Welcome
Thank you for worshiping with us today. We are so glad you're here! We believe that real friendships are possible even when people differ in their views on faith and life. We value conversation and want you to know that no matter where you come from you are welcome here.
At Resurrection SD our goal is to create an atmosphere of Christian Worship that incorporates the beautiful contributions of our own generation without discarding the spiritual wealth of our past. This Worship Guide is intended to help you better appreciate the movements within the beauty of historic Christian liturgy.
If you have any questions about what you hear or see today, I'd love to get together over coffee and talk about it. Please don't hesitate to contact me!
HERE IS WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT TODAY AS WE WORSHIP
We hope that much of what you see and hear today is familiar, but there are a few things that may be new to you, even though they go back to the earliest days of the Church!
First, The Regulative Principle of Worship
God has revealed to us the acceptable forms of Christian worship in the Bible and we are not free, nor is it safe, to add to them. We are free, however, to express these forms in a culturally legible style that has the power to captivate our hearts and minds with the beauty of Christ. This is called the Regulative Principle of Worship. We pray that you will find our worship experience to be both biblically authentic and holistically beautiful (Luke 24:13-35; 1 Tim 4:13; Col 3:16; Acts 2:42; for a negative example see Exod 32:1-6).
Second, The Dialogical Principle of Worship
In Christian worship we are not just learning things about God; rather, God is actively speaking to us through His Word by the power of His Spirit, and we then respond in the worship of adoration, confession, thanksgiving, and praise. This is called the Dialogical Principle of Worship. It means that worship is a conversation with God! We pray that as you take part in this dialogue today you would hear and respond to the Incarnate Word, the Eternal God—the Lord, Jesus Christ. (Gen 12:1-8; Exod 24:1-11; Ps 106:1-12; Isa 6:1-7; John 1:1-14; Rom 10:17; 1 Thes 2:13; Heb 4:12; 1 Pet 1:23).
Third, Christ Centered Preaching
Jesus said that the entire Bible is primarily a story about who He is and what He has done for us as our champion. Therefore, the sermons you will hear at Resurrection SD will be more about Jesus than they are about us. This is called Christ Centered Preaching. We will talk about ethics (how to love God and people, and how life works best) and we will talk about the heroes of the faith (including their spectacular failures), but the key to discipline in the Christian life is a heart overflowing with love for God, and you only get that by knowing how much God first loves you (Luke 24:25-27; John 3:16; 1 Cor 2:1-5; Gal 2:20-21; Col 1:24-29; 1 John 4:16-19).
Finally, Children in Worship
We believe that a crucial part of Christian discipleship is children worshiping together with their parents. We invite children 5 and older to remain throughout the service. We have a nursery available downstairs starting at 10:50 AM for children 0-4 (Deut 4:9, 6:4-9; Ps 78:4, Eph 6:1-4; 2 Tim 3:15).
Members of One Another
Most of us come to church the way we go everywhere else: as individuals. We arrive in our own cars, find our own seats, and carry our own private week in with us. Without ever saying it out loud, we assume that worship is something each of us does alone, just in the same room at the same time.
The Scriptures see it differently. When God saves a person, He does not leave him standing by himself. He joins him to Christ, and in joining him to Christ, He joins him to everyone else who belongs to Christ. Paul says it simply: "We, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another."
The ancient creed calls this the communion of saints, and our Confession spells out what it means in plain terms. Those who belong to Christ are bound to share fellowship in the worship of God, and also to relieve one another "in outward things, according to their several abilities and necessities" (WCF 26.2). The communion of saints is not only something we feel on Sunday. It is something we do on Tuesday: a meal carried to a door, a bill quietly paid, a ride to the hospital at six in the morning.
James K.A. Smith reminds us that our habits teach us what kind of people we are long before our beliefs catch up. Most of our week trains us to be consumers: people who are served, who choose, and who leave when the service disappoints. Worship trains us the other way. We confess together. We sing together. We eat from one loaf. Week by week, the liturgy teaches our bodies something our hearts are slow to learn.
