Call To Worship
We confess the supremacy of God in Christ through both responsive reading and song.
Our Spoken Call to Worship
Based on Psalm 98:1-4
Oh sing to the LORD a new song, for he has done marvelous things!
His right hand and his holy arm have worked salvation for him.
The LORD has made known his salvation; he has revealed his righteousness in the site of the nations.
He has remembered his steadfast love and faithfulness to the house of Israel.
All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth; break forth into joyous song and sing praises!
Our Sung Call to Worship
All Creatures of Our God and King
Confession
We confess our need for mercy through both responsive reading and song.
Our Spoken Confession
Lord, we confess that hour hearts are prone to wander
away from Jesus and into unbelief.
When spiritual growth seems too slow,
we turn to the wisdom and ways of the world.
When Your plans seem slow to us,
we grow impatient and grumble.
When our prayers are not answered in our way and in our time,
we question whether You listen to us.
When we do not get what we want,
we question whether You love us.
When others interfere with our plans,
we gossip, judge, and hate.
In all of this, we set ourselves up as Your counselor and our neighbor’s judge—
we set ourselves up as God.
We believe;
help our unbelief.
Help us to believe that if You gave Your Son for us,
You will give us all things in Him.
Help us to trust that in Christ You are working good for us—
in Your way and in Your time.
This we pray in Jesus’ name. Amen.
TIME OF SILENT CONFESSION
Our Sung Confession
I Asked the Lord
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
Based on Romans 5:6, 8-11
While we were still weak,
Christ died for the ungodly.
God shows his love for us in this:
While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
We have been declared righteous by his blood, therefore
We shall be saved by Jesus from the wrath of God.
When we were God’s enemies
We were reconciled to God by the death of his Son.
Now that we are reconciled,
We shall be saved by his life.
And so we rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
Our Sung Profession of Assurance
Jesus Paid It All
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
10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord)
Scripture Reading
We hear the scripture text of the sermon read.
Colossians 3:5-11
5Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. 6On account of these the wrath of God is coming. 7In these you too once walked, when you were living in them. 8But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth. 9Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices 10and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator. 11Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free; but Christ is all, and in all.
Sermon
Colossians 3:5-11 – Jonathan Philgreen
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
When I Survey The Wondrous Cross
Blessing
Blessing from Hebrews 13:20-21
Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great Shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant, equip you with everything good that you may do His will, working in us that which is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.