Sing Praises

L: Friends we’ve been given voices to sing
P: Sing praises to God

L: Because God has written a tune in our hearts
P: Sing praises to God

L: Because God loves us even better than our fathers and mothers
P: Sing praises to God

L: Because God has called us to be one body in Christ
P: Sing praises to God

L: Even when storms of life cause a change to our plans
P: Sing praises to God

How Great is Our God!

Leader: How great is our God!

People: There is none like our God!

L: Where else can we find a god who loves and accepts broken people like us?

P: Who else has a God who listens to our every need?

L: Who else is worthy of our worship?

P: There is none like our God!

L: If we don’t devote ourselves to God, we’ll end up giving our lives to something vastly inferior.

P: So let’s give ourselves to our wonderful God.

L: Come Christians, sing out to your God!

P: How great is our God!

L: Come Christians, break bread as the People of God!

P: How great is our God!

L: And Christians, as we leave, let us worship God with our lives!

P: How great is our God!

Love the Lord your God

Leader: Love the Lord your God.

People: Lord, we love you with all we have.

Leader: And love your neighbor as yourself.

People: Lord, give us the strength to those we find it the hardest to love.

Leader: This is how God showed us what love is...

People: While we were still sinners, Christ came to us and died for us.

Leader: That is your strength to love your neighbor as yourself.

People: Lord, we love you with all we have.

A Rich Feast

Leader: A rich feast awaits those who call upon the Lord.
People: God offers to us all the bounty of God’s love.
Leader: How we have thirsted for hope and peace!
People: How we have longed for joy and love!
Leader: God continually blesses and heals us.
People: Praise be to God for God’s steadfast love.

Christ Hymn

Leader: When we come to this place, whether we come to worship or work,

People: Our attitude should be like that of Jesus.

Leader: He was God in his very nature, but didn't act like it.

People: Instead he came to us as a servant.

Leader: He humbled himself, and died for us --

People: Even dying on a cross!

Leader: Therefore let us love one another,

People: For Christ has loved us so completely.

Let us love one another

Leader: Brothers and sisters, as we enter God's house,

People: Let us love one another.

Leader: Because God loved us first and has loved us so well,

People: Let us love one another.

Leader: Even when we do unlovable things to each other,

People: Let us love one another.

Leader: So that the world will know about God's great love,

People: Let us love one another.

Leader: These three remain: faith, hope and love.

People: But the greatest is love, so let us live together in love.