Worship Guide
Traditional Worship
Call to Worship
Refrain: God calls us to Love, Seek, and Serve.
Opening Hymn
“Come, Christians, Join to Sing”
1 Come, Christians, join to sing
Alleluia! Amen!
loud praise to Christ we bring;
Alleluia! Amen!
let all, with heart and voice,
before his throne rejoice;
praise is his gracious choice.
Alleluia! Amen!
2 Come, lift your hearts on high,
Alleluia! Amen!
let praises fill the sky;
Alleluia! Amen!
Christ is our guide and friend
on whom we can depend:
his love shall never end.
Alleluia! Amen!
3 Praise yet our Christ again,
Alleluia! Amen!
life shall not end the strain;
Alleluia! Amen!
on heaven’s blissful shore,
his goodness we’ll adore,
singing forevermore,
Alleluia! Amen!
Affirmation of Faith
I believe in God, the Father Almighty,
creator of heaven and earth.
I believe 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, died, and was buried;
he descended to the dead.
On the third day he rose again;
he ascended into heaven,
is seated at the right hand of the Father,
and will come again to judge the living 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
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.
Doxology
O bless the gifts our hands have brought
And bless the work our hearts have planned.
Ours is the faith, the will, the thought.
The rest, O God, is in your hand.
Lord’s Prayer
Our Father, who are 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, the power and the glory, for ever. Amen.
Closing Hymn
“Softly and Tenderly”
1 Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling,
calling for you and for me;
see, on the portals he’s waiting and watching,
watching for you and for me.
Refrain:
Come home, come home;
you who are weary come home;
earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling,
calling, O sinner, come home!
2 Why should we tarry when Jesus is pleading,
pleading for you and for me?
Why should we linger and heed not his mercies,
mercies for you and for me? [Refrain]
3 Time is now fleeting, the moments are passing,
passing from you and from me;
shadows are gathering, deathbeds are coming,
coming for you and for me. [Refrain]
4 O for the wonderful love he has promised,
promised for you and for me!
Though we have sinned, he has mercy and pardon,
pardon for you and for me. [Refrain]
CONTEMPORARY WORSHIP
Song
“Write Your Story“
Ben Glover, David Garcia, and Francesca Battistelli
They say
You’re the King of everything
The one who taught the wind to sing
The source of the rhythm my heart keeps beating
And they say
You can give the blind their sight
And you can bring the dead to life
You can be the hope my soul’s been seekin’
I wanna tell you now that I believe it
I wanna tell you now that I believe it
I do, that you can make me new, oh
I’m an empty page
I’m an open book
Write your story on my heart
Come on and make your mark
Author of my hope
Maker of the stars
Let me be your work of art
Won’t you write your story on my heart
Write your story, write your story
Come on and write your story, write your story
Won’t you write your story on my heart
My life
I know it’s never really been mine
So do with it whatever you like
I don’t know what your plan is
But I know it’s good, yeah
I wanna tell you now that I believe in
I wanna tell you now that I believe in
In you, so do what you do, oh
I’m an empty page
I’m an open book
Write your story on my heart
Come on and make your mark
Author of my hope
Maker of the stars
Let me be your work of art
Won’t you write your story on my heart
Write your story, write your story
Come on and write your story, write your story
Won’t you write your story on my heart
I want my history to be your legacy
Go ahead and show this world
What you’ve done in me
And when the music fades
I want my life to say, ay yeah
I let you write your story, write your story
Write your story, write your story
I’m an empty page
I’m an open book
Write your story on my heart
Come on and make your mark
Author of my hope
Maker of the stars
Let me be your work of art
Won’t you write your story on my heart
Response to the Word
“For the One”
Jenn Johnson, Paul McClure
Let me be filled with kindness, and compassion for the one
The one in whom You love and gave Your Son
For humanity
Increase my love
Help me to love with open arms like You do
A love that erases all the lines and sees the truth
Oh that when they look in my eyes they would see You
Even in just a smile, they would feel the Father’s love
‘Cause oh how You love us
From the homeless to the famous and in between
‘Cause You formed us, You made us carefully
‘Cause in the end we’re all your children
So help me to love with open arms like You do
A love that erases all the lines and sees the truth
Oh that when they look in my eyes they would see You
Even in just a smile they would feel the Father’s love
So let all my life tell of who You are
And the wonder of Your neverending love
Oh, let all my life tell of who You are
That You’re wonderful and such a good Father
Oh, let all my life tell of who You are
And the wonder of Your neverending love
Oh, let all my life tell of who You are
That You’re wonderful and such a good Father
Oh, You are wonderful and such a good Father
So help me to love with open arms like You do
A love that erases all the lines and sees the truth
Oh that when they look in my eyes they would see You
Even in just a smile they would feel the Father’s love
Even in just a smile they would feel the Father’s love
Lord’s Prayer
Our Father, who are 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 use rom evil.
For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory, for ever. Amen.
Song
“Marvelous Light”
Ellie Holcomb, Rusty Varenkamp
I am not who I once was, defined by all the things I’ve done
Afraid my shame would be exposed, afraid of really being known
But then you gave my heart a home
(Chorus) So I walked out of the darkness and into the light
From fear of shame into the hope of life
Mercy called my name and made a way to fly
Out of the darkness and into the light
With years of keeping secrets safe, wondering if I could change
‘Cause when you’re hiding all alone, your heart can turn into a stone
And that’s not the way I want to goÂ
(Chorus)
There’s no place I would rather be
Your light is Marvelous, Your light is Marvelous
You have come to set us free
You are Marvelous, Your light is MarvelousÂ
(Chorus)