Welcome
Call To Worship
We confess the supremacy of God in Christ through both responsive reading and song.
Our Spoken Call to Worship
Alleluia! Christ is risen.
He is risen indeed. Alleluia!
Praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
He has given us new life and hope.
He has raised Jesus from the dead.
God has claimed us as his own.
He has brought us out of darkness.
He has made us light to the world.
Alleluia! Christ is risen.
He is risen indeed. Alleluia!
—based on 1 Peter 1:3-5
Our Sung Call to Worship
Confession
We confess our need for mercy through both responsive reading and song.
Our Private Confession
We will have a time of private confession
Our Sung Confession
Assurance and Peace
We profess our assurance of salvation and peace in Christ through both responsive reading and song.
Our Spoken Profession of Assurance
Christ is the head of the body, the church.
He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead,
that in everything He might be preeminent.
And we were dead in the trespasses of our sin
and the uncircumcision of our flesh
but God made us alive together with him,
having forgiven us all our trespasses.
God canceled our record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands.
This he set aside, nailing it to Christ’s cross.
We were buried with Christ in baptism,
We were also raised with him through faith
by the powerful working of God,
Who raised Christ from the dead.
Adapted from: Colossians 1:18; 2:11-14
Our Sung Profession of Assurance
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
Scripture Reading
We hear the scripture text of the sermon read.
Colossians 1:15-23, 2:11-15
Sermon
The Supremacy of Christ in the Death and Resurrection of Christ
Colossians 1:15-23, 2:11-15
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
Baptism: Abi Philgreen
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