Prelude O We Poor Sinners Helmut Walcha
Welcome And Opening Prayer
Hymn How Lovely, Lord, how Lovely
How Lovely, Lord, how lovely is your abiding place;
my soul is longing, fainting, to feast upon your grace.
The sparrow finds a shelter, a place to build her nest,
and so your temple calls us within its walls to rest.
In your blest courts to worship, O God, a single day
is better than a thousand if I from you should stray.
I’d rather keep the entrance and claim you as my Lord
than revel in the riches the ways of sin afford.
A sun and shield forever are you, O Lord most high;
you shower us with blessings; no good will you deny.
The saints, your grace receiving, from strength to strength shall go,
and from their life shall rivers of blessing overflow.
Confession of Sin/Assurance of Pardon
God of Justice, We are guilty of building tables. We have built tables that oppression dines on, Sexism thrives on, and racism lives on. God of Justice, We are guilty of forgetting where we are, Of turning faith into a negotiation tool And the church into a place for insiders. God of Justice, We are guilty of ignoring the point; For you taught that the temple was for worship And your message was for all. God of our hearts, Be in our decision making. Draw near to our choices. Forgive our mistakes. And as you do, Flip every table, habit, belief, or point of view that needs adjusting. With hope we pray for a better day. (silent confession)
Scripture Reading John 2:13-22
The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple he found people selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and the money changers seated at their tables. Making a whip of cords, he drove all of them out of the temple, both the sheep and the cattle. He also poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. He told those who were selling the doves, “Take these things out of here! Stop making my Father’s house a marketplace!” His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for your house will consume me.” The Jews then said to him, “What sign can you show us for doing this?” Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” The Jews then said, “This temple has been under construction for forty-six years, and will you raise it up in three days?” But he was speaking of the temple of his body. After he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this; and they believed the scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.
Sermon “Temple” Nick Wallwork
Offertory 10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord) Matt Redman
Installation of Officers
Pastoral Prayer/The Lord’s Prayer
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, for thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
Hymn Christ is made the sure Foundation
Christ is made the sure foundation,
Christ the head and cornerstone,
chosen of the Lord and precious,
binding all the Church in one,
Holy Zion’s help forever, and our confidence alone;
Holy Zion’s help forever, and our confidence alone.
To this temple where we call you,
come, O Lord of hosts and stay;
come, with all your loving kindness,
hear your people as they pray,
and your fullest benediction shed within these walls alway;
and your fullest benediction shed within these walls alway.
Grant, we pray, to all your faithful
all the gifts they ask to gain;
what they gain from you forever
with the blessed to retain;
and hereafter in your glory evermore with you to reign;
and hereafter in your glory evermore with you to reign.
Praise and honor to the Father,
praise and honor to the Son,
praise and honor to the Spirit,
ever three and ever one,
one in might and one in glory while unending ages run;
one in might and one in glory while unending ages run!
Benediction
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