January 19, 2025

Order of Worship

January 19, 2025

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Gathering the Family Together

Red Hymnal #342                                 “Come, Christians, Join to Sing”

Call To Worship

Scripture Reading:                                                       Psalm 118:19-24

¹⁹ Open to me the gates of righteousness,
that I may enter through them
and give thanks to the Lord.

²⁰ This is the gate of the Lord;
the righteous shall enter through it.

²¹ I thank you that you have answered me
and have become my salvation.

²² The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone.

²³ This is the Lord’s doing;
it is marvelous in our eyes.

²⁴ This is the day that the Lord has made;
let us rejoice and be glad in it.

Prayer of Invocation

Declaring What We Believe

Salvation Belongs to Our God

1. Salvation belongs to our God, who sits upon the throne,

and to the Lamb.

Praise and glory, wisdom and thanks, honor and power and strength

Be to our God forever and ever, be to our God forever and ever,

Be to our God forever and ever. Amen.

2. And we, the redeemed, shall be strong

in purpose and unity, declaring aloud,

Praise and glory, wisdom and thanks, honor and power and strength

Be to our God forever and ever, be to our God forever and ever,

Be to our God forever and ever. Amen.

Words and Music (SALVATION BELONGS TO OUR GOD); Adrian Howard and Pat Turner ©1985 Restoration Music, Ltd./Sovereign Music UK; arr. Greg Scheer ©2007 Restoration Music, Ltd./Sovereign Music UK

We Respond to God’s Presence

We Have This Hope

We have this hope that burns within our hearts,

Hope in the coming of the Lord.

We have this faith that Christ alone imparts,

Faith in the promise of His Word.

We believe the time is here,

When the nations far and near

Shall awake, and shout, and sing --

Hallelujah! Christ is King!

We have this hope that burns within our hearts,

Hope in the coming of the Lord.

by Wayne Hooper. © 1962 ARR . CCLI #172212.

The King Shall Come

1. The King shall come when morning dawns

and light triumphant breaks,

When beauty gilds the eastern hills and life to joy awakes.

2. Not as of old a little child, to bear and fight and die,

But crowned with glory like the sun that lights the morning sky.

3. O, brighter than the rising morn when Christ, victorious, rose

And left the lonesome place of death, despite the rage of foes.

4. O, brighter than that glorious morn shall dawn upon our race

The day when Christ in splendor comes, and we shall see His face.

5. The King shall come when morning dawns

and light and beauty brings.

Hail, Christ the Lord! Your people pray:

Come quickly, King of kings.

Based on the Greek translated by John Brownlie, (1859-1925); Melody from Kentucky Harmony, 1816; Arranged by Melvin West, (1930-       )

The Greatest Commands

Verse 1 (Alto; All women first time through):

Love one another, for love is of God.

He who loves is born of God and knows God.

He who does not love does not know God,

For God is love, God is love.

Verse 2 (Bass; All men first time through this section):

Love bears all things,

Believes all things,

Love hopes all things,

Endures all things.

Verse 3 (Tenor):

God is love, God is love, God is love.

God is love, God is love, God is love.

God is love, God is love, God is love.

God is love, God is love, God is love.

Verse 4 (Soprano):

Love the Lord thy God with all thy heart.

With all thy soul, all thy strength, all thy mind.

Love the Lord thy God with all thy heart,

For God is love, God is love, God is love.

Give Him Glory!

1. Give glory to Creation’s God, the Source of all that is.

With but a word, He made the world, and thus the world is His.

His greatness shouts from distant stars. His goodness shines as light.

He made all things to bring Him joy, and in Him we delight!

Chorus:

We cry,

“Glory! Honor! Blessing to the King!

Power! Splendor!” all creation sings.

We cry,

“Wisdom! Riches! Thanks unto the Lamb!”

Endless praises to the great “I Am!”

2. Give glory to Redemption’s Lamb, the Savior of the lost,

Who wore our flesh, then bore our curse upon a cruel cross.

He took the filth and guilt of sin; He took the wrath it earned.

He reconciled our souls to God—the wayward have returned!

(Repeat Chorus)

3. Give glory to the coming King, the Lord of heaven and earth!

The fallen world, like fallen men, awaits its second birth.

“Behold, I shall make all things new,” He promised groaning men.

Dominion shall belong to Christ, and all be right again!

(Repeat Chorus)

Children’s Sermon

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

Today’s Message

Sermon Series: Route 66 – Redemption Road

“Christ is the Branch”

Zechariah

Notes

I. He is the __________________ King.

(Zech. 3:8; 6:12-13; 9:9)

II. He is the High __________________.

(Zech. 6:12-13)

III.       He is __________________.

(Zech. 12:10)

IV. He is the __________________ Victory.

(Zech. 14:9)

We Are Sent Forth in Worship

to Share the Gospel

Hallelujah, Salvation, and Glory

Men:                  Hallelujah, salvation and glory

Honor and power unto the Lord, our God

For the Lord, our God, is mighty

Yes, the Lord, our God is omnipotent

The Lord, our God, He is wonderful!

Altos:                 All praises be to the King of Kings

And the Lord of Lords, He is wonderful!

Sopranos:           Hallelujah,

Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Hallelujah, He is wonderful!

Words: from Rev. 19, Jeffrey LaValley © Candied Jamm Music/Savgos Music (BMI) Music: (HALLELUJAH, SALVATION, AND GLORY): Jeffrey La Valley Music © 1984 Candied Jamm Music/Savgos Music (BMI) CCLI #172212.

Benediction