Liturgy 2/26/2023

PRELUDE –

“Rest In You” by All Sons And Daughters

CALL TO WORSHIP – Psalm 107:1-3: 

“Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,

    for his steadfast love endures forever!

Let the redeemed of the Lord say so,

    whom he has redeemed from trouble

and gathered in from the lands,

    from the east and from the west,

    from the north and from the south.”

Let’s stand and give thanks to the Lord, 

for he has gathered his people into his presence this morning!

SONG –

“Praise to the Lord, the Almighty” by Joachim Neander

CONFESSION OF SIN – Colossians 3:12-15

As God gathers his people out of this world and into his heavenly kingdom, 

The Apostle Paul now commands all Christians in Colossians 3 to put to death what is earthly in us and instead:

“Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful.”

One of the means by which Christians today put off the world and put on Christ Jesus is by regularly confessing to God the ways in which we are still worldly today. In spite of God’s mercy, none of us perfectly reflect God’s kindness, humility, and patience, and all of us still need to ask for his forgiveness for the ways we still fail to love others as Jesus himself has loved us. Let’s use this time of silence in our service to pray and confess our sins before the Lord and seek his forgiveness and mercy. 

(moment of silence)

ASSURANCE OF PARDON – Ephesians 2:12-15

“Remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace, and might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility.”

Through the blood of Christ, 

we who were once far off now have peace with God and his people.

Let’s continue to give thanks to the Lord this morning!

SONG – 

“Let Us Love and Sing and Wonder” by John Newton

PRAYER

KIDS’ CORNER

Available for children ages 0-5

SONG – 

“Speak, O Lord” by Keith Getty and Stuart Townend

SCRIPTURE READING – Joshua 22:1-34 

SERMON

SONGS – 

“The Power of Cross” by Keith Getty and Stuart Townend [add this verse – “This the glory of the Son / He lived and died and rose for us / Clothed in white his record ours /We stand righteous [now] before the Throne”]

“Make Us One” by Twila Paris

LORD’S TABLE

OFFERING

SONG –

“Unchanging” by Chris Tomlin

BENEDICTION & ANNOUNCEMENTS

POSTLUDE – 

“Oliver James” by Fleet Foxes

Liturgy 2/19/2023

PRELUDE –

“Jesus You Come” by Tenielle Neda

CALL TO WORSHIP – Psalm 67:3-5: 

“Let the peoples praise you, O God;

    let all the peoples praise you!

Let the nations be glad and sing for joy,

    for you judge the peoples with equity

    and guide the nations upon earth. Selah

Let the peoples praise you, O God;

    let all the peoples praise you!” 

SONG –

“Crown Him With Many Crowns” by George Job Elvey, Godfrey Thring, and Matthew Bridges

CONFESSION OF SIN – Book of Common Prayer

In light of God’s coming justice, it is imperative that sinners like us seek refuge in the Lord’s mercy now, lest we also should be swept away by his wrath. As David says in Psalm 34:22, “The LORD redeems the life of his servants; none of those who take refuge in him will be condemned.” Let’s use this time in our service now to confess our sins before the Lord and to seek refuge in his abundant mercy and grace. Pray with me this prayer aloud:

“Almighty God, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 

Maker of all things, Judge of all men, 

we acknowledge and bewail our manifold sins and wickedness, 

which we from time to time most grievously have committed, 

by thought, word, and deed, against your divine Majesty, 

provoking most justly your wrath and indignation against us. 

We earnestly repent, and are heartily sorry for these our misdoings. 

The remembrance of them is grievous to us, the burden of them is intolerable. 

Have mercy upon us, have mercy upon us, most merciful Father, 

for your Son our Lord Jesus Christ’s sake. 

Forgive us all that is past, 

and grant that we may ever from now on serve and please you 

in newness of life, to the honor and glory of your name, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 

Amen.”

ASSURANCE OF PARDON – Hebrews 9:27-28

In Hebrews 9:27-28 the Word of God assures 

those who seek refuge in the name of Christ stating:

“And just as it is appointed for man to die once, 

and after that comes judgment, so Christ, 

having been offered once to bear the sins of many, 

will appear a second time, not to deal with sin 

but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.”

Let’s continue to celebrate this great salvation hope we have received in Christ!

SONG – 

“Christ Our Hope In Life And Death” by Jordan Kauflin, Keith Getty, Matt Boswell, Matt Papa, Matthew Merker

PRAYER

KIDS’ CORNER

Available for children ages 0-5

SONG – 

“Rock of Ages” by Augustus Toplady

SCRIPTURE READING – Joshua 20:1 – 21:45   

SERMON – “Cities Of Refuge”

SONGS – 

“Jesus I Come” by George Coles Stebbins and William True Sleeper

“I Need Thee Every Hour” by Robert Lowry

LORD’S TABLE

OFFERING

SONG –

“By Faith” by Keith Getty and Kristyn Getty and Stuart Townend

BENEDICTION & ANNOUNCEMENTS

POSTLUDE – 

“Home Called Heaven” by LOVKIN

Liturgy 2/12/2023

PRELUDE –

“Until These Tears Are Gone” by Young Oceans

CALL TO WORSHIP – Psalm 149:2-4: 

“Let Israel be glad in his Maker;

    let the children of Zion rejoice in their King!

