Worship In The Park

June 3, 2007 9:00am

Thank You for sharing this time of worship with us. We're glad you're here! Do come again! If you do not have a local church home, we invite you to make your home with us. You will find Christian love, opportunities for spiritual growth, warm friendships, and an appreciation of being part of God’s family.

Please Don’t Rush Off After The Worship Service. Stay for a picnic and some great fun. Then take a trip through the conservatory. Enjoy all the animals in the zoo. And don’t forget the rides in Como Town. Top off your afternoon with a ride on the carousel.

We Gather To Worship The Lord

Words of Welcome and Introductions

Invocation and Prayer

Song by the Children “This Is The Day!”

Accountability Before God

Pastor: If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. (1John 1:8-9)

People: Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. (Psalm 139:23-24)

Pastor: My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have One who speaks to the Father in our defense—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world. (1John 2:1-2)

People: Lord, I do not claim to be without sin. Thank You for taking all my sins upon Yourself when You died on the cross. Thank You that You have purified me from all my sins. In the life You place before me from day to day, I desire to express my gratitude to You for Your forgiveness and for all that You do for me. Amen.

Hymn of Gratitude (Sing)

Praise God from Whom all blessings flow; Praise Him all creatures here below;

Praise Him above, ye heav’nly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.

Psalm 96 (Read responsively)

Pastor: Sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth.

People: Sing to the Lord, praise His name; proclaim His salvation day after day.

Pastor: Declare His glory among the nations, His marvelous deeds among all peoples.

People: For great is the Lord and most worthy of praise; He is to be feared above all gods.

Pastor: For all the gods of the nations are idols, but the Lord made the heavens.

People: Splendor and majesty are before Him; strength and glory are in His sanctuary.

Pastor: Ascribe to the Lord, O families of nations, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.

People: Ascribe to the Lord the glory due His name; bring an offering and come into His courts.

Pastor: Worship the Lord in the splendor of His holiness; tremble before Him, all the earth.

People: Say among the nations, "The Lord reigns." The world is firmly established, it cannot be moved; He will judge the peoples with equity.

Pastor: Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad; let the sea resound, and all that is in it;

People: let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them.

Pastor: Then all the trees of the forest will sing for joy;

People: they will sing before the Lord, for He comes, He comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in His truth.

The Messsage in Word and Song Mr Chris Driesbach, New Orleans, LA

(Chris will sing the following original songs during his message

though not necessarily in this order.)

Glory Glory, Hallelujah

CHORUS

(lead) (choir)

Glory glory glory glory

Hallelujah hallelujah

As I lay my burden down

My burden down my burden down

Glory glory glory glory

Hallelujah hallelujah

As I lay lay my burden down

My burden down lay my burden down

VERSE 1

I’m goin’ home glory glory

To be with Jesus hallelujah

As I lay my burden down

My burden down my burden down

I’m goin’ home glory glory

To be with Jesus hallelujah

As I lay lay my burden down

My burden down lay my burden down

CHORUS

VERSE 2

Friends don’t treat me glory glory

Like they used to hallelujah

As I lay lay my burden down

My burden down lay my burden down

Friends don’t treat me glory glory

Like they used to hallelujah

As I lay lay my burden down

My burden down lay my burden down

CHORUS

I Love My Church

My car drives there every Sunday I sit there in a pew

I play the organ too

Sometimes teach Sunday School

And it’s a good thing that the ladies Help me teach ‘em too

Cause I don’t know what to do

With a little girl that’s two

After that we start the service Pastor says in Jesus’ name

Every Sunday just the same

And then we welcome visitors And get up and walk around

Fill the church with sound And we sing:

Won’t you greet somebody in Jesus’ name?

Won’t you tell them that you love them in Jesus’ name?

Tell them we can work together in Jesus’ name.

Everybody smile, Jesus loves you!

Then we all confess we’re sinners and we’re lost

Pastor says we’re forgiven by the cross

And every other Sunday we take the wafer and the wine

Jesus body and his blood

With the bread and wine combined

And we sing:

Just as I am, without one plea

But that thy blood was shed for me

And that thou biddest me come to thee

Oh Lamb of God I come, I come.

You can see we’re far from perfect sometimes the lawn’s not mowed at all

Fountain’s broken down the hall

Out of paper in one stall

My pastor lets his hair grow a little I think his wife likes it that way

Partly blond but mostly gray

Gettin’ thinner by the day

And he loves to preach and teach Christ crucified

My sins are the reason that he died

God raised him on the third day

And I can surely say I’ll be there in his arms on Judgement Day

Nothing in my hand I bring Simply to the cross I cling

Naked, turn to thee for dress Humbly look to thee for grace

Foul, I to the fountain fly Wash me Saviour or I die.

