Service Order for 9:00 AM
Sunday, July 22, 2012
Nemmers Family Chapel at Advocate Condell

Welcome—Barbara Shafer, Christ Church Highland Park

Songs of Praise­— Today’s worship is provided by:

                Carl Festin – Keyboard and Guitar             Jordan Festin – Bass

                Marvin Benemerito – Percussion                Caleb Benemerito – Guitar

                Caryl Harris – Vocal                                    Micaela Harris – Vocal

Reading of Scripture Old Testament:  (Nehemiah 9:19-25) Nehemiah 9:19 “Because of your great compassion you did not abandon them in the desert. By day the pillar of cloud did not cease to guide them on their path, nor the pillar of fire by night to shine on the way they were to take. 20 You gave your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold your manna from their mouths, and you gave them water for their thirst. 21 For forty years you sustained them in the desert; they lacked nothing, their clothes did not wear out nor did their feet become swollen. 22 “You gave them kingdoms and nations, allotting to them even the remotest frontiers. They took over the country of Sihon king of Heshbon and the country of Og king of Bashan. 23 You made their sons as numerous as the stars in the sky, and you brought them into the land that you told their fathers to enter and possess. 24 Their sons went in and took possession of the land. You subdued before them the Canaanites, who lived in the land; you handed the Canaanites over to them, along with their kings and the peoples of the land, to deal with them as they pleased. 25 They captured fortified cities and fertile land; they took possession of houses filled with all kinds of good things, wells already dug, vineyards, olive groves and fruit trees in abundance. They ate to the full and were well-nourished; they reveled in your great goodness.

Songs of Worship

Reading of Scripture New Testament: ( John 14:1-10)  John 14:1 “Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. 2 In my Father’s house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you.  I am going there to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. 4 You know the way to the place where I am going.” 5 Thomas said to him,  “Lord, we don’t know where you are going,  so how can we know the way?”  6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life.  No one comes to the Father except through me. 7 If you really knew me, you would know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him.” 8 Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.”  9 Jesus answered: “Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? 10 Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? The words I say to you are not just my own. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work.

Message—“Who is this King of Glory?  He is the Way!”  by Barbara Shafer

Sometimes “The Way” involves more than a process or a path.  It involves a person.  Jesus IS the Way and we can trust Him because 

• Jesus KNOWS the Way
• Jesus GOES the Way
• Jesus SHOWS the Way

Song of Response—He Is The Way, written and performed by Carl Festin

Benediction—Barbara Shafer

In our 2012 Fall to Winter series at Condell, we’ll be exploring Promises of a Messiah.  From the very beginning, God planned that Jesus Christ would save humanity and that we would know Him by His fulfilling of prophecy.  In our new series, Promises of a Messiah, we will examine some messianic prophecies and their New Testament fulfillment in Jesus Christ. 

2 Peter 1:16 We did not follow cleverly invented stories when we told you about the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. 17 For he received honor and glory from God the Father when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory, saying, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.” 18 We ourselves heard this voice that came from heaven when we were with him on the sacred mountain. 19 And we have the word of the prophets made more certain, and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a light shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts. 20 Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet’s own interpretation. 21 For prophecy never had its origin in the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit. (NIV)

Service Order for 9:00 AM
Sunday, July 15, 2012
Nemmers Family Chapel at Advocate Condell

Welcome—Barbara Shafer, Christ Church Highland Park

Songs of Praise­—with Joshua Beckett, Christian Neighbors Church, Waukegan, IL

Holy, Holy, Holy

Hearts of Servants

Reading of Scripture Philippians 2:1-13 (ESV)

NIV Philippians 2:1 If you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, 2 then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose. 3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. 4 Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others. 5 Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: 6 Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, 7 but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. 8 And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death– even death on a cross! 9 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. 12 Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed– not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence– continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, 13 for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose.

Sermon—by Joshua Beckett

Space for Response and Song of Praise —with Joshua Beckett

Crown Him with Many Crowns

Benediction—Joshua Beckett

Service Order for 9:00 AM
Sunday, July 8, 2012
Nemmers Family Chapel at Advocate Condell

Prelude—Allan Koetz (piano)

Welcome —Nikole Dufelmeier

Worship in Song—Allan Koetz

Immortal, Invisible   (Hymn 34)

 I Sing the Mighty Power of God  (Hymn 57)

Prayer – Bill Slater,   Bill Slater Ministries  http://www.billslaterministries.org/

Message – “Who is this King of Glory? He is the Only Wise God”  by Bill Slater (Romans 16:25-27)

Romans 16:25 Now to him who is able to establish you by my gospel and the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery hidden for long ages past, 26 but now revealed and made known through the prophetic writings by the command of the eternal God, so that all nations might believe and obey him– 27 to the only wise God be glory forever through Jesus Christ! Amen. (NIV)

Song of Response –Allan Koetz

Benediction:  Bill Slater

Postlude: Allan Koetz

Service Order for 9:00 AM

Sunday, July 1, 2012

Nemmers Family Chapel at Advocate Condell

Prelude—Allan Koetz (piano)

