Welcome, we’re glad you’re here. Our vision echoes the Lord’s prayer: may it be “in the South Bay, as it is in heaven.” We yearn to see people flourishing in Jesus. Join us in the worship of our Lord.
PREPARATION FOR WORSHIP
The heart is deceitful above all things,
and desperately sick;
who can understand it?
Jeremiah 17:9
The Lord is merciful and gracious,
slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
Psalm 103:8
Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat to a desolate place by himself. But when the crowds heard it, they followed him on foot from the towns. When he went ashore he saw a great crowd, and he had compassion on them and healed their sick.
Matthew 14:13-14
And he said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace, and be healed of your disease.”
Mark 5:34
When he went ashore he saw a great crowd, and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. And he began to teach them many things.
Mark 6:34
And he arose and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him.
Luke 15:20
“Real life is meeting.”
– C.S. Lewis
“We are beggars- that is true.”
– Martin Luther
“Life is lived from dependence to dependence.”
– Henri Nouwen
“Hospitality is not to change people, but to offer them space where change can take place.”
– Henri Nouwen
“God’s unfailing love for us is an objective fact affirmed over and over in the Scriptures. It is true whether we believe it or not. Our doubts do not destroy God’s love, nor does our faith create it. It originates in the very nature of God, who is love, and it flows to us through our union with His beloved Son.”
– Jerry Bridges
“Compassion is always, at its most authentic, about a shift from the cramped world of self-preoccupation into a more expansive place of fellowship.”
– Father Gregory Boyle
WELCOME & CALL TO WORSHIP
He has told you, O man, what is good;
and what does the Lord require of you
but to do justice, and to love kindness,
and to walk humbly with your God?
Micah 6:8
Mighty to Save
[Verse 1]
Everyone needs compassion
Love that’s never failing
Let mercy fall on me
Everyone needs forgiveness
The kindness of a Savior
The hope of nations
[Chorus]
Savior
He can move the mountains
My God is mighty to save
He is mighty to save
Forever
Author of salvation
He rose and conquered the grave
Jesus conquered the grave
[Verse 2]
So take me as you find me
All my fears and failures
Fill my life again
I give my life to follow
Everything I believe in
Now I surrender
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
Shine your light and let the whole world see
We’re singing
For the glory of the risen king
SONG
In Christ Alone
[Verse 1]
In Christ alone, my hope is found
He is my light, my strength, my song
This cornerstone, this solid ground
Firm through the fiercest drought and storm
What heights of love, what depths of peace
When fears are stilled, when strivings cease
My Comforter, my All in all
here in the love of Christ I stand
[Verse 2]
In Christ alone, who took on flesh
Fullness of God in helpless babe
This gift of love and righteousness
Scorned by the ones He came to save
‘Til on that cross as Jesus died
The wrath of God was satisfied
For every sin on Him was laid
here in the death of Christ I live
[Verse 3]
There in the ground, His body lay
Light of the world by darkness slain
Then bursting forth in glorious day
Up from the grave He rose again
And as He stands in victory
Sin’s curse has lost its grip on me
For I am His and He is mine
Bought with the precious blood of Christ
[Verse 4]
No guilt in life, no fear in death
This is the power of Christ in me
From life’s first cry to final breath
Jesus commands my destiny
No power of hell, no scheme of man
Can ever pluck me from His hand
‘Til He returns or calls me home
Here in the power of Christ I’ll stand
‘Til He returns or calls me home
Here in the power of Christ I’ll stand
SCRIPTURE READING
The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me,
because the Lord has anointed me
to bring good news to the poor;
he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives,
and the opening of the prison
to those who are bound;
to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor,
and the day of vengeance of our God;
to comfort all who mourn;
to grant to those who mourn in Zion—
to give them
a beautiful headdress instead of ashes,
the oil of gladness instead of mourning,
the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit;
that they may be called oaks of righteousness,
the planting of the Lord, that he may be glorified.
Isaiah 61:1-3
SONG
Softly and Tenderly
[Verse 1]
Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling
Calling for you and for me
See, on the portals He’s waiting and watching
Watching for you and for me
[Chorus]
Come home, come home
Ye who are weary come home
Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling
Calling, O sinner, come home
[Verse 2]
Why should we tarry when Jesus is pleading
Pleading for you and for me
Why should we linger and heed not his mercies
Mercies for you and for me
[Chorus]
[Verse 3]
O for the wonderful love he has promised
Promised for you and for me
Though we have sinned, he has mercy and pardon
Pardon for you and for me
[Chorus]
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Parking lot closure (7/13-7/27): The parking lot is being repaved and will be closed until August 1st. Parking is available on the street, in the handicap lot next to the theater, or the staff lot on Victor and Spencer. Thank you for understanding.
“Every Good Endeavor” (7/9-9/10): Wednesdays at 6:30pm.
KCC Basketball (7/19): Saturday at 7:30pm.
SPF ’25 #2 (7/20): Sunday @ Mitsuwa, lunch after church.
Men’s Hike (7/26): Saturday at 8am.
Ladies Paint ‘n Sip (8/16): Saturday at 1pm. Sign up by 8/9.
“The Great Divorce” (8/17 & 8/24): Women’s book group, Sunday mornings at 8:30am. Childcare is available.
[ Deacon Meeting: 7/20 ]
OFFERTORY
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MONTHLY FINANCIAL UPDATE
After June 2025
YTD 2025 Projected Giving: $311,610
YTD 2025 Actual Giving: $355,042
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SERMON
“Keep in Touch”
While he was in one of the cities,
there came a man full of leprosy.
And when he saw Jesus,
he fell on his face and begged him,
“Lord, if you will, you can make me clean.”
And Jesus stretched out his hand
and touched him, saying,
“I will; be clean.”
And immediately the leprosy left him.
And he charged him to tell no one,
but “go and show yourself to the priest,
and make an offering for your cleansing,
as Moses commanded, for a proof to them.”
But now even more
the report about him went abroad,
and great crowds gathered to hear him
and to be healed of their infirmities.
But he would withdraw
to desolate places and pray.
Luke 5:12-16 (ESV)
SONG
How Marvelous (I Stand Amazed)
[Verse 1]
I stand amazed in the presence
Of Jesus the Nazarene
And wonder how He could love me
A sinner, condemned, unclean
[Chorus]
How marvelous, how wonderful
And my song shall ever be
How marvelous, how wonderful
Is my Savior’s love for me
[Verse 2]
He took my sins and my sorrows
He made them His very own
He bore my burden to Calvary
Where He suffered and died alone
[Chorus]
[Verse 3]
When with the ransomed in glory
His face I at last shall see
‘Twill be my joy through the ages
To sing of His love for me
[Chorus]
BENEDICTION
The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases;
his mercies never come to an end;
they are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness.
Lamentations 3:22-23
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