Shall I Attempt To Speak: Preparing For Worship: April 20th

Friday, April 18, 2008

Preparing For Worship: April 20th

To everything (turn, turn, turn)
There is a season (turn, turn, turn)
And a time for every purpose, under heaven

Many of you have probably heard this famous song from The Byrds. This song comes straight from the passage Pastor Todd will be preaching from this Sunday from Ecclesiastes 3:1-15, so be sure to give it a read before Sunday.

We're going to sing "He Lives" as a call to worship, to remind ourselves of the resurrection of Christ from the dead; the crux of our Christian faith!

John Book will share some announcements with us, including
-Shelter meets Sunday night
-Pastor's Coffee on April 26th (new attenders highly encouraged to attend)
-Linda Gray CD project
Linda and Frosty Gray (Linda plays keyboards in the worship team, and Frosty can usually be found helping back at the soundboard) have produced a CD of Linda's original music, and they want to give every person at Crossroads a copy. They want it to encourage the body through the lyrics and music, and they also want it to be used as a witnessing tool, so they encourage you to take an extra copy to giveaway to someone at work/school/etc. I'll share more about it Sunday morning...

We'll continue singing together of the great gifts of God's love: "Hallalujah (Your Love Is Amazing)," grace: "Your Grace Is Enough," and mercy: "The Power Of The Cross." We learn that in these gifts, God has lavished us with everything we could ever need, and has shown his sovereignty and power over his creation, and over the sin that we brought into the world.

The sovereignty of God is the theme of the morning as we turn to God's Word, and to the Holy Spirit to enlighten our minds to its truth. In light of that, Pastor Todd will ask us if we truly trust
God in everything, acknowledging his sovereignty not only with our lips, but with all of our lives.

We'll have the chance to respond in singing the great hymn "Tis So Sweet To Trust In Jesus" and end the service with "We Trust Your Will."

That's what's happening, so come prepared to participate and edify the body!

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Welcome To Crossroads Community Church's Worship Blog

This blog is a tool for the church community to prepare to come together and worship each Sunday.

So often we go to church just expecting to "be fed." It's true that we need to come with empty hands expecting to be filled with the love and goodness of God each week.

BUT...

I also believe that the church body has a responsibility to each other, and to the Lord, to take this weekly gathering very seriously, and that we should come prepared to participate, and to minister to each other.

This blog helps us to know a little more about what is going on in our services, so that we can prepare by praying, reading the scripture text, looking up the songs we'll sing together, and learning new songs, etc.

It also helps to keep us thinking about worship and our walk with the Lord throughout the week. The way we think through and approach every area of life is an act of worship, and it's the task of the believer to direct that worship towards God in the way we interact with life.