August 6, 2023

Order of Worship

Sunday, August 6, 2023

Welcome and Announcements

Gathering the Family Together

Rise Up, O Church of God

Rise up, O Church of God! Have done with lesser things.

Give heart and mind and soul and strength to serve the King of kings.

Rise up, O Church of God! His kingdom tarries long.

Bring in the day of brotherhood and end the night of wrong.

Rise up, O sons of God! The Church for you doth wait.

Her strength unequal to her task. Rise up and make her great!

Lift high the cross of Christ! Tread where His feet have trod.

As foll’wers of the Son of Man. Rise up, O Church of God!

TEXT: William P. Merrill, altered MUSIC: Aaron William; arranged by Joseph Barlowe. Hymn Tune ST. THOMAS Arr. © Copyright 1997 by Integrity’s Hosanna! Music and Word Music (a div. of WORD Music). All rights reserved. Used with permission.

Call To Worship

Scripture Reading:                                                    Colossians 1:15-20

The Preeminence of Christ

He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.

For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities —all things were created through him and for him.

And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.

And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent.

For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell,

And through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.         (ESV)

Prayer of Invocation

Declaring What We Believe

Before the Throne

Before the throne of God above I have a strong and perfect plea.

A great High Priest whose name is “love,”

Whoever lives and pleads for me.

My name is graven on His hands. My name is written on His heart.

I know that while in heaven He stands

No tongue can bid me thence depart.

No tongue can bid me thence depart.

When Satan tempts me to despair, And tells me of the guilt within.

Upward I look and see Him there, Who made an end of all my sin.

Because the sinless Savior died, My sinful soul is counted free;

For God, the Just, is satisfied

To look on Him and pardon me,

To look on Him and pardon me.

Behold Him there! The Risen Lamb, My perfect spotless Righteousness;

The great unchangeable I AM, The King of Glory and of Grace!

One with Himself, I cannot die, My soul is purchased by His blood;

My life is hid with Christ on high,

With Christ my Savior and my God,

With Christ my Savior and my God.

by Charitie Bancroft & Vikki Cook © 1997 PDI Worship. ARR CCLI #172212

We Respond to God’s Presence

My Worth is Not in What I Own

My worth is not in what I own, not in the strength of flesh and bone

But in the costly wounds of love at the cross

My worth is not in skill or name, in win or lose, in pride or shame

But in the blood of Christ that flowed at the cross

Refrain:

I rejoice in my Redeemer; Greatest Treasure, Wellspring of my soul

I will trust in Him, no other. My soul is satisfied in Him alone.

As summer flowers we fade and die; Fame, youth and beauty hurry by

But life eternal calls to us at the cross

I will not boast in wealth or might or human wisdom’s fleeting light

But I will boast in knowing Christ at the cross

Repeat Refrain:

Two wonders here that I confess: My worth and my unworthiness

My value fixed - my ransom paid at the cross

Repeat Refrain:

Words & Music by Keith & Kristyn Getty and Graham Kendrick ©2014 Getty Music Publishing (BMI)/ Makeway Music

Children’s Sermon

Children’s Sermon Song:

Get On Board, Little Children

The Gospel train’s a-comin,’—I hear it just at hand,

I hear the car wheels rumb-lin’—An’ rollin’ thru the land.

Get on board little children, Get on board little children,

Get on board, little children, There’s room for many-a-more.

Pastoral Prayer

The basket to receive His tithes and our offerings

is located on the left as you leave the Sanctuary.

We Worship Through Hearing

Sermon Hymn:

Behold the Lamb

Behold the Lamb who bears our sins away, slain for us—

And we remember the promise made

that all who come in faith find forgiveness at the cross.

So we share in this bread of life,

and we drink of His sacrifice as a sign of our bonds of peace

Around the table of the King.

The body of our Savior Jesus Christ, torn for you—

eat and remember;

The wounds that heal,

the death that brings us life paid the price to make us one.

So we share in this bread of life,

and we drink of His sacrifice as a sign of our bonds of love

Around the table of the King.

The blood that cleanses every stain of sin, shed for you—

drink and remember

He drained death’s cup that all may enter in to receive the life of God.

So we share in this bread of life,

and we drink of His sacrifice as a sign of our bonds of grace

Around the table of the King.

And so with thankfulness and faith we rise to respond—

and to remember

Our call to follow in the steps of Christ as His body here on earth.

As we share in His suffering, we proclaim Christ will come again!

And we’ll join in the feast of heaven

Around the table of the King.

Words and music by Keith & Kristyn Getty & Stuart Townend. Copyright © 2006 Thankyou Music. Used by permission.

Today’s Message

Sermon Series: Speak, Lord, the Church is Listening

“The Lukewarm Laodiceans”

Revelation 3:14-22

Notes

I. Christ Confronts (Rev. 3:15-18)

A. Lukewarm _____________                     (vs. 15-16)

Prideful _______________                                              (vs. 17a)

False __________________                                             (vs. 17b)

B. With Faithful ________________ (vs. 17c-18)

He Offers Treasure that is _____________

Covering that is ______________

Sight that is ______________________

II. Christ Commands            (Rev. 3:19)

A. His Love Brings ____________ and _______________

B. Be Zealous for Him, __________!

C. Return to Being ______________!

III. Christ Comforts                                                             (Rev. 3:20-22)

A. Intimate Abiding Fellowship ______________

B. Conquerors will ______________ with Him

Communion

Prayer of Contrition

Sharing of the Elements

We invite to the Lord’s Table all those who are baptized disciples of Jesus Christ and are under the authority of Christ and His body, the Church. By eating the bread and drinking the wine with us as a visitor, you are acknowledging to the elders of this local church that you are in covenant with God and an active member of a congregation in which the gospel is faithfully confessed, taught, and believed. You also acknowledge that you are a sinner, without hope except in the sovereign mercy of God, and that you are trusting in Jesus Christ alone for salvation. If you have any doubt about your participation, please speak to the elders before or after the service.

Declaration of Forgiveness

We Are Sent Forth in Worship

to Share the Gospel

Now unto Him

Now unto Him who is able to keep you from falling

And to make you stand in His presence

Blameless and with great joy.

To the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ, our Lord,

Be the glory and the majesty, dominion and authority,

Both now and forever. Amen

Give Him the glory and the majesty, dominion and authority,

Both now and forever. Amen                         (Jude 24-25)

Music: David Morris; arranged by Tom Fettke; ©1986 by Integrity’s Hosanna! Music. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

Benediction