OPENING PRAYER
Loving God, we have come to worship you.
Help us to pray to you in faith,
to sing your praise with gratitude,
and listen to your word with eagerness;
through Christ our Lord.
Amen
SONG: "This I believe"
Words/Music: Ben Fielding / Matt Crocker
VERSE 1
Our Father everlasting
The all creating One
God Almighty
Through Your Holy Spirit
Conceiving Christ the Son
Jesus our Savior
CHORUS
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
VERSE 2
Our Judge and our Defender
Suffered and crucified
Forgiveness is in You
Descended into darkness
You rose in glorious life
Forever seated high
(CHORUS)
BRIDGE
I believe You rose again
I believe that Jesus Christ is Lord
(CHORUS)
ALT. CHORUS
I believe in life eternal
I believe in the virgin birth
I believe in the saints' communion
And in Your holy Church
I believe in the resurrection
When Jesus comes again
For I believe, in the name of Jesus
SERMON
by Meneliik Bekele
(To view with English subtitles, click the Closed Captioning button in the bottom right corner of the video player)
SONG: "In Christ alone"
Words/Music: Stuart Townend
VERSE 1
In Christ alone my hope is found,
He is my light, my strength, my song
This Cornerstone, this solid Ground
Firm through the fiercest drought and storm.
What heights of love, what depths of peace
When fears are stilled, when strivings cease
My Comforter, my All in All
Here in the love of Christ I stand.
VERSE 2
In Christ alone! - who took on flesh,
Fullness of God in helpless babe.
This gift of love and righteousness,
Scorned by the ones He came to save
Till on that cross as Jesus died,
The wrath of God was satisfied
For every sin on Him was laid
Here in the death of Christ I live.
VERSE 3
Light of the world by darkness slain:
Then bursting forth in glorious day
Up from the grave He rose again
And as He stands in victory
Sin's curse has lost its grip on me,
For I am His and He is mine
Bought with the precious blood of Christ
VERSE 4
No guilt in life, no fear in death,
This is the power of Christ in me
From life's first cry to final breath,
Jesus commands my destiny
No power of hell, no scheme of man,
Can ever pluck me from His hand
Till He returns or calls me home
Here in the power of Christ I'll stand.
INFO ABOUT MISSIONS & OFFERING
Your offering can be given through Vipps at #70492
(More info on the focus for today's offering is to be found here)
PRAYER
(We encourage you to pray together and for one another,
close of by praying "The Lord's Prayer")
Prayer requests can be sent here
(Will be handled anonymously and private)
SENDING
(Finish of the gathering by praying the Benediction Prayer together)
May the Lord bless you and keep you.
May the Lord make his face to shine upon you,
and be gracious to you.
May the Lord lift up his countenance upon you,
and give you peace.