March 7, 2023

>>>>>We’re so grateful you’re here!! Let’s discover real life in Jesus Christ together. <<<<<

Opportunities In Our Community

Res House
If you’re interested in a unique living opportunity for next year, fill out an interest form for our Residence House. It’s a purposefully Christian environment with the hopes of facilitating and nurturing growth for your faith in Jesus. Walking distance to campus with rent ranging from $450-$600 + utilities.

The Hub | Weekdays during school hours
The Hub is open weekdays for college-age people to hang out and study. Free parking & coffee. Drop in anytime. See a staff member for parking details.

Freshmania | Thursdays @ 8pm
Freshmen, meet in the hub this Thursday for a lip sync battle!

God With Us | All Sons and Daughters

You've come
To bring peace
To be love
To be nearer to us

You've come
To bring life
To be light
To shine brighter in us
Oh Emmanuel
God with us

Our Deliverer
You are Savior
In Your presence we find our strength

Over everything
Our redemption
God with us
You are God with us

You've come
To be hope
To this world
For Your honor and name

You've come
To take sin
To bear shame
And to conquer the grave

You are here and
You are holy
We are standing
In Your glory

Great Are You Lord

You give life, You are love
You bring light to the darkness
You give hope, You restore
Every heart that is broken
Great are You, Lord

It's Your breath in our lungs
So we pour out our praise, we pour out our praise
It's Your breath in our lungs
So we pour out our praise to You only

All the earth will shout Your praise
Our hearts will cry, these bones will sing
Great are You, Lord

Living Hope

How great the chasm that lay between us
How high the mountain I could not climb
In desperation, I turned to heaven
And spoke your name into the night
Then through the darkness
Your loving kindness
Tore through the shadows of my soul
The work is finished, the end is written
Jesus Christ, my living hope

Who could imagine so great a mercy?
What heart could fathom such boundless grace?
The God of ages stepped down from glory
To wear my sin and bear my shame
The cross has spoken, I am forgiven
The king of kings calls me His own
Beautiful savior, I'm yours forever
Jesus Christ, my living hope

Hallelujah, praise the one who set me free
Hallelujah, death has lost its grip on me
You have broken every chain
There's salvation in your name
Jesus Christ, my living hope

Then came the morning that sealed the promise
Your buried body began to breathe
Out of the silence, the roaring lion
Declared the grave has no claim on me

Then came the morning that sealed the promise
Your buried body began to breathe
Out of the silence, the roaring lion
Declared the grave has no claim on me
Jesus, yours is the victory

Hallelujah, praise the one who set me free
Hallelujah, death has lost its grip on me
You have broken every chain
There's salvation in your name
Jesus Christ, my living hope

Mission Teams Commissioning

SCRIPTURE | Mark 9:1-10

1 And he said to them, “Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God after it has come with power.”

2 And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, 3 and his clothes became radiant, intensely white, as no one on earth could bleach them. 4 And there appeared to them Elijah with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus. 5 And Peter said to Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good that we are here. Let us make three tents, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah.” 6 For he did not know what to say, for they were terrified. 7 And a cloud overshadowed them, and a voice came out of the cloud, “This is my beloved Son; listen to him.” 8 And suddenly, looking around, they no longer saw anyone with them but Jesus only.

9 And as they were coming down the mountain, he charged them to tell no one what they had seen, until the Son of Man had risen from the dead. 10 So they kept the matter to themselves, questioning what this rising from the dead might mean.

SERMON | Up & Down The Mountain

COMMUNION

One of the ways Christians have responded to Jesus is through remembering and reenacting the sacrament of communion (you can read about this in Matthew 26, Mark 14, Luke 22, John 13, and 1 Corinthians 11). In unity with the global and historic Church, the sacrament of communion is presided over by ordained clergy. We offer this in response to Jesus and as a way for you to respond to him. These are the gifts of God for the people of God.
Amen.

>>>> If you’d like to have someone pray for you, leaders are available to pray with you in the back after the sermon and throughout the rest of the service.<<<<

Come Thou Fount/Above All Else by Shane and Shane

Some melodious sonnet
Flaming tongues above

Jesus sought me when a stranger
Wandering from the fold of God
He to rescue me from danger
Interposed His precious blood

Prone to wander, Lord I feel it
Prone to leave the God I love

Above all else, I adore Your name
Above all else, tune my heart to sing Your praise
Above all else, I adore Your name
Above all else, tune my heart to sing Your praise
Above all else, I adore Your name
Above all else, tune my heart to sing Your praise
Praise Him, we praise Him
We praise Him, we praise

DOXOLOGY

Praise God from whom all blessings flow
Praise him, all creatures here below
Praise him above, ye heavenly host
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost
Amen, amen, amen

BENEDICTION | Romans 15:13

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.
Amen.

AFTER HOUSE | 650 McCallie Avenue

Follow the tiki torches for some Spring Break treats