January 23, 2011

Order of Worship

Lord’s Day Morning: January 23, 2011

Call to Worship

Welcome.  It is good to be in the Lord’s house on the Lord’s day with the Lord’s people to worship the Lord.  May He alone be glorified this morning.

Please stand…

And hear the word of the Lord from Psalm 33:1-9

1 Shout for joy in the Lord, O you righteous! Praise befits the upright.
2 Give thanks to the Lord with the lyre; make melody to him with the harp of ten strings!
3 Sing to him a new song; play skillfully on the strings, with loud shouts. 4 For the word of the Lord is upright, and all his work is done in faithfulness.
5 He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the steadfast love of the Lord. 6 By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, and by the breath of his mouth all their host.
7 He gathers the waters of the sea as a heap; he puts the deeps in storehouses. 8 Let all the earth fear the Lord; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him!
9 For he spoke, and it came to be; he commanded, and it stood firm.

Prayer of Praise

Heavenly Father, we come together this morning as your people to worship you.  You alone are worthy to be praised.  Lord we stand in awe of you this morning because you spoke the heavens and earth into existence and you uphold them by your mighty hand.  You created man and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life.  The earth is full of your steadfast love.  You have given us both physical and spiritual life and our desire this morning in response to all that you are and all that you have done is to praise you with all of our heart, and soul, and mind, and strength.  May your Spirit fill us this morning and enable us to bring genuine praise that will be honoring and glorifying to you.  We ask this in Jesus name, amen.

Intro to: this is my Father’s world

this is my Father’s world!

Song 1: this is my Father’s world (Praise)

Intro to: Your Love o Lord (Psalm 35:5-6)

Your steadfast love, O Lord, extends to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds. Your righteousness is like the mountains of God; your judgments are like the great deep; man and beast you save, O Lord.

Your Love O Lord.

Song 2: your love o lord (Praise)

Let us Read the Word of God together.

Congregational reading (Psalm 25:1-7)(confession)

To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul.
2 O my God, in you I trust; let me not be put to shame; let not my enemies exult over me.
3 Indeed, none who wait for you shall be put to shame; they shall be ashamed who are wantonly treacherous. 4 Make me to know your ways, O Lord; teach me your paths.
5 Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all the day long. 6 Remember your mercy, O Lord, and your steadfast love, for they have been from of old.
7 Remember not the sins of my youth or my transgressions; according to your steadfast love remember me, for the sake of your goodness, O Lord!

Intro to: God be merciful to me

God be Merciful to Me!  On thy grace i rest my plea!

Song 3: God be merciful to me (Confession)

Intro to: nothing without you (Psalm 73:25-26)

Lord, Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you.
 My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

Song 4: nothing without you (COnfession)

please be seated.

Reading: John 15:1-11 (COnfession/Affirmation)

Jesus said in John 15:1-11, “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. 2 Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. 3 Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. 4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. 5 I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. 6 If anyone does not abide in me he is thrown away like a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned. 7 If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. 8 By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples. 9 As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love. 10 If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love. 11 These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.

This is the Word of God…Amen

Gentlemen if you would come forward to receive the offering

Prayer of Confession before Offering

Heavenly Father, we want to admit to you and each other that we have nothing and we are nothing without you.  You are the source of every good thing that we have and we want to thank you because you have given us so much.  Lord, forgive us for sometimes loving the things of this world more than you.  Enable us to keep your commandments and so abide in your love.  May the song of our hearts be as that of the Psalmist who said “whom have I in heaven but you and earth there is nothing I desire but you for you are our strength and our portion forever.”  Lord, as we give this morning enable us to give, not out of obligation, but with full acknowledgment and understanding that you give us life and breath and everything and enable us to give with joy and gratitude and satisfaction in our hearts to you, our Lord and Savior our strength and our portion forever.  And we ask this in Jesus name, amen.

offering

intro to: before there was time (Isaiah 53:6)

All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one—to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him, the only begotten Son of God, the iniquity of us all.

Please stand and sing, before there was time.

Song 5: before there was time (Affirmation)

Intro to: how deep the father’s love (I John 3:1)

See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are.

How deep the father’s love for us! 

Song 6: how deep the Father’s love (Affirmation)

Scripture reading (Acts 2:42-47)

prayer of illumination

sermon

prayer of interession

song of benediction: How Deep the Father’s Love

Welcome the istes and taylors into membership

blessing (Based on Psalm 33:20-22)

May your soul wait for the Lord; your help and your shield.  May your hearts be glad in him because you trust in his holy name.  And, may the steadfast love of the Lord be upon you as you hope in him.

You are dismissed 

January 16, 2011

Order of Worship

Lord’s Day Morning: Sunday, January 16, 2011

Call to Worship

Welcome.  In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ I welcome you all this morning and invite you to worship the Lord.

