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Call to Worship
I will give to the Lord the thanks due to his righteousness,
and I will sing praise to the name of the Lord, the Most High.
—Psalm 7:17
Come Thou Fount
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, Asahel Nettleton © Public Domain CCLI 241710
Christ is Risen
Let no one caught in sin remain
Inside the lie of inward shame
But fix our eyes upon the cross
And run to him who showed great love
And bled for us
Freely you’ve bled for us
Christ is risen from the dead
Trampling over death by death
Come awake, come awake
Come and rise up from the grave
Christ is risen from the dead
We are one with him again
Come awake, come awake
Come and rise up from the grave
Beneath the weight of all our sin
You bowed to none but heaven’s will
No scheme of hell, no scoffer’s crown
No burden great can hold you down
In strength you reign
Forever let your church proclaim
Christ is risen from the dead
Trampling over death by death
Come awake, come awake
Come and rise up from the grave
Christ is risen from the dead
We are one with him again
Come awake, come awake
Come and rise up from the grave
O, death, where is your sting?
O, hell, where is your victory?
O, church, come stand in the light
Our God is not dead, he’s alive, he’s alive
Christ is risen from the dead
Trampling over death by death
Come awake, come awake
Come and rise up from the grave
Christ is risen from the dead
We are one with him again
Come awake, come awake
Come and rise up from the grave
Christ is risen from the dead
Trampling over death by death
Come awake, come awake
Come and rise up from the grave
Christ is risen from the dead
We are one with him again
Come awake, come awake
Come and rise up from the grave
Matt Maher, Mia Fieldes © 2009 spiritandsong.com, Thankyou Music, Be Essential Songs, Upside Down Under CCLI 241710
Prayer for the People, the City, and the Nations
Gifts — Even So Come
All of creation, all of the earth
Make straight a highway, a path for the Lord
Jesus is coming soon
Call back the sinner, wake up the saint
Let every nation shout of your fame
Jesus is coming soon
Like a bride waiting for her groom
We’ll be a church ready for you
Every heart longing for our King, we sing
Even so come, Lord Jesus come
Even so come, Lord Jesus come
There will be justice, all will be new
Your name forever, faithful and true
Jesus is coming soon
Like a bride waiting for her groom
We’ll be a church ready for you
Every heart longing for our King, we sing
Even so come, Lord Jesus come
Even so come, Lord Jesus come
So we wait, we wait for you
God we wait, you’re coming soon
So we wait, we wait for you
God we wait, you’re coming soon
Like a bride waiting for her groom
We’ll be a church ready for you
Every heart longing for our King, we sing
Like a bride waiting for her groom
We’ll be a church ready for you
Every heart longing for our King, we sing
Even so come
Chris Tomlin, Jason Ingram, Jess Cates © 2015 S. D. G. Publishing, Sixsteps Songs, Worship Together Music, Open Hands Music, So Essential Tunes, Chrissamsongs Inc, Go Mia Music, Vistaville Music CCLI 241710
This I Believe
Our Father everlasting
The all creating One
God almighty
Through your Holy Spirit
Conceiving Christ the Son
Jesus our savior
I believe in God our Father
I believe in Christ the Son
I believe in the Holy Spirit
Our God is Three in One
I believe in the resurrection
That we will rise again
For I believe in the name of Jesus
Our Judge and our Defender
Suffered and crucified
Forgiveness is in you
Descended into darkness
You rose in glorious life
Forever seated high
I believe in God our Father
I believe in Christ the Son
I believe in the Holy Spirit
Our God is Three in One
I believe in the resurrection
That we will rise again
For I believe in the name of Jesus
I believe in you
I believe you rose again
I believe that Jesus Christ is Lord
I believe in life eternal
I believe in the virgin birth
I believe in the saints’ communion
And in your holy church
I believe in the resurrection
When Jesus comes again
For I believe in the name of Jesus
I believe in God our Father
I believe in Christ the Son
I believe in the Holy Spirit
Our God is Three in One
I believe in the resurrection
That we will rise again
For I believe in the name of Jesus
Ben Fielding, Matt Crocker © 2014 Hillsong Music Publishing 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
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
The Peacemaker — The Church is…
2 Corinthians 5:16-21
Prayer of Confession
Father, we confess our sin against you
and against our neighbor.
We create division, but you bring us together;
we build resentment and jealousy,
but you bring understanding;
we hold on to anger and hurt, but you bring peace.
We have been indifferent to your grace, and we are sorry.
Forgive us, and reconcile us to you and to each other.
In Jesus’ name. Amen.
Assurance of Pardon
God was pleased to reconcile to himself all things, through Jesus, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.
— Colossians 1:19-20
The Lord’s Supper
Dear Refuge of My Weary Soul
Dear refuge of my weary soul
On thee, when sorrows rise
On thee, when waves of trouble roll
My fainting hope relies
To thee I tell each rising grief
For thou alone canst heal
Thy word can bring a sweet relief
For every pain I feel
But oh! When gloomy doubts prevail
I fear to call thee mine
The springs of comfort seem to fail
And all my hopes decline
Yet gracious God, where shall I flee
Thou art my only trust
And still my soul would cleave to thee Though prostrate in the dust
Hast thou not bid me seek thy face
And shall I seek in vain
And can the ear of sovereign grace
Be deaf when I complain
No still the ear of sovereign grace
Attends the mourner’s prayer
O may I ever find access
To breathe my sorrows there
Thy mercy seat is open still
Here let my soul retreat
With humble hope attend thy will
And wait beneath thy feet
Thy mercy seat is open still
Here let my soul retreat
With humble hope attend thy will
And wait beneath thy feet
Anne Steele, Kevin Twit © 1998 Kevin Twit Music 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
2nd century tr., Henry W. Greatorex, 1851
Benediction
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