Community Worship
Sunday, February 28, 2021

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Prelude

O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing
Barbara Fisk, piano

Welcome
Pastor Rick Fisk

Worship Through Song

Holy Spirit (There’s Nothing Worth More)
Kara and Pastor Taylor Sexton
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Scripture Reading
Jeff Williams

Old Testament Lesson
Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty; walk before me faithfully and be blameless. ² Then I will make my covenant between me and you and will greatly increase your numbers.” ³ Abram fell facedown, and God said to him, ⁴ “As for me, this is my covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations. ⁵ No longer will you be called Abram; your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations. ⁶ I will make you very fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will come from you. ⁷ I will establish my covenant as an everlasting covenant between me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you… ¹⁵ God also said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you are no longer to call her Sarai; her name will be Sarah. ¹⁶ I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her so that she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will come from her.”

Epistle Lesson
Romans 4:13-17

¹³ It was not through the law that Abraham and his offspring received the promise that he would be heir of the world, but through the righteousness that comes by faith. ¹⁴ For if those who depend on the law are heirs, faith means nothing and the promise is worthless, ¹⁵ because the law brings wrath. And where there is no law there is no transgression. ¹⁶ Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may be by grace and may be guaranteed to all Abraham’s offspring—not only to those who are of the law but also to those who have the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all. ¹⁷ As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.” He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed—the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being things that were not.

New Testament Lesson
Mark 8:31-36
³¹ He then began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and after three days rise again. ³² He spoke plainly about this, and Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him.³³ But when Jesus turned and looked at his disciples, he rebuked Peter. “Get behind me, Satan!” he said. “You do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.” ³⁴ Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. ³⁵ For whoever wants to save their life. will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it. ³⁶ What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul?

This is the Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.

Children’s Moment
Pastor Sarah Winter

Call to Offering
Pastor Taylor Sexton

Offering Music

When I Survey the Wondrous Cross
Barbara Fisk, piano
lyrics on screen during worship

Message
Pastor Peter Sjoblom

Worship Through Song

Great Are You Lord
Kara and Pastor Taylor Sexton
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Benediction
Pastor Peter Sjoblom

Coffee Time Music Selection

~ Come Into His Presence ~ Rejoice the Lord is King ~ All Hail King Jesus ~ ~Revelation Song ~ The Heart of Worship ~ Majesty ~ His Name is Wonderful ~ Jesus Shall Reign Where’er the Sun ~
Barbara Fisk, piano

Music and License Information:

Deer Grove Streaming License:
CSPL129269
CCLI License #1034421

Holy Spirit (There’s Nothing Worth More)
Brian Torwalt, Katie Torwalt
2011 Capitol CMG Genesis
CCLI #6087919

Great Are You Lord
Jason Ingram, Leslie Jordan, David Leonard
Essential Music Publishing
CCLI #6460220