Verse for the Week: Matthew 11:28 Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.” Call to Worship: Psalm 86:1–13, 17 1 Bend down, O Lord, and hear my prayer; answer me, for I need your help. 2 Protect me, for I am […]
4th Sunday of Easter; Labour Day Weekend. Verse for the Week: 2 Corinthians 5:17 “If anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new!” Call to Worship: Psalm 詩篇 15 1 Who may worship in your sanctuary, Lord? Who may enter your presence on your holy hill? 2 Those who […]
Order of Service Opening and Call Call to Worship: Psalm 22 Prayer Remembering Christ Crucified Responsive Verse: Luke 9:23–24 Gradual Hymn: O Mighty Cross (v. 1) Litany Old Testament Reading: Isaiah 52:13–53:12 Gradual Hymn: O Mighty Cross (vv. 1–2) Gospel Reading: John 18:1–19:42 Homily: “It’s not too late” Gradual Hymn: O Mighty Cross (vv. 1–3) […]
5th Sunday of Lent Verse for the Week: Matthew 20:28 “For the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many.” Call to Worship: Psalm 24 1 The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it. The world and all its people belong to […]
4th Sunday of Lent Verse for the Week: John 12:24 “Very truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.” Call to Worship: Psalm 23 1 The Lord is my shepherd; I have all that I need. 2 He […]
3rd Sunday of Lent. Verse for the Week: Luke 9:62. Jesus said, “Anyone who puts a hand to the plow and then looks back is not fit for the Kingdom of God.” Call to Worship: Psalm 95 1 Come, let us sing to the Lord! Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation. 2 Let us […]
Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted there by the devil. For forty days and forty nights he fasted and became very hungry. During that time the tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become loaves of bread.” But […]
“Watch out! Don’t do your good deeds publicly, to be admired by others, for you will lose the reward from your Father in heaven. When you give to someone in need, don’t do as the hypocrites do—blowing trumpets in the synagogues and streets to call attention to their acts of charity! I tell you […]
Then Jesus began to tell them that the Son of Man must suffer many terrible things and be rejected by the elders, the leading priests, and the teachers of religious law. He would be killed, but three days later he would rise from the dead. As he talked about this openly with his disciples, Peter […]
2 When the Lord first began speaking to Israel through Hosea, he said to him, “Go and marry a prostitute, so that some of her children will be conceived in prostitution. This will illustrate how Israel has acted like a prostitute by turning against the Lord and worshiping other gods.” 3 So Hosea married Gomer, the daughter of Diblaim, and she became pregnant and […]