Worship Bulletin 3.19.23

The Gathering Lyrics

Child of Love

I was walking the wayside
Lost on a lonely road
I was chasing the high life
Tryna satisfy my soul

All the lies I believed in
Left me crying like the rain
Then I saw lightning from Heaven
And I’ve never been the same

I’m gonna climb a mountain
I’m gonna shout about it
I am a child of love
I found a world of freedom
I found a friend in Jesus
I am a child of love

I’ve felt the sting of the fire
But I saw You in the flames
Just when I thought it was over
You broke me out of the grave

I’m gonna climb a mountain
I’m gonna shout about it
I am a child of love
I found a world of freedom
I found a friend in Jesus
I am a child of love

I am a child of love, yeah, oh
I am a child of love

Nothing can change the way
You love me
Nothing can change the way
I belong to You
Yes I do
Nothing can separate

I’m gonna climb a mountain
I am a child of love
I found a world of freedom
I am a child of love

I’m gonna climb a mountain
I’m gonna shout about it
I am a child of love
I found a world of freedom
I found a friend in Jesus
I am a child of love, oh yeah

Yeah, I am a child of love
I am a child of love

Inheritance

[Verse 1]
Right from the very start
You had me in Your heart
Nothing but dust and yet
You gave me life and breath

[Verse 2]
Loved me before I knew
For nothing that I could do
You wrapped Your Word in flesh
What an inheritance

[Chorus 1]
You don’t withhold a thing
You were the offering
I don’t deserve it
It doesn’t make sense
What an inheritance, oh

[Verse 3]
(Oh, what an inheritance, yeah)
There on a lonely hill
Ten thousand debts fulfilled
Heard in Your final breath
Last will and testament

[Verse 4]
Father Your work is done
Now let Your kingdom come
Death has been laid to rest
What an inheritance

[Chorus 1]
You don’t withhold a thing
You were the offering
I don’t deserve it
It doesn’t make sense
What an inheritance

[Refrain]
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
You’re my inheritance

[Bridge]
Spirit of life and truth
Filling the upper room
Beating within my chest
What an inheritance

[Tag]
Counsel and closest friend
What an inheritance

God is In This Story

There’s torn up pages in this book
Words that tell me I’m no good
Chapters that defined me for so long
But the hands of grace and endless love
Dusted off and picked me up
Told my heart that hope is never gone

God is in this story god is in the details
Even in the broken parts
He holds my heart, He never fails
When I’m at my weakest
I will trust in Jesus
Always in the highs and lows
The One who goes before me
God is in this story

So if the storm you’re walking through
Feels like it’s too much, and you
Wonder if He even cares at all
Hold on tight to what you know
He promised He won’t let you go
Your song of healing’s written in His scars

God is in this story god is in the details
Even in the broken parts
He holds my heart, He never fails
When I’m at my weakest
I will trust in Jesus
Always in the highs and lows
The One who goes before me
God is in this story

If it reads like addiction
If it reads like disease
He’s the One who frees the prisoner
He’s the healer of all things
If it reads like depression
If it reads broken home
He’s the One who holds your sorrow
He won’t leave you here alone

God is in this story god is in the details
Even in the broken parts
He holds my heart, He never fails
When I’m at my weakest
I will trust in Jesus
Always in the highs and lows
The One who goes before me
Always in the highs and lows
The One who goes before me
God is in this story

Revival

Your strength that found me at my weakest
Your grace poured out at my despair
When I feel lifeless, tired, burned out and defeated
Your perfect love will find me there

You called my name, you made all things new
Oh, I was dead but look at me now,
I’ve found revival in you
You gave me life, ’cause that’s what you do
Oh, I was dead, but look at me now
I’ve found revival in you

Wild dreams that breathed into existence
My broken heart began to beat
There’s no more fear and doubt, my bitter disappointments
Became my greatest victory

Oh, when You called my name, you made all things new
Oh, I was dead but look at me now,
I’ve found revival in you
You gave me life, ’cause that’s what you do
Oh, I was dead, but look at me now
I’ve found revival in you

It’s all because of you, all because of you
I am alive in Jesus, I am alive
It’s all because of you, oh it’s all because of you
I am alive in Jesus, I am alive

You called my name, you made all things new
Oh, I was dead but look at me now,
I’ve found revival in you
You gave me life, ’cause that’s what you do
Oh, I was dead, but look at me now
I’ve found revival in you
Oh, I was dead, but look at me now
I’ve found revival in you

