July 8, 2018

We’re in Christ in the Psalms, our annual summer series. It’s our seventh week and we’re in Psalm 84.

One of the ways we enjoy and study the psalms each year is by having different artists do a piece each week for the respective psalm we’re in. Our Psalm 84 artwork is by Katie Riehl. Learn more about her artwork and all the preceding weekly artworks right here.

Here’s how you can prepare for this week’s service:

1. Read through our text, Psalm 84.

Reflecting on the temple of God, the psalmist longs to be counted in the assembly of the blessed, those who dwell in the house of God ever singing His praise! He expresses the deepest longing of his heart: to find a home in the house of the Lord. The writer, like the Christian, can endure all, walking even through the valley of the shadow of death, if they know they’ll arrive at the all-surpassing destination—the courts of the Lord. We, then, equipped with strength that comes only from the Lord, must live our lives with the compass of our hearts set towards the dwelling place of God, for in His presence is fullness of joy and pleasures forevermore.

2. Read, pray and sing through the service:

CALL TO WORSHIP: Psalm 84:1–4, 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!

Holy Spirit (Bryan Torwalt, Katie Torwalt arr. Jesus Culture)
House Of God Forever (Jon Foreman)

CONFESSION OF SIN: Psalm 51:1–2; 9–12

ASSURANCE OF PARDON: Hebrews 10:19–22

Jesus We Love You (Kalley Heiligenthal, Hannah McClure, Paul McClure)
Build My Life (Barrett, Kable, Martin, Redman, Younker)

GREETING, SERMON, & COMMUNION
RESPONSE: Song & Prayer

Be Thou My Vision (Mary Elizabeth Byrne, Eleanor Henrietta Hull, arr. Ascend The Hill)
Oh! Great Is Our God (Brian Eichelberger)

BENEDICTION

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July 1, 2018

It’s week six of Christ in the Psalms, our annual summer series. We’re in Psalm 83.

The Psalms give us a vocabulary and a “hymnal” for relating to God through the full range of human experience and emotion, ultimately pointing us to Jesus. One of the ways we enjoy and study the psalms each year is by having different artists do a piece each week for the respective psalm we’re in. Our Psalm 83 artwork is an acrylic and charcoal piece by Jennie Pitts. Learn more about her artwork and all the preceding weekly artworks right here.

Here’s how you can prepare for this week’s service:

1. Read through our text, Psalm 83.

Psalm 83 addresses a truth we don’t much like: we have may have enemies in the form of other people. But, in light of the work of Jesus, how should we read psalms like this one that request judgement on people? Didn’t Jesus call us to love our enemies?

While Psalm 83 may seem full of fire and brimstone, in Christ it is full of the glory of Gospel of God. People who make themselves our enemies are not primarily our enemies. However it looks, if they are in sin against God they are primarily God’s enemies. What do we know of God’s enemies? He is merciful to them in Christ. And since He has been merciful to us in Christ, making sons and daughters out of we who were His enemies, we can now love our enemies and plead with them to be reconciled to God.

2. Read, pray and sing through the service:

CALL TO WORSHIP: Psalm 99:6–8a, 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!

Praise To The Lord The Almighty (Joachim Neander, arr. Citizens)
10,000 Reasons (Jonas Myrin, Matt Redman)

CONFESSION OF SIN: From The Worship Sourcebook:

Lord, You come to us, but we do not recognize You;
You call, but we do not follow;
You command, but we do not obey,
You bless us, but we do not thank You.
Please forgive and help us.
Lord, You accept us, but we do not accept others;
You forgive us, but we do not forgive those who wrong us;
You love us, but we do not love our neighbors.
Please forgive and help us.
Lord, You showed us how to carry out Your mission,
but we still insist on our own;
You identified yourself with outcasts, the needy, and the poor,
but we do not bother to find out what is happening to them;
You suffered and died for the sake of all,
but we do not give up our comfortable lives.
Please forgive and help us,
through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.

Come Behold The Wondrous Mystery (Michael Bleecker, Matt Boswell, Matt Papa)

ASSURANCE OF PARDON: 2 Corinthians 5:14, 15, 17

No Longer Slaves (Joel Case, Jonathan David Hesler, Brian Johnson)

GREETING, SERMON, & COMMUNION
RESPONSE: Song & Prayer

Oceans (Where Feet May Fail) (Matt Crocker, Joel Houston, Salomon Ligthelm)
Jesus Is Better (Aaron Ivey, Brett Land)

BENEDICTION

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June 24, 2018

It’s week five of Christ in the Psalms, our annual summer series. We’re in Psalm 82.

