Sunday Gathering

LORD I’VE GOT THE WORLD UPON MY SHOULDERS

BUT YOU’VE BEEN SAYING CHILD PUT IT DOWN

I PRAYED AND PRAYED THAT YOU WOULD TAKE MY BURDEN

BUT YOU KEEP SAYING CHILD PUT IT DOWN .

MAYBE I’M ADDICTED TO THE WORRY

MAYBE I’M A SLAVE TO HOLDING ON

HELP ME PUT IT DOWN

HELP ME PUT IT DOWN

I’VE HEARD IT SAID THE GOSPEL IS REST

OH HOW I NEED IT

SAY IT AGAIN

‘TIL I BELIEVE IT

OH HOW I NEED IT

OH HOW I NEED IT

LORD YOU TOOK THE WORLD UPON YOUR SHOULDERS

HOW ALL I HAVE TO DO IS PUT IT DOWN

I’M LIVING LIKE SOME WEARY BEAST OF BURDEN

AND YOU KEEP SAYING CHILD PUT IT DOWN

WELL MAYBE I’VE BEEN TRYING TO BE THE HERO

FIGHTING WARS THAT YOU’VE ALREADY WON

HELP ME PUT IT DOWN

HELP ME PUT IT DOWN

OH HOW I NEED THAT PEACE THAT PASSES UNDERSTANDING

HOW I NEED IT

OH HOW I NEED IT

THAT PEACE THAT PASSES UNDERSTANDING

HOW I NEED IT

OH HOW I NEED IT

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Our Call to Worship today are the words of Jesus found in Matthew 11:

“‘Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.’”

Lord, help us enter into worship today humbly ready to lay our burdens at your feet and find rest in you.

Let us continue to worship together.

GOD SENT HIS SON, THEY CALLED HIM JESUS

HE CAME TO LOVE, HEAL AND FORGIVE

HE LIVED AND DIED, TO BUY MY PARDON

AN EMPTY GRAVE IS THERE TO PROVE MY SAVIOR LIVES

BECAUSE HE LIVES, I CAN FACE TOMORROW

BECAUSE HE LIVES, ALL FEAR IS GONE

BECAUSE I KNOW, HE HOLDS THE FUTURE

AND LIFE IS WORTH THE LIVING JUST BECAUSE HE LIVES

AND THEN ONE DAY, I’LL CROSS THAT RIVER

I’LL FIGHT LIFE’S FINAL WAR WITH PAIN

AND THEN AS DEATH GIVES WAY TO VICTORY

I’LL SEE THE LIGHT OF GLORY AND I’LL KNOW THAT HE LIVES

BECAUSE HE LIVES, I CAN FACE TOMORROW

BECAUSE HE LIVES, ALL FEAR IS GONE

BECAUSE I KNOW, HE HOLDS THE FUTURE

AND LIFE IS WORTH THE LIVING JUST BECAUSE HE LIVES

BECAUSE HE LIVES, I CAN FACE TOMORROW

BECAUSE HE LIVES, ALL FEAR IS GONE

BECAUSE I KNOW, HE HOLDS THE FUTURE

AND LIFE IS WORTH THE LIVING JUST BECAUSE HE LIVES

BECAUSE HE LIVES, I CAN FACE TOMORROW

BECAUSE HE LIVES, ALL FEAR IS GONE

BECAUSE I KNOW, HE HOLDS THE FUTURE

AND LIFE IS WORTH THE LIVING JUST BECAUSE HE LIVES

OH THAT RUGGED CROSS

THE SELFLESS PAIN HE BORE

HE BREATHED HIS FINAL BREATH

THAT I WOULD BE RESTORED

BY HIS BODY THAT WAS BROKEN

PRECIOUS BLOOD FREELY SHED

THE SPOTLESS LAMB OF HEAVEN

HAS FOREVER CONQUERED DEATH

JESUS IS MY HEALER

HE’S EVERYTHING I NEED

HE ALONE HAS TRIUMPHED OVER SICKNESS AND DISEASE

FEAR WHERE IS YOUR POWER

THE CROSS IS YOUR DEFEAT

JESUS IS MY HEALER

HE HAS WON THE VICTORY

OH HOW GREAT A LOVE

I’M HELD BY PERFECT PEACE

HE WALKS WITH ME THROUGH VALLEYS

UNDERSTANDS MY SUFFERING

EVERY JOY AND EVERY SORROW

EVERY TRIUMPH, EVERY LOSS

I KNOW EVERYTHING IS COVERED

BY THE SHADOW OF THE CROSS

EVERYTHING BOWS AT HIS NAME

EVERYTHING BOWS AT HIS NAME

SICKNESS, DARKNESS, CHAINS

BREAK AT THE NAME OF JESUS

Confession:

Holy God we humbly confess that we have refashioned you into our image. Our fears have taken us captive. We have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. We have not loved you with our whole selves. Forgive our idolatry, see our shame, and have mercy on us.

Assurance of salvation:

The Lord is compassionate and gracious,

Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness.

He will not always strive with us,

Nor will He keep His anger forever.

He has not dealt with us according to our sins,

Nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.

For as high as the heavens are above the earth,

So great is His lovingkindness toward those who fear Him.

As far as the east is from the west,

So far has He removed our transgressions from us.

Please take this time to greet one another. This will also be when Gateway Kids are dismissed on weeks they have class.

Songwriters Night - May 5th - This time participants will be sharing the songs they have been working on and all are invited to come listen! Please rsvp online.

