June 18, 2023

Revelation 2:1-7

Order of Worship

Sunday, June 18, 2023

Welcome and Announcements

Gathering the Family Together

We Are Your Church

God has built His church on one foundation—

Jesus Christ, the Living Cornerstone.

Crucified and risen to redeem us,

We adore and worship Him alone.

Refrain:

We are Your church, Your bride, the people of Your name.

In Your strength we live; we worship, unashamed,

For Your cause we serve; We joyfully proclaim we are Your people;

We are Your church.

Set apart to serve our loving Savior,

given power to share redemption’s plan—

We will tell the world the love of Jesus;

we will preach the cross to every land.          (Repeat Refrain)

With a shout, the Bridegroom is returning.

Heaven’s Prince will come to claim His own.

We will rise to reign with Him forever;

We will sing our praise around His throne.    (Repeat Refrain)

Words: Cheryle Reid. Music by Jonathan Reid and Ron Hamilton. ©2010 by Majesty Music, Inc. All right reserved. Used by permission.CCLI

Call To Worship

Scripture Reading:                                                           I John 3:11-24

¹¹ For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.

¹² We should not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother’s righteous.

¹³ Do not be surprised, brothers, that the world hates you.

¹⁴ We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love abides in death.

¹⁵ Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.

¹⁶ By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

¹⁷ But if anyone has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God’s love abide in him?

¹⁸ Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.

¹⁹ By this we shall know that we are of the truth and reassure our heart before him;

²⁰ for whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything.

²¹ Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God;

²² and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him.

²³ And this is his commandment, that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us.

²⁴ Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God, and God in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us.

Prayer of Invocation

Declaring What We Believe

We Believe

(Apostles Creed)

Refrain: We believe in one true God; Father, Spirit, Son;

One Church, one faith, one Lord of all—His Kingdom come.
1. We believe in God the Father Almighty, Lord of Life;
Creator of the Heavens, the earth, the sea, the sky;

And we believe in Jesus, the only Son of God;

Born of the virgin Mary; He lived as one of us. (Refrain)
1. We believe that Jesus suffered, was beaten, crucified;
He died and He was buried; entombed in darkest night.

The third day rose victorious; ascended into Heaven;

Will one day come to judge us, the living and the dead. (Refrain)
1. We believe in God the Spirit, One Church empowered by Him;
Communion of God’s people; forgiveness of our sin.

Our bodies resurrected to everlasting life;

To worship, love and wonder before the throne of Christ. (Refrain)

©2016 Thankyou Music (PRS) (adm. Worldwide at Capitol CMGPPublishing.com excluding Europe which is adm. By Integritymusic.com); Getty Music Publishing (BM) and Townend Songs (PRS) (admin in North America by MusicServices.org and elsewhere by SongSolutions.org. Used CCLI #172212

We Respond to God’s Presence

Hear All Creation
1. Hear all creation lift its voice;
The mountains sing and the rivers rejoice

For the name of Jesus, for His name.

And we, His people saved by grace,

We bow our hearts and we bring our praise

To the sweet Redeemer, for His name.

Chorus: So with ev’rything we are, and ev’rything we have,

we pour out our offerings.

And if ever we should fail, the rocks will rise up

and crown Him the King of kings.
1. He mends our hearts, He keeps our ways;
He lights our nights and He leads our days

All for His Glory, for His name.

There’s nothing greater than to be His;

To bring Him glory and to fully live

For the name of Jesus, for His name.

Chorus: So with ev’rything we are, and ev’rything we have,

we pour out our offerings.

And if ever we should fail, the rocks will rise up

and crown Him the King of kings.

Lyrics by Margaret Becker Music by Keith Getty. Words © Modern M Music, Music © 2001 Thankyou Music. Used by permission.

Love One Another

Refrain: Love one another,___ Love one another,___

As I have loved you;

And care for each other,___Care for each other,___

As I have cared for you.

And bear one another’s burdens, and share each other’s joys.

And love one another,___ Love one another,___

And bring each other home.
1. Break and eat this bread: My life for you.
Take and drink this wine; My life live in you.
1. Forgive each other here as I’ve forgiven you.
Be friend to each other here as I’ve been friend to you. (refrain)
1. Pray together here as I have prayed with you.
Serve each other here as I have served you.
1. Sing together here as I have sung with you.
Enjoy each other here as I’ve rejoiced with you.            (refrain)

Words and Music by Germaine Habjan. With permission through Onelicense.net license #725261-A

The Lord’s Prayer Song

Our Father who art in Heaven, Hallowed be Thy Name.

Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, Hallowed be Thy name.

On earth as it is in Heaven, Hallowed be Thy name.

And give us this day our daily bread, Hallowed be Thy name.

Forgive us our trespasses, Hallowed be Thy name.

As we forgive those who trespass against us, Hallowed be Thy name.

And lead us not into temptation, Hallowed be Thy name.

But deliver us from all evil, Hallowed be Thy name.

