February 9, 2025

Mark

Order of Worship

February 9, 2025

Welcome and Announcements

Gathering the Family Together

The Lord Be with You

Leader:    The Lord be with you__ __.

All:           And also with you __.

The Lord of heaven and earth __ be worshiped in this place.

The covenant of grace be renewed __ __ __.

The Lord __ be with you.

Leader:    Lord, open our lips __ __,

All:           And we’ll sing your praise __.

O Lord, your unfailing love __ and mercy will endure __

as fresh and bright and sure as morning sun __ __ __.

We bless you, Three in One!

Text © 2005 Reformed Church Press · Hymn Text © 1999 Ron Rienstra CCLI 172212

Call To Worship

Scripture Reading:

Mark 1:29-34 – Jesus Heals Many

²⁹ And immediately he left the synagogue and entered the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.

³⁰ Now Simon’s mother-in-law lay ill with a fever, and immediately they told him about her.

³¹ And he came and took her by the hand and lifted her up, and the fever left her, and she began to serve them.

³² That evening at sundown they brought to him all who were sick or oppressed by demons.

³³ And the whole city was gathered together at the door.

³⁴ And he healed many who were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons. And he would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him.

Mark 9:33-37 – Who Is the Greatest?

³³ And they came to Capernaum. And when he was in the house he asked them, “What were you discussing on the way?”

³⁴ But they kept silent, for on the way they had argued with one another about who was the greatest.

³⁵ And he sat down and called the twelve. And he said to them, “If anyone would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all.”

³⁶ And he took a child and put him in the midst of them, and taking him in his arms, he said to them,

³⁷ “Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me, and whoever receives me, receives not me but him who sent me.”

Prayer of Invocation

Declaring What We Believe

Across the Lands
1. You’re the Word of God the Father from before the world began;
Every star and every planet has been fashioned by Your hand.

All creation holds together by the power of Your voice.

Let the skies declare Your glory; let the land and seas rejoice

Chorus: You’re the Author of creation; You’re the Lord of every man,

And Your cry of love rings out across the lands.
1. Yet You left the gaze of angels, came to seek and save the lost
And exchanged the joy of Heaven for the anguish of a cross.

With a prayer You fed the hungry, with a word You calmed the sea;

Yet how silently You suffered, that the guilty may go free.

Chorus
1. With a shout You rose victorious, wrestling victory from the grave
And ascended into Heaven, leading captives in Your way.

Now You stand before the Father, interceding for Your own;

From each tribe and tongue and nation You are leading sinners home.

Chorus

Copyright © 2002 Thankyou Music/Adm. by worshiptogether.com songs. excl. UK & Europe, adm. by Kingsway Music. tym@kingsway.co.uk. Used by permission.

We Respond to God’s Presence

On Jordan’s Bank the Baptist’s Cry
1. On Jordan’s bank the Baptist’s cry announces that the Lord is nigh.
Awake and harken, for he brings glad tidings of the King of kings!
1. Then cleansed be every life from sin;
make straight the way for God within,

And let us all our hearts prepare for Christ to come and enter there.
1. We hail you as our Savior, Lord, our refuge and our great reward.
Without your grace we waste away like flowers that wither

and decay.
1. Stretch forth your hand, our health restore,
and make us rise to fall no more.

O let your face upon us shine and fill the world with love divine.
1. All praise to you, eternal Son, whose advent has our freedom won,
Whom with the Father we adore, and Holy Spirit, evermore.

Words: Charles Coffin, 1736; tr. Composite, P.D. Music (PUER NOBIS): Trier manuscript, 15th c.: adapt. Michael Praetorius, 1609; harm. George Ratcliffe Woodward, 1910 P.D.

A Sower’s Seed Fell on a Path
1. A sower’s seed fell on a path packed hard by foot and cart,
And hungry sparrows ate their fill before a root could start.

Refrain:

Lord, give us ears to hear your Word and hearts where seed can grow.
1. And some fell down where rocky ground no sustenance could give.
Beneath the scorching noonday sun no tender plant could live.

Repeat Refrain
1. And some seed fell among the weeds that wove a tangling snare
To choke the green and budding plants that never fruit would bear.

Repeat Refrain
1. But some seed fell on fertile soil and flourished more and more
Until the joyous harvest time, when hundred fold it bore.

Repeat Refrain

Words: Herman G. Stuempfle, adapt. from Mark 4:1-20 © 2000 GIA Publications,Inc. Music (MORNING SONG): J. Wyeth, Repository of Sacred Music, 1813; harm. C. Winfred Douglas (1867-1944), PD

Jesus Heard with Deep Compassion

Verse 1

Jesus heard with deep compassion pleas for healing, cries of pain;

Cured the lame and cleansed the leper, gave the blind their sight again.

At his voice, tormenting spirits fled a madman’s tortured mind;

Clothed and healed, he went rejoicing, home and family to find.

Verse 2

Jesus touched the lives of outcasts, weak or sinful, scorned or poor;

Gave them self-respect and courage, trust and faith and hope secure.

