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Order of Worship
March 23, 2025
Welcome and Announcements
Gathering the Family Together
For Your Gift of God the Spirit
- For your gift of God the Spirit, power to make our lives anew,
Pledge of life and hope of glory, Savior, we would worship you.
Crowning gift of resurrection sent from your ascended throne,
Fullness of the very Godhead, come to make your life our own.
- He who in creations’ dawning brooded on the lifeless deep,
Still across our nature’s darkness
moves to wake our souls from sleep,
Moves to stir, to draw, to quicken,
thrusts us through with sense of sin;
Brings to birth and seals and fills us—saving Advocate within.
- He, himself the living Author, wakes to life the sacred Word,
Reads with us its holy pages and reveals our risen Lord.
He it is who works within us teaching rebel hearts to pray,
He whose holy intercessions rise for us both night and day.
- He, the mighty God, indwells us; His to strengthen, help, empower;
His to overcome the tempter, ours to call in danger’s hour.
In his strength we dare to battle all the raging hosts of sin,
And by him alone we conquer foes without and foes within.
- Father, grant your Holy Spirit in our hearts may rule today,
Grieved not, quenched not, but unhindered,
work in us his sovereign way.
Fill us with your holy fullness, God the Father, Spirit, Son;
In us, through us, then forever, shall your perfect will be done.
Words: Margaret Clarkson, 1959, © 1960 Hope Publishing Company. Music (FOR YOUR GIFT 8.7.8.7 D); Darwin Jordan © Darwin Jordan Music; arr. Marcus Hong. 2011, © Darwin Jordan Music
Call To Worship
Scripture Reading: II Corinthians 1:1-7
1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the church of God that is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia:
2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,
4 who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
5 For as we share abundantly in Christ’s sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too.
6 If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; and if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which you experience when you patiently endure the same sufferings that we suffer.
7 Our hope for you is unshaken, for we know that as you share in our sufferings, you will also share in our comfort.
Prayer of Invocation
Declaring What We Believe
The Apostle’s Creed
I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth.
And in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord;
Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, Born of the virgin Mary;
Suffered under Pontius Pilate;
Was crucified, dead, and buried; He descended into hell;
The third day He rose again from the dead;
He ascended into heaven,
And sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty;
From whence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Ghost;
The holy universal church; The communion of saints;
The forgiveness of sins; The resurrection of the body;
And the life everlasting. Amen.
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We Respond to God’s Presence
Oh How Good It Is
Oh how good it is when the family of God
Dwells together in spirit, in faith and unity.
Where the bonds of peace, of acceptance and love,
Are the fruit of His presence here among us.
Refrain: So with one voice we’ll sing to the Lord.
And with one heart we’ll live out his Word.
Till the whole earth sees the redeemer has come
For He dwells in the presence of His people.
Oh how good it is on this journey we share
To rejoice with the happy and weep with those who mourn.
For the weak find strength, the afflicted find grace,
When we offer the blessing of belonging.
Repeat Refrain
Oh how good it is to embrace His command
To prefer one another - forgive as He forgives.
When we live as one we all share in the love
Of the Son with the Father and the Spirit.
Repeat Refrain
Keith Getty, Kristyn Getty, Ross Holmes, and Stuart Townend; © 2012 GettyMusic and Parakeet Boots Music (Adm. by MusicServices.org) and Townend Music (Adm. UK & Europe by ThankYou Music
Red Hymnal #32 “How Firm a Foundation”
Psalm 78C Blue Psalter, pg 482
Open Your Ears, O Faithful People
Open your ears, O faithful people, open your ears and hear God’s word.
Open your hearts, O royal priesthood, God has come to you.
Chorus: God has spoken to the people, hallelujah!
God has spoken words of wisdom, hallelujah!
God has spoken to the people, hallelujah!
God has spoken words of wisdom, hallelujah!
They who have ears to hear the message,
they who have ears, now let them hear.
They who would learn the way of wisdom, let them hear God’s Word.
Repeat Chorus
What we have heard we’ll teach our children;
May they have ears to hear God’s Word.
Let us through every generation make God’s wonders known.
Repeat Chorus
Words: Hasidic traditional; tr. Willard F Jabusch © 1966, 1982 Willard F. Jabusch, admin OCP Publications; st. 3 Martin Tel © 2011 Martin Tel, admin. Faith Alive Christian Resources. Music (Yisrael V’oraita 9.8.9.5 with refrain): Hasidic traditional; arr. Robert Buckley Farlee © 2006 Augsburg Fortress Publishers.
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 Comfort”
II Corinthians
Notes
I. By His Light Shining into Our __________________.
(II Corinthians 1:3-7; 4:4-6)
II. By His Making Us New through __________________.
(II Corinthians 5:17-21)
III. By His Sufficient Power in Our __________________.
(II Corinthians 12:9-10)
We Are Sent Forth in Worship
to Share the Gospel
Red Hymnal #118 “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God”
Benediction
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Order of Worship
March 23, 2025
Welcome and Announcements
Gathering the Family Together
For Your Gift of God the Spirit
- For your gift of God the Spirit, power to make our lives anew,
Pledge of life and hope of glory, Savior, we would worship you.
