Understand our worship

Worship…is God's gift to His people. He comes to us in His Word and gives us forgiveness, peace, wisdom and strength to live.

 

At Resurrection Lutheran Church, our worship is Liturgical, as we use the time-honored liturgy of the Church, similar to that used in a Roman Catholic tradition. Our worship is ordered around God's Word and the Sacraments of Baptism and the Lord's Supper.

 

Through our worship we seek to motivate and equip all people for service in Jesus' name, and to boldly make Christ known throughout our community and the world. We strive to make our worship relevant and challenging, visitor-friendly, dignified but not stiff.

 

For more about Worship, read our booklet, Worship Gives Life to Your Life.

 

 

 

A Typical Order of Sunday Worship

at Resurrection Lutheran Church

 

 

Welcoming Hymn: God's people sing His praises as the worship begins.

 

Invocation: God gives us his presence and Name - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

 

Service of the Word

 

Confession and Absolution: We confess our sins and receive God's forgiveness.

 

Kyrie (Lord, Have Mercy): We pray for God's mercy.

 

Hymn of Praise: God has given us the Savior, whom we receive and respond to with praise.

 

The Lessons: God speaks to us through His Word from the Old Testament, New Testament, and Gospels.

 

            The Choir Anthem, Children's Message & Deacon's Moment,

            & occasional skit, each highlight aspects of God's Word as

            they relate to the theme of the day.

 

Sermon: God's Word and the Good News of Jesus are taught and personally applied to our lives.

 

Hymn of the Day: We respond in song to the preaching of the Gospel.

 

Creed: We confess the truth of who God is and what He does for us.

 

Prayers of the Church: We pray for the needs of the world & our country, the church at large and the local church, and the specific needs of God's people.

 

Service of the Sacrament

 

Offering:  We return a portion of the gifts God has given us.

 

Agnus Dei (Lamb of God): We appeal to Christ as the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.

 

Holy Communion: God gives us the Body and Blood of Jesus in the bread and wine.

 

Benediction: We receive God's blessing.

 

Sending Hymn: Refreshed through Word and Sacrament, we leave worship singing, ready to serve Him in the world.