Hear the Word of God:

Psalm 113:1-9,

1Praise the Lord! Praise, O servants of the Lord, praise the name of the Lord! 2 Blessed be the name of the Lord from this time forth and forevermore!
3 From the rising of the sun to its setting, the name of the Lord is to be praised!4 The Lord is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens!
5 Who is like the Lord our God, who is seated on high,
6 who looks far down on the heavens and the earth?
7 He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap,
8 to make them sit with princes, with the princes of his people.
9 He gives the barren woman a home, making her the joyous mother of children. Praise the Lord!

Prayer of Praise

Lord we want to praise you this morning for you are the Lord of heaven and earth.  You are high and lifted up.  You are above all nations.  You are holy.  And you have looked on our lowly estate and you have poured out your grace.  Lord we ask that you would fill us with your Spirit this morning and hear our praises as we seek to glorify your name.  In Jesus name, Amen.

Intro to: Zion

Let zion in her king rejoice!

Song 1: Zion (Praise)

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Zion

Intro to: All Creatures of Our God and King

Let heaven and earth praise him.  Lift up you voices and sing praises to our God and King!

Song 2: All Creatures of Our God and King (Praise)

COngregational Reading (Confession/repentence)

21 …I find it to be a law that when I want to do right, evil lies close at hand. 22 For I delight in the law of God, in my inner being, 23 but I see in my members another law waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members. 24 Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? 25 Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.

Song 3: War Rages (COnfession/Repentence)

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War Rages

Intro to: for all the saints (Hebrews 11:1, 12:1-2)

Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.  For by it the people of old received their commendation. …since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,  looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

Song 4: For all the Saints (COnfession/pardon)

Prayer of thanks for the offering (Hebrews 10:19-25)

19 Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, 20 by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, 21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. 23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful. 24 And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, 25 not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.

Heavenly Father, we come to you this morning trusting only in the blood of Jesus to worship you, to praise you, to confess our sins to you, to thank you for all of your good gifts, and to faithfully give of our abundance in response to your abundant grace and mercy that you have poured out on us.  Lord we ask for your continued favor, that you would continue to fill us to overflowing so that we can be channels of your good gifts.  That others may see and that others may hear and glorify you.  Lord we bring this offering to you with joyous hearts in response to what you have done trusting that you will continue to provide.  Lord abide with us now.  In Jesus name, Amen.

Offering

Offeratory: Abide with me

Song 5: Abide with me (Assurance of grace)

Intro to: Rock of Ages (Psalm 18:46&49)

The Lord lives, and blessed be the rock, and exalted be the God, the rock of our salvation…for this we will praise you, O Lord, among the nations, and sing to your name.

Song 6: Rock of Ages (Assurance/renewal)

Scripture Reading (Acts 2:42-47)

Prayer of illumination

Sermon

Prayer of intercession

SOng of Benediction: Rock of Ages

January 2, 2011

Order of Worship

Sunday, January 2, 2011

Call to Worship

We have a great and mighty God who has graciously revealed himself to us.  It has been said that God has revealed himself to us in two books: in the book of creation and in His Holy Word.  Creation speaks to us of an all-wise creator but it insufficient to save us.  It is only through hearing the the Word of God recorded in the Bible that we come to a full knowledge of creation and God’s great plan of redemption through Jesus Christ. 

I invite you to hear the Word of the Lord this morning:

Psalm 19:1-4, 1The heavens declare the glory of God,
and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.
2 Day to day pours out speech,
and night to night reveals knowledge.
3 There is no speech, nor are there words,
whose voice is not heard.
4 Their voice goes out through all the earth,
and their words to the end of the world.

Prayer

Heavenly Father we want to praise you for you are great and mighty.  You are the all-powerful creator and Sovereign Lord of heaven and earth.  We thank you for revealing yourself to us not only in nature but more fully in your Word.  Your Word, that contains the words that lead to eternal life.  Lord we are unworthy to find favor in your site for we are sinful and lowly.  We are unable in and of ourselves to come into your presence to worship you rightly.  So we ask you for you help this morning.  We ask that your Holy Spirit would fill us and empower us to worship you in Spirit and in truth. We pray as David did that you would “Let the words of our mouth and the meditation of my hearts
be acceptable in your sight,
O Lord, our rock and our redeemer.  And we ask this in Jesus name, Amen

Congregational Reading

Psalm 19:7-11, 7 The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul;
the testimony of the Lord is sure,
making wise the simple;
8 the precepts of the Lord are right,
rejoicing the heart;
the commandment of the Lord is pure,
enlightening the eyes;
9 the fear of the Lord is clean,
enduring forever;
the rules  of the Lord are true,
and righteous altogether.
10 More to be desired are they than gold,
even much fine gold;
sweeter also than honey
and drippings of the honeycomb.
11 Moreover, by them is your servant warned;
in keeping them there is great reward.

