Sunday Service

To be read in solitude or as a collective

Silent God,

There are seasons when your silence feels like a cruel act of abandonment. We mistakenly equate nearness with noise. Show us a different kind of divine intimacy. A silence born not of neglect, but of safety and rest. In a world that weaponizes silence against the vulnerable, it is difficult to believe in its virtue.

This Advent, allow us to ask the question of whose voice is being centered and whose is missing. Let those whose voices historically have taken up far too much space fall quiet in this season, in a silence of solidarity. Grant the marginalized the agency to choose their silences not a forced silencing but a sacred rest and defiance in a world whose noise does not relent.

If we're silent, let it be the quiet of Mary who kept her story close, allowing a small but sacred number to bear witness to her cosmic unfolding. If we're silent, let it be the silence of the womb, a warmth we can finally rest in.

Amen.

Breathe

INHALE: The world grows loud.

EXHALE: I can rest in this silence.

INHALE: I can pause and listen.

EXHALE: Silence is a portal.

INHALE: Yah

EXHALE: Weh

Glory to the one who comes in flesh for all flesh.

Amen.

Indescribable

From the highest of heights to the depths of the sea
Creations revealing Your majesty
From the colors of fall to the fragrance of spring
Every creature unique in the song that it sings
All exclaiming

Indescribable, uncontainable
You placed the stars in the sky
And You know them by name
You are amazing, God

All powerful, untameable
Awestruck, we fall to our knees
As we humbly proclaim
You are amazing, God

Who has told every lightning bolt where it should go?
Or seen heavenly storehouses laden with snow
Who imagined the sun and gives source to its light?
Yet, conceals it to bring us the coolness of night
None can fathom

Indescribable, uncontainable
You placed the stars in the sky
And You know them by name
You are amazing, God

All powerful, untameable
Awestruck, we fall to our knees
As we humbly proclaim
You are amazing, God

You are amazing, God

Indescribable, uncontainable
You placed the stars in the sky
And You know them by name
You are amazing, God

All powerful, untameable
Awestruck, we fall to our knees
As we humbly proclaim
You are amazing, God

Indescribable, uncontainable
You placed the stars in the sky
And You know them by name
You are amazing, God

Incomparable, unchangeable
You see the depths of my heart
And You love me the same
You are amazing, God
You are amazing, God

Source: Musixmatch

Songwriters: Laura Mixon Story

Indescribable lyrics © Laura Stories, Worshiptogether.com Songs, Sixsteps Music

Great Are You Lord

You give life, You are love
You bring light to the darkness
You give hope, You restore every heart that is broken
And great are You, Lord

It's Your breath in our lungs
So we pour out our praise, we pour out our praise
It's Your breath in our lungs
So we pour out our praise to You only

You give life, You are love
You bring light to the darkness
You give hope, You restore (You restore)
Every heart that is broken
And great are You, Lord

It's Your breath in our lungs
So we pour out our praise, we pour out our praise
It's Your breath in our lungs
So we pour out our praise to You only

All the earth will shout Your praise
Our hearts will cry, these bones will sing
Great are You, Lord
All the earth will shout Your praise
Our hearts will cry, these bones will sing
Great are You, Lord

All the earth will shout Your praise
Our hearts will cry, these bones will say
Great are You, Lord

It's Your breath in our lungs
So we pour out our praise, we pour out our praise
It's Your breath in our lungs
So we pour out our praise to You only

Source: Musixmatch

Songwriters: Jason Ingram / David Leonard / Leslie Jordan

Great Are You Lord lyrics © So Essential Tunes, Integrity's Praise! Music, Integrity's Alleluia! Music, Little Way Creative

Came to My Rescue

Falling on my knees in worship
Giving all I am to seek Your face
Lord, all I am is Yours

My whole life I place in Your hands
God of Mercy humbled I bow down
In Your presence at Your throne

I called, You answered
And You came to my rescue
And I wanna be where You are

My whole life I place in Your hands
God of Mercy, humbled I bow down
In Your presence at Your throne

And I called, You answered
And You came to my rescue
And I wanna be where You are

In my life be lifted high
In our world be lifted high
In our love be lifted high
(High Lord, High Lord)

In my life be lifted high
In our world be lifted high
In our love be lifted high (yea, higher)

In my life be lifted high
In our world be lifted high
In our love be lifted high

I called, You answered
And You came to my rescue
And I wanna be where You are

Source: Musixmatch

Songwriters: Antonio Romero / Joel Davies / Martin W. Sampson / Tania Braun / Dylan George Thomas

Came to My Rescue lyrics © Hillsong Music Publishing Australia, Hillsong Mp Music

Peace | Shaloam

Shalom is not just the absence of conflict, it is the presence of peace in all things.

A Vision of Peace for a Broken World

Shalom is what God declared.

Shalom is what the Kingdom of God looks like.

Shalom is when all people have enough.

It’s when families are healed.

It’s when churches, schools, and public policies protect human dignity.

Shalom is when the image of God is recognized, protected and cultivated in every single human.

Shalom is our calling as followers of Jesus’s gospel. It is the vision God set forth in the Garden and the restoration God desires for every broken relationship.

Shalom is what our souls long for.

Shalom is the “very good” in the gospel.

What can we do to build shalom in our own lives, in our communities, and between nations?

Give Us Clean Hands

We bow our hearts
We bend our knees
Oh, Spirit come make us humble
We turn our eyes
From evil things
Oh, Lord we cast down our idols

So give us clean hands
And give us pure hearts
Let us not lift our souls to another
And give us clean hands
And give us pure hearts
Let us not lift our souls to another

Oh, God let us be
A generation that seeks
Who seeks Your face, oh, God of Jacob
Oh, God let us be
A generation that seeks
Who seeks Your face, oh, God of Jacob

We bow our hearts
We bend our knees
Oh, Spirit come make us humble
(We turn our eyes)
We turn our eyes
From evil things
Oh, Lord we cast down our idols

So give us clean hands
And give us pure hearts
Let us not lift our souls to another
Give us clean hands, oh, God
And give us pure hearts
Let us not lift our souls to another

Oh, God let us be
A generation that seeks
Who seeks Your face, oh, God of Jacob
Oh, God let us be
A generation that seeks
Who seeks Your face, oh, God of Jacob
Oh, God of Jacob

So give us clean hands
And give us pure hearts
Let us not lift our souls to another
Oh, give us clean hands, oh, God
And give us pure hearts
Let us not lift our souls to another

Oh, God let us be
A generation that seeks
Who seeks Your face, oh, God of Jacob
Oh, God let us be
A generation that seeks
Who seeks Your face, oh, God of Jacob
Oh, God of Jacob
Oh, God of Jacob

Just stretch our hands to God and ask Him that
Give us clean hands
And give us pure hearts
Let us not lift our souls to another
Give us clean hands, oh, God
And give us pure hearts
Let us not lift our souls to another

Oh, God let us be
A generation that seeks
Who seeks Your face, oh, God of Jacob
Oh, God let us be
A generation that seeks
Who seeks Your face, oh, God of Jacob

Oh, God of Jacob
The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob
And you are the only one and true God

Source: Musixmatch

Songwriters: Charlie Hall