Sunday, February 19
Welcome to our Order of Service page! Each week, a team of pastors and staff get together to collaborate on the liturgy, or order of service, for Sunday. Every element is prayerfully and carefully crafted so that the Gospel, God’s redemptive story to save a people for Himself in and through His Son Jesus Christ, would be clear and compelling. We hope you’ll enjoy following along with us as we present and rehearse the Gospel again this morning.
Order of Service
WELCOME & CALL TO CORPORATE WORSHIP
Psalm 150
ADORATION
Psalm 150 (Praise the Lord)
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
DEVOTION
My Soul Will Wait For You (Psalm 62)
RESPONSIVE SCRIPTURE READING
Ps. 27:14, Micah 7:7, Ps. 89:14,
Ps. 57:1, Ps. 103:8, 10-11
THANKSGIVING
His Mercy is More
PASTORAL PRAYER
OFFERTORY & ASSURANCE OF PARDON
O Lord, My Rock and My Redeemer
PROCLAMATION
The Salvation of Israel, Part 2 | Pastor David Hegg
Romans 11:25-36
TESTIMONY
Baptism
SONG OF RESPONSE
10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord)
COMMISSION
Announcements & Benediction
Why do we have occasional bilingual services?
A bilingual service is one where two languages are spoken and sung. Here at Grace Baptist, we have a thriving Spanish Ministry representing 15 Spanish-speaking countries, which meets in the Conference Center on Sundays. So on this All Family Sunday, having one service only with Spanish speakers included, we have the opportunity to stretch our comfort zones and sing in both English and Spanish.
We do this not only to be inclusive of our Spanish-speaking congregation, to love and serve them, but also to rehearse for Heaven. We're not sure precisely what Heaven will look and sound like, but we do have this picture from the Apostle John in the Book of Revelation:
"After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, 'Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!'" (Rev. 7:9–10 ESV)
The point of this passage isn't to highlight diversity for diversity's sake but to illustrate that God has united a people who look and sound different from one another by His Son's work and for His Son's worship. So then, a bilingual church service is a wonderful foretaste of what Heaven will be like and a good reminder that God is engaging and saving people in every nation and tribe through the gospel of Jesus Christ in their language. He alone is the object of our focus and the theme of our fellowship - "Hallelujah! All we have is Christ!"
