Sunday Service Bulletin

May 11

“Something is wrong at the root of American evangelicalism. I believe we have lost the gospel - God’s reconciling power, which is unique to Christianity - and have substituted church growth. We have learned how to reproduce the church without the message.”

John Perkins

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“There was a time when the church was very powerful – in the time when the early Christians rejoiced at being deemed worthy to suffer for what they believed. In those days the church was not merely a thermometer that recorded the ideas and principles of popular opinion; it was a thermostat that transformed the mores of society.”

Martin Luther King, Jr.

1 Chronicles 29

Leader

Praise be to you, O Lord, God of our father Israel, from everlasting to everlasting.

All

Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the majesty and the splendor.

Leader

For everything in heaven and earth is yours. Yours, O Lord, is the kingdom; you are exalted as head over all.

All

Wealth and honor come from you; you are the ruler of all things.

Leader

In your hands are strength and power to exalt and give strength to all.

All

Now, our God, we give you thanks, and praise your glorious name

YOUR LOVE NEVER FAILS

Nothing can separate

Even if I run away

Your love never fails

I know I still make mistakes

But, You have new mercies for me everyday

Your love never fails

You stay the same through the ages

Your love never changes

There may be pain in the night

But joy comes in the morning

And when the oceans rage

I don't have to be afraid

Because I know that You love me

Your love never fails

The wind is strong

and the water's deep

But I'm not alone here

in these open seas

Your love never fails

The chasm is far too wide

I never thought I'd reach

the other side

But Your love never fails

You make all things work together for my good

You make all things work together for my good

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TRUST IN GOD

Blessed Assurance, Jesus is mine

He's been my fourth man in the fire, time after time

Born of His Spirit, washed in His blood

And what He did for me on Calvary is more than enough

I trust in God, my Savior

The one who will never fail

He will never fail

Perfect submission, all is at rest

I know the author of tomorrow has ordered my steps

So this is my story and this is my song

I'm praising my risen King and Savior all the day long

I sought the Lord and He heard and He answered

I sought the Lord and He heard and He answered

I sought the Lord and He heard and He answered

That's why I trust Him, that's why I trust Him

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THIS I BELIEVE

Our Father everlasting

The all creating One

God Almighty

Through Your Holy Spirit

Conceiving Christ the Son

Jesus our Saviour

I believe in God our Father

I believe in Christ the Son

I believe in the Holy Spirit

Our God is three in one

I believe in the resurrection

That we will rise again

For I believe in the Name of Jesus

Our Judge and our Defender

Suffered and crucified

Forgiveness is in You

Descended into darkness

You rose in glorious life

Forever seated high

I believe in You

I believe You rose again

I believe that Jesus Christ is Lord

Christ alone Cornerstone

Weak made strong in the Saviors love

Through the storm He is Lord

Lord of all

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O PRAISE THE NAME

I cast my mind to Calvary

Where Jesus bled and died for me.

I see His wounds, His hands, His feet.

My Savior on that cursed tree

His body bound and drenched in tears

They laid Him down in Joseph's tomb.

The entrance sealed by heavy stone

Messiah still and all alone

O praise the name of the Lord our God

O praise His name forever more

For endless days we will sing Your praise

Oh Lord, oh Lord our God

Oh Lord, oh Lord our God

Oh Lord, oh Lord our God

Then on the third at break of dawn,

The Son of heaven rose again.

O trampled death where is your sting?

The angels roar for Christ the King

He shall return in robes of white,

The blazing Son shall pierce the night.

And I will rise among the saints,

My gaze transfixed on Jesus' face

O praise the name of the Lord our God

O praise His name forever more

For endless days we will sing Your praise

Oh Lord, oh Lord our God

Oh Lord, oh Lord our God

Prayers of the People

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MINISTER:

Lord, I have betrayed you by following my own way.

ALL:

I have denied you by fearing to follow yours.

MINISTER:

And I have mocked you by not taking your death seriously.

ALL:

Lord, I am lost.

Let your forgiveness find me.

MINISTER:

Hold me in your strong arms and give me your new life.

ALL:

Live in me and with me day by day, that together we may make a world That is new.

Ephesians 2:11-3:6

11 Therefore remember that at one time you Gentiles in the flesh, called “the uncircumcision” by what is called the circumcision, which is made in the flesh by hands— 12 remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. 14 For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility 15 by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace, 16 and might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility. 17 And he came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near. 18 For through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father. 19 So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, 20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, 21 in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord. 22 In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit.

SERMON:

THE UNITY AND DIVERSITY OF THE CHURCH

Ephesians 2:11-3:6

NO LONGER SLAVES

You unravel me with a melody

You surround me with a song

Of deliverance from my enemies

'Til all my fears are gone

I'm no longer a slave to fear

I am a child of God

I'm no longer a slave to fear

I am a child of God

From my mother's womb

You have chosen me

Love has called my name

I've been born again to your family

Your blood flows through my veins

I'm no longer a slave to fear

I am a child of God

I'm no longer a slave to fear

I am a child of God

I am a child of God

Ooh, ooh

Ooh, ooh

Ooh, ooh

Ooh, ooh

You split the sea,

so I could walk right through it

My fears are drowned in perfect love

You rescued me so I could stand and say

I am a child of God

I'm no longer a slave to fear

I am a child of God

I'm no longer a slave to fear

I am a child of God

MINISTER

The Lord be with you.

ALL

And also with you.

MINISTER

Lift up your hearts.

ALL

We lift them up unto the Lord.

MINISTER

Let us give thanks to the

Lord our God.

ALL

It is right to give him

thanks and praise.

The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.