Guide for Home Worship
June 7, 2020
The following page will take you through the order of worship for this Sunday. To access the recorded songs and sermon, use the embedded audio players in each section.
Please note: the song and sermon audio may not be available until Saturday evening.
Printable Worship Guide
Printable Children’s Bulletin
Time of Reflection
“Any church of any denomination today that falls short of the gospel of Christ in either doctrine or culture will inevitably collapse under the extreme pressures of our times.”
~ Ray Ortlund, contemporary pastor and author
“Through compassion it is possible to recognize that the craving for love that people feel resides also in our own hearts, that the cruelty the world knows all too well is also rooted in our own impulses. Through compassion we also sense our hope for forgiveness in our friends’ eyes and our hatred in their bitter mouths. When they kill, we know that we could have done it; when they give life, we know that we can do the same. For a compassionate person nothing human is alien: no joy and no sorrow, no way of living and no way of dying.”
~ Henri Nouwen (1932-1996), Dutch Catholic priest, professor, writer and theologian
“So the question is not whether we will be radicals, but what sort of radicals we will be. Will we be radicals for hate or for love? Will we be extremists for the maintenance of injustice or for the expansion of justice?”
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that.”
~ Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968)
“There is a strength, a power even, in understanding brokenness, because embracing our brokenness creates a need and desire for mercy, and perhaps a corresponding need to show mercy. When you experience mercy, you learn things that are hard to learn otherwise. You see things you can’t otherwise see; you hear things you can’t otherwise hear. You begin to recognize the humanity that resides in each of us.”
~ Bryan Stevenson (1959-present), American lawyer, social justice activist and professor
“He drew a circle that shut me out –
Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout;
But Love and I had the wit to win:
We drew a circle that took him in!”~ Edwin Markham (1852-1940), American poet
Opening Prayer
(select someone from your group to open your service in prayer)
Call to Worship
Micah 6:6-8 (NIV)
LEADER: With what shall I come before the Lord
and bow down before the exalted God?
PEOPLE: Shall I come before him with burnt offerings,
with calves a year old?
LEADER: Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams,
with ten thousand rivers of olive oil?
PEOPLE: Shall I offer my firstborn for my transgression,
the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
LEADER He has shown you, O mortal, what is good.
And what does the Lord require of you?
PEOPLE: To act justly and to love mercy
and to walk humbly with your God.
Songs and Liturgy
(sing as a group and/or sing along to recorded versions)
MY HOPE IS BUILT
(Edward Mote & William B. Bradbury, 1863)
My hope is built on nothing less
Than Jesus blood and righteousness;
I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
But wholly lean on Jesus’ name.
REFRAIN:
On Christ the solid rock I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand,
All other ground is sinking sand.
When darkness veils His lovely face,
I rest on His unchanging grace;
In every high and stormy gale,
My anchor holds within the veil. (REFRAIN)
His oath, His covenant, His blood,
Support me in the whelming flood;
When all around my soul gives way,
He then is all my hope and stay. (REFRAIN)
When He shall come with trumpet sound,
Oh, may I then in Him be found;
Dressed in His righteousness alone,
Faultless to stand before the throne. (REFRAIN)
PUBLIC DOMAIN
RESPONSIVE READING:
Based on Micah 6:9-16 7:9, 18-20 (NIV)
LEADER: Listen! The Lord is calling to the city—
and to fear your name is wisdom—
“Heed the rod and the One who appointed it.
PEOPLE: Oh Lord, have mercy. Pardon our iniquity.
LEADER: Am I still to forget your ill-gotten treasures, you wicked house,
and the short ephah, which is accursed?
Shall I acquit someone with dishonest scales,
with a bag of false weights?
PEOPLE: Oh Lord, have mercy. Pardon our iniquity.
LEADER: Your rich people are violent;
your inhabitants are liars
and their tongues speak deceitfully.
Therefore, I have begun to destroy you,
to ruin you because of your sins.
PEOPLE: Oh Lord, have mercy. Pardon our iniquity.
LEADER: You will eat but not be satisfied;
your stomach will still be empty.
You will store up but save nothing,
because what you save I will give to the sword.
PEOPLE: Oh Lord, have mercy. Pardon our iniquity.
LEADER: You will plant but not harvest;
you will press olives but not use the oil,
you will crush grapes but not drink the wine.
PEOPLE: Oh Lord, have mercy. Pardon our iniquity.
LEADER: You have observed the statutes of Omri
and all the practices of Ahab’s house;
you have followed their traditions.
