Sunday, October 6
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 & OPENING PRAYER
Pastor of Equipping: Aaron Miller
Romans 14:7-9
ADORATION
God Is For Us
CONFESSION & ASSURANCE OF PARDON
The Power of the Cross
EXPIATION | THE LORD’S SUPPER
Executive Pastor: Joe Keller
THANKSGIVING & DEVOTION
Thank You, Jesus, For the Blood
There is a Redeemer
PETITION: PRAYER FOR THE OFFERING
Pastor of Adult & Family Ministries: Alan Berthiuame
OFFERTORY
Behold Him
PROCLAMATION: INSTRUCTION FROM GOD’S WORD
The Book of Matthew: The King & His Kingdom
The Sign of Jonah, Jesus vs. The Pharisees, Part 2
Matt. 12:38-50
Pastor of Equipping: Aaron Miller
COMMISSION & BENEDICTION
Chairman of the Elder Team: John Beck
Why do we observe the Lord’s Supper?
Every first Sunday of the month, the family of Grace Baptist Church takes time to celebrate the communal meal known as The Lord's Supper, sometimes referred to as The Lord’s Table or Communion.
On the night he was betrayed, Jesus was celebrating the traditional Passover meal with his disciples. But, as he administered the bread and cup, Jesus re-purposed their symbolism to focus not on the deliverance of Israel from slavery in Egypt but on the deliverance he, himself, would accomplish on the cross. He would deliver his people from the slavery of sin through his death.
As he handed out the bread, he said, "this is my body, which is given for you." What did he mean? Simply, that his entire incarnational mission was purposeful. Jesus, the Son of God, came to us as a man in order to be the perfect substitute for us.
As the cup of wine was passed, he told his disciples that it represented the blood he would shed as the Lamb of God, sacrificed in our place and for our benefit.
And then Jesus commanded that his people – the church – should reenact this simple communal meal as a solemn time of remembrance, personal examination, and joyous celebration of his redemptive mission, which secured our salvation.
If you are a follower of the Lord Jesus, we invite you to partake of the bread and cup with us as fellow members of the church, the Body of Christ.
For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, “This is my body, which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.” For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes. (1 Corinthians 11:23–26 ESV)
“Jesus leaves us with only two options: the world or Him. Faith, according to the world, leads to unfulfillment and judgment. Faith in Christ brings us to God on His terms. His yoke is light, and His blessings are endless.”