February 24, 2019

Sermon
A New Reality
Ben Reynolds
Lay Pastor
Acts 2:14-41

Service
It Is Finished
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Call to Worship
Praise the Lord!
Praise God in his sanctuary;
praise him in his mighty heavens!
Praise him for his mighty deeds;
praise him according to his excellent greatness!
Praise him with trumpet sound;
praise him with lute and harp!
Praise him with tambourine and dance;
praise him with strings and pipe!
Praise him with sounding cymbals;
praise him with loud clashing cymbals!
Let everything that has breath praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord!
– Psalm 150

 O Help My Unbelief
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Confession of Sin
Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked,
nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers;
but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night.
-Psalm 1:1-2
Yet too often our delight is in the things of this passing world.
We confess that we are easily distracted from God’s life giving truth
And we forget that we are new creations in Christ, born again by the Holy Spirit
Lord have mercy; Christ have mercy

Psalm 34 (Taste and See)
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Assurance of Pardon
The works of his hands are truth and justice;
all his instructions are trustworthy.
They are established forever and ever,
enacted in truth and in uprightness.
He has sent redemption to his people.
He has ordained his covenant forever.
His name is holy and awe-inspiring.
Psalm 111:7-9

In Christ Alone
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Nothing But the Blood
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Benediction
Go now into the world to be ambassadors for Christ and messengers of the gospel in the power of the Holy Spirit and the love of the father.

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February 17, 2019

Sermon
The Miracle at Pentecost
Michael Clary
Lead Pastor
Acts 2:1-13

Service
Doxology/Amen
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Call to Worship
Lord, you laid the earth’s foundations;
you placed its cornerstone;
while the morning stars sang together
and all the angels shouted for joy
you set limits for the sea and said,
“This far and no further!”
You gave orders to the morning and showed the dawn its place;
you moulded the earth until it took shape.
You alone know the springs of the sea;
you alone comprehend the vastness of the universe;
you alone know the laws of heaven:

Holy and awesome God, meet us now in this time of worship.
Receive our praise and hear our prayers by your grace.
Give wisdom to our hearts and understanding to our minds.
Amen.

 Come to the Feast
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Confession of Sin
Merciful God,
you pardon all who truly repent and turn to you.
We humbly confess our sins and ask your mercy.
We have not loved you with a pure heart,
nor have we loved our neighbor as ourselves.
We have not done justice, loved kindness,
or walked humbly with you, our God.
Have mercy on us, O God, in your loving-kindness.
In your great compassion, cleanse us from our sin.
Create in us a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within us.
Do not cast us from your presence, or take your Holy Spirit from us.
Restore to us the joy of your salvation and sustain us with your bountiful Spirit
through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.

Shine Into Our Night
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Assurance of Pardon
Who can separate us from the love of Christ?
Can affliction or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
—based on Romans 8:35, 37-39

O Come To The Altar
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I Surrender All
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Benediction
The LORD bless you and keep you;
the LORD make his face to shine upon you
and be gracious to you;
the LORD turn his face toward you
and give you peace.
Peace be with you all.
And also with you.
—Numbers 6:24-26

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February 10, 2019

Sermon
You Will Be My Witnesses
Michael Clary
Lead Pastor
Acts 1:1-11

Service
Praise To The Lord
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Call to Worship

I will sing of the Lord’s great love forever;
with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known through all generations.
I will declare that your love stands firm forever,
that you have established your faithfulness in heaven itself.
Who is like you, Lord God Almighty?
You, Lord, are mighty, and your faithfulness surrounds you.
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne;
love and faithfulness go before you.
Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you,
who walk in the light of your presence, Lord.
They rejoice in your name all day long;
they celebrate your righteousness.
—from Psalm 89:1-2,8, 14-16

Song of Moses
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Confession of Sin
Merciful God, in your gracious presence
we confess our sin and the sin of this world.
Although Christ is among us as our peace,
we are a people divided against ourselves
as we cling to the values of a broken world.
The profit and pleasures we pursue
lay waste the land and pollute the seas.
The fears and jealousies that we harbor
set neighbor against neighbor and nation against nation.
We abuse your good gifts of imagination and freedom,
of intellect and reason, and turn them into bonds of oppression.
Lord, have mercy upon us; heal and forgive us.
Set us free to serve you in the world
as agents of your reconciling love in Jesus Christ.
Amen.

O Praise the Name
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Assurance of Pardon
Through Jesus Christ forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you.
In Christ we have redemption through his blood,
the forgiveness of our trespasses,
according to the riches of his grace.
—from Acts 13:38; Ephesians 1:7

Man of Sorrows
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For Your Glory
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Benediction
Go forth in the name of the Lord.
This is God’s charge:
We should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ,
and love one another, just as he commanded us.
—based on 1 John 3:23

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February 3, 2019

Sermon
Vision 2019
Michael Clary
Lead Pastor
Luke 10:1-12

Service
Rejoice
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Call to Worship
Let us worship God, our light and our salvation.
The Lord is the stronghold of our lives.
We desire to live in God’s house
and to seek God in his holy temple.
We have come with shouts of joy,
to sing and to make music to the Lord.
Let us worship God in spirit and in truth.
Teach us your ways and make straight our paths
in this hour of worship and always.
based on Psalm 27; John 4:23

Rock of Ages
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Confession of Sin
Almighty God, we confess how hard it is to be your people.
You have called us to be the church,
to continue the mission of Jesus Christ to our lonely and confused world.
Yet we acknowledge we can be more apathetic than active,
isolated than involved, callous than compassionate,
stubborn than obedient, legalistic than loving.
Gracious Lord, have mercy upon us and forgive our sins.
Remove the obstacles preventing us
from being your representatives to a broken world.
Awaken our hearts to the promised gift of your indwelling Spirit.
This we pray in Jesus’ powerful name. Amen.

Death Has Lost Its Sting
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Assurance of Pardon
You did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear,
but you have received a spirit of adoption.
When we cry, “Abba! Father!” it is that very Spirit
bearing witness with our spirit that we are children of God,
and if children, then heirs, heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ.
Romans 8:15-17, NRSV

Come Behold the Wondrous Mystery
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Worthy is the Lamb
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Benediction
May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father,
who loved us and by his grace
gave us eternal encouragement and good hope,
encourage your hearts and strengthen you
in every good deed and word.
2 Thessalonians 2:16-17, NIV

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