Hope Presbyterian Church Accessible Worship Folder and Slide Deck Transcription
March 16, 2025
Pastor—Joe Haack—joe@hopechurchcolumbus.org
Youth Pastor—Wes Piehl—wes@hopechurchcolumbus.org
Deacons—deacons@hopechurchcolumbus.org
Operations Manager—Nichole Redinger—operations@hopechurchcolumbus.org
PREPARATION FOR WORSHIP (Reflection before the Service)
Let us praise the Son first of all, venerating the blood that expiated our sins. He lost nothing of his divinity when he saved me, when like a good physician he stooped to my festering wounds. He was a mortal man, but he was also God. (Gregory of Nazianzus)
CALL TO WORSHIP
(Psalm 51:15-17)
Leader
O Lord, open my lips,
and my mouth will declare your praise.
You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it;
you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings.
All
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit;
a broken and contrite heart,
O God, you will not despise.
DOXOLOGY
Lyrics: Thomas Ken, 1674
Praise God from whom all blessings flow;
Praise him all creatures here below;
Praise him above, ye heavenly host;
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
Amen.
Prayer of Invocation
HYMN
Only a Holy God
CCLI # 7073332 Jonny Robinson, Rich Thompson, Dustin Smith, and Michael Farren
Who else commands all the hosts of Heaven
Who else could make every king bow down
Who else can whisper and darkness trembles
Only a Holy God
What other beauty demands such praises
What other splendor outshines the sun
What other majesty rules with justice
Only a Holy God
Come and behold Him
The one and the only
Cry out
Sing Holy
Forever a Holy God
Come and worship the Holy God
What other glory consumes like fire
What other power can raise the dead
What other name remains undefeated
Only a Holy God
Come and behold Him
The one and the only
Cry out
Sing Holy
Forever a Holy God
Come and worship the Holy God
Who else could rescue me from my failing
Who else would offer His only son
Who else invites me to call Him Father
Only a Holy God
Only my Holy God
Come and behold Him
The one and the only
Cry out
Sing Holy
Forever a Holy God
Come and worship the Holy God
Come and behold Him
The one and the only
Cry out
Sing Holy
Forever a Holy God
Come and worship the Holy God
Come and worship the Holy God
Prayer of Remembrance
(Based on Belgic Confession 12&14)
All
We remember, Father, that it seemed good to you
To create heaven and earth and all creatures
From nothing, but by the Word,
That is by the Son.
You have given all creatures their being,
Their form and function,
To serve you, the Creator.
You created human beings from the dust of the earth,
Formed then in your image and likeness,
You made them good,
To steward your creation.
Thank you that in spite of the fall,
We can know that we are not a mistake,
That each one of us was created for your good purposes. Amen.
HYMN
Great Is the Lord
CCLI Song # 6456320 Ben Smith | Daniel Bashta | Joseph Barrett
Splendor and majesty
Strength and beauty be
Unto Your name, Ancient of days
You're holy
We tremble before Your throne
Our hearts prepare You room
We come and adore
Ruined before Your glory
Great is the Lord
Most worthy of all praise
Great is the Lord
Most worthy of all praise
Splendor and majesty
Strength and beauty be
Unto Your name, Ancient of days
You're holy
We tremble before Your throne
Our hearts prepare You room
We come and adore
Ruined before Your glory
Great is the Lord
Most worthy of all praise
Great is the Lord
Most worthy of all praise
You are holy
You are holy
You're crowned with wonder, majesty
You are holy
You are holy
You're crowned with wonder, majesty
In the morning
In the evening
At the end of all days
I will sing
I will shout
You are worthy of praise
In the morning
In the evening
At the end of all days
I will sing
I will shout
You are worthy of praise
Great is the Lord
Most worthy of all praise
Great is the Lord
Most worthy of all praise
Great is the Lord
Most worthy of all praise
Great is the Lord
Most worthy of all praise
CONFESSION OF SIN
Leader
Lent is a journey of deepening reflection and renewal,
an opportunity to make new commitments in faith.
We prepare for the journey
by setting aside burdens that would weigh us down.
Let us turn to God and confess our sin.
All
Lord God, it is hard to think that we will die someday.
We dream, make plans, and talk about what we’ll do in the near future.
We don’t always think about what you want.
Instead, we make choices that we think are good for us.
But we are only here because you take care of us.
We confess that we forget we need you all the time.
We confess that sometimes we make choices that aren’t what you want.