You did not come here this morning as an audience. You came as members.
THE OFFICERS OF THE CHURCH
1 Timothy 3:1–13
Entering into the Presence of the Lord
God always begins the conversation of worship by Calling us to Worship Him through His Word. We respond by singing songs of praise as we approach His Throne of Grace.
Prayer of Invocation
Greeting from God
Songs of Approach
Worship Music: Janet Blair
O worship the King all-glorious above,
O gratefully sing His power and His love:
Our shield and defender, the Ancient of Days,
Pavilioned in splendor and girded with praise.
O tell of His might and sing of His grace,
Whose robe is the light, whose canopy space.
His chariots of wrath the deep thunderclouds form,
And dark is his path on the wings of the storm.
Your bountiful care, what tongue can recite?
It breathes in the air, it shines in the light;
It streams from the hills, it descends to the plain,
And sweetly distills in the dew and the rain.
Frail children of dust, and feeble as frail,
In You do we trust, nor find You to fail.
Your mercies, how tender, how firm to the end,
Our Maker, Defender, Redeemer, and Friend!
O measureless Might, ineffable Love,
Whom angels delight to worship above!
The humbler creation, though feeble their lays,
In true adoration shall lisp to your praise!
Be Thou my vision, O Lord of my heart;
Naught be all else to me, save that Thou art.
Thou my best thought, by day or by night,
Waking or sleeping, Thy presence my light.
Be Thou my wisdom, and Thou my true word;
I ever with Thee and Thou with me, Lord.
Thou my great Father, I Thy true son,
Thou in me dwelling and I with Thee one.
Riches I heed not, nor man's empty praise;
Thou mine inheritance, now and always.
Thou and Thou only first in my heart,
High King of heaven, my treasure Thou art.
Be Thou my battle shield, sword for my fight.
Be Thou my dignity, Thou my delight
Thou my soul's shelter, Thou my high tower,
Raise Thou me heavenward, O pow'r of my pow'r.
High King of heaven, my victory won,
May I reach heaven's joys, O bright heaven's sun!
Heart of my own heart, whatever befall,
Still be my vision, O Ruler of all.
The reading of the law exposes our sin and we respond with honest confession. The reading of the Gospel reminds us of our salvation in Christ—that we are already accepted and loved by God because of what Jesus has done for us through His Life, Death, and Resurrection. We respond with the Doxology, an ancient Christian Song of Praise.
Reading of the Law
Mark 10:35–44
Prayer of Confession
Moment of Silence
Corporate Confession of Sin
Almighty God and Father, we confess to you, to one another, and to the whole company of heaven that we have greatly sinned. In our thoughts, and in our words, in what we have done, and in what we have failed to do.
Through our fault, through our fault, through our most grievous fault.
We call upon you to remember your promise to us.
By the Blood of Christ, you are faithful and just
To forgive our sin and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Lord, forgive us, and make us like Your Son, who came to serve and gave His life for us.
Lord, Have Mercy.
Christ, Have Mercy.
Lord, Have Mercy.
Amen.
Holy God.
Holy and mighty.
Holy, immortal one.
Have mercy, have mercy, have mercy on us.
Have mercy, have mercy on us.
Assurance of Pardon
Mark 10:45; 1 Peter 2:24–25
Doxology
Praise God from whom all blessings flow
Praise Him all creatures here below
Praise Him above ye heavenly host
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost!
Greeting with the Peace of Christ
Announcements
Pastoral Prayer and Litany
The Lord's Prayer
The Ministry of the Word
God Speaks to us through His Word by the Power of His Spirit; exposing to us the ugliness of sin, showing us the beauty of Christ, and calling us to a grateful obedience. We respond with a Song of Meditation and Praise.
