Sunday Jan. 5, 2025

Set a Fire

Verse 1

No place I would rather be

Than here in Your love

Here in Your love

(REPEAT)

Chorus 1

(So) set a fire down in my soul

That I can't contain and I can't control

I want more of You God

(REPEAT)

Call to Worship

Hebrews 11:1

“Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.”

Songs

Seasons

Like the frost on a rose, winter comes for us all
Oh, how nature acquaints us with the nature of patience
Like a seed in the snow, I've been buried to grow
For Your promise is loyal, from seed to sequoia

Though the winter is long, even richer
The harvest it brings
Though my waiting prolongs even greater
Your promise for me like a seed
I believe that my season will come

Lord, I think of Your love like a low winter sun
And as I gaze, I am blinded in the light of Your brightness
And like a fire to the snow, I'm renewed in Your warmth
Melt the ice of this wild soul 'til the barren is beautiful

And though the winter is long, even richer
The harvest it brings
Though my waiting prolongs even greater
Your promise for me like a seed
I believe that my season will come

I can see the promise, I can see the future
You're the God of seasons, I'm just in the winter
If all I know of harvest is that it's worth my patience
Then if You're not done working, God, I'm not done waiting

You can see my promise even in the winter
'Cause You're the God of greatness even in a manger
For all I know of seasons is that You take Your time
You could have saved us in a second, instead, You sent a Child...

Though the winter is long, even richer
The harvest it brings
Though my waiting prolongs even greater
Your promise for me like a seed
I believe that my season will come
And when I finally see my tree
Still, I believe there's a season to come

Like a seed You were sown
For the sake of us all
From Bethlehem's soil
Grew Calvary's sequoia

May You Find A Light

Lost and weary traveler
Searchin' for the way to go
Stranger, heavy-hearted
Longin' for someone to know

May you find a light
May you find a light
May you find a light to guide you home

There are weary travelers
Searchin' everywhere you go
Strangers who are searchin'
Longin' deeply to be known

May you find a light
May you find a light
May you find a light to guide you home

Teach Us Your Ways

Verse 1

Teach us Your ways teach us Your ways

As we learn from one another

Learn to love each other

Teach us Your ways

Verse 2

Teach us to give teach us to give

Give ourselves for one another

Learn to love each other

Teach us to give

Verse 3

Teach us to weep teach us to weep

Let us weep with one another

Learn to love each other

Teach us to weep

Verse 4

Hallelujah hallelujah

Let us learn from one another

Learn to love each other

Teach us Your ways

Teaching: New Year- New Theme

2025 Theme:

“Faith in Exile”

Hebrews 11:1

“Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.”

Bind Us Together

Bind us together within your love
Bind us together within your holy love
As we shared in our sorrows, we will share in your joy
Bind us together in love

Bind us together and be our peace
Bind us together and be our perfect peace
Though the tempest may rage, we will rest in your joy
Bind us together in peace

Bind us together and give us hope
Bind us together and give us endless hope
Though our tears were our bread, we will feast in your joy
Bind us together in hope

Bind us together and make us one
Bind us together and make us truly one
In your love, in your peace, in your hope, in your joy
Bind us together as one
In your love, in your peace, in your hope, in your joy
Bind us together as one

Communion:

Head up to the front to take communion.
Return to your seat and reflect on the following questions:
- Where do you want to see growth this year (2025)?
- What does Faith look like in your life?

Benediction:

Move among us, Spirit,
and gather us together with you.
Take our many selves—
our lives, our loves, our ideas,
our questions, our speech, our silence—
and unite us as your people.
Give us the gifts of presence, transformation and guidance,
so that even as we dream your dreams and see your visions,
we may be able to witness to your presence
in our common life.

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.—(2 Corinthians 13:14)

Amen.

Jared KingJanuary 4, 2025