Truly hearing, truly seeing deep within each troubled soul,

Jesus healed their wounded spirits, sent them forth with lives made whole.

Verse 3

Jesus, Lord, our true example, you have shown how we must live.

Teach us how to share with others everything we have to give.

Let our days be spent in service; bring us by your grace to know

Healing is the church’s calling, and the path that we must go.

Words: Joy F. Patterson (b. 1931) © 1994 Hope Publishing Company. Music (PLEADING SAVIOR): J. Leavitt’s Christian Lyre, 1830; harm. Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1906, P.D. in North America, used by permission of Oxford University Press for other territories. CCLI#172212.

The Books of the Bible Song

Verse 1

Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy,

Joshua, Judges, Ruth and First and Second Samuel.

First and Second Kings and First and Second Chronicles,

Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Job, and now the Book of Psalms.

Verse 2

Proverbs Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon,

Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea.

Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk.

Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah and then comes Malachi.

Verse 3

Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts, Romans, First and Second Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, First and Second

Thessalonians.

First and Second Timothy, Titus and Philemon, Hebrews, and then James,

First and Second Peter, First Second and Third John, Jude and Revelation.

Copyright, 1931, by Alred P. Gibbs

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 Servant, Son of Man”

Mark

Notes

I. The __________________ of the Servant.

(Mark 10:45)

II. The __________________ of the Son of Man.

(Mark 8:31)

III.       The Call to _________________ as Servants.

(Mark 9:35)

We Are Sent Forth in Worship

to Share the Gospel

Lord, Make Us Servants

Verse 1         Lord, make us servants of your peace,

where there is hate, may we sow love,

Where there is hurt, may we forgive,

where there is strife, may we make one.

Verse 2         Where all is doubt, may we sow faith,

where all is gloom, may we sow hope.

Where all is night, may we sow light,

where all is tears, may we sow joy.

Verse 3         Jesus, our Lord, may we not seek

to be consoled, but to console,

nor look to understanding hearts,

but look for hearts to understand.

Verse 4         May we not look for love’s return

but seek to love unselfishly,

For in our giving we receive,

and in forgiving are forgiven.

Verse 5         Dying, we live, and are reborn

through death’s dark night to endless day,

Lord, make us servants of your peace

to wake at last in heaven’s light.

Words: James Quinn S.G. (b. 1919), based on a prayer attr. To Francis of Assisi (1182-1226) © James Quinn, S.J., admin. Selah Publishing Company, Inc. Music (O WALY WALY): English folk melody; arr. and desc. Emily R. Brink (b. 1940) © 2001 Faith Alive Christian Resources

Benediction

Order of Worship

February 9, 2025

Welcome and Announcements

Gathering the Family Together

The Lord Be with You

Leader:    The Lord be with you__ __.

All:           And also with you __.

The Lord of heaven and earth __ be worshiped in this place.

The covenant of grace be renewed __ __ __.

The Lord __ be with you.

Leader:    Lord, open our lips __ __,

All:           And we’ll sing your praise __.

O Lord, your unfailing love __ and mercy will endure __

as fresh and bright and sure as morning sun __ __ __.

We bless you, Three in One!

Text © 2005 Reformed Church Press · Hymn Text © 1999 Ron Rienstra CCLI 172212

Call To Worship

Scripture Reading:

Mark 1:29-34 – Jesus Heals Many

²⁹ And immediately he left the synagogue and entered the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.

³⁰ Now Simon’s mother-in-law lay ill with a fever, and immediately they told him about her.

³¹ And he came and took her by the hand and lifted her up, and the fever left her, and she began to serve them.

³² That evening at sundown they brought to him all who were sick or oppressed by demons.

³³ And the whole city was gathered together at the door.

³⁴ And he healed many who were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons. And he would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him.

Mark 9:33-37 – Who Is the Greatest?

³³ And they came to Capernaum. And when he was in the house he asked them, “What were you discussing on the way?”

³⁴ But they kept silent, for on the way they had argued with one another about who was the greatest.

³⁵ And he sat down and called the twelve. And he said to them, “If anyone would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all.”

³⁶ And he took a child and put him in the midst of them, and taking him in his arms, he said to them,

³⁷ “Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me, and whoever receives me, receives not me but him who sent me.”

Prayer of Invocation

Declaring What We Believe

Across the Lands
1. You’re the Word of God the Father from before the world began;
Every star and every planet has been fashioned by Your hand.

All creation holds together by the power of Your voice.

Let the skies declare Your glory; let the land and seas rejoice

Chorus: You’re the Author of creation; You’re the Lord of every man,

And Your cry of love rings out across the lands.
1. Yet You left the gaze of angels, came to seek and save the lost
And exchanged the joy of Heaven for the anguish of a cross.

With a prayer You fed the hungry, with a word You calmed the sea;

Yet how silently You suffered, that the guilty may go free.

Chorus
1. With a shout You rose victorious, wrestling victory from the grave
And ascended into Heaven, leading captives in Your way.

Now You stand before the Father, interceding for Your own;

From each tribe and tongue and nation You are leading sinners home.

