It’s Palm Sunday and our eleventh week of Genesis at Park Church, discussing God’s foundational worldview for His people and their purpose in His world. Here’s how you can prepare for worship:
1. Read through our text, Genesis 17–18.
It’s been 25 years since God told Abram to leave his country and family and settle in Canaan, promising that Abram’s descendants would fill the land. At this point, while Abram has selfishly fathered Ishmael by his wife’s servant Hagar, Sarai has remained barren and is now closing in on age 90. After thirteen years of silence, God appears again and invites Abram into a new way of life—and confirms again His covenant.
2. Read, pray and sing through the service:
CALL TO WORSHIP: Matthew 11:28–30, Lenten Welcome (From Immanuel Nashville):
To all who are weary and need rest,
To all who mourn and long for comfort,
To all who feel worthless and wonder if God cares,
To all who fail and desire strength,
To all who sin and need a Savior,
This church opens wide her doors
with a welcome from Jesus Christ,
the Ally of His enemies, the Defender of the guilty,
the Justifier of the inexcusable, the Friend of sinners.
Welcome!
King Of My Heart (John Mark McMillan, Sarah McMillan)
O Praise The Name (Anástasis) (Benjamin Hastings, Marty Sampson, Dean Ussher)
CONFESSION OF SIN: From The Worship Sourcebook:
Lord, you have called us to worship You. We gladly gather! As we praise You, though, our own inadequacy reminds us of how we have broken our relationship with You. Because we have sinned against You, even our worship fails to be what it could. We often treat it as a show. We simply go through motions, failing to recognize that You want to engage us deeply. Renew us, we pray, according to Your steadfast love. Remind us of Your covenant faithfulness and have mercy on us in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.
Nothing But The Blood (Robert Lowry arr. Citizens & Saints)
Through And Through/Set A Fire (Will Reagan)
ASSURANCE OF PARDON: From Romans 5:8, Colossians 1:13–14, Romans 5:1, NIV:
God demonstrates His own love for us in this:
While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
For He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness
and brought us into the kingdom of the Son He loves,
in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
Therefore, since we have been justified through faith,
we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
GREETING, SERMON, & COMMUNION
RESPONSE: Song & Prayer
Great Is Thy Faithfulness (Thomas Obediah Chisholm, William Marion Runyan)
Hosanna (Praise Is Rising) (Paul Baloche, Brenton Brown)
BENEDICTION
This is the tenth week of Genesis at Park Church, discussing God’s foundational worldview for His people and their purpose in His world. Here’s how you can prepare for worship:
1. Read through our text, Genesis 13–21.
The story of Sodom and Gomorrah in Genesis 18-19 stands as a disturbingly dark narrative in the midst of a longer section about God’s gracious promise to restore the world. Why is this story here in Genesis and what does it have to do with God’s promise? The story serves as a declaration that God’s unbreakable promise to restore the world includes both the just judgment of sin and the merciful deliverance of those who turn to Him.
2. Read, pray and sing through the service:
CALL TO WORSHIP: Matthew 11:28–30, Lenten Welcome (From Immanuel Nashville):
To all who are weary and need rest,
To all who mourn and long for comfort,
To all who feel worthless and wonder if God cares,
To all who fail and desire strength,
To all who sin and need a Savior,
This church opens wide her doors
with a welcome from Jesus Christ,
the Ally of His enemies, the Defender of the guilty,
the Justifier of the inexcusable, the Friend of sinners.
Welcome!
Come Thou Fount (Robert Robinson, John Wyeth arr. Shane & Shane)
Yet Even Now (Joel Limpic)
CONFESSION OF SIN: From The Worship Sourcebook:
Most merciful God
whose Son, Jesus Christ,
was tempted in every way,
yet was without sin,
we confess before You our own sinfulness;
we have hungered after that which does not satisfy;
we have compromised with evil;
we have doubted Your power to protect us.
Forgive our lack of faith; have mercy on our weakness.
Restore in us such trust and love
that we may walk in Your ways and delight in doing Your will. Amen.
His Mercy Is More (Matt Boswell, Matt Papa)
Reckless Love (Cory Asbury, Caleb Culver, Ran Jackson)
ASSURANCE OF PARDON: Romans 5:8–10
GREETING, SERMON, & COMMUNION
RESPONSE: Song & Prayer
Man Of Sorrows (Matt Crocker, Brooke Ligertwood)
CHILD DEDICATIONS
BENEDICTION
We’re in our ninth week of Genesis, discussing God’s foundational worldview for His people and their purpose in His world.
As a quick reminder, we’re still in the season of Lent, the 40 days leading up to Easter where we make our hearts ready for remembering Jesus’ passion and celebrating Jesus’ resurrection. As you pray and worship during Lent, check out The Christian Year for some resources we’ve created and curated—we’ve finished and added a new song for you since the beginning of Lent! In the meantime, here are a couple ways you can prepare for this Sunday at Park:
1. Read through our text, Genesis 12–23.
Keeping promises and commitments is a perpetual challenge. Our world is always full of “new” options and believable opportunities for increasing our potential. There usually appears to be greener grass that we could run toward instead of what we’ve already said “yes” to. This week in Genesis 15, we get a glimpse of how God, at all costs, keeps His commitments. Period.
