Welcome to Restoration Covenant Church’s Grand Opening Service!
[expand title=”Welcome”]Connection CardNews & Notes This Week[/expand]
Call to Worship
[expand title=”All the People Said Amen”]You are not alone, if you are lonelyWhen you feel afraid, you’re not the only
We are all the same, in need of mercy
To be forgiven and be free
It’s all you got to lean on but thank God it’s all you need
And all the people said Amen
Whoa And all the people said Amen
Give thanks to the Lord for His love never ends
And all the people said Amen
If you’re rich or poor, well it don’t matter
Weak or strong, you know love is what we’re after
We’re all broken, but we’re all in this together
God knows we stumble and fall
And He so loved the world, He sent His Son to save us all
And all the people said Amen
Whoa And all the people said Amen
Give thanks to the Lord for His love never ends
And all the people said Amen
Blessed are the poor in spirit who are torn apart
Blessed are the persecuted and the pure in heart
Blessed are the people hungry for another start
For theirs is the kingdom, the kingdom of God
And all the people said Amen
Whoa And all the people said Amen
Give thanks to the Lord for His love never ends
And all the people said Amen
And all the people said Amen
Whoa And all the people said Amen
Give thanks to the Lord for His love never ends
And all the people said Amen
And all the people said Amen
And all the people said Amen
And all the people said Amen[/expand]
Encouragement Video
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Video of the Week
[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=”Restoration Kids Lesson”]Bible Story Video Link
(click “Watch from Home”)[/expand] [expand title=”Scripture Reading: 1 Peter 2:4-10 NIV”]As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to him— you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. For in Scripture it says:
“See, I lay a stone in Zion,
a chosen and precious cornerstone,
and the one who trusts in him
will never be put to shame.”
Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe,
“The stone the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone,”
and,
“A stone that causes people to stumble
and a rock that makes them fall.”
They stumble because they disobey the message—which is also what they were destined for.
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.[/expand] [expand title=”Scripture Reading: 1 Corinthians 12:12-27 NIV”]Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. 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. Even so the body is not made up of one part but of many.
Now if the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body. And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body. If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be? But in fact God has placed the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be. If they were all one part, where would the body be? As it is, there are many parts, but one body.
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!” On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, 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, while our presentable parts need no special treatment. But God has put the body together, giving greater honor to the parts that lacked it, so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other. If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.
Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.[/expand]
Teaching
[expand title=”1 Corinthians 12:12-14, 27 NIV”]Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. 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. Even so the body is not made up of one part but of many…Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.[/expand] [expand title=”1 Peter 2:4–5 NIV”]As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to him—Just you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.[/expand] [expand title=”Matthew 16:18 NIV”]Now I say to you that you are Peter (which means ‘rock’), and upon this rock I will build my church, and all the powers of hell will not conquer it.[/expand] [expand title=”‘Tis so Sweet to Trust in Jesus”]’Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus
Just to take him at his word
Just to rest upon his promise
Just to know “Thus saith the Lord”
O how sweet to trust in Jesus
Just to trust His cleansing blood
Just in simple faith to plunge me
‘Neath the healing cleansing flood
Jesus, Jesus, how I trust him!
How I’ve proved him o’er and o’er!
Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus!
O for grace to trust him more!
Yes, ’tis sweet to trust in Jesus
Just from sin and self to cease
Just from Jesus simply taking
Life and rest, and joy and peace
Jesus, Jesus, how I trust him!
How I’ve proved him o’er and o’er!
Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus!
O for grace to trust him more!
I’m so glad I learned to trust Thee
Precious Jesus Savior Friend
And I know that Thou art with me
Wilt be with me to the end
Jesus, Jesus, how I trust him!
How I’ve proved him o’er and o’er!
Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus!
O for grace to trust him more!
Jesus, Jesus, how I trust him!
How I’ve proved him o’er and o’er!
Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus!
O for grace to trust him more![/expand] [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 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]
Closing Prayer
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