Hope Worship – September 17, 2023

God blesses each person with gifts by which we can be a blessing to the body of Christ. Trusting in the grace of God, we resist the temptation to either to deny our gifts or to overemphasize them at the expense and to the exclusion of the gifts of others – rather, we “think so as to have sound judgment,” acknowledging both the gifts that God has given us and the gifts that God has given others. We rejoice in serving with our gifts, and we praise God for His gifts at work in the lives of our brothers and sisters. Today’s message is “Everyone Is a Gift with Gifts” (Romans 12:3-8), the second message in our five-part series called “Gifted for More.”

8:00 Traditional Service

10:27 Contemporary Service

Scripture quotations are taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE ®, Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1995, 2020 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission.

Liturgical portions in our 8:00 service are from Lutheran Service Book Divine Service Setting 4. Used by permission. LSB Liturgy License #000012403.

“Light of Light, O Sole-Begotten,” text © 1992 Stephen P. Starke; admin Concordia Publishing House. Used by permission. LSB Hymn License #100012403.

All music in our Contemporary Service is performed under Hope’s CCLI Copyright License 2956118 and CCLI Streaming Plus License 21360672.