Yep I’m goin’ to heaven when I die Been freely justified

These are the reasons why ---------

I love my church.

New Orleans

Throwin’ stuff in boxes, big one’s comin’ - we gotta’ go

In the middle of the night, in the middle of contra-flow

Enough gas to get to Jackson, and then the guilty sun arose

What will become of me and my town, now nobody knows

Went up to Alabama - tried to watch it on TV

I couldn’t stand just sittin’ there, so I had to leave

Went back down to Baton Rouge, stayed with some folks there I know

I’d never known before what it’s like to be without a home

New Orleans, New Orleans – just look what God has done

I guess your lucky streak ran out, I guess your time had come

New Orleans, New Orleans – I must have loved you after all

I cried when I saw water flowin’ down the street we call Canal

Oh God the water’s pourin’ in – who can help us now?

Folks are drowning, people crying, nothin’ to do no-how

Wadin’ in the water, no way to get away

Saw a man carryin’ his mamma, the water to his waist

Well, I opened up the church doors when the water had gone down

The smell, the muck, the bibles and the pews all thrown around

Jesus’ flag was in the mud, the walls were moldy and brown

The piano was tipped over, nobody can worship here now

New Orleans, New Orleans – your children are scattered and gone

Some of them got nothin’ left – some of them can’t come home

When will the tears stop fallin’ – what has happened to us all?

When we remember water flowin’ down the street we call Canal

Used to be folks all over here, now there’s nobody around

Walls are missin’ trees are down, everything on the ground

Hearts and houses gutted, in ruins all over town

Little trailers poppin’ up like mushrooms after the rain’s done fallin’ down

New Orleans, New Orleans – We’ll patch you up somehow

Give you back your streetcars, put back up your palms

Give you back your Mardi Gras, your restaurants and all

But we can’t forget water flowin’ down the street that’s called Canal

(end) We can’t forget water flowin’ down the street they call Canal

It’s like kickin’ a drunk old lady after she falls down

She’s tattered and she’s torn, but still it seems so wrong

Little brothers from Mexico come here to work so hard

Up on the roof out in the sun, cuttin’ trees out from the yard

Diversity

I go to church with all kinds of people They’re all so different from me

A bunch of folks with all kinds of problems, Like autism and bankruptcy

Bad feet, Alzeimers, too fat, too poor Divorced, alcoholic, about to die

Well I know the Lord put us all here together But sometimes I wonder why

(Maybe we’re like his little pet collection of personality disorders or somethin’)

Then I thought about the crew that the Lord picked out, Now, there’s a varied bunch!

You got fishermen, a tax collector, a zealot and a thief Imagine them all having lunch!

There’s the Sons of Thunder, doubting Thomas And Andrew who didn’t say very much

‘Course his brother Pete did enough talkin’ for two, I mean that guy was a little touched

(Always running his mouth without fully engaging his brain)

St Peter was kinda’ like a tidal wave, Made a devastating first impression

He was always ready to jump up and take charge The epitome of indiscretion

I mean he’s cuttin’ off folks’ ears, tryin’ to walk on the water, wanted to build Moses a hut

You always knew he’d have something to say Problem is, you never knew what

(It’s like he woke up fishing on the wrong side of the boat every morning or something)

H You could call us all disciples, followers of Jesus Christ

O Limping along, the halt and the lame, the naughty and the nice

R All so very different, but God’s family anyway

U We’ll all be singing around the throne on that happy day.

And then there’s Simon, the zealot man, Member of the Jewish underground

Today he’d be in the citizen’s militia Wearin’ fatigues and struttin’ around

He was conspiring to overthrow the Romans and swing his sword with a clang

I wonder what the Lord was thinking When he put old Simon in the gang

Now Matthew’s plan was just the opposite, he totally sold out

Collecting taxes, hated by the Jews – money was all he was about

But Jesus knew what he was doing when he said, “Matthew follow me.”
Made him part of that special twelve it’s called diversity.

CHORUS

Now we come to John, who Jesus loved I wonder if he was bi-polar

I mean there he is leaning on Jesus’ bosom like he’s nappin’ in a field of clover

But he’s also got a temper, he’s a Son of Thunder; anytime he’s liable to blow

But Jesus knew him before he was born, just like I am known

(And then the spirit picked a wild guy like him to write the very last words of the bible)

Now there’s a kind of a guy that spoils every party, the one that doubts everything

Not gonna’ buy it unless he’s shown, he was even skeptical of the king

Tell Thomas something and he’ll say “prove it,” or else I won’t believe

But Jesus brought him into the family too add to the diversity

Well, like I said, we’re all a little different, us folks that love the Lord

But together we form the body of Christ, like it says there in the word

Like the twelve disciples we all got our wrinkles, stuff makes us unique

Well, we might be a mess, but we’re the mess he loves, and I’m glad you’re here with me.

