Worship this Sunday, February 26

Hi all--looking forward to our worship together this Sunday.

The theme of the service is forgiveness and restoration--most of what we will do and say will focus around these important themes. I'll be preaching from Mark 2:1-12, the story of Jesus healing a paralytic. Our hymns will be "O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing," "Love Divine, All Loves Excelling" and "The Steadfast Love of the Lord Never Ceases." The first two are written by Charles Wesley, one of the three most important hymnwriters in hymnody still sung today. Read through and see how many allusions to Scripture there are, how well Wesley knows and lives his Bible. We should long to have Scripture written on our heart so clearly! The last song is a more modern song reminding us of the never-failing love of God.

Take some time and memorize or meditate on the Scripture for this Sunday, as well as writing the songs on your heart. You'll be surprised at how much more the service means to you when you know what's coming ahead of time!

God be with you all today.