“In Jesus’s ministry, God’s reign is interpreted as the expression of God’s caring authority over the whole of life.” David Bosch

We are glad you are here this morning to take a step towards encountering God and belonging in our community of imperfect people. We’re all at different places in our relationship with God. You might have heard a lot about God or be exploring who He is for the first time. At New Song, we are all seeking transformation in our lives by the grace of God. May this morning be good for your soul!

Ordinary June 6, 2021

This is a period of growth and maturation, a time in which the Spirit works to take the truths of the gospel deeper into our lives. Ordinary time can be understood in terms of the living out of Christian faith and the meaning of Christ’s resurrection in ordinary life.

Advent | Christmas | Epiphany | Lent | Easter | Pentecost | Ordinary CALL TO WORSHIP: PSALM 146:1-7 Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord, O my soul! I will praise the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being. Put not your trust in princes, in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation. When his breath departs, he returns to the earth; on that very day his plans perish. Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God, who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, who keeps faith forever; who executes justice for the oppressed, who gives food to the hungry.

SONG: ON JORDAN’S STORMY BANKS I STAND

Verse 1 Verse 3 On Jordanʼs stormy banks I stand No chilling winds nor poisonous breath And cast a wishful eye Can reach that healthful shore To Canaanʼs fair and happy land Sickness, sorrow, pain and death Where my possessions lie Are felt and feared no more

Verse 2 Verse 4 All oʼer those wide extended plains When shall I reach that happy place Shines one eternal day And be forever blessed There God the Son forever reigns When shall I see my Fatherʼs face And scatters night away And in His bosom rest

Chorus I am bound (I am bound) I am bound (I am bound) I am bound for the promised land I am bound (I am bound) I am bound (I am bound) I am bound for the promised land GOSPEL READING: MARK 6:30-56 The apostles returned to Jesus and told him all that they took up twelve baskets full of broken pieces and of the had done and taught. 31 And he said to them, “Come fish. 44 And those who ate the loaves were five thousand away by yourselves to a desolate place and rest a men. 45 Immediately he made his disciples get into the while.” For many were coming and going, and they had boat and go before him to the other side, to Bethsaida, no leisure even to eat. 32 And they went away in the while he dismissed the crowd. 46 And after he had taken boat to a desolate place by themselves. 33 Now many leave of them, he went up on the mountain to saw them going and recognized them, and they ran there pray. 47 And when evening came, the boat was out on on foot from all the towns and got there ahead of the sea, and he was alone on the land. 48 And he saw them. 34 When he went ashore he saw a great crowd, that they were making headway painfully, for the wind and he had compassion on them, because they were like was against them. And about the fourth watch of the sheep without a shepherd. And he began to teach them night he came to them, walking on the sea. He meant to many things. 35 And when it grew late, his disciples pass by them, 49 but when they saw him walking on the came to him and said, “This is a desolate place, and the sea they thought it was a ghost, and cried out, 50 for they hour is now late. 36 Send them away to go into the all saw him and were terrified. But immediately he spoke surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves to them and said, “Take heart; it is I. Do not be something to eat.” 37 But he answered them, “You give afraid.” 51 And he got into the boat with them, and the them something to eat.” And they said to him, “Shall we wind ceased. And they were utterly go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread and give astounded, 52 for they did not understand about the it to them to eat?” 38 And he said to them, “How many loaves, but their hearts were hardened. 53 When they loaves do you have? Go and see.” And when they had had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret and found out, they said, “Five, and two fish.” 39 Then he moored to the shore. 54 And when they got out of the commanded them all to sit down in groups on the green boat, the people immediately recognized him 55 and ran grass. 40 So they sat down in groups, by hundreds and about the whole region and began to bring the sick by fifties. 41 And taking the five loaves and the two fish, people on their beds to wherever they heard he he looked up to heaven and said a blessing and broke the was. 56 And wherever he came, in villages, cities, or loaves and gave them to the disciples to set before the countryside, they laid the sick in the marketplaces and people. And he divided the two fish among them implored him that they might touch even the fringe of his all. 42 And they all ate and were satisfied. 43 And they garment. And as many as touched it were made well.

PRAYER OF REPENTANCE Our God of grace, you are patient and kind. You have sought us when we were hiding. You have waited for us when we have been stubborn. You have pursued us when we have been wandering. We confess that our hearts are still fickle. It is easy for us to ignore your grace to us, and to withhold your grace from others. We so often turn away from the needs around us and ignore people who are in need of your love. Help us to receive the grace of Christ we so desperately need, and empower us to extend that grace to the world around us. Amen.

ASSURANCE OF PARDON: HEBREWS 9:28 so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.

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PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE

OFFERING We want to be a generous community. In response to the grace we’ve received, we seek to give cheerfully, diligently, proportionately, and sacrificially (2 Cor 8:1-15). You can give online at https:// newsong.churchcenter.com/giving.

