May 18, 2014

Theme: Not Just Another Brick in the Wall, but a Real Stone of Support
Sound Notes: Normal
Scripture: 
Psalm 31:1-8, 15-16 

1 In you, O Lord, I seek refuge;
    do not let me ever be put to shame;
    in your righteousness deliver me.
2 Incline your ear to me;
    rescue me speedily.
Be a rock of refuge for me,
    a strong fortress to save me.

3 You are indeed my rock and my fortress;
    for your name’s sake lead me and guide me,
4 take me out of the net that is hidden for me,
    for you are my refuge.
5 Into your hand I commit my spirit;
    you have redeemed me, O Lord, faithful God.

6 You hate[a] those who pay regard to worthless idols,
    but I trust in the Lord.
7 I will exult and rejoice in your steadfast love,
    because you have seen my affliction;
    you have taken heed of my adversities,
8 and have not delivered me into the hand of the enemy;
    you have set my feet in a broad place.

I Peter 2:2-10 

2 Like newborn infants, long for the pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow into salvation— 3 if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.

4 Come to him, a living stone, though rejected by mortals yet chosen and precious in God’s sight, and 5 like living stones, let yourselves be built[a] into a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 6 For it stands in scripture:

“See, I am laying in Zion a stone,
    a cornerstone chosen and precious;
and whoever believes in him[b] will not be put to shame.”

7 To you then who believe, he is precious; but for those who do not believe,

“The stone that the builders rejected
    has become the very head of the corner,”

8 and

“A stone that makes them stumble,
    and a rock that makes them fall.”

They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.

9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people,[c] in order that you may proclaim the mighty acts of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

10 Once you were not a people,
    but now you are God’s people;
once you had not received mercy,
    but now you have received mercy.

Service Order:

Preparing for Worship

Chimes

Welcome & Announcements

Prelude 

Words of Preparation

Hymn of Praise: Red #108 "Come Christians, Join to Sing"  ALL

Call to Worship:

Leader: We gather to worship in the name of Jesus Christ,

our living cornerstone,

who, though rejected by the world,

 was chosen and precious in God’s sight.

People: And like living stones,

let us be built up into a spiritual house for God,

offering sacrifices of worship and praise that are pleasing in his sight.

 

Leader: Let’s worship God together!

 

Invocation

The Lord's Prayer

Gloria Patri

A Time for Offering

Call to Offering

Offering Meditation

The Doxology

Prayer of Dedication

We Join in Prayer

Prayer Concerns & Celebrations

Morning Prayer                                                                            

We Contemplate & Live God's Word

Scripture Reading: Psalm 31:1-8, 15-16

Children's Sermon: God is like....

Special Music: "With a Voice of Singing""    by Shaw & Harris


Scripture: I Peter 2:2-10

Sermon: "A Real Stone of Support"

Invitation to Discipleship            

Hymn of Invitation: Blue # 30  "Lord, I Want to Be a Christian"  1,3

Gathering at the Lord's Table

Call to Communion                                        

Hymn of Communion: Red # 277  "The Church's One Foundation"  1,4

Prayers of Thanksgiving

Words of Institution

Breaking Bread & Pouring the Cup

Musical Meditation

Partaking of the Lord's Supper

We Depart to Serve

Benediction

Parting Hymn: Red #470 "Footsteps of Jesus" 1,3

Postlude