trembles at his voice

How great is our God, sing with me
How great is our God, and all will see
How great, how great is our God

Age to age he stands
And time is in his hands
Beginning and the End
Beginning and the End

The Godhead, three in one
Father, Spirit, Son
The Lion and the Lamb
The Lion and the Lamb

How great is our God, sing with me
How great is our God, and all will see
How great, how great is our God

Name above all names
Worthy of all praise
My heart will sing
How great is our God

Then sings my soul
My Savior God, to thee
How great thou art
How great thou art

Then sings my soul
My Savior God, to thee
How great thou art
How great thou art

How great is our God, sing with me
How great is our God, and all will see
How great, how great is our God

Chris Tomlin, Ed Cash, Jesse Reeves. ©2004 worshiptogether.com songs, sixsteps Music, Alletrop CCLI 241710

 

Children Dismissed for Children’s Church

 

Sermon
“Extraordinary Generosity”
Galatians 5:22-26 and Romans 5:6-8

 

Prayer of Confession
Merciful God and Loving Father,
we come with empty hands, weak and needy.
Our sins are ever before us.
Forgive and cleanse us in the living water,
that flows from our Savior, Jesus.
Make us a gracious presence,
and a compassionate people.
Bless our community and love our world,
through us and in spite of us,
as you make Jesus known
to those who share our brokenness
in this fallen world you created to be good.
Through Jesus. Amen.

 

Assurance of Pardon
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us –
for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree.”

—Galatians 3:13

 

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

 

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