Let them praise his name with dancing,

    making melody to him with tambourine and lyre!

For the Lord takes pleasure in his people;

    he adorns the humble with salvation.” 

SONG –

“Behold, Our God” by Jonathan, Meghan, and Ryan Baird and Mark Altrogge

CONFESSION OF SIN

Almighty and most merciful Father, we are thankful that your mercy is

higher than the heavens,

wider than our wanderings,

deeper than all our sin.

Forgive our careless attitudes toward your purposes,

our refusal to relieve the suffering of others,

our envy of those who have more than we have,

our obsession with creating a life of constant pleasure,

our indifference to the treasures of heaven,

our neglect of your wise and gracious law.

Help us to change our way of life

so that we may desire what is good,

love what you love,

and do what you command,

through Jesus Christ our Lord. 

Amen.

ASSURANCE OF PARDON – Isaiah 53:4-6

“Surely he has borne our griefs

      and carried our sorrows;

      yet we esteemed him stricken,

      smitten by God, and afflicted.

      But he was pierced for our transgressions;

      he was crushed for our iniquities;

      upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace,

      and with his wounds we are healed.

      All we like sheep have gone astray;

      we have turned—every one—to his own way;

      and the Lord has laid on him

      the iniquity of us all.”

SONG – 

“All I Have Is Christ” by Jordan Kauflin

PRAYER

AFFIRMATION OF FAITH – From the Heidelberg Catechism Question 1

Q: What is your only comfort in life and death?

A: “That I am not my own, but belong body and soul, 

in life and in death to my faithful Savior, Jesus Christ.

      He has fully paid for all my sins with his precious blood, 

and has delivered me from the tyranny of the devil. 

He also watches over me in such a way 

that not a hair can fall from my head without the will of my Father in heaven; 

in fact, all things must work together for my salvation.

      Because I belong to him, Christ, by his Holy Spirit, also assures me of eternal life 

and makes me wholeheartedly willing and ready from now on to live for him.”

KIDS’ CORNER

Available for children ages 0-5

SONG – 

“Lord I Need You” by Christy Nockels, Daniel Carson, Jesse Reeves, Kristian Stanfill,

and Matt Maher

SCRIPTURE READING – Joshua 18:1-19:51  Please announce the page number (P. 192) in the pew Bibles in the back. Instruct the congregation to stand. End with “This is the Word of the Lord.” 

SERMON – “To Each Our Lot And Portion”

SONG – 

“Christ Our Hope In Life And Death” by Jordan Kauflin, Keith Getty, Matt Boswell, Matt Papa, Matthew Merker

“My Jesus I Love Thee” by Adoniram Judson Gordon and William Ralph Featherstone

LORD’S TABLE

OFFERING

SONG –

“We Will Feast in the House of Zion” by Joshua Moore and Sandra McCracken

BENEDICTION & ANNOUNCEMENTS

POSTLUDE – 

“Running” by Land of Color

Liturgy 2/5/2023

PRELUDE –

“Omnipotent” by The Beautiful Eulogy

CALL TO WORSHIP – Psalm 107:1-3: 

“Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,

    for his steadfast love endures forever!

Let the redeemed of the Lord say so,

    whom he has redeemed from trouble

and gathered in from the lands,

    from the east and from the west,

    from the north and from the south.” 

Let’s stand and sing, for the Lord our God has redeemed us from trouble!

SONG –

“Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing” by John Wyeth and Robert Robinson

CONFESSION OF SIN –  Romans 1:21-25

“For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Claiming to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.

Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever!”

ASSURANCE OF PARDON –  Romans 8:32

“What then shall we say to these thing? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?

SONG – 

“To The Cross I Cling” by Isaac Wimberley, Matt Boswell, and Michael Bleecker

PRAYER

(congregation sits)

KIDS’ CORNER

Available for children ages 0-5

SONG – 

“Christ Is Mine Forevermore” by Jonny Robinson, Rich Thompson

SCRIPTURE READING – Joshua 16:1-17:18  (P. 191) in the pew Bibles in the back.

(congregation stands)

SERMON – (Nathan) “Land, Women, and Contentment”

(congregation sits)

SONG – 

“My Jesus I Love Thee” by Adoniram Judson Gordon and William Ralph Featherstone

“It Is Well with My Soul” by Horatio Gates Spafford and Philip Paul Bliss

LORD’S TABLE

OFFERING

SONG –

“Your Grace Is Enough” by Matt Maher

BENEDICTION & ANNOUNCEMENTS

POSTLUDE – 

“Illinois” by Rick Rickren