Y’all come back now, hear?

What If You Had A Father

I know you You’re all alone in this old life

No family to call on They’ve fallen away Given up without a fight

So many problems and troubles and no-one seems to care

They turn away from you I tell you brother, I’ve been there

The promises and dreams have blown away like leaves in a storm

If there was just someplace to go Just a friend, a place to feel warm

I want to tell you to show you a picture in your mind

Listen to the words and imagine that you’re not at the end of the line

What if you had a father who loved you more than you can imagine

Who made you and knows you in all of your being and if you had a

Brother who was perfect and did what you could not do

He died just to save you from your sin and your evil I know you’re

Drowning in sorrow and broken and frightened and

Trying so hard to just hold on to something what if you had a

Father who loved you and a brother who saved you and a

Spirit of comfort who wrote you a letter of love

This is my way of telling what Jesus has done for me

And he‘s done it for you

Maybe I’m wrong but I think I know what it’s like

To be lost and alone in a world that’s uncaring so

Just close your eyes now and try to imagine

To see past the darkness to the Lord as he calls you to your

Father who loves you and a brother who saved you and a

Spirit of comfort who wrote you a letter like a

Sheep with no shepherd you’ve wandered but now he’s

Calling so softly

He’s calling so softly

and wants you to come to him now.

Builders for Christ

I’m a Builder – a Builder for Christ

Building a church, building it right

Cuttin’ once, measurin’ twice

Get ‘er done, get it right, Builders for Christ

We get up in the morning, pray and read the Word

Have breakfast and coffee, get our tools and get to work

The boss is a Jewish carpenter who worked a mighty plan

If the Lord builds the house, you know that house will stand

A buncha’ good old guys in tool belts workin’ with our hands

Buildin’ in the Kingdom all across this land

The Lord can use your labor no matter what your skill

We don’t preach, we don’t teach, but we sure enough can build

Talkin’ ‘bout Builders – Builders for Christ

Building a church, building it right

Cuttin’ once, measurin’ twice

Get ‘er done, get it right, Builders for Christ

The word of God is the foundation we build on with our tools

On this rock we’re building churches, on this rock we’re building schools

With our wives and our friends, painting walls and hanging doors

We are more blessed than the folks we’re building for

You been driving all day, rig is covered with mud and bugs

You pull in a Builders’ camp you’re gonna’ get a builders’ hug

The hardest work you’ll ever love, hardest day is when you go

We never say goodbye, we say “see you down the road.”

I’m a builder – a builder for Christ,

Building a church, Building it right

Cuttin’ once, measurin’ twice

get ‘er done, get it right, Builders for Christ

Why Don’t You Come?

People are always askin’ what is life and who am I?

Big questions like what is truth, what really happens when I die?

Well, we celebrate the questions - and the answers, too

And I’ve got a little question of my own to ask of you

And I really want to know -

(CHORUS)

Why don’t you come? Why don’t you come?

We’re celebratin’ life and singin’ about truth

Everything else is something worse to do

Compared to Christian freedom and perfect love, too –

I’m comin’- why don’t you? Why don’t you?

So many other things we do - are just a waste of time

Worryin’ about this, fearful of that, angry about my place in line

Always runnin’ here and there and never getting through

You might be someone just wastin’ your precious time, too

I’ve got a better idea for you (CHORUS)

The bible is always new, evergreen, evermore

It’s always fresh and topical, the very words of the Lord

It’s like this is the church of what is happenin’ right now

Every thing that’s goin’ on - Everything in my life somehow

It’s not a mystery, not pretend, it’s real (CHORUS)

The forgiveness to be found in life is always temporary and attached to strings

The forgiveness Jesus won for us doesn’t end – doesn’t depend on anything

It’s a true new beginning – it’s real and works right away

You might be someone needin’ some forgiveness for somethin’ today

It’s like you can start your life over right away – (CHORUS)

My earthly family may be near or they might be far away

But I’m united with my spiritual brothers and sisters in every way

Based not on what I am, but what Jesus made of me

You might be someone in a crowded room as lonely as can be

It’s a lot like finally comin’ home – (CHORUS)

ALIVE

Alive! The King is alive!

They thought he was just the carpenter’s son A little bit crazy

Sure he did some miracles His lady friends were racey

Oh – but look! The scars on his hands The spear hole in his side

His stripes have healed us one for all For us he bled and died

Alive! The King is alive!

