Embracing My New Family – Part 2

Embracing My New Family – Part 2

NOTE FOR TODAY ONLY (8/16/20):

Due to technical difficulties the video of today’s sermon is missing the first 2 + minutes of the sermon.  However the audio file is complete, so we recommend that you begin by listening to the audio for the first 3 minutes of the sermon.

A NOTE FROM PASTOR MARK:

We recognize that family worship has its unique challenges depending on your family’s size and stage of life. Therefore, we have prepared a complete worship service (below) for our entire church family because we are convinced that Sunday is so much more than a sermon. And this is one way for us to be worshiping the same way even though we are apart.

We suggest that you test the worship and sermon links before you gather your family. After you have done this, we encourage the leader of the house to read the prayers and appoint other readers as necessary to encourage greatest participation.

After the sermon is over, we encourage you to discuss the sermon and ways to live out its application.


Embracing My New Family – Part 2
TEXT: colossians 3:12-14

ONLINE WORSHIP SERVICE (8.16.2020)

CALL TO WORSHIP:

As we come to worship today, we celebrate the steadfast love of our never failing God.

Lamentations 3:22–23

22 The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end;  23 they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. 

OPENING WORSHIP:

“You Are Holy”

“Holy Is The Lord”

affirmation:

Romans 12:1–5; 9–16 I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned. For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.

Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good. 10 Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor. 11 Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord. 12 Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. 13 Contribute to the needs of the saints and seek to show hospitality. 14 Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them. 15 Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep. 16 Live in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly.

Worship:

“Beneath the Cross of Jesus”

Elder prayer:

READ SERMON TEXT:

Colossians 3:12-14

SERMON:

Pastor Mark Kernan
Embracing My New Family – Part 2

Due to technical difficulties the video of today’s sermon is missing the first 2 + minutes of the sermon.  However the audio file is complete, so we recommend that you begin by listening to the audio for the first 3 minutes of the sermon.

Main Point: Unity begins with me.

Outline:
I. Become Who You Are (Colossians 3:12)

II. Be the Change (Colossians 3:13-14)

CLOSING WORSHIP:

“And Can It Be?”