God of all grace, make us a people full of grace. Because of your generosity to us, we seek to be generous with all that we have. Take these gifts, and use them for the spreading of your grace in the world. Amen. SONG: WE WILL FEAST IN THE HOUSE OF ZION Chorus Chorus We will feast in the house of Zion We will feast in the house of Zion We will sing with our hearts restored We will sing with our hearts restored He has done great things, we will say together He has done great things, we will say together We will feast and weep no more We will feast and weep no more

Verse 1 Verse 3 We will not be burned by the fire Every vow weʼve broken and betrayed He is the Lord our God You are the Faithful One We are not consumed by the flood And from the garden to the grave Upheld, protected, gathered up Bind us together, bring shalom

Chorus Chorus We will feast in the house of Zion We will feast in the house of Zion We will sing with our hearts restored We will sing with our hearts restored He has done great things, we will say together He has done great things, we will say together We will feast and weep no more We will feast and weep no more

Verse 2 In the dark of night before the dawn My soul, be not afraid For the promised morning, oh how long? Oh God of Jacob, be my strength

SERMON: THE GOSPEL IN WORD AND DEED - ACTS 3 Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted hour of prayer, the ninth hour. 2 And a man lame from birth to you, 15 and you killed the Author of life, whom God was being carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the raised from the dead. To this we are witnesses. 16 And his temple that is called the Beautiful Gate to ask alms of those name—by faith in his name—has made this man strong entering the temple. 3 Seeing Peter and John about to go whom you see and know, and the faith that is through into the temple, he asked to receive alms. 4 And Peter Jesus has given the man this perfect health in the presence directed his gaze at him, as did John, and said, “Look at of you all. 17 “And now, brothers, I know that you acted in us.” 5 And he fixed his attention on them, expecting to ignorance, as did also your rulers. 18 But what receive something from them. 6 But Peter said, “I have no God foretold by the mouth of all the prophets, that his silver and gold, but what I do have I give to you. In the Christ would suffer, he thus fulfilled. 19 Repent therefore, name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk!” 7 And and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out, 20 that he took him by the right hand and raised him up, and times of refreshing may come from the presence of the immediately his feet and ankles were made Lord, and that he may send the Christ appointed for you, strong. 8 And leaping up, he stood and began to walk, and Jesus, 21 whom heaven must receive until the time entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and for restoring all the things about which God spoke by the praising God. 9 And all the people saw him walking and mouth of his holy prophets long ago. 22 Moses said, ‘The praising God, 10 and recognized him as the one who sat at Lord God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your the Beautiful Gate of the temple, asking for alms. And they brothers. You shall listen to him in whatever he tells were filled with wonder and amazement at what had you. 23 And it shall be that every soul who does not listen happened to him. 11 While he clung to Peter and John, all to that prophet shall be destroyed from the the people, utterly astounded, ran together to them in the people.’ 24 And all the prophets who have spoken, from portico called Solomon's. 12 And when Peter saw it he Samuel and those who came after him, also proclaimed addressed the people: “Men of Israel, why do you wonder these days. 25 You are the sons of the prophets and of the at this, or why do you stare at us, as though by our own covenant that God made with your fathers, saying to power or piety we have made him walk? 13 The God of Abraham, ‘And in your offspring shall all the families of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, the God the earth be blessed.’ 26 God, having raised up his servant, of our fathers, glorified his servant Jesus, whom you sent him to you first, to bless you by turning every one of delivered over and denied in the presence of Pilate, when you from your wickedness.” he had decided to release him. 14 But you denied the Holy WORDS OF INSTITUTION The Lord be with you. And also with you. Lift up your hearts. We lift them up to the Lord. Our Lord and God, we praise you for your Son, our Savior Jesus Christ, who by his death on the cross and rising to new life offered the one true sacrifice for sin. (Words of Institution) Gracious God, we thank you for these gifts of bread and wine, and pray that we who receive them, in the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, according to our Savior’s word, may share in victory and eternal life.

SONG: THERE IS A FOUNTAIN

Verse 1 Bridge There is a fountain filled with blood Hallelujah, fountain full of love for us Drawn from Immanuelʼs veins Poured out on us And sinners plunged beneath that flood Hallelujah, fountain full of love for us Lose all their guilty stains Poured out on us

Lose all their guilty stains Verse 3 Lose all their guilty stains Eʼer since by faith I saw the stream And sinners plunged beneath that flood Thy flowing wounds supply Lose all their guilty stains Redeeming love has been my theme And shall be ʼtil I die Verse 2 The dying thief rejoiced to see And shall be ʼtil I die That fountain in his day And shall be ʼtil I die And there may I, though vile as he Redeeming love has been my theme Wash all my sins away And shall be ʼtil I die

Wash all my sins away Wash all my sins away And there may I, though vile as he Wash all my sins away

CELEBRATION OF THE LORD’S TABLE Let us confess our faith: I believe in God: the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; he descended to hell. The third day he rose again from the dead. He ascended to heaven and is seated at the right hand of God the Father almighty. From there he will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen. SONG: NAILED TO THE CROSS

Verse 1 Bridge When I stand accused by my regrets It is finished, sin is vanquished And the devil roars his empty threats Hallelujah, praise the Lord I will preach the gospel to myself All the glory, all the honor That I am not a man condemned To my Savior, Christ the Lord For Jesus Christ is my defense It is finished, sin is vanquished Hallelujah, praise the Lord Chorus All the glory, all the honor My sin is nailed to the cross To my Savior, Christ the Lord My soul is healed by the scars The weight of guilt I bear no more Verse 3 Praise the Lord, praise the Lord When I stand before the throne at last His blood will plead my innocence Verse 2 I will worship Him with holy hands When my doubt and shame hang over me And raise the song that never ends Like the arrows of the enemy Of Jesus Christ, my righteousness I will run again to Calvary That rugged hill of hell’s defeat Chorus 2 My fortress and my victory My sin is nailed to the cross My soul is healed by the scars Chorus 2 The weight of guilt I bear no more My sin is nailed to the cross Praise the Lord, praise the Lord My soul is healed by the scars My sin is nailed to the cross The weight of guilt I bear no more My soul is healed by the scars Praise the Lord, praise the Lord Now I’m alive forevermore My sin is nailed to the cross Praise the Lord, praise the Lord My soul is healed by the scars Now I’m alive forevermore Praise the Lord, praise the Lord

BENEDICTION

Pastor: Robert Binion, [email protected], 404-513-5761 New Song Presbyterian is a congregation of the Presbyterian Church in America www.newsong.org