They whipped him beat him cut his head Made him carry the cross

They drove the nails into his flesh It looked like he was lost

But now he joins us on the road As we’re walking to Emmaus

Our hearts burn as he talks to us We break bread and see his face

Alive! The King is alive!

Alive! The King is alive

Then one aMAZE ing day he went away Rose higher than we could see

His father’s house has many rooms One’s prepared for me

Now we remember what he said To love one another

Take his word around the world Baptize all our brothers

Alive! The King is alive!

Alive! The King is alive

Come to him when you’re weary He will give you rest

His heart is humble – learn from him You will be blessed

Where ever two or more of you Are gathered, he’ll be with you

To the end of the age With the Holy Spirit too

Alive! The King is alive!

Alive! The King is alive

Sing Me Home

(Verse 1)

There’s a little church by a quiet canal

I’ve been in the choir for many years now

I’ve come to love them all, and I know they love me

Singing songs of praise in joyful harmony

(Chorus)

Sing me home

Every man will meet God alone

Your voices bring peace to my soul

Please sing me home

(Verse 2)

I haven’t been a man of fortune or fame

I’ve made so many mistakes along the way

Over this broken, shipwrecked life

The Lamb of God has spread his holy robe of white

(Chorus)

(Verse 3)

When I’m singing with angels around the throne

Will I remember my little church home

And these brothers and sisters singing for me

“Just As I Am, Without One Plea”

(Chorus)

(Last Chorus)

I’m on my way

Going to a better place

Carried on your voices, raised to the sky

Until I wear the precious Crown of Life

(End)

Carried on your voices, raised to the sky

Until I wear the precious Crown of Life

Sweet Forgiveness

Sweet forgiveness - oh the sound is so sweet

How could you love the unlovable – how could you love me

How do you help someone who doesn’t want you

Why reach for one who doesn’t believe

How could you love your enemies How could you die to set me free

How sweet sound the words our God says when he forgives

Changes the way you think about things, changes the way you live

Sinner, are you tired of bearing your burdens

Carryin’ the guilt and shame all alone

Sinner aren’t you tired of crying, sinner don’t you want to come home

Abandoned, uncertain and empty, torn away from the source of your life

Tryin’ to look so good when everything is so bad

Tryin’ to make the wrong be right

Come to the Word and the water, be washed and be made clean

Come to the Word that says you’re forgiven, to the Word that sets you free

They struck and they spit at Jesus, and all the while he was thinking of me

He was bloody and broken and dirty so I could walk away clean

Oh the freedom and the comfort of finally coming home

To know the depths of his forgiveness, to know the struggle is done

Come ye weary, heavy-laden – come to his faithfulness

Come to the gentle shepherd - oh come to Jesus’ rest

Sweet forgiveness - oh the sound is so sweet

How could you love the unlovable – how could you love me

Gathering of the Offering

In My Father’s House

In my Father’s house there are many rooms

If it were not so I would have told you

If I go there to prepare for you

If I prepare a place for you

Then I will come back and take you with me

So you may be where I am going

You know the way to the place

You know the way to where I’m going

I am the way, the truth, the life

The way to the Father is through me

If you knew me, you would know him

From now on, you know and see him

Don’t you know me, I have been with you

I’ve been among you now for a long time

Don’t you believe that I’m in the Father

Don’t you believe that the Father’s in me?

The words I say are not just my own

The Father works and lives in me

Believe when I say I am in him

When I say the Father’s in me

You’ve seen me do the miracles

At least believe what they tell you

Have faith in me and do what I have done

Ask in my name and I will do it

If you love me you will obey

You will obey what I command you

I will ask the Father to give to you

The spirit of truth forever

Before too long the world won’t see me

They will not see, but you will see me

On that day you’ll know I’m in the Father

That I am in you and you are in me

If you have my commands and you obey them

Then you are the one who truly loves me

If you love me the Father loves you

You will see me and I will love you

Prayer, Lord’s Prayer, and Benediction

We Will Stand

Verse 1

Sometimes it’s hard for me to understand

Why we pull away from each other so easily

Even though we’re walkin’ on the same road

We build dividing walls between my brothers and ourselves

But I, I don’t care

What label you may wear

If you believe in Jesus you belong with me

The bond we share is all I care to see

We can change this world forever if you will join with me

Join and sing:

CHORUS

You’re my brother you’re my sister

So take me by the hand

Together we will work until He comes

There’s no foe that can defeat us

When we’re walkin’ side by side

As long as there is love, we will stand

Verse 2

I know the day will come

When we will all be as one

With one mighty voice together we will proclaim

Jesus, Jesus is King

It’s gonna’ echo through the whole world

It’s gonna’ shake the nations and

The whole world will see

That you’re my brother

CHORUS

As long as there is love, we will stand.

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