The Psalms give us a vocabulary and a “hymnal” for relating to God through the full range of human experience and emotion, ultimately pointing us to Jesus. One of the ways we enjoy and study the psalms each year is by having different artists do a piece each week for the respective psalm we’re in. Our Psalm 82 artwork is by Alexander Ramsey. Learn more about his piece and all the preceding weekly artworks right here.

Here’s how you can prepare for this week’s service:

1. Read through our text, Psalm 82.

Justice matters. But who gets to decide what is right and what is wrong? How does that judgment get worked out in the context of relationships, work, family, and the local Church? If we believe that justice flows from God Himself to His image-bearing people, we must also believe that justice matters. Psalm 82 helps us see that justice is helping those who cannot help themselves. It is tested at the bounds of hospitality and sacrifice.

2. Read, pray and sing through the service:

CALL TO WORSHIP: Psalm 99:1–5, 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!

Holy, Holy, Holy (Reginald Heber)
Rejoice The Lord Is King (Joel Limpic, Charles Wesley)

CONFESSION OF SIN: From The Worship Sourcebook:

You asked for my hands,
that You might use them for Your purpose.
I gave them for a moment, then withdrew them,
for the work was hard.
You asked for my mouth,
to speak out against injustice.
I gave You a whisper that I might not be accused.
You asked for my eyes,
to see the pain of poverty.
I closed them, for I did not want to see.
You asked for my life,
that You might work through me.
I gave a small part, that I might not get too involved.
Lord, forgive my calculated efforts to serve You—
only when it is convenient for me to do so,
only in those places where it is safe to do so,
and only with those who make it easy to do so.
Father, forgive me,
renew me, send me out as a usable instrument,
that I might take seriously the meaning of Your cross. Amen.

Jesus What A Savior (Kirby Kaple)

ASSURANCE OF PARDON: Isaiah 53:4–7

Man Of Sorrows (Matt Crocker, Brooke Ligertwood)

GREETING, SERMON, & COMMUNION
RESPONSE: Song & Prayer

A Mighty Refuge (Martin Luther, Aaron Strumpel)
All The Poor And Powerless (David Leonard, Leslie Jordan)

BENEDICTION

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June 17, 2018

We’re in Psalm 81 this week at Park Church for week four of Christ in the Psalms, our annual summer series. The Psalms give us a vocabulary and a “hymnal” for relating to God through the full range of human experience and emotion, ultimately pointing us to Jesus.

One of the ways we enjoy and study the psalms each year is by having different artists do a piece each week for the respective psalm we’re in. Our Psalm 81 artwork is an acrylic painting by Whitney Ballinger. Learn more about Whitney’s piece and all the preceding weekly artworks (back through Psalm 41) right here.

Here’s how you can prepare for this week:

1. Read through our text, Psalm 81.

Even though God has rescued His people from slavery and provided for us time and time again, we often forget to celebrate our freedom and fail to trust in God’s power to satisfy our deepest longings. In Psalm 81, God calls His people to rejoice in their salvation and listen to His voice as He guides them to joy.

2. Read, pray and sing through the service:

CALL TO WORSHIP: Psalm 81:1–4, 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)
Jesus What A Savior (Kirby Kaple)

CONFESSION OF SIN: From The Worship Sourcebook:

Awesome and compassionate God,
You have loved us with unfailing, self-giving mercy,
but we have not loved You.
You constantly call us, but we do not listen.
You ask us to love, but we walk away from neighbors in need, wrapped in our own concerns.
We condone evil, prejudice, warfare, and greed.
God of grace, as You come to us in mercy,
we repent in spirit and in truth,
admit our sin, and gratefully receive Your forgiveness
through Jesus Christ, our Redeemer. Amen.

How Deep The Father’s Love For Us (Stuart Townend)

King Of My Heart (John Mark McMillan, Sarah McMillan)

ASSURANCE OF PARDON: 1 John 1:5–7

GREETING, SERMON, & COMMUNION
RESPONSE: Song & Prayer

O Come To The Altar (Brock, Brown, Furtick, and Joye)
We Will Feast In The House Of Zion (Sandra McCracken)

BENEDICTION

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June 10, 2018

This is week three of our annual summer series, Christ in the Psalms. The Psalms give us a vocabulary and a “hymnal” for relating to God through the full range of human experience and emotion, ultimately pointing us to Jesus. Now in its seventh year, Christ in the Psalms has covered one psalm each week, up through Psalm 79. You can find all of those sermons here. Additionally, over the last four years, different artists within our community have done a piece of artwork for each Psalm, starting with Psalm 41. You can see and read about each of those here.

