March 5, 2023 - The Village Chapel | Nashville + Online

Songs:

“O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing” by Charles Wesley
Public Domain
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“Grace Greater than Our Sin ” words and music by Julia H. Johnston
Public Domain
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“Jesus, What a Friend for Sinners” by John Wilbur Chapman, Rowland Hugh Prichard, and Matthew S. Smith
Public Domain
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“Jesus Paid it All” by Elvina Mabel Hall & John Thomas Grape
Public Domain
Used by Permission. CCLI License #2003690

“Holy, Holy, Holy” by John Bacchus Dykes, Reginald Heber
Public Domain
Used by Permission. CCLI License #2003690

“Doxology” by Thomas Ken & Louis Bourgeois
Public Domain
Used by Permission. CCLI License #2003690

Call To Worship: At The Cross

Most merciful God,
thank You for sending to us your Son, Jesus.
We remember this day His redeeming death,
that we might stand forgiven at the cross.

Thank You for sending to us Your Son, Jesus,
to whom we belong, in life and in death.
He bore our infirmities and carried our sorrows.

Most holy God,
thank You for sending to us Your Son, Jesus,
who became sin for us and suffered the punishment due to us,
that we might stand forgiven at the cross.

In the name of our Lord Jesus, amen.

Classic Prayer: Philip Melanchthon 1497-1560

A noted collaborator with Martin Luther in the Protestant Reformation, Melanchthon was a German Lutheran reformer, and an intellectual designer of educational systems. An article on the Desiring God website says that Melanchthon was “not the kind who started revolutions, but the kind who brought order to the ensuing chaos. … Luther was a pioneer, hacking his way through centuries of superstitious brush with an apostolic machete. But Melanchthon… played the part of the calm, collected systematic, grading the Protestant path for generations to come.

I give thanks to you, Almighty God, for revealing yourself to me, for sending your Son Jesus Christ, that he might become a sacrifice, that through him I might be forgiven and receive eternal life. I give thanks to you, O God, for making me a recipient of your great favor through the Gospel and for preserving your Word and the Church. O that I might truly declare your goodness and blessings! Inspire me, I earnestly pursue you, and ask that the Holy Spirit would urge thanksgiving to shine forth in my life… Enlighten my heart, that I may be more fully aware of your favor toward me and forever worship you with true thanksgiving.

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Creed: This is Our Faith

LEADER: Do you believe and trust in God the Father, source of all being and life, the one for whom we exist?
ALL: We believe and trust in Him.

LEADER: Do you believe and trust in God the Son, who took our human nature, died for us and rose again?
ALL: We believe and trust in Him.

LEADER: Do you believe and trust in God the Holy Spirit, who gives life to the people of God and makes Christ known in the world?
ALL: We believe and trust in Him.

LEADER: This is the faith of the Church.
ALL: We believe and trust in one God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen.

(SOURCE: Adapted from the Athanasian Creed)