Sunday Celebration 02/05/2023
Affirmation of Faith, Affirmation Chorus, Song Lyrics, and Today’s Scriptures are listed after the order of worship below:
WELCOME & INVOCATION
AFFIRMATION CHORUS: IN THIS PLACE
SING AND CELEBRATE:
1. WHO YOU SAY I AM
2. ONCE AND FOR ALL
3. I WON’T GO BACK
TODAY’S SCRIPTURE:
MARK 9:16-24
JOHN 20:24-29
JUDE 1:22
SPECIAL MUSIC
PRAISE AND PRAYER
TODAY’S SERMON: “MERCY FOR THE DOUBTERS”
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..
WHO YOU SAY I AM
Verse 1: Who am I that the highest One would welcome me
I was lost but God brought me in. Oh God’s love for me, Oh God’s love for me
Chorus 1: Who the Son sets free, Oh is free indeed. I’m a child of God, Yes I am
Verse 2: Free at last, God has welcomed me, God’s grace runs deep
While I was asleep inside. Christ awakened me, Christ awakened me
Chorus 2 Who the Son sets free, Oh is free indeed
I’m a child of God, Yes I am. In God’s house of love,
There’s a place for me. I’m a child of God, Yes I am
Bridge 1: (I am chosen, not forsaken, I am who You say I am. You are for me,
not against me, I am who You say I am) (repeat ( )) I am who You say I am
Chorus 3 Who the Son sets free, Oh is free indeed
I’m a child of God, Yes I am. In God’s house of love,
There’s a place for me. I’m a child of God, Yes I am
In God’s house of love, There’s a place for me. I’m a child of God, Yes I am
[Interlude] Bridge 2: I am chosen, not forsaken, I am who You say I am
You are for me, not against me, I am who You say I am. (repeat ( ) 3x)
For I am who You say I am, Yes, I am who You say I am! (repeat Chorus2)
ONCE AND FOR ALL
God I give You all I can today, These scattered ashes that I hid away
I lay it all, at Your feet
From the corners of my deepest shame, The empty places where I’ve worn
Your name. Show me the love I say I believe
Oh Help me to lay it down, Oh Lord I lay it down
Oh let this be where I die, My lord with thee crucified
Be lifted high as my Kingdom’s fall, Once and for all, once and for all
There is victory in my Saviors loss,
And In the crimson flowing from the cross, Pour over me, pour over me yes
Oh let this be where I die, My lord with thee crucified
Be lifted high as my Kingdom’s fall, Once and for all, once and for all
Oh Lord I lay it down, Oh Lord I lay it down
Help me to lay it down, Oh Lord I lay it down
Oh let this be where I die, My Lord with thee crucified
Be lifted high as my Kingdom’s fall,
Once and for all, Once and for all, Once and for all, Once and for all
ACAPELLA Oh let this be where I die, My Lord with thee crucified
Be lifted high as my Kingdom’s fall, Once and for all, Once and for all
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
TODAY’S SCRIPTURE:
“What are you arguing with them about?” he asked. A man in the crowd
answered, “Teacher, I brought you my son, who is possessed by a spirit that has
robbed him of speech. Whenever it seizes him, it throws him to the ground. He
foams at the mouth, gnashes his teeth and becomes rigid. I asked your disciples
to drive out the spirit, but they could not.”
“You unbelieving generation,” Jesus replied, “how long shall I stay with you? How
long shall I put up with you? Bring the boy to me.” So they brought him. When
the spirit saw Jesus, it immediately threw the boy into a convulsion. He fell to
the ground and rolled around, foaming at the mouth. Jesus asked the boy’s
father, “How long has he been like this?”
“From childhood,” he answered. “It has often thrown him into fire or water to
kill him. But if you can do anything, take pity on us and help us.”
“‘If you can’?” said Jesus. “Everything is possible for one who believes.” Immediately
the boy’s father exclaimed, “I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!”
MARK 9:16-24
Now Thomas (also known as Didymus), one of the Twelve, was not with the
disciples when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the
Lord!” But he said to them, “Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my
finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.”
A week later his disciples were in the house again, and Thomas was with them.
Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said,
“Peace be with you!” Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here; see my
hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe.”
Thomas said to him, “My Lord and my God!” Then Jesus told him, “Because you
have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet
have believed.” JOHN 20:24-29 Be merciful to those who doubt JUDE 1:22