Therefore I will give you over to ruin
and your people to derision;
you will bear the scorn of the nations.”
PEOPLE: Because I have sinned against him,
I will bear the Lord’s wrath,
until he pleads my case
and upholds my cause.
He will bring me out into the light;
I will see his righteousness.
LEADER: Who is a God like you,
who pardons sin and forgives the transgression
of the remnant of his inheritance?
You do not stay angry forever
but delight to show mercy.
PEOPLE: You will again have compassion on us;
you will tread our sins underfoot
and hurl all our iniquities into the depths of the sea.
LEADER: You will be faithful to Jacob,
and show love to Abraham,
as you pledged on oath to our ancestors
in days long ago.
O LORD, MY ROCK AND MY REDEEMER
(Nathan Stiff)
O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer,
Greatest treasure of my longing soul.
My God, like You there is no other;
True delight is found in You alone.
Your grace a well too deep to fathom.
Your love exceeds the heavens’ reach.
Your truth a fount of perfect wisdom,
My highest good and my unending need.
O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer,
Strong defender of my weary heart.
My sword to fight the cruel deceiver
And my shield against his hateful darts.
My song when enemies surround me,
My hope when tides of sorrow rise,
My joy when trials are abounding,
Your faithfulness my refuge in the night.
O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer,
Gracious Savior of my ruined life.
My guilt and cross laid on Your shoulders.
In my place, You suffered, bled, and died.
You rose the grave and death are conquered;
You broke my bonds of sin and shame.
O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer,
May all my days bring glory to Your Name.
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Sharing
(as a lead into the Prayer Time, as a group share how you are feeling and what you are learning; below are suggested questions)
- Share with one another your reactions to the national events of the past week.
- Share with one another what you have been learning from Scripture in light of these events.
Prayer Time
(have an open time of prayer or appoint one or two to pray. Specific prayer requests for this week are listed below.)
- Confess your sins of self-indulgence and indifference.
- Pray for the unity and witness of Christ’s Church at these troubled times (Ephesians 2:11-22; 3:1-6; 4:1-6, 25-32).
- Pray for the unity, peace, mercy and justice in our community and across our nation.
Listen to Sermon
Introduction
(Prior to listening to the sermon from Dr. Charles Montgomery of Vineyard Columbus East, please play this introduction from Pastor Doug Cooper.)
(After Doug’s intro, please read the passage together prior to watching the sermon.)
“Where Do We Go From Here… Chaos or Community?”
preached by Dr. Charles Montgomery of Vineyard Columbus East
Luke 10:25-37; I Corinthians 12:12-14, 21-26 (NIV)
Luke 10
25 On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
26 “What is written in the Law?” he replied. “How do you read it?”
27 He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”
28 “You have answered correctly,” Jesus replied. “Do this and you will live.”
29 But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
30 In reply Jesus said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he was attacked by robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead. 31 A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. 32 So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. 33 But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. 34 He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, brought him to an inn and took care of him. 35 The next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Look after him,’ he said, ‘and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.’
36 “Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?”
37 The expert in the law replied, “The one who had mercy on him.”
Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise.”
1 Corinthians 12
12 Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. 13 For we were all baptized by one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink. 14 Even so the body is not made up of one part but of many…
21 The eye cannot say to the hand, “I don’t need you!” And the head cannot say to the feet, “I don’t need you!” 22 On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, 23 and the parts that we think are less honorable we treat with special honor. And the parts that are unpresentable are treated with special modesty, 24 while our presentable parts need no special treatment. But God has put the body together, giving greater honor to the parts that lacked it, 25 so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other. 26 If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.
Confession of Faith
1 John 4:9-11
LEADER: By this the love of God was manifested among us, that God has sent His only Son into the world so that we might live through Him.
PEOPLE: In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
LEADER: Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
Sharing Time
(have everyone share one thing that struck them from the sermon)
Song
(sing as a group and/or sing along to recorded versions)
BE UNTO YOUR NAME
(Lynn DeShazo and Gary Sadler)
We are a moment, You are forever,
Lord of the Ages, God before time.
We are a vapor, You are eternal,
Love everlasting reigning on high.
CHORUS:
Holy, holy Lord God Almighty
Worthy is the Lamb Who was slain
Highest praises, honor and glory
Be unto Your name, be unto Your name
We are the broken, You are the healer,
Jesus Redeemer mighty to save.
You are the love song we’ll sing forever,
Bowing before You blessing Your name. (CHORUS)
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Closing Prayer
(select someone to close your time in prayer)