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Welcome
[expand title=”Reading: Psalm 8 NIV”]Lord, our Lord,how majestic is your name in all the earth!
You have set your glory
in the heavens.
Through the praise of children and infants
you have established a stronghold against your enemies,
to silence the foe and the avenger.
When I consider your heavens,
the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars,
which you have set in place,
what is mankind that you are mindful of them,
human beings that you care for them?
You have made them a little lower than the angels
and crowned them with glory and honor.
You made them rulers over the works of your hands;
you put everything under their feet:
all flocks and herds,
and the animals of the wild,
the birds in the sky,
and the fish in the sea,
all that swim the paths of the seas.
Lord, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth![/expand] [expand title=”How Great Thou Art”]O Lord, my God, when I in awesome wonder
Consider all the worlds Thy Hands have made
I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder
Thy power throughout the universe displayed
Then sings my soul, my Saviour God, to Thee
How great Thou art, how great Thou art
Then sings my soul, my Saviour God, to Thee
How great Thou art, how great Thou art
When through the woods, and forest glades I wander
And hear the birds sing sweetly in the trees
When I look down, from loftly mountain grandeur
And hear the brook, and feel the gentle breeze
Then sings my soul, my Saviour God, to Thee
How great Thou art, how great Thou art
Then sings my soul, my Saviour God, to Thee
How great Thou art, how great Thou art
And when I think of God, His Son not sparing
Sent Him to die, I scarce can take it in
That on the Cross, my burden gladly bearing
He bled and died to take away my sin
Then sings my soul, my Saviour God, to Thee
How great Thou art, how great Thou art
Then sings my soul, my Saviour God, to Thee
How great Thou art, how great Thou art
When Christ shall come with shout of acclamation
And take me home, what joy shall fill my heart
Then I shall bow in humble adoration
And then proclaim, my God, how great Thou art
Then sings my soul, my Saviour God, to Thee
How great Thou art, how great Thou art
Then sings my soul, my Saviour God, to Thee
How great Thou art, how great Thou art
Then sings my soul, my Saviour God, to Thee
How great Thou art, how great Thou art
Then sings my soul, my Saviour God, to Thee
How great Thou art, how great Thou art[/expand] [expand title=”Reading: Psalm 19:1-6 NIV”]The heavens declare the glory of God;
the skies proclaim the work of his hands.
Day after day they pour forth speech;
night after night they reveal knowledge.
They have no speech, they use no words;
no sound is heard from them.
Yet their voice goes out into all the earth,
their words to the ends of the world.
In the heavens God has pitched a tent for the sun.
It is like a bridegroom coming out of his chamber,
like a champion rejoicing to run his course.
It rises at one end of the heavens
and makes its circuit to the other;
nothing is deprived of its warmth.[/expand] [expand title=”Beautiful”]I see Your face in every sunrise
The colors of the morning are inside Your eyes
The world awakens in the light of the day
I look up to the sky and say
You’re beautiful
I see Your power in the moonlit night
Where planets are in motion and galaxies are bright
We are amazed in the light of the stars
It’s all proclaiming who You are
You’re beautiful, You’re beautiful
I see you there hanging on a tree
You bled and then you died and then you rose again for me
Now you are sitting on Your heavenly throne
Soon we will be coming home
You’re beautiful, You’re beautiful
When we arrive at eternity’s shore
Where death is just a memory and tears are no more
We’ll enter in as the wedding bells ring
Your bride will come together and we’ll sing
You’re beautiful, You’re beautiful
When we arrive at eternity’s shore
Where death is just a memory and tears are no more
We’ll enter in as the wedding bells ring
Your bride will come together and we’ll sing
You’re beautiful, You’re beautiful
I see Your face, You’re beautiful, You’re beautiful, You’re beautiful
I see Your face, You’re beautiful, You’re beautiful, You’re beautiful
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Offering
Believer Testimonies
Baptism
[expand title=”We Are Yours”]You placed eternity in our heartsWe were Yours from the very start
All we’ve known has been torn apart
And now we have forever
You gave a song for our souls to sing
And Your life was the offering
Even death, it has lost its sting
Now we have forever
And you can’t take away what the world didn’t give
We were made for more, we were made for more
At the end of the day, this will remain
Forever we are Yours, forever we are Yours
And you can’t take away what the world didn’t give
We were made for more, we were made for more
At the end of the day, this will remain
Forever we are Yours, forever we are Yours
You made a place at Your table God
Paid the way for the poor and lost
Called us into Your open arms
And now we have forever
And you can’t take away what the world didn’t give
We were made for more, we were made for more
At the end of the day, this will remain
Forever we are Yours, forever we are Yours
And you can’t take away what the world didn’t give
We were made for more, we were made for more
At the end of the day, this will remain
Forever we are Yours, forever we are Yours
No one, no one can take Your place
No life, no death can separate
Your love, Your love has conquered the grave
You conquered the grave
And you can’t take away what the world didn’t give
We were made for more, we were made for more
At the end of the day, this will remain
Forever we are Yours, forever we are Yours
No, you can’t take away what the world didn’t give
We were made for more, we were made for more
At the end of the day, this will remain
Forever we are Yours, forever we are Yours
Forever we are Yours, forever we are Yours
We are Yours[/expand] [expand title=”Psalm 63:1-5 NLT”]O God, you are my God;
I earnestly search for you.
