Sunday Celebration 10/05/2025
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 EVERY PRAISE
Every praise is to our God.
Every word of worship with one accord
Every praise every praise is to our God.
Sing hallelujah to our God
Glory hallelujah is due our God
Every praise every praise is to our God. (Repeat 2x)
Every praise is to our God.
God my Savior, God my Healer, God my Deliverer
Yes He is, yes He is (Repeat )
God my Savior, God my Healer, God my Deliverer
Yes He is, yes He is, Yes He is, yes He is
Every praise is to our God. Every word of worship with one accord
Every praise every praise (Repeat 7x)… Is to our God
2.OPEN THE EYES OF MY HEART
Open the eyes of my heart, Lord, Open the eyes of my heart
I want to see You, I want to see You (Repeat)
To see You high and lifted up, Shinin’ in the light of Your glory
Pour out Your power and love, As we sing holy, holy, holy
Open the eyes of my heart, Lord, Open the eyes of my heart
I want to see You, I want to see You (Repeat)
To see You high and lifted up, Shinin’ in the light of Your glory
Pour out Your power and love, As we sing holy, holy, holy
Holy, holy, holy, Holy, holy, holy
Holy, holy, holy, I want to see you (Repeat 5x)
HOLY GROUND
We are standing on Holy Ground
And I know that there are angels all around
Let us praise Jesus now
We are standing in His presence On Holy Ground
We are standing on Holy Ground
And I know that there are angels all around
Let us praise Jesus now
We are standing in His presence
We are standing in His presence
We are standing in His presence On Holy Ground
The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. if then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness! MATTHEW 6:22-23
Jesus said to them, “I came into the world to bring everything into the clear light of day, making all the distinctions clear, so that those who have never seen will see, and those who have made a great pretense of seeing will be exposed as blind.” Some Pharisees overheard him and said, “Does that mean you’re calling us blind”” Jesus said, “If you were really blind, you would be blameless, but since you claim to see everything so well, you’re accountable for every fault and failure.” JOHN 9 :39-41
If our Message is obscure to anyone, it’s not because we are holding back in any way. No, it’s because these other people are looking or going the wrong way and refuse to give it serious attention. All they have eyes for is the fashionable god of darkness. They think he can give them what they want, and that they won’t have to bother believing a truth they can’t see. They’re stone-blind to the dayspring brightness of the Message that shines with Christ, who gives us the best picture of God we’ll ever get. Remember, our message is not about ourselves; we’re proclaiming Jesus Christ, the Master. All we are, is messengers, errand runners from Jesus for you. It started when God said, “Light up the darkness!” and our lives filled up with light as we saw and understood God in the face of Christ, all bright and beautiful. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. 2 CORINTHIANS 4:3-6,18
Pursue the things over which Christ presides. Don’t shuffle along, eyes to the ground, absorbed with the things right in front of you. Look up, and be alert to what is going on around Christ- that’s where the action is. See things from his perspective. COLOSSIANS 3:2 Message Bible
SPECIAL MUSIC
PRAISE AND PRAYER
SPECIAL MUSIC
TODAY’S SERMON: “FROM CAVE-DWELLER TO LIGHT-BEARER”
FINAL SONG: I WON’T GO BACK
I’ve been changed, healed, freed, delivered,
I’ve found joy, peace, grace and favor
I’ve been changed, healed, freed, delivered,
I’ve found joy, peace, grace and favor
BRIDGE Right now is the moment, today is the day,
I’ve been changed, I’ve been changed
I have waited for this moment to come,
And I won’t let it pass me by
CHORUS I won’t go back, can’t go back to the way it used to be
Before your presence came and changed me
I won’t go back, can’t go back to the way it used to be
Before your presence came and changed me
All my shame, guilt, sins, forgiven,
No more chains, fear, my past is over
REPEAT BRIDGE THEN CHORUS (4X)
I won’t go back, can’t go back to the way it used to be
Before your presence came and changed me
I won’t go back, can’t go back to the way it used to be
Before your presence came and changed me