Sunday Celebration 12/05/2021
Affirmation of Faith, Affirmation Chorus, Song Lyrics, and Today’s Scriptures are listed after the order of worship below:
OPENING MUSIC
WELCOME & INVOCATION
AFFIRMATION CHORUS: “IN THIS PLACE”
TODAY’S CHRISTMAS CAROL – HARK THE HERALD ANGELS SING
SING AND CELEBRATE:
1. BETTER THAN LIFE
2. GOD SO LOVED
3. POWER OF YOUR LOVE
TODAY’S SCRIPTURE:
JOHN 3:16
I CORINTHIANS 13: 4-8,13
COLOSSIANS 3:12,14
SPECIAL MUSIC
PRAISE AND PRAYER
SPECIAL MUSIC
TODAY’S SERMON: “GOD SO LOVED…”
FINAL SONG
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..
HARK THE HERALD ANGELS SING
“Glory to the newborn King”
Peace on earth and mercy mild
God and sinners reconciled
Join the triumph of the skies
With angelic host proclaim
Christ is born in Bethlehem
BETTER THAN LIFE
Your love is everlasting. It’s an everlasting love.
Your mercy is as new as every rising of the sun.
And Your loving kindness, loving kindness, Is better than life
Your grace is all-sufficient It’s an all-sufficient grace.
Your power and Your glory are forever on display.
And Your loving kindness, loving kindness, Is better than life
Chorus: Oh, it’s better, oh, better than life. Oh, so much better, Jesus, Your loving kindness… Is better than life.
Fairest of ten thousand. Of ten thousand You are fair.
And nothing in this world could ever measure or compare
To Your loving kindness, loving kindness, Is better than life
All your ways are just, Oh Lord. You’re just in all Your ways.
And I will lift my hands, Oh Lord, in gratitude and praise.
For Your loving kindness, loving kindness, Is better than life. (Chorus)
Jesus, Your loving kindness, is better than life itself.
Better than life itself, Jesus, Your loving kindness,
Is better than life itself, better than life. (Chorus)
GOD SO LOVED
God so loved the world that he gave
God so loved the world, That he gave…. his only son (repeat)
Worthy is the Lamb that was slain. Worthy is the Lamb that was slain
He’s risen from the dead, He is risen
He’s high and lifted up. Heaven and earth adore
POWER OF YOUR LOVE
Lord I come to You, let my heart be changed, renewed
Flowing from the grace, That I found in You
Lord I’ve come to know the weakness I see in me
Will be stripped away by the power of Your love
Chorus: Hold me close, let Your love surround me Bring me near, draw me to Your side
As I wait, I’ll rise up like the eagles
And I will soar with You,
Your spirit leads me on Through the power of Your love
Lord unveil my eyes, let me see You face to face
The Knowledge of Your love As You live in me
Lord renew my mind as Your will unfolds in my life
In living everyday By the power of Your love (chorus)
Tag: And I will soar with You, Your spirit leads me on
Through the power of Your love
And I will soar with You. Your spirit leads me on
Through the power of Your love (Chorus A cap pel la)
TODAY’S SCRIPTURE:
For God so loved the world that he gave… JOHN 3:16
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it
is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking,
it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does
not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects,
always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.
But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there
are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it
will pass away. And above all these put on love, which binds
everything together in perfect harmony. And now these three
remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
I CORINTHIANS 13: 4-8,13
Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe
yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and
patience.And above all these put on love, which binds everything
together in perfect harmony. COLOSSIANS 3:12,14