We often don’t know what is best for our lives.
Holy God, we are sorry for our sin.
Help us to remember we live because of you.
Help us to do what you want us to do
through Jesus, our Lord. Amen.
HYMN
His Mercy Is More
Matt Boswell, Matt Papa | CCLI #7065053
What love could remember
No wrongs we have done
Omniscient, all knowing,
He counts not their sum
Thrown into a sea
Without bottom or shore
Our sins they are many
His mercy is more
Praise the Lord
His mercy is more
Stronger than darkness
New every morn
Our sins they are many
His mercy is more
What patience would wait
As we constantly roam
What Father, so tender
Is calling us home
He welcomes the weakest
The vilest, the poor
Our sins they are many
His mercy is more
Praise the Lord
His mercy is more
Stronger than darkness
New every morn
Our sins they are many
His mercy is more
What riches of kindness
He lavished on us
His blood was the payment
His life was the cost
We stood 'neath a debt
We could never afford
Our sins they are many
His mercy is more
Praise the Lord
His mercy is more
Stronger than darkness
New every morn
Our sins they are many
His mercy is more
Praise the Lord
His mercy is more
Stronger than darkness
New every morn
Our sins they are many
His mercy is more
GRACE ASSURANCE
Leader
God so loved the world that he gave his only Son,
so that everyone who believes in him
may not perish but may have eternal life.
HYMN
No Longer Slaves
CCLI Song # 7030123 Jonathan David Helser and Melissa Helser
You unravel me with a melody
You surround me with a song
Of deliverance from my enemies
Till all my fears are gone
I'm no longer a slave to fear
I am a child of God
I'm no longer a slave to fear
I am a child of God
From my mother's womb
You have chosen me
Love has called my name
I've been born again into your family
Your blood flows through my veins
I'm no longer a slave to fear
I am a child of God
I'm no longer a slave to fear
I am a child of God
I'm no longer a slave to fear
I am a child of God
I'm no longer a slave to fear
I am a child of God
You split the sea
so I could walk right through it
My fears are drowned in perfect love
You rescued me, so I can stand and sing
I am a child of God
You split the sea
so I could walk right through it
My fears are drowned in perfect love
You rescued me, so I can stand and sing
I am a child of God
I'm no longer a slave to fear
I am a child of God
I'm no longer a slave to fear
I am a child of God
I'm no longer a slave to fear
I am a child of God
I'm no longer a slave to fear
I am a child of God
TITHES AND OFFERINGS
HOPE HAPPENINGS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
PASSING THE PEACE
SCRIPTURE READING
Luke 5:27–32
MESSAGE
Slide 1
“When they saw the courage of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they were astonished and they took note that these men had been with Jesus.”
Acts 4:13
Slide 2
“...a disciple, or apprentice, is simply someone who has decided to be with another person, under appropriate conditions, in order to become capable of doing what that person does or to become what that person is.”
Dallas Willard
Slide 3
59% of Americans agree that churches and other religious organizations are too concerned with money and power
54% agree that they focus too much on rules
54% agree that they are too involved in politics
pewresearch.org
Slide 4
"The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners’” (Luke 7:34).
Slide 5
27 After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector by the name of Levi sitting at his tax booth. “Follow me,” Jesus said to him, 28 and Levi got up, left everything and followed him. 29 Then Levi held a great banquet for Jesus at his house, and a large crowd of tax collectors and others were eating with them. 30 But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law who belonged to their sect complained to his disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?” 31 Jesus answered them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. 32 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance” (Lk 5:27–32).
Slide 6
“Next to murderers and thieves, tax collectors represent the class that all Jews, even those of low status, would write off as disgraceful, unclean, and irredeemable.”
Diane Chen
Slide 7
27 After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector by the name of Levi sitting at his tax booth. “Follow me,” Jesus said to him, 28 and Levi got up, left everything and followed him. 29 Then Levi held a great banquet for Jesus at his house, and a large crowd of tax collectors and others were eating with them. 30 But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law who belonged to their sect complained to his disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?” 31 Jesus answered them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. 32 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance” (Lk 5:27–32).
Slide 8
1/ Receive the welcome of Jesus
2/ Extend the welcome of Jesus
Slide 9
1/ Receive the welcome of Jesus
Slide 10
1/ Receive the welcome of Jesus
27 After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector by the name of Levi sitting at his tax booth. “Follow me,” Jesus said to him, 28 and Levi got up, left everything and followed him.
