November 17, 2024

Order of Worship

Sunday, November 17, 2024

Welcome and Announcements

Gathering the Family Together

Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise

Immortal, invisible, God only wise,

In light inaccessible hid from our eyes,

Most blessed, most glorious, the Ancient of Days,

Almighty, victorious, Thy great name we praise.

Unresting, unhasting, and silent as light,

Nor wanting, nor wasting, Thou rulest in might;

Thy justice like mountains high soaring above

Thy clouds, which are fountains of goodness and love.

To all, life Thou givest, to both great and small;

In all life Thou livest, the true life of all;

We blossom and flourish as leaves on the tree,

Then wither and perish – but naught changeth Thee.

Thou reignest in glory, Thou rulest in light,

Thine angels adore Thee, all veiling their sight;

All praise we would render: O help us to see

‘Tis only the splendor of light hideth Thee.

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Call To Worship

Scripture Reading:                                                                                   

Psalm 47

¹ Clap your hands, all peoples!
Shout to God with loud songs of joy!

² For the Lord, the Most High, is to be feared,
a great king over all the earth.

³ He subdued peoples under us,
and nations under our feet.

⁴ He chose our heritage for us,
the pride of Jacob whom he loves.

⁵ God has gone up with a shout,
the Lord with the sound of a trumpet.

⁶ Sing praises to God, sing praises!
Sing praises to our King, sing praises!

⁷ For God is the King of all the earth;
sing praises with a psalm!

⁸ God reigns over the nations;
God sits on his holy throne.

⁹ The princes of the peoples gather
as the people of the God of Abraham.

For the shields of the earth belong to God;
he is highly exalted!

Prayer of Invocation

Declaring What We Believe:

We Are Called

Verse 1

Come! Live in the light! Shine with the joy and the love of the Lord!

We are called to be light for the kingdom,

to live in the freedom of the city of God.

Refrain

We are called to act with justice.

We are called to love tenderly.

We are called to serve one another,

to walk humbly with God.

Verse 2

Come! Open your heart! Show your mercy to all those in fear!

We are called to be hope for the hopeless

so hatred and blindness will be no more.  Repeat Refrain

Verse 3

Sing! Sing a new song! Sing of that great day when all will be one!

God will reign, and we’ll walk with each other

as sisters and brothers united in love.       Repeat Refrain

Words and Music (WE ARE CALLED) David Haas (b 1957) ©1988 GIA Publications, Inc

We Respond to God’s Presence

Shout To The Lord

My Jesus, my Savior, Lord, there is none like you;

All of my days, I want to praise the wonders of Your mighty love.

My Comfort, my Shelter, Tower of Refuge and Strength;

Let every breath, all that I am, never cease to worship You.

Chorus:     Shout to the Lord, all the earth;

Let us sing power and majesty, Praise to the King.

Mountains bow down,

And the seas will roar at the sound of Your Name.

I sing for joy at the work of Your hands;

Forever I’ll love You, forever I’ll stand.

Nothing compares to the promise I have in You.

by Darlene Zschech ©  1993 Darlene Zschech/Hillsongs Australia, C/O Integrity Music, Inc. ARR CCLI #172212

Song of the Prophets

Ancient Prophets

In ages past the mighty Lord by prophets spoke the Word,

And from their lips God’s great design throughout the earth was heard.

In revelation, parable, bold fantasy, and dream,

They echoed God’s eternal vow to ransom and redeem.

Nahum

God’s anger, slow and ever sure, will bring injustice down.

The hateful find themselves by love encompassed all around.

Prepare yourselves to be accused, to bear the chastening rod,

for judgment and redemption meet before the throne of God.

Prophets’ Promise

Yet still in present, troubled days we seek to hear God’s voice

And in the face of our distress, find reason to rejoice.

Grant us the wisdom to discern through faith who we should be—

A fallen race, restored through grace, a captive world set free

Words: Michael Morgan ©Faith Alive Christian Resources. Music (STAR OF COUNTY DOWN): Irish traditional; arr. Rory Cooney (b. 1952)) © 1990  GIA Publications, Inc. Used with Permission—onelicense.net

If You But Trust in God to Guide You

1    If you but trust in God to guide you

and place your confidence in him,

You’ll find him always there beside you

to give you hope and strength within;

For those who trust God’s changeless love

build on the rock that will not move.

2. Only be still and wait his pleasure

in cheerful hope with heart content.

He fills your needs to fullest measure

with what discerning love has sent,

Doubt not our inmost wants are known

to him who chose us for his own.

3. Sing, pray, and keep his ways unswerving.

Offer your service faithfully,

And trust his word though undeserving,

you’ll find his promise true to be.

God never will forsake in need

the soul that trusts in him indeed.

Words: Georg Neumark, 1641; tr. Composite, P.D.. Music (NEUMARK/WER NUR DEN LIEBEN GOTT): Georg Neumark, 1657, P.D.

Children’s Song:

Trinity Song

God the Father, God the Son, God the Spirit, three in one.

God the Father loves me so, Gave His Word so I would know.

God the Father, God the Son, God the Spirit three in one.

Three in one and one in three, God the Son, He died for me.

For my sins His blood He gave, then He rose up from the grave.

Three in one and one in three, God the Son He died for me.

Three in one and one in three, God the Spirit lives in me.

Day by day and hour by hour- Helps me witness by His power.

Three in one and one in three, God the Spirit lives in me.

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 Our Stronghold”

Nahum

Notes

I. The _______________ of Judgment for Sin

(Nahum 1:1-6)

II. The _______________ of Defense for Saints

(Nahum 1:7-8)

III.       The ________________ of Peace for Salvation

(Nahum 1:15)

We Are Sent Forth in Worship

to Share the Gospel

Red Hymnal #351                                                “At the Name of Jesus”

Benediction