Welcome | Rev. Alan Charnock, Director of Community Engagement
Call to Worship | Psalm 95:1-2
Leader: Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation.
All: Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song.
Song of Praise | House of the Lord
We worship the God who was
We worship the God who is
We worship the God who evermore will be
He opened the prison doors
He parted the raging sea
My God He holds the victory
(Chorus)
There’s joy in the house of the Lord
There’s joy in the house of the Lord today
And we won’t be quiet
We shout out Your praise
There’s joy in the house of the Lord
Our God is surely in this place
And we won’t be quiet
We shout out Your praise
We sing to the God who heals
We sing to the God who saves
We sing to the God who always makes a way
‘Cause He hung up on that cross
Then He rose up from that grave
My God’s still rolling stones away
(Chorus)
We were the beggars
Now we’re royalty
We were the prisoners
Now we’re running free
We are forgiven, accepted
Redeemed by His grace
Let the house of the Lord sing praise
(Chorus x 2)
Song of Praise | Ascribe to the Lord
(Chorus)
Ascribe to the lord
You heavens proclaim
Ascribe to the Lord
Glory and strength
The glory due his name
In the splendor of holiness
Ascribe to the Lord
In the day and the night
Ascribe to the Lord
All power and might
And in his name delight
The Lord our righteousness
(Chorus)
The voice of the Lord moves the waters
The voice of the Lord is wonderful
The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars
The voice of the Lord is powerful
The voice of the Lord is among us
He’s calling your name will you listen to his voice
He makes our broken hearts rejoice
(Chorus)
Come Lord Jesus, King above
Come and save the ones you love
Be our strength and our shield
And bless us with your peace
Come Lord Jesus, be our light
Pierce the dark, upend the night
Turn our sorrow to cries of glory
Our weeping to songs of joy
(Chorus)
And in his name delight
The Lord our righteousness
Prayer of Adoration (Concluded by the Lord’s Prayer)
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on 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 and ever. Amen.
Silent Praise and Thanksgiving
Doxology | Holy, Holy, Holy
Holy, holy, holy
Lord God Almighty
All thy works shall praise thy name
In earth, and sky, and sea
Holy, holy, holy
Merciful and mighty
God in three persons
Blessed Trinity
Prayer of Confession | From Psalm 51
Leader: Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy.
All: Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
Leader: For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me.
All: Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight
Leader: Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities.
All: Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
Silent Confession
Words of Encouragement | 1 Peter 1:3-4
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade—kept in heaven for you.
Prayers of the People
Song of Praise | How Great Thou Art
O Lord my God, when I in awesome wonder
Consider all the worlds thy hands have made
I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder
Thy power throughout the universe displayed
(Chorus)
Then sings my soul, my Savior God, to Thee
How great Thou art, How great Thou art
Then sings my soul, my Savior God, to Thee
How great Thou art, How great Thou art
And when I think that God, his Son not sparing
Sent him to die, I scarce can take it in
That on the cross, my burden gladly bearing
He bled and died to take away my sin
(Chorus)
When Christ shall come, with shout of acclamation
And take me home, what joy shall fill my heart
Then I shall bow, in humble adoration
And there proclaim: “My God, how great Thou art”
(Chorus)
Greetings and Announcements
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Scripture Reading | Romans 8:18-27
18 I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. 19 For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed. 20 For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope 21 that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God.
22 We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. 23 Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies. 24 For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what they already have? 25 But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.
26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. 27 And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.
Sermon | Future by Rev. Bijan Mirtolooi
Reflection Song | O for a Thousand Tongues To Sing
O for a thousand tongues to sing
My great Redeemer’s praise
The glories of my God and King
The triumphs of His grace
Jesus, the name that charms our fears
That bids our sorrows cease
It’s music in the sinner’s ears
It’s life, and health, and peace
(Chorus)
He speaks, and listening to His voice
New life the dead receive
The mournful, broken hearts rejoice
The humble poor believe
The humble poor believe
He breaks the power of cancelled sin
He sets the prisoner free
His blood can make the foulest clean
His blood availed for me
My gracious Master and my God
Assist me to proclaim
To spread through all the earth abroad
The honors of Your name
(Chorus)
Closing Song | On Jordan’s Stormy Banks
On Jordan’s stormy banks I stand,
And cast a wishful eye
To Canaan’s fair and happy land,
Where my possessions lie.
All o’er those wide extended plains,
Shines one eternal day;
There God the Son forever reigns,
And scatters night away.
(Chorus)
I am bound, I am bound
I am bound for the promised land (2x)
No chilling winds nor poisonous breath
Can reach that healthful shore;
Where sickness, sorrow, pain and death,
Are felt and feared no more.
(Chorus)
When shall I see that happy place,
And be forever blessed?
When shall I see my Father’s face,
And in His bosom rest?
(Chorus)
Benediction and Dismissal
Minister: Let us go forth to serve the world as those who love our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
All: Thanks be to God!
Musicians
Sungwon Kim | Acoustic
Brian Holtz | Bass
Aiden Kim | Drums
Chris Weldon | Piano & Vocals
Carmen Cancél | Vocals
Michael Markham | Vocals
Song Credits
House of the Lord | Jonathan Smith and Phil Wickham; CCLI#7168995
Ascribe to the Lord | Chris Weldon, Alex Fleeman, and Corey Fleeman
Holy, Holy, Holy | Words: Reginald Heber; Music: John Dykes
How Great Thou Art | Carl G. Bober, R.J. Hughes and Stuart K. Hines; CCLI#14181
O for a Thousand Tongues To Sing
| Charles Wesley, Chris Weldon
On Jordan’s Stormy Banks | Christopher Miner and Samuel Stennett; CCLI#3251573