For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory,

Hallowed be Thy name.

Forever, and ever and ever and ever, Hallowed be Thy name.

A-----men. A-----men.

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:

A Christian Home

O give us homes built firm upon the Saviour,

Where Christ is Head, and Counsellor and Guide;

Where ev’ry child is taught His love and favor

And gives his heart to Christ, the crucified:

How sweet to know that tho’ his footsteps waver

His faithful Lord is walking by his side!

O give us homes with godly fathers, mothers,

Who always place their hope and trust in Him;

Whose tender patience turmoil never bothers,

Whose calm and courage trouble cannot dim;

A home where each finds joy in serving others,

And love still shines, tho’ days be dark and grim.

O give us homes where Christ is Lord and Master,

The Bible read, the precious hymns still sung;

Where prayer comes first in peace or in disaster,

And praise is natural speech to ev’ry tongue;

Where mountains move before a faith that’s vaster,

And Christ sufficient is for old and young.

O Lord, our God, our homes are Thine forever!

We trust to Thee their problems, toil, and care;

Their bonds of love no enemy can sever

If Thou art always Lord and Master there:

Be Thou the center of our least endeavor:

Be Thou our Guest, our hearts and homes to share.

TEXT: Barbara B. Hart (Text © Copyright 1965 by Singspiration Music. All rights reserved. Used by permission.) MUSIC: Jean Sibelius (Finlandia)

Today’s Message

Sermon Series: Speak, Lord, the Church is Listening

“The Established Ephesians”

Revelation 2:1-7

Notes

I. Christ Commends                      (Rev. 2:2-3)

A. Their Faithful _____________

B. Their Faithful _____________

C. Their Faithful _____________

II. Christ Confronts (Rev. 2:2-4)

A. Their ________________ “Agape”.

III. Christ Commands                                                    (Rev. 2:5)

A. Their “Agape” Re________________

1. R___________________

2. R___________________

3. R___________________

IV. Christ Comforts (Rev. 2:6-7)

A. Church with Common _____________ (Rev. 2:6)

B. Conquers with Eternal Life in ____________ (Rev. 2:7)

We Are Sent Forth in Worship

to Share the Gospel

Find Us Faithful

O may all who come behind us find us faithful;

May the fire of our devotion light their way.

May the footprints that we leave lead them to believe,

And the lives we live inspire them to obey.

O may all who come behind us find us faithful.

by Jon Mohr © Jonathan Mark Music. ARR CCLI #172212.

Benediction

Order of Worship

Sunday, June 18, 2023

Welcome and Announcements

Gathering the Family Together

We Are Your Church

God has built His church on one foundation—

Jesus Christ, the Living Cornerstone.

Crucified and risen to redeem us,

We adore and worship Him alone.

Refrain:

We are Your church, Your bride, the people of Your name.

In Your strength we live; we worship, unashamed,

For Your cause we serve; We joyfully proclaim we are Your people;

We are Your church.

Set apart to serve our loving Savior,

given power to share redemption’s plan—

We will tell the world the love of Jesus;

we will preach the cross to every land.          (Repeat Refrain)

With a shout, the Bridegroom is returning.

Heaven’s Prince will come to claim His own.

We will rise to reign with Him forever;

We will sing our praise around His throne.    (Repeat Refrain)

Words: Cheryle Reid. Music by Jonathan Reid and Ron Hamilton. ©2010 by Majesty Music, Inc. All right reserved. Used by permission.CCLI

Call To Worship

Scripture Reading:                                                           I John 3:11-24

¹¹ For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.

¹² We should not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother’s righteous.

¹³ Do not be surprised, brothers, that the world hates you.

¹⁴ We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love abides in death.

¹⁵ Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.

¹⁶ By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

¹⁷ But if anyone has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God’s love abide in him?

¹⁸ Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.

¹⁹ By this we shall know that we are of the truth and reassure our heart before him;

²⁰ for whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything.

²¹ Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God;

²² and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him.

²³ And this is his commandment, that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us.

²⁴ Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God, and God in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us.

Prayer of Invocation

Declaring What We Believe

We Believe

(Apostles Creed)

Refrain: We believe in one true God; Father, Spirit, Son;

One Church, one faith, one Lord of all—His Kingdom come.
1. We believe in God the Father Almighty, Lord of Life;
Creator of the Heavens, the earth, the sea, the sky;

And we believe in Jesus, the only Son of God;

Born of the virgin Mary; He lived as one of us. (Refrain)
1. We believe that Jesus suffered, was beaten, crucified;
He died and He was buried; entombed in darkest night.

The third day rose victorious; ascended into Heaven;

Will one day come to judge us, the living and the dead. (Refrain)
1. We believe in God the Spirit, One Church empowered by Him;
Communion of God’s people; forgiveness of our sin.