My soul thirsts for you;
my whole body longs for you
in this parched and weary land
where there is no water.
I have seen you in your sanctuary
and gazed upon your power and glory.
Your unfailing love is better than life itself;
how I praise you!
I will praise you as long as I live,
lifting up my hands to you in prayer.
You satisfy me more than the richest feast.
I will praise you with songs of joy.[/expand]
Announcement
[expand title=”Restoration Kids Blessing Song”]May God give you eyes to seeAll that is good in you,
And all that is good in us and in the world.
May God give you ears to hear
All that He wants you to hear,
To hear all His words of life and peace and love.
May He give you a heart to respond
To His story and His Son,
To believe we belong to Jesus,
And believe we belong to each other,
To believe we are here to bring hope to the world,
Amen.[/expand] [expand title=”1 Corinthians 11:17-34″]But in the following instructions, I cannot praise you. For it sounds as if more harm than good is done when you meet together. First, I hear that there are divisions among you when you meet as a church, and to some extent I believe it. But, of course, there must be divisions among you so that you who have God’s approval will be recognized!
When you meet together, you are not really interested in the Lord’s Supper. For some of you hurry to eat your own meal without sharing with others. As a result, some go hungry while others get drunk. What? Don’t you have your own homes for eating and drinking? Or do you really want to disgrace God’s church and shame the poor? What am I supposed to say? Do you want me to praise you? Well, I certainly will not praise you for this!
For I pass on to you what I received from the Lord himself. On the night when he was betrayed, the Lord Jesus took some bread and gave thanks to God for it. Then he broke it in pieces and said, “This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” In the same way, he took the cup of wine after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant between God and his people—an agreement confirmed with my blood. Do this in remembrance of me as often as you drink it.” For every time you eat this bread and drink this cup, you are announcing the Lord’s death until he comes again.
So anyone who eats this bread or drinks this cup of the Lord unworthily is guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord. That is why you should examine yourself before eating the bread and drinking the cup. For if you eat the bread or drink the cup without honoring the body of Christ, you are eating and drinking God’s judgment upon yourself. That is why many of you are weak and sick and some have even died.
But if we would examine ourselves, we would not be judged by God in this way. Yet when we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned along with the world.
So, my dear brothers and sisters, when you gather for the Lord’s Supper, wait for each other. If you are really hungry, eat at home so you won’t bring judgment upon yourselves when you meet together. I’ll give you instructions about the other matters after I arrive.[/expand]
Teaching
[expand title=”1 Corinthians 11:22 NLT”]Don’t you have homes to eat and drink in?Or do you despise the church of God by humiliating those who have nothing?
What shall I say to you?
Shall I praise you? [/expand] [expand title=”1 Corinthians 11:28-29 NLT”]Everyone ought to examine themselves before they eat of the bread and drink from the cup. For those who eat and drink without discerning the body of Christ eat and drink judgment on themselves.[/expand] [expand title=”Revelation 19:6-10 NIV”]Then I heard what sounded like a great multitude, like the roar of rushing waters and like loud peals of thunder, shouting:
“Hallelujah! For our Lord God Almighty reigns.
Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory!
For the wedding of the Lamb has come,
and his bride has made herself ready.
Fine linen, bright and clean, was given her to wear.”
(Fine linen stands for the righteous acts of God’s holy people.)
Then the angel said to me, “Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb!” And he added, “These are the true words of God.”[/expand]
Communion
[expand title=”All The Walls That Could Divide Us”]All the walls that could divide us,now broken down in Jesus,
and though we are still different
He makes us one.
No-one better than another,
we all need faith in Jesus,
for only He can save us:
He makes us one.
We are yours, we belong,
every daughter, every son,
we are one, we’re the family of God.
Rich and poor, old and young,
every nation, every tongue,
we are one, we’re the family of God.
We were dead in sin and helpless,
now made alive in Jesus,
He purchased our forgiveness,
He makes us one.
So when others sin against us
we will forgive in Jesus,
nothing shall separate us,
He makes us one.
We are yours, we belong,
every daughter, every son,
we are one, we’re the family of God.
Rich and poor, old and young,
every nation, every tongue,
we are one, we’re the family of God.
We were lost and lonely strangers,
now we are found in Jesus,
in Him we find each other,
He makes us one.
Clothed in Christ we share the promise
all will be ours in Jesus.
We’re blessed to bless all others,
He makes us one.
We are yours, we belong,
every daughter, every son,
we are one, we’re the family of God.
Rich and poor, old and young,
every nation, every tongue,
we are one, we’re the family of God.
we are one, we’re the family of God.[/expand]