The call to worship is an invitation to all humanity to join the story, work, and worship of God that is moving in heaven and earth. The Church joins worship that is already happening with creation, angels, elders, creatures, the cloud of witnesses, and the community of believers throughout history. God invites us into what he’s already doing. (Psalm 103:1-5, Psalm 111:1-4, Psalm 134, Revelation 4:11)

The confession and assurance of our being pardoned by Jesus is a call to own and repent of our sins against God and our fellow man. This confession includes committed sins that we’re aware of (commission) and committed sins that we are unaware of (omission). Following the confession of our sins, we receive the assurance of what Christ has done with our sin, with death, and that we are being transformed and conformed into His image and our new identity by the Holy Spirit.
(Acts 3:20, Joel 2:13, Romans 2:4)

We intercedes for the world around us by praying through Jesus. Intercessory prayer is one of the primary ways God’s people labor with God in the world. These intercessory prayers invite God to shape history and the world, right injustice, demonstrate His power, and bring salvation to those far from him. We want to spiritually stand before the throne of grace, not just for those gathered with us, but for the sake of the world. We are asking, seeking and knocking on the door of Jesus, the King of a kingdom that has no end. He is Christ Crucified and Christ Resurrected. He lives and moves, works, and never sleeps.
(Exodus 30:30-34, Revelation 8:3-4, 2 Chronicles 7:14-16, Acts 1:14)

Welcoming one another in the peace of Christ and as Christ welcomed us, trains us and helps us embody the character of Jesus. It cultivates new habits of Gospel hospitality in us. We genuinely embrace one another, seek to know one another, and want each other to know Jesus more tangibly. Hospitality like Jesus’ serves and honors those within the family of God and particularly those outside the family of God. (Romans 15:7, 1 Peter 2:10, Ephesians 2:17-19)

Our worship does not stop with the music. Worship in giving is a continuation of our worship that followers of Jesus participate in by financial generosity.  We offer an offering that states, “All I have is from God. God has my heart, my time, my treasure, and my talents”. All followers of Jesus are commanded to give as an act of discipleship and obedience, generously and sacrificially.
(2 Corinthians 8:9-12, Matthew 6:19-20)

When the King speaks, His people stand. When we gather, we stand under the word of God as it is read over us. We set apart a moment of our liturgy to lift the word as sacred, to physically posture ourselves underneath the word, and to offer our hearts to be formed by the preaching of the word.  (Nehemiah 7:73-8:4, Matthew 4:1-10)

In communion, we join the church across all of the globe and throughout all history “proclaiming our Lord’s death until he comes” (1 Corinthians 11:26). We are remembering the life, death, resurrection of Jesus through the ordinance and sacrament of the Lord’s Supper. By partaking and sharing in the experience of Jesus, this is a meal of remembrance, a proclamation of the Gospel, and a feast of grace to receive sustaining strength. We look back on his crucifixion and resurrection, stand in the present grace of Christ in us, and look ahead with anticipation of Christ’s return. The elements reach from scripture to anchor us in the Story and prophetically point us to the marriage supper of the Lamb (Revelation 16:6-9). By faith, the meal enlivens us to trust in Christ for this life until that day comes.
(1 Corinthians 11:23-26, Luke 22:14-20, and Revelation 16:6-9)

A benediction is a pastoral, scriptural impartation of grace over the people that invite them to receive and walk in the blessings and promises of God as they are sent back into their city for the next six days. Paired with the scriptural blessing, we then charge God’s people to live as Salt and Light. Having withdrawn into Christ, we now send the congregation to return to the world, scattering into the city with God's heart as missionaries in all occupations, vocations, and neighborhoods.
(Matthew 28:18-20, Numbers 6:24-27, 1 Thessalonians 3:11-13)