Crowning gift of resurrection sent from your ascended throne,
Fullness of the very Godhead, come to make your life our own.
- He who in creations’ dawning brooded on the lifeless deep,
Still across our nature’s darkness
moves to wake our souls from sleep,
Moves to stir, to draw, to quicken,
thrusts us through with sense of sin;
Brings to birth and seals and fills us—saving Advocate within.
- He, himself the living Author, wakes to life the sacred Word,
Reads with us its holy pages and reveals our risen Lord.
He it is who works within us teaching rebel hearts to pray,
He whose holy intercessions rise for us both night and day.
- He, the mighty God, indwells us; His to strengthen, help, empower;
His to overcome the tempter, ours to call in danger’s hour.
In his strength we dare to battle all the raging hosts of sin,
And by him alone we conquer foes without and foes within.
- Father, grant your Holy Spirit in our hearts may rule today,
Grieved not, quenched not, but unhindered,
work in us his sovereign way.
Fill us with your holy fullness, God the Father, Spirit, Son;
In us, through us, then forever, shall your perfect will be done.
Words: Margaret Clarkson, 1959, © 1960 Hope Publishing Company. Music (FOR YOUR GIFT 8.7.8.7 D); Darwin Jordan © Darwin Jordan Music; arr. Marcus Hong. 2011, © Darwin Jordan Music
Call To Worship
Scripture Reading: II Corinthians 1:1-7
1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the church of God that is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia:
2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,
4 who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
5 For as we share abundantly in Christ’s sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too.
6 If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; and if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which you experience when you patiently endure the same sufferings that we suffer.
7 Our hope for you is unshaken, for we know that as you share in our sufferings, you will also share in our comfort.
Prayer of Invocation
Declaring What We Believe
The Apostle’s Creed
I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth.
And in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord;
Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, Born of the virgin Mary;
Suffered under Pontius Pilate;
Was crucified, dead, and buried; He descended into hell;
The third day He rose again from the dead;
He ascended into heaven,
And sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty;
From whence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Ghost;
The holy universal church; The communion of saints;
The forgiveness of sins; The resurrection of the body;
And the life everlasting. Amen.
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We Respond to God’s Presence
Oh How Good It Is
Oh how good it is when the family of God
Dwells together in spirit, in faith and unity.
Where the bonds of peace, of acceptance and love,
Are the fruit of His presence here among us.
Refrain: So with one voice we’ll sing to the Lord.
And with one heart we’ll live out his Word.
Till the whole earth sees the redeemer has come
For He dwells in the presence of His people.
Oh how good it is on this journey we share
To rejoice with the happy and weep with those who mourn.
For the weak find strength, the afflicted find grace,
When we offer the blessing of belonging.
Repeat Refrain
Oh how good it is to embrace His command
To prefer one another - forgive as He forgives.
When we live as one we all share in the love
Of the Son with the Father and the Spirit.
Repeat Refrain
Keith Getty, Kristyn Getty, Ross Holmes, and Stuart Townend; © 2012 GettyMusic and Parakeet Boots Music (Adm. by MusicServices.org) and Townend Music (Adm. UK & Europe by ThankYou Music
Red Hymnal #32 “How Firm a Foundation”
Psalm 78C Blue Psalter, pg 482
Open Your Ears, O Faithful People
Open your ears, O faithful people, open your ears and hear God’s word.
Open your hearts, O royal priesthood, God has come to you.
Chorus: God has spoken to the people, hallelujah!
God has spoken words of wisdom, hallelujah!
God has spoken to the people, hallelujah!
God has spoken words of wisdom, hallelujah!
They who have ears to hear the message,
they who have ears, now let them hear.
They who would learn the way of wisdom, let them hear God’s Word.
Repeat Chorus
What we have heard we’ll teach our children;
May they have ears to hear God’s Word.
Let us through every generation make God’s wonders known.
Repeat Chorus
Words: Hasidic traditional; tr. Willard F Jabusch © 1966, 1982 Willard F. Jabusch, admin OCP Publications; st. 3 Martin Tel © 2011 Martin Tel, admin. Faith Alive Christian Resources. Music (Yisrael V’oraita 9.8.9.5 with refrain): Hasidic traditional; arr. Robert Buckley Farlee © 2006 Augsburg Fortress Publishers.
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 Comfort”
II Corinthians
Notes
I. By His Light Shining into Our __________________.
(II Corinthians 1:3-7; 4:4-6)
II. By His Making Us New through __________________.
(II Corinthians 5:17-21)
III. By His Sufficient Power in Our __________________.
(II Corinthians 12:9-10)
We Are Sent Forth in Worship
to Share the Gospel
Red Hymnal #118 “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God”
Benediction
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