Call To Worship
We confess the supremacy of God in Christ through both responsive reading and song.
Our Spoken Call to Worship
Colossians 1:15, 18-20
Christ is the visible image of the invisible God.
He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation.
He is the head of the church, which is his body.
For God in all his fullness was pleased to live in Christ,
And through him God reconciled everything to himself.
Our Sung Call to Worship
Show Us Christ
Confession
We confess our need for mercy through both responsive reading and song.
Our Spoken Confession
Eternal God, you do not change. You have revealed yourself to us in your Word. You call us to worship you in spirit and in truth.
But we confess that we often worship not your true self but who we wish you to be. We too often ask you to bless what we do rather than seeking to do what you bless.
Forgive us for seeking concessions when we should be seeking guidance.
Forgive us when our worship shapes you into what we want instead of shaping us into what you want.
Help us to meet you here, that we might bow before your unspeakable majesty and so live for you now and ever, in Christ.
Amen.
TIME OF SILENT 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
Remember the Gospel
1 Thessalonians 5:9-11
9For God chose to save us through our Lord Jesus Christ, not to pour out his anger on us. 10Christ died for us so that whether we are dead or alive when he returns, we can live with him forever. 11So encourage each other and build each other up, just as you are already doing.
Our Sung Profession of Assurance
Dear Refuge of My Weary Soul
The Solid Rock
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
Be Thou My Vision
Scripture Reading
We hear the scripture text of the sermon read.
Romans 15:14 (NIV 1984)
I myself am convinced, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, complete in knowledge and competent to instruct one another.
Sermon
Romans 15:14 “Counseling Like the Wonderful Counselor” – Kip Hamby
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
Glorious Day (Living He Loved Me)
Blessing
Blessing from Romans 15:13 RSV
13May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.