Set List - April 9

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Welcome/Call to Worship:

All: 'Let us see Your glory!' [Ex 33:18]
Leader: Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!
    Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem!
Behold, your king is coming to you;
    righteous and having salvation is he,
humble and mounted on a donkey,
    on a colt, the foal of a donkey. [Zech 9:9]
All: 'Let us see Your glory!'
Leader: Lift up your heads, O gates!
    And be lifted up, O ancient doors,
    that the King of glory may come in.
Who is this King of glory?
    The Lord, strong and mighty,
    the Lord, mighty in battle!
Lift up your heads, O gates!
    And lift them up, O ancient doors,
    that the King of glory may come in.
Who is this King of glory?
    The Lord of hosts,
    He is the King of glory! [Ps 24:7-10]
All: 'Let us see Your glory!'

HOSANNA (PRAISE IS RISING) - HOSANNA

TURN YOUR EYES UPON JESUS

Sermon

THERE IS A REDEEMER

Communion:

Hear the Word of the Lord from Psalm 118:
Let those who fear the Lord say,
     'His steadfast love endures forever.'
Out of my distress I called on the Lord;
     the Lord answered me and set me free.
The Lord is my strength and my song;
     He has become my salvation.
I shall not die, but I shall live, 
      and recount the deeds of the Lord
In Christ, God answers us and sets us free!
In Christ, we are forgiven!  Thanks be to God.
[based on Psalm 118:4-5,14,17]

JESUS, ONLY JESUS

YOU ALONE CAN RESCUE

 

Set List - March 12

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Welcome/Call to Worship: 

 

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•THIS I BELIEVE (THE CREED) 

•GREAT IS THY FAITHFULNESS

Giving: Hebrews 12:1-2

•THE WONDROUS CROSS

Sermon

Communion

•LOVE PURSUED

Philippians 2:6-11

'He was bruised for our transgressions and He bears eternal scars / He was raised for our salvation and His righteousness is ours / praise oh praise Him, praise the glory of this lavished grace so full / lift your souls now and receive the glorious impossible.' [Carl Cartee - 'The Glorious Impossible']

•I STAND AMAZED (HOW MARVELOUS) 

•JESUS IS BETTER

Set List - February 26

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Welcome/Call to Worship: Hosea 6:1

•REJOICE

•MIGHTY TO SAVE/ALWAYS (tag Chorus)

•TURN YOUR EYES UPON JESUS

Sermon

Communion

Confession/Assurance: 

In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength, but you would have none of it. Yet the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore he will rise up to show you compassion.  For the LORD is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him!
[Isaiah 30:15, 18]
Merciful God, we confess that we have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed,
by what we have done, and by what we have left undone.
We have not loved you with our whole heart and mind and strength. 
We have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. In your mercy forgive what we have been, help us amend what we are, and direct what we shall be, so that we may delight in your will and walk in your ways, to the glory of your holy name. Through Christ, our Lord. Amen.

Hear the good news! "I will cleanse them from all the guilt of their sin against me,
and I will forgive all the guilt of their sin and rebellion against me." [Jeremiah 33:8]

•MY JESUS I LOVE THEE-MAN OF SORROWS (tag: Bridge, Chorus) 

•LOVE CAME DOWN

Those That Co-suffer

Music and ministry open the door to relationship.  Together they provide equal opportunity for front row views into times of joy and celebration as well as deep valleys of brokenness.  In relationship we bear one another's burdens - co-suffer.  In song we set the table for people to feel, pray, and respond.  Both an overwhelming privilege.

And this week music and ministry were married as I sang at the funeral of eight-month old Sophie Grace - the daughter of some of our closests friends in Liverpool. 

When I'm tempted to run from the pain that I desperately don't want to feel, I am so grateful for ministry and music that welcome me into relationship and co-suffering.

 'I'll love Thee in life, I will love Thee in death / and praise Thee as long as Thou lendest me breath / and say when the death dew lies cold on my brow / if ever I love Thee my Jesus 'tis now.'

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Valentine's Day

'O Lover to the uttermost, may I read the meltings of Thy heart to me...
...in the manger of Thy birth,
...in the garden of Thy agony,
...in the cross of Thy suffering,
...in the tomb of Thy resurrection,
...in the heaven of Thy intercession.
Thou has loved me eternally and unchangeably, may I love Thee as I am loved by Thee.
Thou has given Thyself for me, may I give myself to Thee.
Thou has died for me, may I live to Thee...
...in every moment of my time,
...in every movement of my mind,
...in every pulse of my heart.' [Valley of Vision]

Not Lose Heart

'What do your people need to hear?'

That question began the construction of this song in 2014 with my friend, Robert Morrison.

And here I sit at the beginning of 2017 and this song has been what I need to hear.  After the most difficult 18 months for myself, and an unrelenting 2016 for most of my friends and family this Scripture song is what we all need to hear.  Our troubles which loom large in the present, in light of eternity are but a passing breath in the unshakeable faithfulness of God.

So we do not lost heart.

When this world presses in You won't fail / Troubles here, but a breath

When it seems I'm on my own, You are there / And we will not lose heart

Let us see the things we cannot see / Remind our hearts that You are near

Let us look to Your glory, God / For You alone are good

Though this life wastes away, You won't fail / You renew us day by day

When I can't stand anymore, You are there / And we will not lose heart

Prepare us for the weight of Your glory / Let us not lose heart