Opening Song: Mighty to Save - Hillsong
Everyone needs compassion
A love that's never failing
Let mercy fall on me
Everyone needs forgiveness
The kindness of a Saviour
The hope of nations
Saviour
He can move the mountains
My God is mighty to save
He is mighty to save
Forever
Author of salvation
He rose and conquered the grave
Jesus conquered the grave
C'mon sing it out
So take me as You find me
And all my fears and failures
Fill my life again
I give my life to follow
Everything I believe in
Now I surrender
Saviour
Saviour
He can move the mountains
My God is mighty to save
He is mighty to save
Forever
Author of Salvation
He rose and conquered the grave
Jesus conquered the grave
C'mon lift up your shout of praise
Shine Your light and let the whole world see
We're singing
For the glory of the risen King, Jesus
Shine Your light and let the whole world see
We're singing
For the glory of the risen King
Saviour
He can move the mountains
My God is mighty to save
He is mighty to save
Forever
Author of salvation
He rose and conquered the grave
Jesus conquered the grave
Saviour
He can move the mountains
My God is mighty to save
He is mighty to save
Forever
Author of salvation
He rose and conquered the grave
Jesus conquered the grave
Saviour
He can move the mountains
My God is mighty to save
He is mighty to save
Forever
Author of salvation
He rose and conquered the grave
Jesus conquered the grave
Saviour
He can move the mountains
My God is mighty to save
He is mighty to save
Forever
Author of salvation
He rose and conquered the grave
Jesus conquered the grave
Opening Prayer – Kennedy Clark
She’s the 1st one awake in the morning and she’s up in the middle of the night with her mind working overtime on how to keep this gadget called life going.
She’s the hardest worker we’ve ever seen – always improving herself at work and still making time for kisses and snuggles when she gets home.
She helps us finish projects, to create new crafts, to bake tasty brownies. She’s always organizing a new plan to make memories with her kids and spouse.
She’s often exhausted but smiling. Her body aches but her spirit keeps her – and us – going.
She’s a generous giver – always thinking of someone in need or a way to make someone feel special and loved.
She makes life worth living.
She’s mommy.
Lord, we give thanks for mothers and motherly figures who show us what your love looks like. Amen.
Call to Worship: Alas! And Did My Savior Bleed? #204
1 Alas! and did my Savior bleed,
and did my Sovereign die!
Would he devote that sacred head
for sinners such as I?
2 Was it for crimes that I have done,
he groaned upon the tree?
Amazing pity! Grace unknown!
And love beyond degree!
3 Well might the sun in darkness hide,
and shut its glories in,
when God, the mighty maker, died
for his own creature's sin.
4 Thus might I hide my blushing face
while his dear cross appears;
dissolve my heart in thankfulness,
and melt mine eyes to tears.
5 But drops of tears can ne'er repay
the debt of love I owe.
Here, Lord, I give myself away;
'tis all that I can do.
Litany of Faith – Chris Piercy
One: Lord, take our everyday, ordinary life – our sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life – and receive it as our offering.
All: Embracing what God does for us is the best thing we can do for God.
One: Don’t become so well-adjusted to our culture that we fit into it without even thinking.
All: Instead, let us fix our attention on God.
One: Change us from the inside out. May we recognize what you want from us, and respond to it.
All: May God bring the best out of us. Amen.
(from Romans 12:1-2, The Message Bible)
Scripture Meditation – John 3:17
“For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.”
One: This is the word of God for the people of God.
All: Thanks be to God.
How has God saved you? What does salvation mean to you?
We’ve all been taught John 3:16, “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only son that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”
But this next verse is just as important. God loved the world. God did not send his son to condemn the world, but to save the world. The world.
Does that mean all of us? The verse doesn’t say, “God came to save those who believe in him.”
It says, “God came to save the world.” Does God get what God wants?
When does this “eternal life” start? After we die? What about this life? Did God save the world 2000 years ago? Are we already saved? Has God’s grace always been for us?
We’ll be looking at how God saves us and shows us this grace in different ways when we get to the sermon. Let us think about this as we move into our time of prayer.
Time of Prayer & Reflection – Kennedy Clark
One: The Lord be with you.
All: And also with you.
One: Let us pray.
Creator and creating God, who formed us in our mother’s womb, we pray for our moms, our grandmas, our mimis, our nanas,
For all these hard-working women,
The get up early, stay up late, can’t go to sleep women,
The master degrees, follow your dreams, CEO boss to live up to women,
For the making a difference, lending a helping hand, going the extra mile women,
To the time managing, self-sacrificing, creating the best out of us women,
For the beautiful inside and out, who created these heels women,
To the strong, determined, take no crap women,
To the work 12 hours and still make it to the kids activities women,
To the working mom, dropping everything to hug your child, still caring for all of us when we are sick women,
For the women who don’t need a man to define who they are, but the men complement you and lift you up for being you women,
For the women who can be anything they want to be because God created them to be OWESOME,
We give thanks for these mamas, for those longing to be moms, for those grieving the loss of their moms, and for those who nurture and care for us as motherly figures.
