2020 / 4 / 12 Easter Sunday: “Finding Jesus” (Matthew 28:1–10; 25:31–40) Full Service
“Christ isn’t where we expect him to be. He is where we need him to be.”
2020 / 4 / 10 Good Friday Evening Service (Isaiah 52:13–53:12; John 18:1–19:42)
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) […]
2020 / 4 / 5 “A True Hero” (Luke 19:29–40) Full Service
Palm Sunday, 2020. Verse for the Week: John 3:14b–15 “The Son of Man must be lifted up, so that everyone who believes in him will have eternal life.” Call to Worship: Psalm 118:1–2, 19–29 1 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good! His faithful love endures forever. 2 Let all Israel repeat: […]
2020 / 3 / 29 “We all belong to God” (Ezekiel 18:1–4a; 29–32) Full Service
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 […]
2020 / 3 / 22 “It’s time to care” (John 9:1-5) Full Service
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 […]
2020 / 3 / 15 “Welcome into God’s arms” (Mark 11:12–21; 12:38–44) Full Service
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 […]
2020 / 3 / 8 “My Help” (John 3:11–17)
2nd Sunday of Lent EM 14th Anniversary “Very truly, I tell you, we speak of what we know and testify to what we have seen; yet you do not receive our testimony. If I have told you about earthly things and you don’t believe, how can you believe if I tell you about heavenly things? […]
2020 / 3 / 1 “Do I want what God wants?” (Matthew 4:1–11)
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 […]
2020 / 2 / 23 “The blessings of repentance” (Matthew 6:1–6, 16–21)
“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 […]
2020 / 2 / 16 “Brave enough to fail” (Mark 8:31–38)
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 […]