Category: Sermons

Sermons given at GSBC

picture of a gathering of people

Why Do We Gather?

Due to technical difficulties, our May 3 service was not recorded. Please find worship on a website version below.

Downloadable Order of Worship Click to open in a new tab and follow along below. Or use this link, which includes lyrics to all songs.

Gathering Song: Christians We Have Met to Worship

Christians We Have Met to Worship

Call To Worship – from Psalm 103

LEADER: Be wild, O my soul, for the Source of Wonder; let all my insides praise the Holy Name.
PEOPLE: Be wild, O my soul, for the Source of Wonder; don’t let me forget all your kindness and help.
LEADER: The One who forgives all my wrongs, who heals me from sickness, who rescues my life from the abyss ―
PEOPLE: who wraps me around with love and devotion, who satiates my mouth with delight, renewing my youth like an eagle’s.
LEADER: You make harmony, bringing justice to all the oppressed.
PEOPLE: You are compassionate, generous beyond limit, quieting anger, abounding in love.
LEADER: You do not requite us according to our errors, do not demand from us in proportion to our wrongs.
ALL: Just as a mother has compassion for her child, so do you have compassion for those who hold you in awe.
adapted from The Complete Psalms, Pamela Greenberg

Hymn: Blessed Be the Name 

Joys & Concerns-Please send to Pastor Chris (will be in Thursday newsletter)

Offering-please mail your offering to the church OR use this PayPal link.

Doxology

Praise God from whom all blessings flow, Whose constant love and grace we know. Bless now, O God, these gifts we give, That others may in your peace live. Amen.

Hymn: Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us

Readings: Acts 2:41-47; I Cor 14:26-31; Col 3:16-17

Sermon (PDF): Why Do We Gather?

Hymn: God Be With You Till We Meet Again

Shalom Circle

Shalom Circle: Shalom, my friends; Shalom, my friends; Shalom, Shalom. We’ll see you again; We’ll see you again; Shalom, Shalom.
Rembrandt van Rijn, Christ and St. Mary Magdalen at the Tomb

Resurrection Sunday-Noli Me Tangere

Downloadable Order of Worship

Due to a technical issue, Zoom didn’t record the entire service. Please download the Order of Worship, above, and follow along with the items below until you get to the video!

Gathering Song: Christ the Lord is Risen Today

Call To Worship – from Psalm 118

LEADER: My strength and song is God, source of my salvation.
PEOPLE: Cry with joy at redemption in the tents of the righteous; your hand is steadfast with strength.
LEADER: I will not die; I will live―to tell the deeds of the Living God.
PEOPLE: Open for me the gates of justice; I will enter to give thanks to your name.
LEADER: I will give thanks to you, for you humbled me; only then could you become my source of help.
PEOPLE: The rock rejected by builders has become the cornerstone of faith.
LEADER:  Coming from the Creator, it was, in our eyes, a wonder.
ALL: This is the day that our Source of Joy has made; Let us exult and rejoice in it!  from The Complete Psalms, Pamela Greenberg

Sermon “Noli Me Tangere” PDF

Shalom Circle

Shalom Circle: Shalom, my friends; Shalom, my friends; Shalom, Shalom. We’ll see you again; We’ll see you again; Shalom, Shalom.

Offering-please mail your offering to the church OR use this PayPal link.

March 29 Worship-The Path Less Chosen

Downloadable Order of Worship

Gathering Song: There is a Balm in Gilead

Call To Worship – from Psalm 31

LEADER: O God, I have put my trust in you.
PEOPLE: I will rejoice and take pleasure in your kindness, knowing that you have seen my affliction.
LEADER: I have heard accusations of the crowd, a whirlwind of terror all around when they gathered against me.
PEOPLE: They schemed to take my life―but I trusted in you.
LEADER: How wide is your concern!  You shelter those who revere you, protecting all who take refuge in you from harm.
PEOPLE: You heard the voice of my plea, the note of desperation when I cried out for help.
LEADER: Love the Infinite, all who act with kindness; the Holy One keeps watch over the faithful, paying back in good measure those who act with pride.
ALL: Be strong and embolden your hearts, all who long for God.
adapted from The Complete Psalms, Pamela Greenberg

Hymn: A Mighty Fortress is Our God 

Joys & Concerns-Please send to Pastor Chris (will be in Thursday newsletter)

Offering-please mail your offering to the church OR use this PayPal link.

Doxology

Praise God from whom all blessings flow, Whose constant love and grace we know.
Bless now, O God, these gifts we give, That others may in your peace live. Amen.

Hymn: In Times Like These

Matthew 7:13-29
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Hymn: I Saw the Light 

Shalom Circle

Shalom Circle: Shalom, my friends; Shalom, my friends; Shalom, Shalom. We’ll see you again; We’ll see you again; Shalom, Shalom.