Gold Avenue Church At Home Worship Liturgy 05.09.21

A note before you begin:

This service was prayerfully planned and coordinated with worship planner Kayleen Jasperse in conjunction with the pastors.

Our prayer is that this liturgy helps us to create cultures of worship in our homes or wherever we utilize them. May the Lord bless you as you enter into his presence and give him praise. May we each be met, blessed, challenged, and encouraged to grow as disciples and disciple makers of Jesus Christ.

Call to Worship:

The Call to Worship serves to focus our attention on the living God who is present with us; it calls us to position ourselves as those who are ready to worship and ready to receive from our Lord.

Read the following out loud as you fix your eyes on Jesus:

From Psalm 24:7-10:

Lift up your heads, you gates;
be lifted up, you ancient doors,
that the King of glory may come in.

Who is this King of glory?
The Lord strong and mighty,
the Lord mighty in battle.

Lift up your heads, you gates;
lift them up, you ancient doors,
that the King of glory may come in.

Who is he, this King of glory?
The Lord Almighty—
he is the King of glory.

Pray for the Lord to fill you, your household, and your home with His presence and His peace. Fix your eyes and the focus of your heart on Him.

Worshiping in Song:

This is Amazing Grace

The Lord’s Greeting:

The Lord’s Greeting serves to remind us that we are in the presence of the living God. It makes space for him to greet us as our loving heavenly father who rules and reigns as the King over all and who is present with us as our loving heavenly father!

Fix your eyes on him as you read these words from 2 John 1:3 aloud:

Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Father’s Son, will be with us in truth and love.

Greeting One Another:

It might feel a little odd doing this at home, but take time to say these words to greet each other, as you shake hands, hug or elbow bump.

Consider sending a greeting text message to a church family member.

“The Lord be with you”

and in response:

“And also with you”

And if you’re alone:

“The Lord is with me”

King of Kings

I will Follow

Testimony/Family Prayer Time:

Please be in prayer for Pastor Dave, Anne, Pieter, Sarah, Rachel, and Matthew Westra as they received word on Wednesday, 5/5 that their brother-in-law and uncle, Dave Mantel (married to Pastor Dave’s sister, Christine), passed away Tuesday evening after a long and painful battle with cancer. Dave’s passing is a tremendous loss as he leaves behind his wife Christine and their 4 children. You can read more about the Westra’s brother-in-law and uncle here. If you would like to send a card, you can access the Westra’s address in the church directory directly from your Weekly Update email.

Take a few minutes to pray for the Westra and Mantel families, our church family, neighborhood, and the world as the Lord leads.

Consider asking a church family member how you can be in prayer for them, or invite a church family member to pray for you.

Regular Offering:

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Song of Preparation

The Song of Preparation serves to prepare our hearts to receive the Word of the Lord. Continue to fix your eyes on Jesus and surrender your attention and heart to him as we transition and prepare to enter into His Word.

Refiner’s Fire

The Preaching of the Word:

Our current sermon series is written in connection to and alongside a helpful tool that we have developed called the Gospel Tool. Disciple Groups at Gold Avenue Church are working through lessons that are based upon the Gospel Tool, and we want to make this resource available to every listener. Click here to check out the Gospel Tool, the Visual Gospel overview, statements, & scriptures.

Access the audio of the sermon here: Sermon Audio Recording

Song of Response:

The song of response gives opportunity to consider, apply, and respond to what we’ve just heard from the Word. If you need to and are able, take a few minutes to process what you’ve just heard and experienced and how the Lord may be inviting you to respond. Sing in response as you feel led.

Build Your Kingdom Here

The Lord’s Blessing:

The Lord’s Blessing serves to make space for us the Lord to bless us to continue to walk in faithful obedience and to grow up into maturity.

Fix your eyes on him as you read the following out loud:

From Numbers 6:24-26:

The Lord bless you
and keep you;

the Lord make his face shine on you
and be gracious to you;

the Lord turn his face toward you
and give you peace