Worship Bulletin 4.30.23

The Gathering Lyrics

Honey in The Rock

There’s honey in the rock, water in the stone
Manna on the ground, no matter where I go
I don’t need to worry now that I know
Everything I need You’ve got
There’s honey in the rock

Praying for a miracle
Thirsty for the living well
Only You can satisfy
Sweetness at the mercy seat
Now I’ve tasted, it’s not hard to see
Only You can satisfy

There’s honey in the rock
There’s honey in the rock
There’s honey in the rock
There’s honey in the rock
Yeah

Freedom whеre the Spirit is
Bounty in the wildеrness
You will always satisfy, yeah

There’s honey in the rock, water in the stone
Manna on the ground, no matter where I go
I don’t need to worry now that I know
Everything I need You’ve got

There’s honey in the rock, purpose in Your plan
Power in the blood, healing in Your hands
Started flowing when You said it is done
Everything You did’s enough

I keep looking, I keep finding
You keep giving, keep providing
I have all that I need
You are all that I need
I keep praying, You keep moving
I keep praising, You keep proving
I have all that I need
You are all that I need

There’s honey in the rock, water in the stone
Manna on the ground, no matter where I go
I don’t need to worry now that I know (I know)
Everything I need You’ve got

There’s honey in the rock, purpose in Your plan
Power in the blood, healing in Your hands
Started flowing when You said it is done (Jesus)
Jesus, who You are is enough

There’s honey in the rock, ooh
(There’s honey in the rock, ooh)
There’s honey in the rock, ooh
(There’s honey in the rock)

Oh, how sweet, how sweet it is
To trust in You Jesus
Oh, how sweet, how sweet it is
To trust in You Jesus
Oh, how sweet, how sweet it is
To trust in You Jesus

Come Thou Fount

Verse 1

Come Thou Fount of
Every blessing
Tune my heart
To sing Thy grace
Streams of mercy
Never ceasing
Call for songs of loudest praise
Teach me some melodious sonnet
Sung by flaming
Tongues above
Praise the mount
I’m fixed upon it
Mount of Thy redeeming love

Verse 2

Here I raise my Ebenezer
Here there by Thy
Great help I’ve come
And I hope by
Thy good pleasure
Safely to arrive at home
Jesus sought me when a stranger
Wandering from the
Fold of God
He to rescue me
From danger
Interposed His precious blood

Verse 3

Oh to grace how great a debtor
Daily I’m constrained
To be
Let Thy grace now
Like a fetter
Bind my wandering heart to Thee
Prone to wander Lord I feel it
Prone to leave
The God I love
Here’s my heart
Oh take it seal it
Seal it for Thy courts above
Prone to wander Lord I feel it
Prone to leave
The God I love
Here’s my heart
Oh take it seal it
Seal it for Thy courts above

Firm Foundation

Christ is my firm foundation
The rock on which I stand
When everything around me is shaken
I’ve never been more glad
That I put my faith in Jesus
‘Cause He’s never let me down
He’s faithful through generations
So why would He fail now?
He won’t

No, He won’t, no, He won’t
No, He won’t
He won’t, He won’t, He won’t, He won’t

I’ve still got joy in chaos
I’ve got peace that makes no sense
I won’t be going under
I’m not held by my own strength
‘Cause I’ve built my life on Jesus
He’s never let me down
He’s faithful through every season
So why would He fail now? (Shout it out)

He won’t
He won’t
He won’t fail
He won’t fail
He won’t
He won’t (no, no, no, no, He won’t fail)
He won’t fail
He won’t fail

Christ is my firm foundation (let’s go) (testify)
The rock on which I stand
When everything around me is shaken (I’ve never been more)
I’ve never been more glad
That I put my faith in Jesus (yeah)
‘Cause He’s never let me down (He’s faithful)
He’s faithful through generations (so why)
So why would He fail now? (I need you to shout it out) (come on)

Rain came, wind blew
But my house was built on You
I’m safe with You
I’m gonna make it through

Traditional Worship Bulletin

Traditional Service
April 30, 2023 | 11:00 am

“The Greatest Good News”
Acts 14:8-18
Rev. Lance Marshall
Senior Pastor

Welcome and Announcements
Dr. Mike Marshall, Associate Pastor

Prelude: “Praise and Thanksgiving”
Dale Wood, arranger
Peggy Graff, organist

*Call to Worship
Rev. Linda McDermott, Associate Pastor
One: God, the LORD God, has spoken
All: God’s summons covers all the earth like the sun from its rising to its setting.
One “Gather to me, my faithful ones”;
All We gather to worship you, O God. Amen.

*Hymn 384: “Love Divine, All Loves Excelling”
1. Love divine, all loves excelling,
joy of heaven, to earth come down;
fix in us thy humble dwelling;
all thy faithful mercies crown!
Jesus, thou art all compassion,
pure, unbounded love thou art;
visit us with thy salvation;
enter every trembling heart.

2. Breathe, O breathe thy loving Spirit
into every troubled breast!
Let us all in thee inherit;
let us find that second rest.
Take away our bent to sinning;
Alpha and Omega be;
end of faith, as its beginning,
set our hearts at liberty.

3. Come, Almighty to deliver,
let us all thy life receive;
suddenly return and never,
nevermore thy temples leave.
Thee we would be always blessing,
serve thee as thy hosts above,
pray and praise thee without ceasing,
glory in thy perfect love.

4. Finish, then, thy new creation;
pure and spotless let us be.
Let us see thy great salvation
perfectly restored in thee;
changed from glory into glory,
till in heaven we take our place,
till we cast our crowns before thee,
lost in wonder, love, and praise.

*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

Ministry Moment
Honoring Rev. Linda McDermott

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

*Hymn 500: “Spirit of God, Descend upon My Heart”
1. Spirit of God, descend upon my heart;
wean it from earth; through all its pulses move;
stoop to my weakness, mighty as thou art,
and make me love thee as I ought to love.

2. I ask no dream, no prophet ecstasies,
no sudden rending of the veil of clay,
no angel visitant, no opening skies;
but take the dimness of my soul away.

5. Teach me to love thee as thine angels love,
one holy passion filling all my frame;
the kindling of the heaven-descended Dove,
my heart an altar, and thy love the flame.

Scripture: Acts 14:8-18
Bob Fuller, lay reader
God speaks to us through the reading of scripture.
Thanks be to God.

Sermon Series: The Greatest Good News
Rev. Lance Marshall, Senior Pastor

Pastoral Prayer

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 trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen. (Matthew 6:9-13)

Offertory: “Jesus Shall Reign”
Victor Johnson, arranger
Choral Union
Thomas Williams, director

*Doxology 95
Praise God, from Whom all blessings flow.
Praise God, all creatures here below;
Praise God above, ye heavenly host.
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.

*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: “Let There Be Peace on Earth”
Let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me.
Let there be peace on earth, the peace that was meant to be.
With God our Creator, children all are we.
Let us walk with each other in perfect harmony.
Let peace begin with me, let this be the moment now,
With every step I take let this be my solemn vow:
To take each moment and live each moment in peace eternally.
Let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me.

*Postlude: “Give To Our God Immortal Praise”
Wilbur Held, arranger

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