This week we’ll discuss Psalm 80. Here’s how you can prepare:

1. Read through our text, Psalm 80.

Psalm 80 teaches us to pray for God’s help in changing both our circumstances and our own hearts in the process. This beautiful prayer shows us that the change Israel needed (and the change that we need) will only come through Christ Himself.

2. Read, pray and sing through the service:

CALL TO WORSHIP: Psalm 42:5–6a

Fall Afresh (Jeremy Riddle)
Lord I Need You (Carson, Maher, Nockels, Reeves, Stanfill)

CONFESSION OF SIN: John 15:5

Your Name Is Good (Psalm 54) (Joel Limpic, Scott Mills)

Mighty To Save (Ben Fielding, Reuben Morgan)

ASSURANCE OF PARDON: Zephaniah 3:17

GREETING, SERMON, & COMMUNION
RESPONSE: Song & Prayer

Jesus What A Savior (Kirby Kaple)
Revive Us Again (Charlie Hall, John J. Husband, William P. Mackay, Dustin Ragland)

BENEDICTION

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June 3, 2018

This is week two of our annual summer series, Christ in the Psalms. The Psalms give us a vocabulary and a “hymnal” for relating to God through the full range of human experience and emotion, ultimately pointing us to Jesus. Now in its seventh year, Christ in the Psalms has covered one psalm each week, up through Psalm 78. You can find all of those sermons here. Additionally, over the last four years, different artists within our community have done a piece of artwork for each Psalm, starting with Psalm 41. You can see and read about each of those here.

This week we’ll discuss Psalm 79. Here’s how you can prepare:

1. Read through our text, Psalm 79.

In Psalm 79, we learn a couple of (hard) lessons. First, God loves us too much to let us live foolishly. Second, God’s love frees us from demanding retribution on our enemies.

2. Read, pray and sing through the service:

CALL TO WORSHIP: Psalm 9:1–2, 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!

Before The Throne Of God (Charitie Lees Bancroft)
Your Name Is Good (Psalm 54) (Joel Limpic, Scott Mills)

CONFESSION OF SIN: Psalm 79:8–9

His Mercy Is More (Matt Boswell, Matt Papa)

What A Beautiful Name (Ben Fielding, Brooke Ligertwood)

ASSURANCE OF PARDON: Ephesians 2:18–22

GREETING, SERMON, & COMMUNION
RESPONSE: Song & Prayer

In Tenderness (Garvey, Gordon, Walton arr. Brian Eichelberger)
Reckless Love (Cory Asbury, Caleb Culver, Ran Jackson)

BENEDICTION

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May 27, 2018

Every summer at Park Church, we spend several weeks in the Psalms. The Psalms give us a vocabulary and a “hymnal” for relating to God through the full range of human experience and emotion, ultimately pointing us to Jesus. This annual series, now in its seventh year, is called Christ in the Psalms. Up to this point we have gone week-by-week through Psalm 77, and you can find each of those sermons here. Additionally, since 2015 (starting with Psalm 41), different artists within our community have done a piece of artwork for each Psalm. You can see and read about each of those here.

As for this year, we begin this weekend with Psalm 78. Here’s how you can prepare:

1. Read through our text, Psalm 78.

Psalm 78 puts forward, in vivid color, the message that courses through the whole of Scripture: In the midst of our constant sin and rebellion, God responds with justice and His great mercy. He alone atones for our sin and forgives our iniquities. Set your hope in this God.

2. Read, pray and sing through the service:

CALL TO WORSHIP: Psalm 105:1–3, 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!

Grace Alone (Dustin Kensrue)
On Christ The Solid Rock (William Batchelder Bradbury and Edward Mote, arr. Austin Stone)

CONFESSION OF SIN: From The Worship Sourcebook

Gracious God,
our sins are too heavy to carry,
too real to hide,
and too deep to undo.
Forgive what our lips tremble to name,
what our hearts can no longer bear,
and what has become for us
a consuming fire of judgment.
Set us free from a past that we cannot change;
open to us a future in which we can be changed; and grant us grace
to grow more and more in your likeness and image; through Jesus Christ,
the light of the world. Amen.

Yet Even Now (Joel Limpic)

ASSURANCE OF PARDON: John 10:27–30

O Praise The Name (Anástasis) (Benjamin Hastings, Marty Sampson, Dean Ussher)

GREETING, SERMON, & COMMUNION
RESPONSE: Song & Prayer

Jesus What A Savior (Kirby Kaple)
No Longer Slaves (Joel Case, Jonathan David Hesler, Brian Johnson)

BENEDICTION

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May 20, 2018

It’s our 19th and final of Genesis at Park Church, a series where we’ve been discussing God’s foundational worldview for His people and their purpose in His world. Here’s how you can prepare:

1. Read through our text, Genesis 37–50.

Last week we saw how God sovereignly works in and through all things to accomplish His redemptive purposes in the world. This week, we will look again at the life of Joseph to see how trusting in God’s purposes can lead to a life of freedom.

