Welcome to Severna Park Evangelical Presbyterian Church Worship is both discovery and sharing. As we share the Word of God, prayer, and the sacraments in an atmosphere of praise, Christ Jesus reveals the Living God in ever greater fullness. May God bless you and your worship today. Visiting? If you have questions or need assistance, please ask. Please fill out an Visitor Card to register your attendance with us. Listening devices are available from the sound booth. For more information: Our website: www.spepchurch.org Our facebook page: go.spep.church/fbpage SPEPlink our e-newsletter-subscribe or read it online (www.spepchurch.org) Connections our newsletter-available in the Narthex Our Purpose: To Glorify God Our Mission: Discovering in Christ the greatness of God, and sharing those discoveries with others. Our Vision: A church where Jesus mends broken lives with the goodness of God, and equips us to join him in his work. Our Values: Firm in biblical standards, flexible in ministry style. Confident that Jesus is at work. Humbly transparent, with respect and compassion for others. Delighted in God. Passionate for spiritual growth and ministry skill. Committed to be part of what Christ is doing in the church and in the world.
Severna Park Evangelical Presbyterian Church Worshipping Sundays at: 9:30am & 11:00am September 10, 2017 Preparation for Worship: But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy... ~ Titus 3:4-5 This morning s sermon: He Reached and Touched Him Luke 5:12-16 Assistant Pastor Mike Stephan 3
Order of Worship Gathering God s People Call to Worship, from Isaiah 43:1-5 Dan Delaney Director of Worship and Music Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine. Because you are precious in my eyes, and honored, and I love you, I give men in return for you, peoples in exchange for your life. Fear not, for I am with you. Gathering Song All Must Be Well Congregation Mary Bowley Peters Matthew S. Smith 2007 Detuned Radio Music Through the love of God our Savior, All will be well. Free and changeless is His favor, All is well. Precious is the blood that healed us; Perfect is the grace that sealed us; Strong the hand stretched forth to shield us; All must be well. Though we pass through tribulation, All will be well. Ours is such a full salvation, All is well. Happy still in God confiding; Fruitful if in Christ abiding; Steadfast through the Spirit s guiding; All must be well. 4 We expect a bright tomorrow; All will be well. Faith can sing through days of sorrow, All is well. On our Father s love relying; Jesus every need supplying; Yes in living and in dying; All must be well.
Prayer of Invocation Dan Delaney Drawing Near Responsive Reading, from Psalm 56 Elder Stephen Olsavsky Be gracious to me, O God, for man tramples on me; all day long an attacker oppresses me; my enemies trample on me all day long, for many attack me proudly. When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. You have kept count of my tossings; put my tears in your bottle. Are they not in your book? Then my enemies will turn back in the day when I call. This I know, that God is for me. In God, whose word I praise, in the Lord, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. I must perform my vows to you, O God; I will render thank offerings to you. For you have delivered my soul from death, yes, my feet from falling, that I may walk before You in the light of life. This is the Word of the Lord Thanks Be To God Pastoral Prayer Assistant Pastor Mike Stephan 5
Song of Response Isaiah 43 Hillsong United Congregation When you pass through the waters, I will be with you And the waves, will not overcome you Do not fear, for I have redeemed you I have called you by name, you are Mine For I am the Lord your God (women repeat) For I am the Lord your God (I am) the Holy One of Israel, your Savior (men) I am the Lord (women) Do not fear When you walk through the fire, you ll not be burned And the flames will not consume you Do not fear, for I have redeemed you I have called you by name, you are Mine For I am the Lord your God (women repeat) For I am the Lord your God (I am) the Holy One of Israel, your Savior (men) I am the Lord (women) Do not fear (men) You are the Lord (women) I ll not fear You are the Lord 6
Hymn of Praise Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing Hymn #2 Words by Robert Robinson Music by Asahel Nettleton Come, Thou Fount of ev ry blessing, Tune my heart to sing Thy grace; Streams of mercy, never ceasing, Call for songs of loudest praise. Teach me some melodious sonnet, Sung by flaming tongues above; Praise the mount- I m fixed upon it Mount of God s unchanging love. Here I raise my Ebenezer; Hither by Thy help I m come; And I hope, by Thy good pleasure Safely to arrive at home. Jesus sought me when a stranger, Wand ring from the fold of God; He, to rescue me from danger, Interposed His precious blood. O to grace how great a debtor Daily I m constrained to be! Let that grace now, like a fetter, Bind my wandering heart to Thee: Prone to wander, Lord I feel it, Prone to leave the God I love; Here s my heart, O take and seal it; Seal it for Thy courts above. Congregation Good News for Kids (11:00) Jeanne Hoover 7
Dedicating Ourselves to God Testimony Offertory Be Still My Soul Congregation Hymn #347 Jane Laurie Borthwick Jean Sibelius Kathrina Amalia von Schlegel Be still, my soul! The Lord is on your side; Bear patiently the cross of grief or pain; Leave to your God to order and provide; In every change He faithful will remain. Be still my soul! Your best, your heavenly Friend Thro thorny ways leads to a joyful end. Be still, my soul! Your God doth undertake To guide the future as He has the past. Your hope, your confidence let nothing shake; All now mysterious shall be bright at last. Be still my soul! The waves and winds still know His voice who ruled them while He dwelt below. Be still, my soul! When dearest friends depart, And all is darkened in the vale of tears, Then shall you better know his love, his heart, Who comes to soothe your sorrow and your fears. Be still, my soul: your Jesus can repay from his own fullness all he takes away. Be still, my soul! The hour is hast ning on When we shall be forever with the Lord, When disappointment, grief, and fear are gone, Sorrow forgot, love s purest joys restored. Be still my soul! When change and tears are past, All safe and blessed we shall meet at last. Doxology Hymn # 625 8
Enjoying God s Fellowship Sermon He Reached and Touched Him Mike Stephan Sermon text: Luke 5:12-16 Assistant Pastor Pew Bible Page 861 Sending God s People Sending Hymn O the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus Congregation Hymn #211 Samuel T. Francis Ebenezer by Thomas J. Williams O the deep, deep love of Jesus, vast, unmeasured, boundless, free! Rolling as a mighty ocean in its fullness over me! Underneath me, all around me, is the current of Thy love Leading onward, leading homeward to Thy glorious rest above! O the deep, deep love of Jesus, spread His praise from shore to shore! How He loveth, ever loveth, changeth never, nevermore! How He watches o er His loved ones, died to call them all His own; How for them He intercedeth, watcheth o er them from the throne! O the deep, deep love of Jesus, love of every love the best! Tis an ocean full of blessing, tis a haven sweet of rest! O the deep, deep love of Jesus, tis a heaven of heavens to me; And it lifts me up to glory, for it lifts me up to Thee! Benediction The Prayer Team is available for those who would like prayer, by the choir loft, after the 11:00 service. 9