Worship Gatherings

In striving for our worship gatherings to be Christ-centered, Christ-honoring and Christ-exalting, we plan our Sunday gatherings in a way that represents the Gospel not only in content but in structure as well. Thus, our liturgy (structure of our gathering) is modeled after the Gospel message itself, the patterns of individual worship (Isaiah 6:1-13, Rom 11-15) and corporate worship (Deut 5, 2 Chron 5-7, Rev 4-21) found in the Old and New Testaments, and traditional liturgy of the church. (For more, read "Christ-Centered Worship" by Bryan Chapell).

Here is the outline of Gospel Worship:

• Adoration – God’s character recognized

• Confession – Human character confessed

• Assurance – Grace exhibited and assured

• Thanksgiving – Response of thankful devotion

• Instruction – Instruction for obedience

• Blessing – Promise of covenant blessing

Notice how closely this follows the gospel message itself.

Here then is one example of a typical Sunday morning at Redeemer:

• Scriptural Call to Worship

• Prayer of Praise

• Song of Adoration - "All Creatures of Our God and King"

• Prayer of Confession

• Scriptural Assurance of Pardon

• Song of Assurance - "Before the Throne of God Above"

• Affirmation of Faith - Apostle's Creed

• Passing the Peace

• Prayers of the People (Intercession)

• Song of Thanksgiving - “We Will Feast in the House of Zion"

• Prayer for Illumination

• Sermon Text Reading

• Sermon

• Lord's Supper

• “Here is Love”

• Offering

• Silent Reflection

• Commissioning

• Benediction and Blessing