With You Always - Isaiah 41
An order of worship planned around Isaiah 41, originally held at the Calvin Symposium on Worship.
Theme of the Service
Gathering
Welcome
Greeting: "The Lord Be with You"
Call to Worship: Psalm 46:10-11
"Be still, and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth."
The LORD Almighty is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress.
Hymns of Praise:
"Yesu azali awa / Jesus Christ Is with Us" (st. 1, Ngala; st. 1-3, English)
"All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name," Psalter Hymnal 471
"How Great Is Our God"
Confession and Assurance
Call to Confession: Psalm 66:16-20
Prayer of Confession
Song of Confession: "Make Your Wonders Known"
Words of Assurance: Acts 2:22-28
Response of Thanksgiving: "The Power of the Cross"
Proclamation
Prayer for Illumination
Scripture: Isaiah 41
Sermon: "(Re)telling the Old, Old Story"
Response
Hymn: "Blessed Assurance: Jesus Is Mine," Psalter Hymnal 490
Introduced by a brief video
Prayer of Intercession
Scripture: Psalm 103:1-4
Praise the LORD, O my soul;
all my inmost being, praise his holy name.
Praise the LORD, O my soul,
and forget not all his benefits-
who forgives all your sins
and heals all your diseases,
who redeems your life from the pit
and crowns you with love and compassion.
Hymn: "I Love to Tell the Story," Psalter Hymnal 530
Blessing
Benediction/Doxology: "My Friends, May You Grow in Grace," Sing! A New Creation 288
L.O.F.T.-Living Our Faith Together-is a contemporary service with a sense of history, passionately led by a team of students at Calvin College and local preachers.
This service will be led without any printed order of service, but we provide this outline as a resource for seeing the structure of the service and for identifying music and other resources used throughout. For similar service outlines, see Ron Rienstra, Ten Service Plans for Contemporary Worship (Faith Alive, 2002). A second set of plans will be released later this year. For information about this service, contact Paul Ryan, Calvin College Chapel (psr2@calvin.edu).
Credits and permissions
"The Lord Be with You"
Text and music: Ron Rienstra
© 1999 Ron Rienstra
"How Great Is Our God"
Text and music: Chris Tomlin, Jesse Reeves, and Ed Cash
© 2004 worshiptogether.com song\sixsteps Music\Alletrop Music
"Make Your Wonders Known"
Text and music: Deanna Witkowski
© 1999 tilapia tunes/BMI
"The Power of the Cross"
Text and music: Keith Getty & Stuart Townend
© 2005 Thankyou Music/Adm. by worshiptogether.com songs