Board Candidate Matt Crummy - Part of formally announcing Matt as a candidate is submitting his character to you. If there is something that would bar Matt from upholding this position in our community, please email us at info@thegatewaychurch.com

Child Dedication - May 12th - if you are interested in participating please talk to Dominic or Kate (email info@thegatewaychurch.com)

Holy Father, there is nothing I have that You have not given me.
All I have and am belong to You, bought with the blood of Jesus.
To spend everything on myself, and to give without sacrifice,
is the way of the world that You cannot abide.

But generosity is the way of those who call Christ their Lord;
who love Him with free hearts and serve Him with renewed minds.
Who withstand the delusion of riches that chokes the word;
Whose hearts are in your kingdom and not in the systems of the world.

I am determined to increase in generosity until it can be said that there is no needy person among us.
I am determined to be trustworthy with such a little thing as money that You may trust me with true riches.

Above all, I am determined to be generous because You, Father, are generous.
It is the delight of Your daughters and sons to share Your traits, and to show what You are like to all the world.

“14 What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save them? 15 Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food. 16 If one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it? 17 In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.”

—James 2:14–17

“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast.”

—Ephesians 2:8-9

“Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.”

—Hebrews 11:1

31 Then he went down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and on the Sabbath he taught the people. 32 They were amazed at his teaching, because his words had authority.

33 In the synagogue there was a man possessed by a demon, an impure spirit. He cried out at the top of his voice, 34 “Go away! What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God!”

–Luke 4:31-34

40 At sunset, the people brought to Jesus all who had various kinds of sickness, and laying his hands on each one, he healed them. 41 Moreover, demons came out of many people, shouting, “You are the Son of God!” But he rebuked them and would not allow them to speak, because they knew he was the Messiah.”

–Luke 4:40-41

“He shouted at the top of his voice, “What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? In God’s name don’t torture me!”

—Mark 5:7

14 What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save them? 15 Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food. 16 If one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it? 17 In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.

—James 2:14–17

“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast.”

—Ephesians 2:8-9

“When Jesus had finished saying all this to the people who were listening, he entered Capernaum. There a centurion’s servant, whom his master valued highly, was sick and about to die. The centurion heard of Jesus and sent some elders of the Jews to him, asking him to come and heal his servant. When they came to Jesus, they pleaded earnestly with him, “This man deserves to have you do this, because he loves our nation and has built our synagogue.” So Jesus went with them.

He was not far from the house when the centurion sent friends to say to him: “Lord, don’t trouble yourself, for I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. That is why I did not even consider myself worthy to come to you. But say the word, and my servant will be healed. For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and that one, ‘Come,’ and he comes. I say to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”

When Jesus heard this, he was amazed at him, and turning to the crowd following him, he said, “I tell you, I have not found such great faith even in Israel.” Then the men who had been sent returned to the house and found the servant well.

—Luke 7:1-10

“Jesus left there and went to his hometown, accompanied by his disciples. When the Sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were amazed.

“Where did this man get these things?” they asked. “What’s this wisdom that has been given him? What are these remarkable miracles he is performing? Isn’t this the carpenter? Isn’t this Mary’s son and the brother of James, Joseph Judas and Simon? Aren’t his sisters here with us?” And they took offense at him.

Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his own town, among his relatives and in his own home.” He could not do any miracles there, except lay his hands on a few sick people and heal them. He was amazed at their lack of faith.”

Mark 6:1-6A

GOD AND FATHER, GREAT AND HOLY, FEARING NOT, WE COME TO THEE

FEARING NOT, THOUGH WEAK AND LOWLY FOR YOUR LOVE HAS SET US FREE

AND BY THE BLUE SKY BENDING OVER, BY THE GREEN EARTH'S FLOWERY HOME

TEACH US, LORD, THE ANGEL CHORUS: YOU ARE LOVE AND LOVE ALONE

YOU ARE LOVE AND LOVE ALONE

YOU ARE LOVE AND LOVE ALONE

YOU ARE LOVE AND LOVE ALONE, YOU ARE

THOUGH THE WORLDS IN FLAME SHOULD PERISH, SUN AND STARS IN RUIN FALL

TRUST IN THEE OUR HEARTS SHOULD CHERISH, O LORD, BE OUR ALL IN ALL

WITH YOUR NAME THE HEAVENS PRAISING, ANGELS HYMN NO SWEETER TONE

THAN THE SONGS OUR HEARTS ARE RAISING: YOU ARE LOVE AND LOVE ALONE

YOU ARE LOVE AND LOVE ALONE

YOU ARE LOVE AND LOVE ALONE

YOU ARE LOVE AND LOVE ALONE

YOU ARE LOVE AND LOVE ALONE, YOU ARE

HOW PERFECTLY OUR HEARTS ARE MADE FOR LOVE

HOW PERFECTLY OUR HEARTS ARE MADE FOR LOVE

JUST A CLOSER WALK WITH THEE

GRANT IT JESUS IS MY PLEA

DAILY WALKING CLOSE TO THEE

LET IT BE DEAR LORD LET IT BE

I AM WEAK BUT THOU ART STRONG

JESUS KEEP ME FROM ALL WRONG

I’LL BE SATISFIED AS LONG

AS I WALK LET ME WALK CLOSE TO THEE

THROUGH THIS WORLD OF TOIL AND SNARES

IF I FALTER LORD WHO CARES

WHO WITH ME MY BURDEN SHARES

NONE BUT THEE DEAR LORD NONE BUT THEE

WHEN MY FEEBLE LIFE IS O’ER

TIME FOR ME WILL BE NO MORE

GUIDE ME GENTLY SAFELY O’ER

TO THY KINGDOM SHORE TO THY SHORE

Communion (including gluten-free option) is available in the baskets to your left or at the coffee table

Go with confidence into the days ahead,

trusting in God’s unfailing love and faithfulness.

God will not abandon you,

for you are the work of His hands—His own creation—

and His love endures forever.

So go in joy to love and serve the Lord!