Call To Worship
We confess the supremacy of God in Christ through both responsive reading and song.
Our Spoken Call to Worship
Job 36:2-12
2 “Bear with me a little, and I will show you,
for I have yet something to say on God’s behalf.
3 I will get my knowledge from afar
and ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
4 For truly my words are not false;
one who is perfect in knowledge is with you.
5 “Behold, God is mighty, and does not despise any;
he is mighty in strength of understanding.
6 He does not keep the wicked alive,
but gives the afflicted their right.
7 He does not withdraw his eyes from the righteous,
but with kings on the throne
he sets them forever, and they are exalted.
8 And if they are bound in chains
and caught in the cords of affliction,
9 then he declares to them their work
and their transgressions, that they are behaving arrogantly.
10 He opens their ears to instruction
and commands that they return from iniquity.
11 If they listen and serve him,
they complete their days in prosperity,
and their years in pleasantness.
12 But if they do not listen, they perish by the sword
and die without knowledge.
Our Sung Call to Worship
Behold Our God by Jonathan Baird, Meghan Baird, Ryan Baird, Stephen Altrogge
Confession
We confess our need for mercy through both responsive reading and song.
Our Spoken Confession
Job 42:1-6
1 Then Job answered the Lord and said:
2 “I know that you can do all things,
and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted.
3 ‘Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?’
Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand,
things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.
4 ‘Hear, and I will speak;
I will question you, and you make it known to me.’
5 I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear,
but now my eye sees you;
6 therefore I despise myself,
and repent in dust and ashes.”
Our Sung Confession
I Am Ashamed by D. A. Carson and Ian Brown
Assurance and Peace
We profess our assurance of salvation and peace in Christ through both responsive reading and song.
Our Sung Profession of Assurance
Forever by Christa Black Gifford, Kari Jobe, Brian Johnson, Jenn Johnson, Joel Taylor, and Gabriel Wilson
Thanksgiving and Petition
We Give Thanks in Prayer and Offer Petitions to God
We express our gratitude to God our Father for Christ’s work on the cross for us and bring our requests before him. In bringing our requests, we confess that we believe God truly is a good father, who cares about our needs and gives us what he knows is best.
We Give Thanks by Giving
We give financial offerings to support the work of the church because of our gratitude to God. By giving we confess we are trusting in God’s provision for us as well.
We Give Thanks in Song
Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing by Robert Robinson and John Wyeth
Scripture Reading
We hear the scripture text of the sermon read.
Sermon
The Supremacy of Christ: Ruler of the Universe
Colossians 1:15-17
Sending
Having heard and confessed the Gospel, we are sent into the world on mission in Christ, which we express in both song and spoken word.
Sending Song
The Gospel Song by Drew Jones and Bob Kauflin
Benediction
May you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation.
May you rejoice in you sufferings for the sake of your brothers and sisters in Christ, and in your flesh may you complete what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church.
Adapted from Colossians 1:23-24