2. Read, pray and sing through the service:

CALL TO WORSHIP: Psalm 105:1–3, 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!

Doxology (Amen) (Louis Bourgeois, Thomas Ken, Phil Wickham)
What A Beautiful Name (Ben Fielding, Brooke Ligertwood)

CONFESSION OF SIN: From All Season Prayers by Scotty Smith:

Almighty God,
to whom all hearts are open,
all desires known,
and from whom no secrets are hidden:
Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts
by the inspiration of Your Holy Spirit,
that we may perfectly love You,
and worthily magnify Your holy name;
through Christ our Lord. Amen.

King Of My Heart (John Mark McMillan, Sarah McMillan)

He Will Hold Me Fast (Ada R. Habershon)

ASSURANCE OF PARDON: John 10:27–30

GREETING, SERMON, & COMMUNION
RESPONSE: Song & Prayer

O Come To The Altar (Brock, Brown, Furtick, and Joye)
In Christ Alone (Stuart Townend, Keith Getty)

BENEDICTION

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May 13, 2018

It’s the second-to-last week (week 18) of Genesis at Park Church, a series where we’ve been discussing God’s foundational worldview for His people and their purpose in His world. Here’s how you can prepare:

1. Read through our text, Genesis 37–50.

In the midst of suffering, we tend to doubt the presence of God and the goodness of God. Joseph’s story shows us that God sovereignly works in and through brokenness and sin to accomplish His redemptive purposes in the world.

2. Read, pray and sing through the service:

CALL TO WORSHIP: Isaiah 44:6–8, 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.
the Conqueror of the grave, the resurrection and the life.
Welcome!

Build My Life (Barrett, Kable, Martin, Redman, Younker, arr. Pat Barrett)
All The Poor And Powerless (David Leonard, Leslie Jordan)

CONFESSION OF SIN: From Every Season Prayers by Scotty Smith:

Dear heavenly Father,
we come into Your presence this day
only because Your mercies are new every morning.
We stand before You in this place
only because we stand firmly in Your grace.
We dare call You Abba Father
only because You have made us Your beloved sons and daughters.
We freely confess our sins to You
only because You fully gave Jesus for us.

For the ways we loved poorly this past week—
in our families, at our vocations, and among our neighbors, forgive us.
From the foolish idols to which we cling,
the broken cisterns from which we drink,
and the false lovers to which we turn, free us.
For not believing Jesus is enough and Your grace is sufficient,
and for not trusting You to be really sovereign and really good,
have mercy on us.
Our hope rests alone in Jesus’ finished work
and Your steadfast love.
Amen.

Cornerstone (Bradbury, Liljero, Morgan, Mote, Myrin)

Christ The Sure And Steady Anchor (Matt Boswell, Matt Papa)

ASSURANCE OF PARDON: Romans 8:28–32

GREETING, SERMON, & COMMUNION
RESPONSE: Song & Prayer

He Will Hold Me Fast (Ada R. Habershon)
Seas Of Crimson (Johnson, Bashta, Taylor, Strand)

BENEDICTION

in Preparing for Sunday

May 6, 2018

We’re in our 17th week of Genesis at Park Church, a series 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 32–36.

2. Read, pray and sing through the service:

CALL TO WORSHIP: Psalm 113:1–3, 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.
the Conqueror of the grave, the resurrection and the life.
Welcome!

Praise To The Lord The Almighty (Joachim Neander, arr. Citizens)
Great Is The Lord (Joseph Pat Barrett, Daniel Bashta, Ben Smith)

CONFESSION OF SIN: From Every Season Prayers by Scotty Smith:

Dear heavenly Father,
we come humbly into Your welcoming presence today,
thankful for Your grace, for our sins are real and many.
We confess how easily we ignore Your pursuit of us and Your will for us.
We confess the pain, worry, and sorrow we have caused those we love.
We confess holding on to grudges tighter than we hold on to Your promises
We confess thinking about how to get more rather than give more
We confess downplaying our sin and marginalizing your grace.
We confess being selective in our obedience and casual with our repentance.
Lord, have mercy and forgive us, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.

All I Have Is Christ (Jordan Kauflin)

O Fount Of Love (Matt Boswell, Matt Papa)

ASSURANCE OF PARDON: Romans 5:6–8

GREETING, SERMON, & COMMUNION
RESPONSE: Song & Prayer

Oh God (Zach Bolen)

MISSIONARY COMMISSIONING & PRAYER: The Wolfes
BENEDICTION

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