Care for our moms this day as they have cared for us.
Thank you for all the women who have given us a glimpse of what your love and grace look like, God.
And Lord, will you hear us as we pray the prayer Jesus taught us…
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
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.
Responsive Hymn – Amazing Grace #546
Amazing grace! how sweet the sound,
That saved a wretch; like me!
I once was lost, but now am found,
Was blind, but now I see.
2
’Twas grace that taught my heart to fear,
And grace my fears relieved;
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed!
3
The Lord hath promised good to me,
His word my hope secures;
He will my shield and portion be
As long as life endures.
4
When we’ve been there ten thousand years,
Bright shining as the sun,
We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise
Than when we first begun.
Children’s Moment – Jessie Button
Sharing Our Resources
During this time of giving – we give all of ourselves.
We give our prayers through our prayer request cards, asking that the body of Christ pray for ourselves and our loved ones when we are weak.
We give financially to help the ministries of this church.
We give by serving this church to meet the needs of those who share this space with us.
We give by holding the hand of the one next to us and encouraging the asking of the messy questions, not so we always find the answer, but sometimes just so we know we’re not alone in the asking of these questions.
So, let us give our all to God – that amidst the chaos that surrounds us, we know God’s love and grace will be constant. Amen.
Anthem – Beautiful Things by Gungor
Doxology - Praise God from whom all blessing flow; praise God, all creatures here below; Praise God above, ye heavenly host: Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Amen.
Offering Prayer – Chris Piercy
Sermon Series: Mosaic Faith: Deconstructing What We Think About God to See Something More Beautiful
Sermon: Deconstructing Salvation
Holy Communion Meditation & Prayer – Chris Piercy
Communion Song – How Great Thou Art #33
Oh Lord, my God
When I, in awesome wonder
Consider all the worlds Thy hands have made
I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder
Thy power throughout the universe displayed
Then sings my soul, my Savior God to Thee
How great Thou art, how great Thou art
Then sings my soul, my Savior God to Thee
How great Thou art, how great Thou art
And when I think that God, His Son not sparing
Sent Him to die, I scarce can take it in
That on the cross, my burden gladly bearing
He bled and died to take away my sin
Then sings my soul, my Savior God to Thee
How great Thou art, how great Thou art
Then sings my soul, my Savior God to Thee
How great Thou art, how great Thou art
When Christ shall come, with shout of acclamation
And take me home, what joy shall fill my heart
Then I shall bow, in humble adoration
And then proclaim, my God, how great Thou art
Then sings my soul, my Savior God to Thee
How great Thou art, how great Thou art
Then sings my soul, my Savior God to Thee
How great Thou art, how great Thou art
How great Thou art, how great Thou art
We believe Jesus Christ is the gracious host at this table.
Everyone is welcome to participate in communion. Please pass tray to your neighbor after receiving your communion cups. Please help those who need assistance. Hold cups until instructed by Elder to take in unison.
Holy Communion Words of Institution – Chris Piercy
*Announcements & Benediction –
Please check your bulletin for our weekly activities and calendar of upcoming events.
Next week is Pentecost and we invite everyone to wear red next Sunday.
Next Sunday evening is Bible & Beer where we get together at someone’s home for bible study, fellowship, and you can bring your beverage of choice. Bible & Beer next Sunday will be at the Robinson’s home.
Will you please rise in body and spirit to receive the benediction?
May this maternal love come alive in your life this week as you experience the transformative and life-long journey of awakening to the grace of God in Jesus in The Holy Spirit.
Amen.
*Benediction Response – Because He Lives #562
God sent His son, they called Him, Jesus;
He came to love, heal and forgive;
He lived and died to buy my pardon,
An empty grave is there to prove my Savior lives!
Because He lives, I can face tomorrow,
Because He lives, all fear is gone;
Because I know He holds the future,
And life is worth the living,
Just because He lives!
How sweet to hold a newborn baby,
And feel the pride and joy he brings;
But greater still the calm assurance:
This child can face uncertain days because He Lives!
Because He lives, I can face tomorrow,
Because He lives, all fear is gone;
Because I know He holds the future,
And life is worth the living,
Just because He lives!
And then one day, I'll cross the river,
I'll fight life's final war with pain;
And then, as death gives way to victory,
I'll see the lights of glory and I'll know He lives!
Because He lives, I can face tomorrow,
Because He lives, all fear is gone;
Because I know He holds the future,
And life is worth the living,
Just because He lives!