JOIN US FOR WORSHIP
Worship isn’t about performance; it’s about participation.
This Worship Guide serves as a weekly resource as we join in singing, praying, and celebrating the work God is doing in our community.
Whether you’re at the Lyric Theatre or tuning into our live stream, we’re so glad you are joining us!
Let’s jump in.
TODAY’S SCRIPTURE
Now I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that what has happened to me has actually served to advance the gospel. As a result, it has become clear throughout the whole palace guard and to everyone else that I am in chains for Christ. And because of my chains, most of the brothers and sisters have become confident in the Lord and dare all the more to proclaim the gospel without fear…Yes, and I will continue to rejoice, for I know that through your prayers and God’s provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ what has happened to me will turn out for my deliverance. I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have sufficient courage so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death. For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.Â
Philippians 1:12-14,18-21 NIV
PRAYING TOGETHER
The Lord is gracious and righteous;
our God is full of compassion.
The Lord protects the unwary;
when I was brought low, he saved me.
 Return to your rest, my soul,
for the Lord has been good to you.
 For you, Lord, have delivered me from death,
my eyes from tears,
my feet from stumbling,
 that I may walk before the Lord
in the land of the living.
Psalm 116:5-9
HOME CHURCH: GROWING TOGETHER IN COMMUNITY
Start your time together by having a few people share where they’ve seen God at work in their lives throughout the week.
God is not contained to a service or a building. We want to live with the expectation that God is present and at work in the everyday stuff of our lives. We listen, join him in his work, and share stories of how he’s moving!
Talk It Over
1. Over the last year, we’ve all experienced a measure of suffering and hardship – some more than others. What are the ways you’ve coped over the last 18 months? What did you turn to for comfort, for better or worse? Where did you find glimmers of hope?
2. Paul says “to live is Christ, and to die is gain.” We don’t like being comfronted with death, but it’s a reality that has recently been almost inescapable. As Christians who have a hope that overcomes death, what might our witness be in these days filled with sorrow and hopelessness?Â