Song 1: This is My Father’s World

Intro To: Lilly of the Valley

In this old hymn, Christ’s beauty is compared to a lily of the valley and bright and morning star, the fairest of ten thousand.  If you have been given eyes to see, then sing of his beauty this morning.

Song 2: Lilly of the Valley

Intro To: In the Shadow of the Glorious Cross

This is a modern hymn that expresses a sense of lament and struggle that we sometimes go through in this life.  These times are meant to draw us closer to our Saviors side as we journey through this broken world.

Song 3: In the Shadow

Intro To: The Love of Christ is Rich and Free

The Lord is good, and His steadfast love endures forever.  Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

Song 4: The Love of Christ is Rich and Free

Prayer for Offering

From the Valley of Vision Puritan Prayer Book, Regeneration.

(Personal pronouns changed from singular to plural for corporate prayer)

O God of the highest heaven,

occupy the throne of our hearts,

take full possession and reign supreme,

lay low every rebel lust,

let no vile passion resist thy holy war;

manifest thy mighty power,

and make us thine forever.

Thou art worthy to be

praised with our every breath,

loved with our every faculty of soul,

served with our every act of life.

Thou hast loved us, espoused us, received us,

purchased, washed, favored, clothed,

adorned us,

when we were worthless, vile soiled, polluted.

We were dead in iniquities,

having no eyes to see thee,

no ears to hear thee,

no taste to relish thy joys,

no intelligence to know thee;

But thy Spirit has quickened us,

has brought us into a new world as a

new creatures,

has given us spiritual perception,

has opened to us thy Word as light, guide,

solace, joy.

Thy presence is to us a treasure of unending peace;

No provocation can part us from thy sympathy,

for thou hast drawn us with cords of love,

and dost forgive us daily, hourly.

O help us then to walk worthy of thy love,

of our hopes, and our vocations.

Keep us, for we cannot keep ourselves;

Protect us that no evil befall us;

Let us lay aside every sin admired of many;

Help us to walk by thy side, lean on thy arm,

hold converse with thee,

That we may be salt of the earth

and a blessing to all.

We ask this in Jesus name, Amen

Offering

Song 5: O Great God

Intro To: Help My Unbelief

Jesus ministered to a boy who was possessed with a demon.  His Father asked, “If you can do anything, have compassion on us and help us.” And Jesus said to him, “‘If you can’! All things are possible for one who believes.”  Immediately the father of the child cried out and said, “I believe; help my unbelief!”

Song 6: Help My Unbelief

Scripture Reading

Prayer of Illumination

Sermon

Prayer of Intercession

Song Before Lord’s Supper: O Great God

Prayer of Confession Before the Lord’s Supper

Lord’s Supper

Song of Benediction:  O Great God

Dismiss

January 9, 2011

Order of Worship

January 9, 2011

Call to Worship

Psalm 86:1-7 (A Prayer of David)

1 Incline your ear, O Lord, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.
2 Preserve my life, for I am godly; save your servant, who trusts in you—you are my God.
3 Be gracious to me, O Lord, for to you do I cry all the day.
4 Gladden the soul of your servant, for to you, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.
5 For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon you.
6 Give ear, O Lord, to my prayer; listen to my plea for grace.
7 In the day of my trouble I call upon you, for you answer me.

Prayer

Song 1: Quietly

Intro To: O Help My Unbelief

Jesus ministered to a boy who was possessed with a demon.  His Father asked, “If you can do anything, have compassion on us and help us.” And Jesus said to him, “‘If you can’! All things are possible for one who believes.”  Immediately the father of the child cried out and said, “I believe; help my unbelief!”  Let us sing this song together as prayer that God would help our unbelief.

Song 2: O Help My Unbelief

Congregational Reading

Lord’s Prayer (Matthew 9-13)

Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.  Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.  Give us this day our daily bread.  And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.  And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.

Song 3: Let Your Kingdom Come

Intro To: Breathing the Breath

Psalm 150:1,2&6 

Praise the Lord! Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens!  Praise him for his mighty deeds; praise him according to his excellent greatness! Let everything that has breath praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord!

Song 4: Breathing the Breath

Prayer for the Offering (To express lyrics from Breathing the Breath and Acts 17:22-32)

Offering

Song 5: I Need Thee Every Hour

This song is a prayer that expresses our great need for God’s grace, “every hour.”  Let us sing this together as an expression of our dependence on God.  I Need Thee Every Hour

Song 6: All I have is Christ

Praise be to God! We have a risen Savior who sits at the right hand of God as our high priest and intercedes on our behalf.  This song is a prayer that expresses our own unworthiness and God’s Amazing Grace.  Sing together, All I have is Christ.

Scripture Reading (Acts 2:42-47)

Prayer of Illumination

Sermon

Prayer of Intercession

Song of Benediction: All I have is Christ

Dismiss