The Officers of the Church
1 Timothy 3:1–13
1 The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task.2 Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,3 not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money.4 He must manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive,5 for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for God's church?6 He must not be a recent convert, or he may become puffed up with conceit and fall into the condemnation of the devil. 7 Moreover, he must be well thought of by outsiders, so that he may not fall into disgrace, into a snare of the devil.
8 Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for dishonest gain. 9 They must hold the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience.10 And let them also be tested first; then let them serve as deacons if they prove themselves blameless.11 Their wives likewise must be dignified, not slanderers, but sober-minded, faithful in all things.12 Let deacons each be the husband of one wife, managing their children and their own households well.13 For those who serve well as deacons gain a good standing for themselves and also great confidence in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.
The Word of the Lord. (Thanks be to God.)
Ordination Service of Elder and Deacon Candidates
Commissioning For Service with the Diaconate
Exhortation to the Officers and the Church
Ruling Elder Herb Smith
Have mercy on me, oh God,
According to Your unfailing love
According to Your great compassion,
Blot out my transgressions
Would You create in me
A clean heart, oh God
Restore in me
The joy of Your salvation
The sacrifices of our God
Are a broken and contrite heart
Against you and you alone
Have I sinned
Would You create in me
A clean heart, oh God
Restore in me
The joy of Your salvation
Wash me white as snow and I will be made whole
Wash me white as snow and I will be made whole
Wash me white as snow and I will be made whole
Wash me white as snow
Would You create in me
A clean heart, oh God
Restore in me
The joy of Your salvation
We believe that the Lord's Supper is a mystical encounter with God, where the Lord Jesus, through the power of the Spirit, communes with us in a special way. Just like physical bread and wine nourish our bodies, the mystery of the Body and Blood of Christ nourishes our spirits, and we respond with a Song of Rejoicing!
If you are a Christian and belong to any orthodox church, and you have been baptized, you are welcomed to participate in this sacrament with us today. If you're not sure if that's you, and you'd like to participate with us, please speak with any of our elders or ministry leaders after the service—we would love to help get you on a path towards partaking with us!
Prayer of Thanksgiving
Words of Institution
The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper
A torrent of destruction hid my darkened soul from rescuing
I cried to God for help, He heard my voice
The tainted earth, it rocked and reeled, the heavens bowed, the mountains kneeled
The thunderous voice of God, my covering
I will not be afraid
For my hope is in His name
Who is a rock, but our God? Whose blood has sealed our freedom?
Jesus, our savior, defender, redeemer
He brought me to a safer place, equipped my hands and feet with strength
So I advance with confidence in Christ
His precious truth delivers me from lies that wage a war in me
Your victory is mine for all my days
I will not be afraid
For my hope is in His name
Who is a rock but our God? Whose blood has sealed our freedom?
Jesus, our savior, defender, redeemer
You kneel down to raise me up; You, my Lord, you, my God
You rescue me with reckless love; oh, my Lord, oh, my God!
Who is a rock but our God? Whose blood has sealed our freedom?
Jesus, our savior, defender, redeemer
Jesus, our savior, defender, redeemer
Bene-diction means "good word" and it is the last Word spoken in every service. This is not a prayer, this is God's blessing pronounced over his people—raise your head and receive it! We go out into the world as servants and as lights knowing that we have the blessing, protection, and providential care of our faithful Covenant God!
Hebrews 13:20–21
Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant, equip you with everything good that you may do his will, working in us that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
Announcements
COMMUNITY GROUPS - IN SESSION
CORTEZ MEAL TRAIN - BABY RAMONA
Ramona Lynne Cortez is here! Born Sept. 14th at 7lbs and 14oz. Both Ramona and Heidi are doing great! Let us bless them with meals as they adjust to life with a family of four! Here is the Meal Train Link: mealtrain.com/1929y6.
WOMEN'S COLLECTIVE
MEN'S MINISTRY
HELP NEEDED - SUNDAY MORNING TREATS
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