Chorus

Copyright © 2002 Thankyou Music/Adm. by worshiptogether.com songs. excl. UK & Europe, adm. by Kingsway Music. tym@kingsway.co.uk. Used by permission.

We Respond to God’s Presence

On Jordan’s Bank the Baptist’s Cry
1. On Jordan’s bank the Baptist’s cry announces that the Lord is nigh.
Awake and harken, for he brings glad tidings of the King of kings!
1. Then cleansed be every life from sin;
make straight the way for God within,

And let us all our hearts prepare for Christ to come and enter there.
1. We hail you as our Savior, Lord, our refuge and our great reward.
Without your grace we waste away like flowers that wither

and decay.
1. Stretch forth your hand, our health restore,
and make us rise to fall no more.

O let your face upon us shine and fill the world with love divine.
1. All praise to you, eternal Son, whose advent has our freedom won,
Whom with the Father we adore, and Holy Spirit, evermore.

Words: Charles Coffin, 1736; tr. Composite, P.D. Music (PUER NOBIS): Trier manuscript, 15th c.: adapt. Michael Praetorius, 1609; harm. George Ratcliffe Woodward, 1910 P.D.

A Sower’s Seed Fell on a Path
1. A sower’s seed fell on a path packed hard by foot and cart,
And hungry sparrows ate their fill before a root could start.

Refrain:

Lord, give us ears to hear your Word and hearts where seed can grow.
1. And some fell down where rocky ground no sustenance could give.
Beneath the scorching noonday sun no tender plant could live.

Repeat Refrain
1. And some seed fell among the weeds that wove a tangling snare
To choke the green and budding plants that never fruit would bear.

Repeat Refrain
1. But some seed fell on fertile soil and flourished more and more
Until the joyous harvest time, when hundred fold it bore.

Repeat Refrain

Words: Herman G. Stuempfle, adapt. from Mark 4:1-20 © 2000 GIA Publications,Inc. Music (MORNING SONG): J. Wyeth, Repository of Sacred Music, 1813; harm. C. Winfred Douglas (1867-1944), PD

Jesus Heard with Deep Compassion

Verse 1

Jesus heard with deep compassion pleas for healing, cries of pain;

Cured the lame and cleansed the leper, gave the blind their sight again.

At his voice, tormenting spirits fled a madman’s tortured mind;

Clothed and healed, he went rejoicing, home and family to find.

Verse 2

Jesus touched the lives of outcasts, weak or sinful, scorned or poor;

Gave them self-respect and courage, trust and faith and hope secure.

Truly hearing, truly seeing deep within each troubled soul,

Jesus healed their wounded spirits, sent them forth with lives made whole.

Verse 3

Jesus, Lord, our true example, you have shown how we must live.

Teach us how to share with others everything we have to give.

Let our days be spent in service; bring us by your grace to know

Healing is the church’s calling, and the path that we must go.

Words: Joy F. Patterson (b. 1931) © 1994 Hope Publishing Company. Music (PLEADING SAVIOR): J. Leavitt’s Christian Lyre, 1830; harm. Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1906, P.D. in North America, used by permission of Oxford University Press for other territories. CCLI#172212.

The Books of the Bible Song

Verse 1

Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy,

Joshua, Judges, Ruth and First and Second Samuel.

First and Second Kings and First and Second Chronicles,

Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Job, and now the Book of Psalms.

Verse 2

Proverbs Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon,

Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea.

Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk.

Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah and then comes Malachi.

Verse 3

Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts, Romans, First and Second Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, First and Second

Thessalonians.

First and Second Timothy, Titus and Philemon, Hebrews, and then James,

First and Second Peter, First Second and Third John, Jude and Revelation.

Copyright, 1931, by Alred P. Gibbs

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 Servant, Son of Man”

Mark

Notes

I. The __________________ of the Servant.

(Mark 10:45)

II. The __________________ of the Son of Man.

(Mark 8:31)

III.       The Call to _________________ as Servants.

(Mark 9:35)

We Are Sent Forth in Worship

to Share the Gospel

Lord, Make Us Servants

Verse 1         Lord, make us servants of your peace,

where there is hate, may we sow love,

Where there is hurt, may we forgive,

where there is strife, may we make one.

Verse 2         Where all is doubt, may we sow faith,

where all is gloom, may we sow hope.

Where all is night, may we sow light,

where all is tears, may we sow joy.

Verse 3         Jesus, our Lord, may we not seek

to be consoled, but to console,

nor look to understanding hearts,

but look for hearts to understand.

Verse 4         May we not look for love’s return

but seek to love unselfishly,

For in our giving we receive,

and in forgiving are forgiven.

Verse 5         Dying, we live, and are reborn

through death’s dark night to endless day,

Lord, make us servants of your peace

to wake at last in heaven’s light.

Words: James Quinn S.G. (b. 1919), based on a prayer attr. To Francis of Assisi (1182-1226) © James Quinn, S.J., admin. Selah Publishing Company, Inc. Music (O WALY WALY): English folk melody; arr. and desc. Emily R. Brink (b. 1940) © 2001 Faith Alive Christian Resources

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