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 July 16, 2017 Preparation for Worship: All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. ~ John 1:3-5 This morning s sermon: By Him All Things Were Created Colossians 1:16 Pastor Glenn Parkinson 3
Order of Worship Entering God s Presence Call to Worship Revelation 4:11 Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created. Gathering Hymn How Great Thou Art Page 8 Prayer of Invocation Mutual Greeting Responsive Reading, Elder Mark Good Colossians 1:13-20 4 Leader: God the Father, has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints in light. People: He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. Leader: He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities People: all things were created through him and for him. Leader: And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. People: And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent. Leader: For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, People: and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross. Leader: This is the Word of the Lord People: Thanks Be To God
Pastoral Prayer Song of Response Masterpiece Page 8 Ephesians 2:8-9 Hymn of Praise Great Is Thy Faithfulness Page 9 Good News for Kids (11:00) Offering Ourselves to God Tithes and Offerings Offertory Almighty Creator Adventure Week Kids Page 7 Doxology & Dedication Hymn # 625 Enjoying God s Fellowship Sermon By Him All Things Were Created Pew Bible Pastor Glenn Parkinson Page 983 Sermon text: Colossians 1:16 Sending Hymn To God Be The Glory Page 10 Hymn # 66 Benediction The Prayer Team is available for those who would like prayer, by the choir loft, after the 11:00 service. 5
Offertory Almighty Creator Almighty Creator You spoke and there was light, there was light. And by Your great power, You spoke and there was day, And there was night. And you made all things to show Your glory. Formed all things to bring You praise. Chorus: And You ve created me to worship You. And You ve created me to love You. And You have made me to delight in You. All glory to Your name! The mountains, the oceans, All creatures great and small in the earth. All nations, all peoples, Of all colors came to be by Your Word. And You shed Your blood for our salvation, So You could make us anew. Music and Words by Mark Altrogge 2004 Sovereign Grace Praise (BMI) 7
Gathering Hymn How Great Thou Art O 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 pow r thro out the universe displayed; Chorus: Then sings my soul, my Savior God, to Thee; How great Thou art, how great Thou art! When thro the woods and forest glades I wander And hear the birds sing sweetly in the trees, When I look down from lofty mountain grandeur, And hear the brook and feel the gentle breeze. 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; 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 there proclaim, My God, how great Thou art. S.K. Hine. O STORE GUD. 1953 Manna Music Inc. CCLI License # 56194 Song of Response Masterpiece (Ephesians 2:8-9) For it is by grace you have been saved, Through faith and this is not from yourselves It is the gift of God not by works, So that no one can boast. Chorus: For we are God s masterpiece. He has created us new in Christ, So we can do the good things He planned for us long ago. 8 By Randall Goodgame 2016 Slugs and Bugs
Hymn of Praise Great is Thy Faithfulness Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father, There is no shadow of turning with Thee; Thou changest not, Thy compassions, they fail not; As Thou hast been, Thou forever wilt be. Morning by morning new mercies I see. All I have needed Thy hand hath provided - Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me! Summer and winter, and springtime and harvest, Sun, moon and stars in their courses above Join with all nature in manifold witness To Thy great faithfulness, mercy and love. Morning by morning new mercies I see. All I have needed Thy hand hath provided - Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me! Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth, Thy own dear presence to cheer and to guide; Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow, Blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside! Morning by morning new mercies I see. All I have needed Thy hand hath provided - Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me! T.O. Chisholm, W.M. Runyan 1923 1951 Hope Publishing Co. CCLI License # 56194 9
Sending Hymn To God Be The Glory To God be the glory great things He hath done So loved He the world that He gave us His Son Who yielded His life an atonement for sin And opened the lifegate that all may go in. Chorus: Praise the Lord praise the Lord Let the earth hear His voice Praise the Lord praise the Lord Let the people rejoice O come to the Father through Jesus the Son And give Him the glory great things He hath done. O perfect redemption the purchase of blood To every believer the promise of God The vilest offender who truly believes That moment from Jesus a pardon receives. Great things He hath taught us Great things He hath done And great our rejoicing through Jesus the Son But purer and higher and greater will be Our wonder, our vic try, when Jesus we see. by Fanny J. Crosby, William H. Doane, and William Howard Doane Public Domain CCLI License # 56194 10