2. Read, pray and sing through the service:
CALL TO WORSHIP: Matthew 11:28–30, Lenten Welcome (From Immanuel Nashville):
To all who are weary and need rest,
To all who mourn and long for comfort,
To all who feel worthless and wonder if God cares,
To all who fail and desire strength,
To all who sin and need a Savior,
This church opens wide her doors
with a welcome from Jesus Christ,
the Ally of His enemies, the Defender of the guilty,
the Justifier of the inexcusable, the Friend of sinners.
Welcome!
Great Is Thy Faithfulness (Thomas Obediah Chisholm, William Marion Runyan)
Grace Alone (Dustin Kensrue)
CONFESSION OF SIN: From The Worship Sourcebook:
Merciful God, You made us in Your image,
with a mind to know You, a heart to love You,
and a will to serve You.
But our knowledge is imperfect,
our love inconstant, our obedience incomplete.
Day by day, we fail to grow in Your likeness.
In Your tender love, forgive us through Jesus Christ, our Lord, amen.
Oh God (Zach Bolen)
One Thing Remains (Christa Black, Brian Johnson, Jeremy Riddle)
ASSURANCE OF PARDON: Lamentations 3:22–25
GREETING, SERMON, & COMMUNION
RESPONSE: Song & Prayer
Reckless Love (Cory Asbury, Caleb Culver, Ran Jackson)
Yes And Amen (Anthony Brown, Chris McClarney, Nate Moore)
BENEDICTION
It’s the eighth week of our Genesis series at Park, discussing God’s foundational worldview for His people and their purpose in His world. Here’s how you can prepare this week:
1. Read through our text, Genesis 12.
Against the backdrop of the Fall and the consequential destruction of the world (Genesis 3–11), God makes a promise to Abraham that shines as a beacon of hope. As we read the text, we see two things that show us how God pursues us by sovereign grace: First, God’s promise to His people is unconditional. Second, feeble faith does not threaten God’s promise.
2. Read, pray and sing through the service:
CALL TO WORSHIP: Matthew 11:28–30, Lenten Welcome (From Immanuel Nashville):
To all who are weary and need rest,
To all who mourn and long for comfort,
To all who feel worthless and wonder if God cares,
To all who fail and desire strength,
To all who sin and need a Savior,
This church opens wide her doors
with a welcome from Jesus Christ,
the Ally of His enemies, the Defender of the guilty,
the Justifier of the inexcusable, the Friend of sinners.
Welcome!
All Creatures Of Our God And King (William Henry Draper, St. Francis of Assisi)
King Of My Heart (John Mark McMillan, Sarah McMillan)
CONFESSION OF SIN: Ephesians 2:1–3
ASSURANCE OF PARDON: Ephesians 2:4–10
Yet Even Now (Joel Limpic)
Yes And Amen (Anthony Brown, Chris McClarney, Nate Moore)
GREETING, SERMON, & COMMUNION
RESPONSE: Song & Prayer
It Is Well (Horatio G. Spafford, Philip P. Bliss)
Jesus Is Better (Aaron Ivey, Brett Land)
BENEDICTION
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3:45 – Who Jason Procopio Is (And How He Met “The Only French Girl In Florida”) 6:30 – How John Piper Became His “Gateway Drug” 10:45 – How To Pronounce The Name Of Their Church 11:30 – How They Decided To Plant In The Heart Of Paris (After Initially Saying It Was The One Place They Wouldn’t Plant) 16:25 – Challenges They’ve Faced As They’ve Planted 21:55 – Successes They’ve Seen Since Planting 31:20 – What To Do When You Run Out Of Space (Spoiler: They’re Not Sure) 33:10 – How The Terroristic Acts Of 2015 Effected Them 40:20 – How To Support And Pray For Them 46:20 – Favorite Show / Book He’s Watched / Read RecentlyLinks
The artwork for this series was illustrated by hand by Christian Robinson, an artist from Oklahoma City.
Our Genesis series is aimed at discussing God’s foundational worldview for His people and their purpose in His world. Christian’s artwork, in three pieces, illustrates the series’ two main movements (Parts I and II) and its narrative bookends (Part III).
Part III depicts the Tree of Life. The Tree of Life appears both in the Garden of Eden in the book of Genesis and again in the New Jerusalem in the book of Revelation. We are reminded that, although at the Fall we were shut out of the Garden and barred from living forever, our ultimate destination as a result of Jesus’ redeeming work is life in a re-created world, in the Holy City, where the Tree of Life is now open to us.
Part I depicts God’s creation of the world (the foliage) and its subsequent de-creation through mankind (the hand) as a result of satanic temptation (the snake) and human rebellion.
Part II depicts God’s creation of a people (the 12 stars for 12 tribes of Israel) as God (the hand) comes to Abraham and makes a covenant (the scroll) with him and his descendants.
Lastly, each of the three pieces were printed directly on to large birch wood panels. In place of any “white” in the above artwork, the natural woodgrain shows through; a nod to creation itself.
