Hope Chapel FEBRUARY 23, 2014 | WORSHIP GUIDE
CALLED BY GOD Gathering Song 10,000 Reasons Bless the lord oh my soul, oh my soul, Worship his holy name. Sing like never before, oh my soul, I worship you holy name. The sun comes up, its a new day dawning, Its time to sing your song again. Whatever may pass and whatever lies before me, Let me be singing when the evening comes. You’re rich in love and you’re slow to anger, Your name is great and your heart is kind. For all your goodness I will keep on singing, Ten thousand reasons for my heart to find. And on that day when my strength is failing, The end draws near and my time has come. Soon my soul will sing your praise un-ending, Ten thousand years and there forever more.
We sing as a way of engaging our voices, imaginations, words, and desires in the worship of God. We sing together, to God and to each other, because of our calling to be a people joined together in Christ.
Worship is something we offer to God every day of our lives in everything that we do. If we are worshiping as we come in the church doors, why do we have a Call to Worship? Implied in the phrase is the word “corporate.” When we hear the Call to (corporate) Worship, we are called by God as one community to worship Him together. What is unique about Sunday is not that we worship on that day and not others; it is that we worship together.
Welcome & Call to Worship - Psalm 59:16-17 Leader: I will sing of your strength, in the morning I will sing of your love; for you are my fortress, my refuge in times of trouble. All: You are my strength, I sing praise to you; you, God, are my fortress, my God on whom I can rely.
Song of Praise Our Great God Eternal God, unchanging, mysterious, and unknown, Your boundless love, unfailing in grace and mercy shown. Bright seraphim in endless flight around Your glorious throne; They raise their voices day and night in praise to You alone. Hallelujah! Glory be to our great God! Hallelujah! Glory be to our great God! Lord, we are weak and frail, helpless in the storm. Surround us with Your angels, hold us in Your arms. Our cold and ruthless enemy, His pleasure is our harm. Rise up, O Lord, and he will flee before our sovereign God. Let every creature in the sea and every flying bird, Let every mountain, every field, and valley of the earth Let all the moons and all the stars in all the universe Sing praises to the living God, Who rules them by His Word.
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CLEANSED BY GOD Corporate Confession of Sin Creator and Redeemer, to know you is the fulfillment of our deepest longing. How foolishly we seek completion elsewhere! We pursue idols that leave us empty and lost. We fail to love you with our whole heart, soul, and mind. We fail to love our neighbor as ourselves. Forgive us, Almighty God, for our idolatry, for our unfaithfulness. Forgive us for the sake of your Son, Jesus Christ. And grant that from now on we might serve you in the newness of life… ** time for silent confession **
Words of Forgiveness - Ephesians 2:4-5 Because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved!
Passing of the Peace New Members Join
Worship both draws us to God and reveals where we are distant from him. Throughout Scripture, when people see or experience God they are faced with the reality of their own brokenness and shame. Likewise, we confess our sin, as a community and individually.
In the Word of Forgiveness we are reminded that God has made peace with us through Jesus life, death, and resurrection. In this reality, and though we are diverse in many ways, we extend peace to one another in a greeting. Traditionally, congregations use the phrase “Peace be with you”. Feel free to use those words, or to make them your own while saying hello to those around you.
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CELEBRATING GOD After being reminded of God’s lavish grace and love toward us, we respond by celebrating with singing.
Songs of Praise How Great Is Your Faithfulness Now unto the king who reigns over all, And never changes or turns. Unfailing justice, unfading grace, Whose promises remain. Yes, Your promises remain. The heavens ring, the saints all sing, “Great is your faithfulness!” From age to age we will proclaim, “Great is your faithfulness, How great is your faithfulness!” Everything changes, but your stay the same; Your word and kingdom endure. We lean on the promise of all that you are, And trust forevermore, we will trust forevermore. From generation to generation, You never fail us, oh God! Yesterday and today and tomorrow, until the day you return.
