Sunday, June 27, 2021 Worship Service

Welcome Rev. Dean Faulkner

Call to Worship Rev. Dean Faulkner Hosea 6:1-6

Celebrant: Come, let us return to the LORD; for he has torn us, that he may heal us; he has struck us down, and he will bind us up.

People: Let us know; let us press on to know the LORD; his going out is sure as the dawn; he will come to us as the showers, as the spring rains that water the earth.

Celebrant: ”What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? Your love is like a morning cloud, like the dew that goes early away.

All: For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifce, the knowledge of God rather than burnt oferings.”

Worship in Song KING OF LOVE THE KING OF LOVE MY SHEPHERD IS, WHOSE GOODNESS FAILETH NEVER; I NOTHING LACK IF I AM HIS, AND HE IS MINE FOREVER. AND HE IS MINE FOREVER!

WHERE STREAMS OF LIVING WATER FLOW, MY RANSOMED SOUL HE LEADETH, AND WHERE THE VERDANT PASTURES GROW, WITH FOOD CELESTIAL FEEDETH.

NEVER FAILING, RULER OF MY HEART, EVERLASTING, LOVER OF MY SOUL ON THE MOUNTAIN HIGH OR IN THE VALLEY LOW THE KING OF LOVE MY SHEPHERD IS, THE KING OF LOVE MY SHEPHERD IS

LOST AND FOOLISH OFT I STRAY, BUT YET IN LOVE HE SOUGHT ME, AND ON HIS SHOULDER GENTLY LAID, AND HOME REJOICING BROUGHT ME. IN DEATH'S DARK VEIL I FEAR NO ILL, WITH THEE, DEAR LORD, BESIDE ME; THY ROD AND STAFF MY COMFORT STILL, THY CROSS BEFORE TO GUIDE ME.

OH, OH, OH! HALLELUJAH! HALLELUJAH! OH, OH, OH! HALLELUJAH! HALLELUJAH!

AND SO THROUGH ALL THE LENGTH OF DAYS, THY GOODNESS FAILETH NEVER; GOOD SHEPHERD, MAY I SING THY PRAISE, (WITHIN THY HOUSE FOREVER!)

GREAT I AM I WANNA BE CLOSE CLOSE TO YOUR SIDE SO HEAVEN IS REAL AND DEATH IS A LIE I WANNA HEAR VOICES OF ANGELS ABOVE SINGING AS ONE

HALLELUJAH HOLY HOLY GOD ALMIGHTY GREAT I AM WHO IS WORTHY NONE BESIDE THEE GOD ALMIGHTY GREAT I AM

I WANNA BE NEAR NEAR TO YOUR HEART LOVING THE WORLD HATING THE DARK I WANNA SEE DRY BONES LIVING AGAIN SINGING AS ONE

THE MOUNTAINS SHAKE BEFORE YOU THE DEMONS RUN AND FLEE AT THE MENTION OF YOUR NAME KING OF MAJESTY THERE IS NO POW'R IN HELL OR ANY WHO CAN STAND BEFORE THE POWER AND THE PRESENCE OF THE GREAT I AM THE GREAT I AM

LORD I NEED YOU LORD, I COME, I CONFESS, BOWING HERE I FIND MY REST WITHOUT YOU I FALL APART, YOU'RE THE ONE THAT GUIDES MY HEART

LORD, I NEED YOU, OH, I NEED YOU EVERY HOUR I NEED YOU MY ONE DEFENSE, MY RIGHTEOUSNESS OH GOD, HOW I NEED YOU

WHERE SIN RUNS DEEP YOUR GRACE IS MORE, WHERE GRACE IS FOUND IS WHERE YOU ARE AND WHERE YOU ARE, LORD, I AM FREE, HOLINESS IS CHRIST IN ME TEACH MY SONG TO RISE TO YOU, WHEN TEMPTATION COMES MY WAY AND WHEN I CANNOT STAND I'LL FALL ON YOU, JESUS, YOU'RE MY HOPE AND STAY

MY ONE DEFENSE, MY RIGHTEOUSNESS, OH GOD, HOW I NEED YOU MY ONE DEFENSE, MY RIGHTEOUSNESS, OH GOD, HOW I NEED YOU

Pastoral Prayer Rev. Dean Faulkner

Scripture Reading Pastoral Intern Kurt Witters Philippians 3:1-8a

Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you is no trouble to me and is safe for you.

Look out for the dogs, look out for the evildoers, look out for those who mutilate the fesh. For we are the circumcision, who worship by the Spirit of God and glory in Christ Jesus and put no confdence in the fesh— though I myself have reason for confdence in the fesh also. If anyone else thinks he has reason for confdence in the fesh, I have more: circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee; as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless. But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have sufered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ

Reader: This is the Word of the Lord. Congregation: Thanks be to God.

Sermon Pastoral Intern Kurt Witters Rejoice in Hope: Finding Surpassing Worth in Knowing Christ Philippians 3:1-8a

I. Knowing Christ Helps You Recognize Counterfeits (vv. 1-2)

II. Knowing Christ Makes You Part of a Relational Community (v. 3)

III. Knowing Christ Gives You a Real Confdence (vv. 4-8a) The Lord’s Supper Rev. Dean Faulkner

Song of Response BE THOU MY VISION BE THOU MY VISION, O LORD OF MY HEART, NAUGHT BE ALL ELSE TO ME, SAVE THAT THOU ART THOU MY BEST THOUGHT, BY DAY OR BY NIGHT, WAKING OR SLEEPING, THY PRESENCE MY LIGHT

BE THOU MY WISDOM, AND THOU MY TRUE WORD, I EVER WITH THEE, AND THOU WITH ME, LORD THOU MY GREAT FATHER, I THY TRUE SON, THOU IN ME DWELLING, AND I WITH THEE ONE

RICHES I HEED NOT, NOR MAN’S EMPTY PRAISE, THOU MINE INHERITANCE, NOW AND ALWAYS THOU AND THOU ONLY, FIRST IN MY HEART, HIGH KING OF HEAVEN, MY TREASURE THOU ART

O, GOD, BE MY EVERYTHING, BE MY DELIGHT BE, JESUS, MY GLORY MY SOUL'S SATISFIED O, GOD, BE MY EVERYTHING, BE MY DELIGHT BE, JESUS, MY GLORY MY SOUL'S SATISFIED

HIGH KING OF HEAVEN, MY VICTORY WON, MAY I REACH HEAVEN’S JOYS, O BRIGHT HEAVEN'S SUN HEART OF MY OWN HEART, WHATEVER BEFALL, STILL BE MY VISION, O RULER OF ALL

Benediction Rev. Dean Faulkner