Our bodies resurrected to everlasting life;

To worship, love and wonder before the throne of Christ. (Refrain)

©2016 Thankyou Music (PRS) (adm. Worldwide at Capitol CMGPPublishing.com excluding Europe which is adm. By Integritymusic.com); Getty Music Publishing (BM) and Townend Songs (PRS) (admin in North America by MusicServices.org and elsewhere by SongSolutions.org. Used CCLI #172212

We Respond to God’s Presence

Hear All Creation
1. Hear all creation lift its voice;
The mountains sing and the rivers rejoice

For the name of Jesus, for His name.

And we, His people saved by grace,

We bow our hearts and we bring our praise

To the sweet Redeemer, for His name.

Chorus: So with ev’rything we are, and ev’rything we have,

we pour out our offerings.

And if ever we should fail, the rocks will rise up

and crown Him the King of kings.
1. He mends our hearts, He keeps our ways;
He lights our nights and He leads our days

All for His Glory, for His name.

There’s nothing greater than to be His;

To bring Him glory and to fully live

For the name of Jesus, for His name.

Chorus: So with ev’rything we are, and ev’rything we have,

we pour out our offerings.

And if ever we should fail, the rocks will rise up

and crown Him the King of kings.

Lyrics by Margaret Becker Music by Keith Getty. Words © Modern M Music, Music © 2001 Thankyou Music. Used by permission.

Love One Another

Refrain: Love one another,___ Love one another,___

As I have loved you;

And care for each other,___Care for each other,___

As I have cared for you.

And bear one another’s burdens, and share each other’s joys.

And love one another,___ Love one another,___

And bring each other home.
1. Break and eat this bread: My life for you.
Take and drink this wine; My life live in you.
1. Forgive each other here as I’ve forgiven you.
Be friend to each other here as I’ve been friend to you. (refrain)
1. Pray together here as I have prayed with you.
Serve each other here as I have served you.
1. Sing together here as I have sung with you.
Enjoy each other here as I’ve rejoiced with you.            (refrain)

Words and Music by Germaine Habjan. With permission through Onelicense.net license #725261-A

The Lord’s Prayer Song

Our Father who art in Heaven, Hallowed be Thy Name.

Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, Hallowed be Thy name.

On earth as it is in Heaven, Hallowed be Thy name.

And give us this day our daily bread, Hallowed be Thy name.

Forgive us our trespasses, Hallowed be Thy name.

As we forgive those who trespass against us, Hallowed be Thy name.

And lead us not into temptation, Hallowed be Thy name.

But deliver us from all evil, Hallowed be Thy name.

For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory,

Hallowed be Thy name.

Forever, and ever and ever and ever, Hallowed be Thy name.

A-----men. A-----men.

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:

A Christian Home

O give us homes built firm upon the Saviour,

Where Christ is Head, and Counsellor and Guide;

Where ev’ry child is taught His love and favor

And gives his heart to Christ, the crucified:

How sweet to know that tho’ his footsteps waver

His faithful Lord is walking by his side!

O give us homes with godly fathers, mothers,

Who always place their hope and trust in Him;

Whose tender patience turmoil never bothers,

Whose calm and courage trouble cannot dim;

A home where each finds joy in serving others,

And love still shines, tho’ days be dark and grim.

O give us homes where Christ is Lord and Master,

The Bible read, the precious hymns still sung;

Where prayer comes first in peace or in disaster,

And praise is natural speech to ev’ry tongue;

Where mountains move before a faith that’s vaster,

And Christ sufficient is for old and young.

O Lord, our God, our homes are Thine forever!

We trust to Thee their problems, toil, and care;

Their bonds of love no enemy can sever

If Thou art always Lord and Master there:

Be Thou the center of our least endeavor:

Be Thou our Guest, our hearts and homes to share.

TEXT: Barbara B. Hart (Text © Copyright 1965 by Singspiration Music. All rights reserved. Used by permission.) MUSIC: Jean Sibelius (Finlandia)

Today’s Message

Sermon Series: Speak, Lord, the Church is Listening

“The Established Ephesians”

Revelation 2:1-7

Notes

I. Christ Commends                      (Rev. 2:2-3)

A. Their Faithful _____________

B. Their Faithful _____________

C. Their Faithful _____________

II. Christ Confronts (Rev. 2:2-4)

A. Their ________________ “Agape”.

III. Christ Commands                                                    (Rev. 2:5)

A. Their “Agape” Re________________

1. R___________________

2. R___________________

3. R___________________

IV. Christ Comforts (Rev. 2:6-7)

A. Church with Common _____________ (Rev. 2:6)

B. Conquers with Eternal Life in ____________ (Rev. 2:7)

We Are Sent Forth in Worship

to Share the Gospel

Find Us Faithful

O may all who come behind us find us faithful;

May the fire of our devotion light their way.

May the footprints that we leave lead them to believe,

And the lives we live inspire them to obey.

O may all who come behind us find us faithful.

by Jon Mohr © Jonathan Mark Music. ARR CCLI #172212.

Benediction

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