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CHANGED BY GOD Prayer of Renewal Scripture Reading- I John 1:1-4 What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and touched with our hands, concerning the Word of Life— 2 and the life was manifested, and we have seen and testify and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was manifested to us— 3 what we have seen and heard we proclaim to you also, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ. 4 These things we write, so that our joy may be made complete. 1
Sermon- Jim Osborne Series: I John Title: Joy
What do we do during the Scripture Reading? Because the Word of God is one of the chief means through which God has chosen to speak to us, it is a principle and direct way we “hear from God” in worship. The public reading of Scripture, then, is a sacred act that deserves our full attention and focus. Especially in our age, we must discipline ourselves to listen to readings for longer periods of time, for God’s Word is food for our soul.
SPACE FOR SERMON NOTES:
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SPACE FOR SERMON NOTES:
Offering
SENT BY GOD Sending Song O Church Arise O church, arise and put your armor on; Hear the call of Christ our captain; For now the weak can say that they are strong In the strength that God has given. With shield of faith and belt of truth We’ll stand against the devil’s lies; An army bold whose battle cry is “Love!” Reaching out to those in darkness. 6
Our call to war, to love the captive soul, But to rage against the captor; And with the sword that makes the wounded whole We will fight with faith and valor. When faced with trials on ev’ry side, we know the outcome is secure, And Christ will have the prize for which He died— An inheritance of nations. Come, see the cross where love and mercy meet, As the Son of God is stricken; Then see His foes lie crushed beneath His feet, For the Conqueror has risen! And as the stone is rolled away, and Christ emerges from the grave, This vict’ry march continues till the day Ev’ry eye and heart shall see Him. So Spirit, come, put strength in ev’ry stride, give grace for ev’ry hurdle, That we may run with faith to win the prize of a servant good and faithful. As saints of old still line the way, retelling triumphs of His grace, We hear their calls and hunger for the day When, with Christ, we stand in glory.
Community Life Benediction Minister: May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. All: And also with you. Minister: Go in peace to love and serve the Lord. All: Thanks be to God.
If the Call to Worship is one bookend, communicating to us that God has the first word, the benediction is its match, reminding us that He has the final word as well. The words of benediction (a Latin word meaning “to speak well” or “to speak a good word”) are intended to bring a blessing. Rather than the worship service ending with a command or merely a “see you next week”, a blessing reminds us of the beauty of God’s promise to be with us as we disperse.
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FINANCIAL UPDATE
STAFF & CONTACT INFO
Given Last Week: $7,163 Required to Date $33,044.20 (Jan. 1 - Feb. 16) Given to Date $32,783.82 Over/[Under] [$260.38]
Todd Jones, lead pastor
[email protected] 336.420.9010
Gifts can be placed in the offering basket on Sundays or mailed to: Hope Chapel 1825 Spring Garden St Greensboro, NC 27403
Michael Van Patter, director of worship arts
[email protected] 336.207.1977 Betsy Greer, children’s discipleship
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Prayer We would love to pray for you. There are two groups meeting weekly to pray for the needs of the church, city, and world. If you would like to have them pray for your needs, we invite you to either drop a note in the prayer box (located beside the glass doors in our lobby) or email it to
[email protected]. All requests will be kept confidential within the prayer team.
SONG INFORMATION 10,000 Reasons Our Great God How Great Is Your Faithfulness O Church Arise
Matt Redman, Jonas Myrin (2011) Fernando Ortega and Mac Powell (2002) Jonas Myrin, Matt Redman (2011) Keith Getty, Stuart Townend (2005)
Community Groups are central to the life of Hope Chapel. We would love to have you visit one of our eight groups, which are multi-generational and geographically based. They meet on Sunday evenings for dinner, fellowship, prayer and Bible study. Area
Contact
Address
Phone
Northeast GSO
Bret Grieves
2926 Round Hill Rd
707-1265
Northwest GSO
Kenny Crawford
3610 Tattershall Dr
209-6028
Starmount
Jim Osborne
3505 Madison Dr
852-3297
Sunset Hills
Todd Jones
2516 Berkley Pl
420-9010
Westridge
Brent York
1808 Regal Ln
558-3809
North GSO
Kevin Hanner
2620 Pewter Place
314-5583
Midtown
David Dorich
2407 Kery Drive
430-7070
Lindley Park
Ryan Bowles
2631 Beechwood Dr
553-8605
