HOPE CHAPEL
WORSHIP GUIDE / APRIL 6, 2014 Illustration by Stephen Crotts
CALLED BY GOD Gathering Song 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.
Great Are You Lord You give life, You are love, You bring light to the darkness. You give hope, You restore every heart that is broken. Great are You, Lord! It’s Your breath in our lungs, So we pour out our praise, we pour out our praise. It’s Your breath in our lungs, So we pour out our praise to You only. All the earth will shout Your praise, Our hearts will cry, these bones will sing, “Great are You, Lord!”
Welcome & Call to Worship - Psalm 95:1-7 Leader: Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song. All: For the Lord is the great God, the great King above all gods. In his hand are the depths of the earth, and the mountain peaks belong to him. he sea is his, for he made it, and his hands formed the dry land. Leader: Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the Lord our Maker; All: for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture, the flock under his care.
Song of Praise We Are Not Overcome Flesh will fail and bones will break; theives will steal, the earth will shake, Night will fall, the light will fade; The Lord will give and take away: Because of His great Love, we are not overcome! Because of His great Love, we are not overcome! 2
Put no trust in the earth, in the sod you stand upon. Flowers fade into dust; The Lord will make a place for us. Have no fear for your life, Turn your cheek! Turn your cheek! Bear the yoke of love and death; The Lord will give all life and breath.
CLEANSED BY GOD Corporate Confession of Sin We confess that we have grown sinfully comfortable in the futility of this life. We are cynical and suspicious of the hope of redemption. We work and see in it little of Your purpose. We play and see in it little of Your pleasure. We groan to be changed for the better and see in it little of Your promise. Startle us we pray, with truth that will shake us and with love that will not let us go. ** time for silent confession **
Words of Forgiveness- I Corinthians 15:56-57 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Passing of the Peace
To what end? The words of forgiveness offer us peace and security, relief from feelings of guilt and shame, and remind us of our status as children of God. These are wonderful gifts in a world where we contend all-toooften with brokeness. But while they are spoken to us for our good, they do not end with us. The words of forgiveness draw us to worship GOD more fully. To HIM be glory and power for ever and ever, amen!
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CELEBRATING GOD After being reminded of God’s lavish grace and love toward us, we respond by celebrating with singing.
Song of Praise O Love That Will Not Let Me Go O Love that will not let me go, I rest my weary soul in thee; I give thee back the life I owe, That in thine ocean depths its flow may richer, fuller be. O light that followest all my way, I yield my flickering torch to thee; My heart restores its borrowed ray, That in thy sunshine’s blaze its day may brighter, fairer be. O Joy that seekest me through pain, I cannot close my heart to thee; I trace the rainbow through the rain, And feel the promise is not vain, that morn shall tearless be. O Cross that liftest up my head, I dare not ask to fly from thee; I lay in dust life’s glory dead, And from the ground there blossoms red life that shall endless be. Beautiful Lord When the storm is raging all around me, You are the peace that calms my troubled sea. And when the cares of this world darken my day, You are the light that shines and shows me the way. Oh, the beauty of Your majesty On the cross You showed Your love for me! Beautiful Lord, awesome and mighty, I’m captured by this love I see. Beautiful Lord, tender and holy, Your mercy brings me to my knees, It’s Your mercy that has made me free, beautiful Lord. When my sin is all that I can see, Your grace remains the shelter that I seek. And when my weakness is all I can give, Your gentle Spirit gives me strength again.
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CHANGED BY GOD Prayer of Renewal Scripture Reading - Psalm 140 Rescue me, Lord, from evildoers; protect me from the violent, 2 who devise evil plans in their hearts and stir up war every day. 3 They make their tongues as sharp as a serpent’s; the poison of vipers is on their lips. 1
Keep me safe, Lord, from the hands of the wicked; protect me from the violent, who devise ways to trip my feet. 5 The arrogant have hidden a snare for me; they have spread out the cords of their net and have set traps for me along my path. 4
I say to the Lord, “You are my God.” Hear, Lord, my cry for mercy. 7 Sovereign Lord, my strong deliverer, you shield my head in the day of battle. 8 Do not grant the wicked their desires, Lord; do not let their plans succeed. 6
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.
Those who surround me proudly rear their heads; may the mischief of their lips engulf them. 10 May burning coals fall on them; may they be thrown into the fire, into miry pits, never to rise. 11 May slanderers not be established in the land; may disaster hunt down the violent. 9
I know that the Lord secures justice for the poor and upholds the cause of the needy. 13 Surely the righteous will praise your name, and the upright will live in your presence. 12
Sermon- Todd Jones Series: Our Song in the Night (Lent 2014) Title: Anger & Hope 5
SERMON NOTES:
Q&A 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.
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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 Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make His face shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn His face toward you and give you peace. All: Amen. Minister: Go in peace to love and serve the Lord. All: Thanks be to God!
Benediction is a word with Latin origin (bene = “well,” and dicere = “to speak”); a benediction is a word which “speaks wellness/ goodness” to us, therefore properly understood as a blessing. The benediction in worship has ancient roots, going back to the worship of God’s people in the Temple. When we utilize the benediction in our worship, we connect ourselves with an ancient practice of God’s people and join with them together in worship of our one great God.
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FINANCIAL UPDATE
STAFF & CONTACT INFO
Given Last Week: $6,392.40 Required to Date $56,647.20 (Jan. 1 - March 23) Given to Date $53,538.51 Over/[Under] [$3,108.68]
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
[email protected] For more info, visit us online at: www.hopechapelgreensboro.org
Online giving is now available on our website: www.hopechapelgreensboro.org/about/give/
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
Great Are You Lord We Are Not Overcome O Love that Will Not Let Me Go Beautiful Lord O Church Arise
Jason Ingram, Leslie Jordan, and David Leonard (2012) Isaac Wardell & Robert Heiskell (2011) George Matheson (1882), Music: Christopher Miner (1997) Leeland Mooring (2007) 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
