ONLINE SERVICE

Sunday, MaY 10th

Our Online Sunday Service is a way for us to gather together at the same time but in different locations throughout Whatcom county and the globe (hello and welcome to our missionary families!). 

We invite you to share your experiences by using the hashtag: #RedeemerNWFamily on your social media platform of choice. This will help us interact with one another as a family on Facebook and Instagram. If you don’t have or use social media and want to share your images/videos, please email them to dane@redeemernw.org.

Opening Prayer

~Pray out loud. If gathered with others you could take turns or pray all together~

(A slightly modified prayer from Scotty Smith based on Psalm 118.1-4)

Heavenly Father,

Though we’re all wondering when we’ll get back to our old “normal” and be done with every vestige of this virus, there’s one aspect of our lives we’re most thankful will never change or end.

On this day, we join the loud, triumphant, grateful declaration of Psalm 118: “Your love, O Lord, endures forever.” Hallelujah!

The surest, stable, dependable, and inexhaustible reality in our lives is your love, Abba Father. We could’ve never deserved it or earned it, and now we can never reduce it or lose it.

In terms of the quantity of your love, we live under the Niagara Falls of your affection, flowing out of the bottomless ocean of your grace. In terms of its reliability, your love is more on time than the rising sun, Swiss Trains, and monthly bills.

In terms of its quality, you love each of your children as much as you love Jesus, for you have made his righteousness ours and hidden our lives in his. In terms of endurability, you will cease to be God before you will stop loving your children.

Father, you give, and you take away. You fill our lives with good things, and you grace our lives with difficult things. You are nearer than our next breath, yet sometimes you seem very far away. And in all of it, in every last bit of the raptures and ruptures of life, your love endures forever, never waivers, and will get us safely Home. Thank you.

So very Amen we pray, in Jesus’ strong and loving name.

Sing – “Come Thou Fount”

*Closed captioning (CC) is available

Online Sermon - Moved With Pity

Mark 1:40-42

Sing - “Nothing but the Blood“

*Closed captioning (CC) is available

Communion

~Those who trust Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior receive communion~

Every week we remember and retell the Gospel by receiving communion. The bread represents Jesus’ body given for us. The juice represents the blood He shed for our redemption.

As you prepare to receive the bread and juice ask yourself these questions: “What can wash away my sin? What can make me whole again? Where can I find pardon? Where can I find cleansing?” Where is all my hope and peace? Where is all my righteousness?”

As you receive communion, consider repeating the words, “Nothing but the blood of Jesus.”

Giving

~An opportunity to worship God with our finances~

In response to God giving us Jesus, we give. This is a wonderful and important part of our worship. Take this time as an opportunity to thank God for your daily bread. Take time to connect your giving to what God is doing in and through the church community. Our hearts follow our treasure; may God use your giving to fuel your worship of Jesus.

While we are not publicly gathering, this link will give you three options to give.

Sing – “Lion and the Lamb“

*Closed captioning (CC) is available

Closing Prayer

~Feel free to use the following prayer or pray however you are led~

“Our Father in heaven,

hallowed be your name.

Your kingdom come,

your will be done,

on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread,

and forgive us our debts,

as we also have forgiven our debtors.

And lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from evil.”

For yours is the kingdom,

and the power,

and the glory forever and ever.

Amen!

Matthew 6:9-13

Benediction

~The word benediction literally means “good (bene) speaking (dictio).” Close your service by speaking a good word to one another~

Jesus is moved with pity and full of compassion, and you never have to wonder.

Cookies & Coffee

~Have a cookie (especially all you little ones!) and engage in fellowship at a distance~

On Sunday we would typically walk over to the Commons after the service for cookies, coffee, and fellowship together. We miss that time!

While we are meeting online and encouraging social distancing to keep our community safe, let’s engage in fellowship from a distance. We encourage you to do a “social hour” with your friends from church by texting or calling them. Let’s stay connected!

Reflection / Sermon Application

~Feel free to do this now or after the service, and/or throughout the week~

Take a few minutes to reflect on the sermon. Consider how you might apply this lesson to your life in practical ways. We encourage you to engage with your family or call/text a friend from Redeemer to discuss the sermon application questions below:

• When are you moved with pity or compassion?

• What most often keeps you from being real with Jesus?

• How can a passage like this help you be real with others?

• What might it look like to follow Jesus’ lead from this passage with others?

Have a question or just need to talk with someone?

Email us at info@redeemernw.org or send us an email using the form below. A staff member will contact you shortly!