Sunday Celebration 06/04/2023
WELCOME & INVOCATION
Our Affirmation of Faith
We believe in God the creator of us all, whose desire for
diversity is seen in the rainbow of humanity. With unrelenting
passion God Seeks to be in relationship with all of us.
We believe in Jesus the Christ, who is the embodiment of
God’s redeeming grace; And in the Holy Spirit through whom
that grace continues its restoring work.
We believe in the Church. It is the body of Christ on the earth
today. As ministers of this church, we are all called like Jesus,
to heal, to deliver, to teach, and to serve.
We believe that together we can change the world,
in our time and for all time Amen!
Affirmation Chorus: In This Place
In this place, There’s joy that I can’t explain
In this place, There’s healing for all my pain
There is love unlike I’ve ever known
Everybody here makes me feel at home
As we gather here, I know I’m not alone
I feel God’s presence, Moving in this place..
SING AND CELEBRATE:
1. ALIVE FOREVER AMEN
Verse 1: Let the children sing a song of liberation
The God of our salvation, set us free
Death where is thy sting; The curse of sin is broken
The empty tomb stands open; Come and see
Chorus 1: He’s alive, alive, alive, Hallelujah alive
Praise and glory to the Lamb
Alive, alive, alive, hallelujah, Alive forever amen
Verse 2: Let my heart sing out for Christ the One and only
So powerful and holy, rescued me
Death won’t hurt me now, because He has redeemed me
No grave will ever keep me from my King
CHORUS 2: I’m alive, alive, alive, Hallelujah alive!
Praise and glory to the Lamb
Alive, alive, alive, hallelujah, Alive forever amen
(BRIDGE): Worthy is the Lamb, Worthy of our praise
Worthy is the One who has overcome the grave
Let the people dance, Let the people sing
Worthy is the mighty King REPEAT 3 TIMES
2. ABOVE ALL
Above all wisdom and all the ways of man
You were here before the world began.
Above all kingdom, above all thrones
Above all wonders the world has ever known
Above all wealth and treasures of the earth
There’s no way to measure what you’re worth
Crucified, Laid behind a stone
You lived to die, rejected and alone
Like a rose, trampled on the ground
You took the fall, And thought of me, Above all
3. BREATHE
This is the air I breathe. This is the air I breathe.
Your holy presence living in me.
This is my daily bread. This is my daily bread.
Your very word spoken to me.
And I… I’m desperate for you. And I… I’m lost without you. (repeat all)
And I… I’m desperate for you. And I… I’m lost without you.
I’m lost without you. I’m lost without you.
I’m desperate for you. I’m desperate for you..
TODAY’S SCRIPTURE:
“Can a mother forget the baby at her breast
and have no compassion on the child she has borne?
Though she may forget,
I will not forget you!
See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands;
ISAIAH 49:15- 16
Though the mountains be shaken
and the hills be removed,
yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken
nor my covenant of peace be removed,”
says the Lord, who has compassion on you.
ISAIAH 54:10
Be Compassionate as God is Compassionate
Luke 6:36
My response is to get down on my knees before the Father, this magnificent Father who parcels out all heaven and earth. I ask him to strengthen you by his Spirit—not a brute strength but a glorious inner strength—that Christ will live in you as you open the door and invite him in. And I ask him that with both feet planted firmly on love, you’ll be able to take in with all followers of Jesus the extravagant dimensions of Christ’s love. Reach out and experience the breadth! Test its length! Plumb the depths! Rise to the heights! Live full lives, full in the fullness of God.
EPHESIANS 3:14-19
SPECIAL MUSIC
PRAISE AND PRAYER
SPECIAL MUSIC
TODAY’S SERMON: “”THE MOTHERLY LOVE OF GOD”
FINAL SONG