Upcoming Sunday Worship Service

Our Worship Series Theme is: Wounds that Heal

Not all wounds are bad. A skilled surgeon takes a deadly sharp scalpel and cuts through flesh and muscle. The result of that wound: not harm, but healing. In the same way, we often say that words cut us to the heart. Words can wound. Sometimes, however, those painful words provide the very healing we need.

“Jesus went through the towns and villages, teaching as he made his way to Jerusalem” (Luke 13:22). Jesus knows that when he gets to Jerusalem, he is going to die. So, with a sense of extreme urgency, Jesus shares truths we need to hear, even though it hurts to hear them. In this series, we might not like everything that Jesus says. Yet, to ignore what Jesus teaches is to court eternal death. Hard as it may be, let us listen and take all that Jesus says to heart. For while Jesus speaks words that wound us, his intent is to heal our very soul.

Service Focus:

“He’s lost.” We use that not only for someone unsure of location but also for someone in a helpless, hopeless state. Humanity’s natural state is complete spiritual lostness, shown in many ways: the one who wants God to leave him alone, lost; the one who trusts her own strength, lost; the one who sets his own timetable for repentance, lost; the one who thinks God owes her, lost. Physical lostness can put you in bad places. Spiritual lostness puts you in the worst place of all. But Jesus does not leave us there. He seeks us relentlessly, and he involves the Christian community in seeking and rejoicing over the found.

Our worship for this series follows this pattern:

• August 17        God’s Word Divides
• August 24        The Door Is Very Narrow
• August 31        Those Who Exalt Themselves Will Be Humbled
• September 7     Count the Cost
• September 14   The Found are Left; the Lost are Found
• September 21   No One Can Serve Two Masters
• September 28   What Helps in Life Fails in Death

Worship services are held in the sanctuary.

Services are recorded and available on the Our Redeemer YouTube channel.  Check back during the week for service postings or go to the Sermon page for links and access to the day’s sermon audio. Live streaming is currently unavailable but will return in the future.