March 16, 2025

Order of Worship

March 16, 2025

Welcome and Announcements

Gathering the Family Together

God, the Father of Your People

God, the Father of your people, you have called us to be one;

Grant us grace to walk together in the joy of Christ, your Son.

Challenged by your Word and Spirit, blest with gifts from heaven above.

As one body we will serve you and bear witness to your love.

May the grace of Christ, our Savior, and the Father’s boundless love,

With the Holy Spirit’s favor rest upon us from above.

May we now remain in union with each other and the Lord,

And possess, in sweet communion, joys that earth cannot afford.

Words: st. 1 Alred E. Mulder, 1978, ©1987 Faith Alive Christian Resources; st. 2 John Newton, 1779, P.D. Music (HOLY MANNA): W. Moore, Columbian Harmony, 1825; harm. Norman E. Johnson, 1973, ©1973 Covenant Publications (Used by permission onelicense.net)

Call To Worship

Scripture Reading:                                                   I Corinthians 1:1-9

¹ Paul, called by the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, and our brother Sosthenes,

² To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints together with all those who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours:

³ Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

⁴ I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that was given you in Christ Jesus,

⁵ that in every way you were enriched in him in all speech and all knowledge—

⁶ even as the testimony about Christ was confirmed among you—

⁷ so that you are not lacking in any gift, as you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ,

⁸ who will sustain you to the end, guiltless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

⁹ God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

Prayer of Invocation

Declaring What We Believe

They’ll Know We Are Christians

1. We are one in the Spirit; we are one in the Lord.

We are one in the Spirit; we are one in the Lord.

And we pray that all unity may one day be restored.

Refrain:   And they’ll know we are Christians by our love, by our love.

Yes, they’ll know we are Christians by our love.

2. We will walk with each other; we will walk hand in hand.

We will walk with each other; we will walk hand in hand.

And together we’ll spread the news that God is in our land.

(Repeat Refrain)

3. We will work with each other; we will work side by side.

We will work with each other; we will work side by side.

And we’ll guard each one’s dignity and save each one’s pride.

(Repeat Refrain)

4. All praise to the Father, from whom all things come,

And all praise to Christ Jesus, his only Son,

And all praise to the Spirit, who makes us all one.

(Repeat Refrain)

Words: Peter Scholtes (b. 1938) ©1966, 1967 F.E.L. Church Publications, Ltd., assigned 1991 to Lorenz Corporation. Music (ST. BRENDAN’S): Peter Scholtes, arr. Dennis Fitzpatrick © 1966, 1967 F.E.L. Church Publications, Ltd., assigned 1991 to Lorenz Corporation

Lift Up Your Hearts unto the Lord

1. Lift up your hearts unto the Lord, Lift up your hearts unto the Lord.

Sing alleluia, sing alleluia; lift up your hearts unto the Lord!

2. In Christ the world has been redeemed,

in Christ the world has been redeemed.

Sing alleluia, sing alleluia; in Christ the world has been redeemed.

3. His resurrection set us free, His resurrection set us free.

Sing alleluia, sing alleluia; His resurrection set us free.

4. Sing alleluia to the Lord, sing alleluia to the Lord.

Sing alleluia, sing alleluia, sing alleluia to the Lord!

Words: st. from early Christian liturgy. Music (SING ALLELUIA): Linda Stassen, ©1974: harm. Dale Grotenhuis, 1986, © 1974, 1986 Linda Stassen

We Respond to God’s Presence

Red Hymnal #547                                 “The Church’s One Foundation”

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

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 Lesson

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 Our Source”

I Corinthians

Notes

I. Of God’s Power and Wisdom by His __________________.

(I Corinthians 1:18-25)

II. Of Foundational Unity for the Church as His __________________.

(I Corinthians 3:10-11; 12:12-27)

III.       Of Eternal Hope of Transformational Victory through

His __________________.

(I Corinthians 15:50-58)

We Are Sent Forth in Worship

to Share the Gospel

Red Hymnal #546                                               “We Are God’s People”

Benediction