Worship at Messiah New Hope

Worship Formats

Hosanna is a blended worship that brings a fresh approach to traditional Lutheran Liturgy.  This service relies on rich resources and the Evangelical Lutheran Worship hymn book, and emphasizes a participatory worship experience that includes a variety of song leaders, ensembles, instrumentation, and lay readers. The Hosanna Service combines the rich heritage of Lutheran tradition with invigorating hymns and choruses. Nurture your soul with this meaningful and reflective service!  Holy Communion is served on the first and third Sundays of the month.


Wednesday Family Worship

Worship Themes and Text

Worship @ Messiah New Hope

Summer 2010

Themes Requested by the People of MNH

 

 

May 30, June 2             Pentecost 1

Read            Psalm 8

Sermon            Romans 5:1-11

 

Theme:  “This Grace in Which We Stand.”  What is grace, absolute sheer grace, grace rooted in God and alive in everyday life?  What does life, confident in grace rather than fearful of retribution, look like?  What is “gracefully” as a way that we are freed, with one another, now to live? 

 

 

 

June 6, 9            Pentecost 2 (Communion)

Read                        Psalm 133 and Zechariah 10:6-12

Sermon            Romans 16:3-16

 

Theme:  Community.  Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s, Life Together. What does it mean to live together as the Body of Christ in Christian community?  How do we live together in a concrete, real world, as community - that exceeds the limits of idealism? How do we live together as a spiritual community - that exceeds the limits of human reality?

 

 

 

June 13, 16            Pentecost 3

Read                         Luke 24:28-35

Sermon            Colossians 3:12-17           

 

Theme: The Day with Others.  Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s, Life Together.  What very practically can we do, daily, to enhance our spiritual journey, walking beside our neighbor? Reading scripture, enjoying music and song, saying our prayers together, eating (at table and at communion) together, working together, and the rhythms of family life.

 

 

 

June 20, 23            Pentecost 4 (Communion)

Read                        Ephesians 3:14-21

Sermon            Mark 1:35-39

 

Theme: The Day Alone.  Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s, Life Together.  What very practically can we do, daily, to enhance our spiritual journey, walking alone with our God?  Solitude and silence, meditation, prayer and intercession. And - the test of time alone with God - does it lead us to the unreal and other-worldly thus weakening our connections with real-life community, or does it strengthen us, “impelling us to active love, obedience and good works” for our life as a part of the Body of Christ?

 

 

 

 

 

June 27, 30            Pentecost 5

Read                        Luke 9:46-48

Sermon            Micah 6:6-8

 

Theme:  Ministry.  Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s, Life Together.  How, very practically, might a community of faith, living together as the Body of Christ, engage in ministry? Bonhoeffer encourages meekness, and the strength to be able to hold our tongues.  He encourages the ministry of listening, of active helpfulness, of bearing one another’s burdens, of speaking God’s word to our neighbor, of authority that comes only in service to our neighbor.

 

 

 

July 4, 7            Pentecost 6 (Communion)

Read                        Psalm 86:1-7

Sermon            John 11:32-41, 43-48a

 

Theme: A Personal Relationship with Jesus Christ.  What kind of relationship with us does Jesus seek? Personal, vs. lost in the “all.” One of community, vs. private.  Persistent, vs. casual.  Trusting, vs. afraid. Challenging, comforting, both.  Loving, in all its many ways.