Welcome —Barbara Shafer, Christ Church Highland Park

Worship in Song—Allan Koetz

Prayer –Nikole Dufelmeier, Willow Creek Community Church and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School

Special Presentation of Joshua chapters 2 and 6:   “Who is this King of Glory? He is the Divine Warrior” by Barbara Shafer (as Rahab) and Nikole Dufelmeier

Song of Response –Allan Koetz

Benediction:  Barbara Shafer

Postlude—Allan Koetz

Service Order for 9:00 AM
Sunday, June 24, 2012
Nemmers Family Chapel at Advocate Condell 

Prelude—Allan Koetz (piano)

Welcome —Barbara Shafer , Christ Church Highland Park

Worship in Song—Allan Koetz

Old Testament Scripture Reading:  (Barbara Shafer) Isaiah 53:1-12

1 Who has believed our message and to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed? 2 He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him. 3 He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering. Like one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not. 4 Surely he took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows, yet we considered him stricken by God, smitten by him, and afflicted. 5 But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed. 6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all. 7 He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth. 8 By oppression and judgment he was taken away. And who can speak of his descendants? For he was cut off from the land of the living; for the transgression of my people he was stricken. 9 He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death, though he had done no violence, nor was any deceit in his mouth. 10 Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer, and though the LORD makes his life a guilt offering, he will see his offspring and prolong his days, and the will of the LORD will prosper in his hand. 11 After the suffering of his soul, he will see the light of life and be satisfied; by his knowledge my righteous servant will justify many, and he will bear their iniquities. 12 Therefore I will give him a portion among the great, and he will divide the spoils with the strong, because he poured out his life unto death, and was numbered with the transgressors. For he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors (NIV).

New  Testament Scripture Reading:  Revelation 5:1-12

1 Then I saw in the right hand of him who sat on the throne a scroll with writing on both sides and sealed with seven seals. 2 And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, “Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?” 3 But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth could open the scroll or even look inside it. 4 I wept and wept because no one was found who was worthy to open the scroll or look inside. 5 Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals.” 6 Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing in the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. He had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth. 7 He came and took the scroll from the right hand of him who sat on the throne. 8 And when he had taken it, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. 9 And they sang a new song: “You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slain, and with your blood you purchased men for God from every tribe and language and people and nation. 10 You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign on the earth.” 11 Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels, numbering thousands upon thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand. They encircled the throne and the living creatures and the elders. 12 In a loud voice they sang: “Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and praise!” (NIV)

Prayer –Barbara Shafer

Message “Who is this King of Glory? He is Worthy” by Nikole Dufelmeier (Revelation 5:1-12).

Song of Response –Allan Koetz

Benediction:  Nikole Dufelmeier

Postlude—Allan Koetz

Service Order for 9:00 AM
Sunday, June 17, 2012
Nemmers Family Chapel at Advocate Condell

Prelude—Allan Koetz (piano)

Welcome —Barbara Shafer , Christ Church Highland Park

Worship in Song—Allan Koetz

Old Testament Scripture Reading:  (Nikole Dufelmeier) Daniel 7:2-14

New  Testament Scripture Reading:   Revelation 1: 7 Look, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him; and all the peoples of the earth will mourn because of him. So shall it be! Amen. 8 “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.” ,,,13 and among the lampstands was someone “like a son of man,” dressed in a robe reaching down to his feet and with a golden sash around his chest. 14 His head and hair were white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire. 15 His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters. 16 In his right hand he held seven stars, and out of his mouth came a sharp double-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance. 17 When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. Then he placed his right hand on me and said: “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last. 18 I am the Living One; I was dead, and behold I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades.

Prayer (Nikole Dufelmeier)

Message  (Barbara Shafer)  “He is the Ancient of Days!”

In Daniel 7:1-28, we find 4 reassurances in the presentation of God as the Ancient of Days:

1. He is above time, seeing the full and eternal reality of our present circumstances.  He will guide us even when we cannot see.
2.  He is holy and set apart.  He will always act in our best interest.
3.  He is wise beyond years, knowing the beginning and end of the story.  He will preserve us in suffering.
4. He is the Judge of all history, pronouncing judgment in favor of His people.  He will give us a place in His everlasting Kingdom.

Song of Response (Allan Koetz)

Benediction:  Barbara Shafer

Postlude: (Allan Koetz)

Prelude: Allan Koetz

Welcome: Nikole Dufelmeier, Willow Creek Community Church, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School

Worship in Song: Allan Koetz

Old Testament Reading: Psalm 32:1 Of David. A maskil. Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. 2 Blessed is the man whose sin the LORD does not count against him and in whose spirit is no deceit. 3 When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. 4 For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was sapped as in the heat of summer. Selah 5 Then I acknowledged my sin to you and did not cover up my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD”– and you forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah (NIV)

New Testament Reading: 1 John 1:8 If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. (NIV)

Worship in Song: Allan Koetz

Prayer

Message-Nikole Dufelmeier, From Bitterness to Blessedness.

In our continuing series, Who is the King of Glory?, today we see He is the God who forgives.

Response in song: Allan Koetz

Benediction: Nikole Dufelmeier

Postlude: Allan Koetz