Traditional Worship Bulletin

Traditional Service
March 19, 2023 | 11:00 am

“Tough Love”
Matthew 25:1-13
Rev. Lance Marshall
Senior Pastor

Welcome and Announcements
Rev. Zhenya Gurina Rodriguez, PhD, Associate Pastor

Prelude: “Lift High the Cross”
Cathy Moklebust, arranger
Fifth Street Bells and Peggy Graff, organ
Thomas Williams, director

*Call to Worship
Dr. Mike Marshall, Associate Pastor
One: Are you awake? Are you alert?
All: Christ is coming into our lives in a new way.
One: Are you watching the signs? Are you interpreting what is happening today?
All: Christ is coming into our lives in a new way.
One: Do you see opportunities for ministry? Do you see the poor, the homeless, the hungry, the needy?
All: Christ is coming into our lives in a new way.
One: Come, let us worship and let us work in the reign of God. Christ has extended the invitation:
All: let us work together in the reign of God on earth. Amen.

*Hymn 61: “Come, Thou Almighty King”
1. Come, thou almighty King,
help us thy name to sing,
help us to praise!
Father all glorious,
o’er all victorious,
come and reign over us, Ancient of Days!

2. Come, thou incarnate Word,
gird on thy mighty sword,
our prayer attend!
Come, and thy people bless,
and give thy word success;
Spirit of holiness, on us descend!

3. Come, holy Comforter,
thy sacred witness bear
in this glad hour.
Thou who almighty art,
now rule in every heart,
and ne’er from us depart, Spirit of power!

4. To thee, great One in Three,
eternal praises be,
hence, evermore.
Thy sovereign majesty
may we in glory see,
and to eternity love and adore!

*Affirmation of Faith 881
I believe in God the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth;
And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord: who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; the third day he rose from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic* church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.

*Gloria Patri 70
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost; as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Amen.

**Please be seated

Psalter Reading: Psalm 119
Sung Response: O how He loves you and me! O how He loves you and me! He gave His life. What more could He give?
O how He loves you; O how He loves me; O how He loves you and me!
One: Teach me, O Lord, the way of your statutes; and I will keep it to the end.
All: Give me understanding, that I may keep your law and observe it with my whole heart.
One: Lead me in the path of your commandments, for I delight in it.
All: Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to gain!
One: Turn my eyes from looking at vanities; and give me life in your ways.
All: Confirm to your servant your promise, which is for those who fear you.
One: Turn away the reproach which I dread; for your ordinances are good.
All: Behold, I long for your precepts; in your righteousness give me life!

Sung Response

One: Let your steadfast love come to me, O Lord, your salvation according to your promise;
All: then shall I have an answer for those who taunt me, for I trust in your word.
One: And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth, for my hope is in your ordinances.
All: I will keep your law continually, for ever and ever;
One: and I shall walk at liberty, for I have sought your precepts.
All: I will also speak of your testimonies before rulers, and shall not be put to shame;
One: for I find my delight in your commandments, which I love.
All: I revere your commandments, which I love, and I will meditate on your statutes.

Sung Response

Faith Like a Child
“Mister Mark” Burrows, Director of Children’s Ministries

*Hymn 463: “Lord, Speak to Me”
1. Lord, speak to me, that I may speak
in living echoes of thy tone;
as thou hast sought, so let me seek
thine erring children lost and lone.

2. O strengthen me, that while I stand
firm on the rock, and strong in thee,
I may stretch out a loving hand
to wrestlers with the troubled sea.

3. O teach me, Lord, that I may teach
the precious things thou dost impart;
and wing my words, that they may reach
the hidden depths of many a heart.

4. O fill me with thy fullness, Lord,
until my very heart o’erflow
in kindling thought and glowing word,
thy love to tell, thy praise to show.

5. O use me, Lord, use even me,
just as thou wilt, and when, and where,
until thy blessed face I see,
thy rest, thy joy, thy glory share.

Scripture: Matthew 25:1-13
Julie Fagan, lay reader
God speaks to us through the reading of scripture.
Thanks be to God.

Sermon Series: Tough Love
Rev. Phyllis Barren, Associate Pastor

Pastoral Prayer

The Lord’s Prayer

Offertory: “Keep Your Lamps”
Andre Thomas, arranger
Choral Union
Percussionist: Wes Griffin

*Doxology 95

*Benediction
One: Our gathering will soon be ended. Where will we go, and what will we do?
All: We will go out to be God’s people in the world.
One: May grace, peace, hope, love, and joy forever accompany you. Amen.

*Congregational Benediction: “I Surrender All” (refrain)
I surrender all, (I surrender all,)
I surrender all, (I surrender all,)
All to thee, my blessed Savior, I surrender all.

*Postlude: “Lift High the Cross”
John Leavitt, arranger
Peggy Graff, organist

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