April 24, 2022

Order of Worship

Sunday, April 24, 2022

Welcome and Announcements

Gathering the Family Together

Red Hymnal #323                                                                                     

Holy! Holy! Holy! Lord God Almighty

Holy, holy holy! Lord God Almighty!

Early in the morning our song shall rise to Thee;

Holy, holy, holy! Merciful and mighty!

God in three persons, blessed Trinity!

Holy, holy, holy! All the saints adore Thee,

Casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea;

Cherubim and seraphim falling down before Thee

Who wert, and art, and evermore shalt be.

Holy, holy, holy! Though the darkness hide Thee,

Though the eye of sinful man Thy glory may not see;

Only Thou art holy – there is none beside Thee

Perfect in power, in love and purity.

Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!

All Thy works shall praise Thy name in earth and sky and sea;

Holy, holy, holy! Merciful and mighty!

God in three persons, blessed Trinity.

Words: Reginald Heber; Music: John B. Dykes

Call To Worship

Scripture Reading:                                                        Romans 1:16-23

¹⁶ For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

¹⁷ For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.”

¹⁸ For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth.

¹⁹ For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them.

²⁰ For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.

²¹ 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.

²² Claiming to be wise, they became fools,

²³ and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.

Prayer of Invocation

Declaring What We Believe

Scripture Reading:                                                                 Titus 3:3-7

³ For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another.

⁴ But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared,

⁵ he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit,

⁶ whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior,

⁷ so that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

We Respond to God’s Presence

Red Hymnal #349

Oh, for a Thousand Tongues to Sing

1. Oh, for a thousand tongues to sing my great Redeemer’s praise,

The glories of my God and King, the triumphs of his grace!

2. My gracious Master and my God, assist me to proclaim,

To spread through all the earth abroad the honors of your name.

3. Jesus! the name that charms our fears, that bids our sorrows cease;

‘Tis music in the sinner’s ears, ‘tis life and health and peace.

4. He breaks the power of canceled sin, he sets the prisoner free;

His blood can make the foulest clean; his blood availed for me.

5. Hear him, ye deaf; His praise, ye dumb,

your loosened tongues employ;

Ye blind, behold your savior come; and leap, ye lame, for joy!

Words: Charles Wesley, 1739 P.D. Music (AZMON  8.6.8.6.): Carl  G. Gläser, 1828. P.D.

Psalm 62 B                                                                Blue Psalter, pg. 382

My Soul Finds Rest in God Alone

My soul finds rest in God alone, My Rock and my salvation,

A fortress strong against my foes, And I will not be shaken.

Though lips may bless and hearts may curse,

And lies like arrows pierce me,

I’ll fix my heart on righteousness; I’ll look to Him who hears me.

Chorus:     O praise Him, hallelujah, My Delight and my Reward;

Everlasting, never failing, My Redeemer, my God.

Find rest, my soul, in God alone, Amid the world’s temptations;

When evil seeks to take a hold, I’ll cling to my salvation.

Though riches come and riches go, Don’t set your heart upon them;

The fields of hope in which I sow, Are harvested in heaven.

(Repeat Chorus)

I’ll set my gaze on God alone, And trust in Him completely;

With every day pour out my soul, And He will prove His mercy.

Though life is but a fleeting breath, A sigh too brief to measure,

My King has crushed the curse of death And I am His forever.

(Repeat Chorus)

Words & Music by Stuart Townend & Aaron Keyes. Copyright (c) 2007 Thankyou Music. CCLI #172212.

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

Sermon Hymn:

The Power of the Cross

Oh, to see the dawn Of the darkest day:

Christ on the road to Calvary.

Tried by sinful men, Torn and beaten, then

Nailed to a cross of wood.

Chorus:              This, the pow’r of the cross:

Christ became sin for us;

Took the blame, bore the wrath—

We stand forgiven at the cross.

Oh, to see the pain Written on Your face,

Bearing the awesome weight of sin.

Ev’ry bitter thought, Ev’ry evil deed

Crowning Your bloodstained brow.                     Repeat Chorus

Now the daylight flees; Now the ground beneath

Quakes as its Maker bows His head.

Curtain torn in two, Dead are raised to life;

“Finished!” the vict'ry cry.                                   Repeat Chorus

Oh, to see my name Written in the wounds,

For through Your suffering I am free.

Death is crushed to death; Life is mine to live,

Won through Your selfless love.

Final Chorus:    This, the pow’r of the cross:

Son of God—slain for us.

What a love! What a cost!

We stand forgiven at the cross.

by Keith Getty & Stuart Townend.  © 2005 Thankyou Music. CCLI #172212 

Today’s Message

Sermon Series: Life Through the Lens of the Gospel

“Greetings, Corinth!”

I Corinthians 1:1-9

Notes

I. I am immensely ________________. (I Corinthians 1:1)

II. You are no _______________.                (I Corinthians 1:2-3)

III. We are to be _______________.                       (I Corinthians 1:4-9)

We Are Sent Forth in Worship

to Share the Gospel

In Christ Alone

In Christ alone my hope is found,

He is my light, my strength, my song.

This Cornerstone, this solid ground

Firm through the fiercest drought and storm.

What heights of love, what depths of peace

When fears are stilled, when strivings cease.

My Comforter, my All in All,

Here in the love of Christ I stand.

In Christ alone, Who took on flesh,

Fullness of God in helpless babe!

This Gift of love and righteousness

Scorned by the ones He came to save.

Till on that cross as Jesus died

The wrath of God was satisfied

For every sin on Him was laid

Here in the death of Christ I live.

There in the ground His body lay

Light of the world by darkness slain.

Then bursting forth in glorious day

Up from the grave He rose again.

And as He stands in victory

Sin’s curse has lost its grip on me.

For I am His and He is mine,

Bought with the precious blood of Christ.

No guilt in life no fear in death.

This is the power of Christ in me.

From life’s first cry to final breath

Jesus commands my destiny

No power of Hell, no scheme of man

Can ever pluck me from His hand.

‘Til He returns or calls me home

Here in the power of Christ I stand.

by Stuart Townend and Keith Getty  © 2002 Thankyou Music. ARR CCLI # 172212

Benediction