Slide 11
2/ Extend the welcome of Jesus
Slide 12
2/ Extend the welcome of Jesus
29 Then Levi held a great banquet for Jesus at his house, and a large crowd of tax collectors and others were eating with them.
Slide 13
“Hospitality involves welcoming, creating space, listening, paying attention, and providing. Meals slow things down. Some of us don’t like that. We like to get things done. But meals force you to be people oriented instead of task oriented.”
T. Chester
PROFESSION OF FAITH
The Apostle’s Creed
ALL
I believe in God, the Father almighty,
creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, God's only Son, our Lord,
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried;
he descended to the dead.
On the third day he rose again;
he ascended into heaven,
he is seated at the right hand of the Father,
and he will come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic Church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting. Amen.
THE LORD’S SUPPER
1 Corinthians 11:23–26
The Lord Jesus, on the night when he was betrayed took bread and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body which is broken for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me."
HYMN
The Lord Is My Salvation
© 2016 Capitol CMG Paragon; Getty Music Publishing; Son of the Lion; Sweater Weather Music CCLI Song # 7119942
The grace of God has reached for me
And pulled me from the raging sea
And I safe in this solid ground
The Lord is my salvation
I will not fear when darkness falls
His strength will help me scale these walls
I’ll see the dawn of the rising son
The Lord is my salvation
Who is like the Lord our God?
Strong to save faithful in Love
My debt is paid and the victory won
The Lord is my salvation
My hope is hidden in the Lord
He flow’rs each promise of his Word
When winter fades I know spring will come
The Lord is my salvation
In times of waiting times of need
When I know loss when I am weak
I know his grace will renew these days
The Lord is my salvation
Who is like the Lord our God?
Strong to save faithful in Love
My debt is paid and the victory won
The Lord is my salvation
And when I reach my final day
He will not leave me in the grave
But I will rise He will call me home
The Lord is my salvation
Who is like the Lord our God?
Strong to save faithful in Love
My debt is paid and the victory won
The Lord is my salvation
Who is like the Lord our God?
Strong to save faithful in Love
My debt is paid and the victory won
The Lord is my salvation
Glory be to God the father
Glory be to God the son
Glory be to God the spirit
The Lord is our salvation
Glory be to God the father
Glory be to God the son
Glory be to God the spirit
The Lord is our salvation
Who is like the Lord our God?
Strong to save faithful in Love
My debt is paid and the victory won
The Lord is our salvation
BENEDICTION
May the Lord of all compassion satisfy you in the morning with his steadfast love, so that you may rejoice and be glad all your days. May the favor of the Lord our God be upon you, and may the work of your hands prosper.
HOPE HAPPENINGS
CARMEN HOUSE SPEAKER SERIES
March 21, 2025 at COHatch Gateway, 6:30–8:00 p.m.
Speaker Dr. Ben Burkholder “Why Does Virtue Still Matter in a Secular Age? Reflections on Aristotle and Aquinas for the 21st Century”
April 18, 2025 @COHatch Gateway, 4:30–5:45 p.m.
Speaker Dylan Crosson “We Call This Friday Good: How have Christians observed Good Friday & why does it matter?”
OSU STUDENT SUNDAY
March 30, 2025
- Cru’s worship band will help lead Hope in worship.
- We’ll hear how God has been at work in the lives of students.
- Free lunch after church for all OSU students.
MY VILLAGE MINISTRIES TRAINING
Hope partners with My Village Ministries (MVM) to come alongside families in crisis, and provides community to help them get to the other side. Training is required for roles that work directly with families and children; the next volunteer training is Saturday, April 26 from 9am-4pm at The Well
Three Creeks in Gahanna. If you have any questions about MVM, joining our team, or upcoming training events, please reach out to Rebekah Robinson (rebekaherobinson@gmail.com) or Rachel Longo (rachel.anne.longo@gmail.com). QR code leads to https://app.aplos.com/aws/events/my_village_training_the_well_three_creeks.
HELP HOPE SHOW THE WELCOME OF JESUS: TWO OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE FOOD
Please consider helping contribute to our fellowship events by providing food.
- Student Sunday—March 30th
- Easter Sunday Brunch—April 20th
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HOLY WEEK
April 13—Palm Sunday Service
April 18—Good Friday Service at Scarlet City
April 20—Easter Sunday Service & Brunch
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