Chapel Worship Guide for Sunday 9 AM, August 18, 2013

The Nemmers Family Chapel at Advocate Condell

Worship this morning is provided by the First Presbyterian Church of Libertyville

Prelude

Welcome—Barbara Shafer, Christ Church Highland Park

Worship in Song: God Himself is With Us (Hymn 375)

Scripture Reading (Old Testament) Exodus 3-4  (selected verses)

Scripture Reading (New Testament) Romans 5:5 and hope does not put
us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the
Holy Spirit who has been given to us. (ESV)

Prayer

Message:  by Nathan LeMahieu Campus Pastor, Christ Church Highland Park

Worship Response:

Take My Life and Let It Be (Hymn 385)

Here I am Lord

Benediction—Barbara Shafer

​ Chapel Worship Guide for Sunday 9 AM—August 11, 2013

The Nemmers Family Chapel at Advocate Condell

Worship today is provided by First Presbyterian Church of Libertyville

Instrumental Prelude—

Welcome—Barbara Shafer, Christ Church Highland Park

Worship in Song—

 Morning Has Broken (Hymn 553)

Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee (Hymn 25)

Scripture Reading (New Testament): 

Luke 1: Luke 1:26 In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, 27 to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. 28 The angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.” 29 Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. 30 But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found favor with God. 31 You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus. 32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, 33 and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever; his kingdom will never end.” 34 “How will this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?” 35 The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God. 36 Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be barren is in her sixth month. 37 For nothing is impossible with God.” 38 “I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered. “May it be to me as you have said.” Then the angel left her. 39 At that time Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judea, 40 where she entered Zechariah’s home and greeted Elizabeth. 41 When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. 42 In a loud voice she exclaimed: “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child you will bear! 43 But why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? 44 As soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy. 45 Blessed is she who has believed that what the Lord has said to her will be accomplished!” 46 And Mary said: “My soul glorifies the Lord 47 and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, 48 for he has been mindful of the humble state of his servant. From now on all generations will call me blessed, 49 for the Mighty One has done great things for me– holy is his name. 50 His mercy extends to those who fear him, from generation to generation. 51 He has performed mighty deeds with his arm; he has scattered those who are proud in their inmost thoughts. 52 He has brought down rulers from their thrones but has lifted up the humble. 53 He has filled the hungry with good things but has sent the rich away empty. 54 He has helped his servant Israel, remembering to be merciful 55 to Abraham and his descendants forever, even as he said to our fathers.

Prayer, Scripture Reading (Old Testament): 

Psalm 25:1 Of David. To you, O LORD, I lift up my soul; 2 in you I trust, O my God. Do not let me be put to shame, nor let my enemies triumph over me. 3 No one whose hope is in you will ever be put to shame, but they will be put to shame who are treacherous without excuse. 4 Show me your ways, O LORD, teach me your paths; 5 guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long. 6 Remember, O LORD, your great mercy and love, for they are from of old.

Message: Grace Displayed in the Life of Mary by Barbara Shafer

1. Grace is personal
2. Grace is directional
   • It flows from God who is the Source
   • Grace is never imposed, but is received by the humble
3. Grace is powerful

Song of Response—

Benediction

​ Chapel Worship Guide for Sunday 9 AM—August 4, 2013

The Nemmers Family Chapel at Advocate Condell

Worship today is provided by members of the First Presbyterian Church of Libertyville

Instrumental Prelude—

Welcome—Barbara Shafer, Christ Church Highland Park

Worship in Song—

At the Name of Jesus

Praise the Lord, God’s Glories Show

Scripture Reading (Old Testament):  Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. 3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.

Scripture Reading (New Testament): 

John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4 In him was life, and that life was the light of men. 5 The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it. 6 There came a man who was sent from God; his name was John. 7 He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all men might believe. 8 He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light. 9 The true light that gives light to every man was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. 11 He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. 12 Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God– 13 children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God. 14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. 15 John testifies concerning him. He cries out, saying, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.'” 16 From the fullness of his grace we have all received one blessing after another. 17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has ever seen God, but God the One and Only, who is at the Father’s side, has made him known.

Prayer

Message: Grace Made Known by Barbara Shafer

1. Grace Made Known in the Beginning
2. Grace Made Known in the Light of Life
3. Grace Made Known in the Messiah Jesus Christ
4. Grace Made Known as One Blessing After Another

Song of Response— Amazing Grace

Benediction

Chapel Worship Guide for Sunday 9 AM—July 28, 2013

The Nemmers Family Chapel at Advocate Condell

Introit– Ancient Words

Welcome—Carl Festin, Village Church of Gurnee

Worship in Song:

Scripture Reading (Old Testament): Isaiah 55:1-7, “Ho! Every one who thirsts, come to the waters; And you who have no money come, buy and eat.  Come, buy wine and milk Without money and without cost.

2 “Why do you spend money for what is not bread, And your wages for what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, And delight yourself in abundance.

3 “Incline your ear and come to Me.Listen, that you may live; And I will make an everlasting covenant with you, According to the faithful mercies shown to David.

4 “Behold, I have made him a witness to the peoples, A leader and commander for the peoples.

5 “Behold, you will call a nation you do not know, And a nation which knows you not will run to you,

Because of the Lord your God, even the Holy One of Israel; For He has glorified you.”

6 Seek the Lord while He may be found; Call upon Him while He is near.

7 Let the wicked forsake his way And the unrighteous man his thoughts; And let him return to the Lord,

And He will have compassion on him, And to our God, For He will abundantly pardon. 

Scripture Reading (New Testament): 

Luke 10:30-37, 30 Jesus replied and said, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, and they stripped him and beat him, and went away leaving him half dead. 31 And by chance a priest was going down on that road, and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. 32 Likewise a Levite also, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. 33 But a Samaritan, who was on a journey, came upon him; and when he saw him, he felt compassion, 34 and came to him and bandaged up his wounds, pouring oil and wine on them; and he put him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn and took care of him. 35 On the next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper and said, ‘Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, when I return I will repay you.’ 36 Which of these three do you think proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell into the robbers’ hands?” 37 And he said, “The one who showed mercy toward him.” Then Jesus said to him, “Go and do the same.”

Worship in Song: Great I Am

Prayer

Message:   by Bill Slater, Bill Slater Ministries and Christ Church Lake Forest

Song of Response: “Help Me Lord To Help My Brother” by Carl Festin

Benediction—Bill Slater

Chapel Worship Guide for Sunday 9 AM—July 21, 2013

The Nemmers Family Chapel at Advocate Condell

Worship today is provided by LeAnn, Sue Ellen, and Mike from the  First Presbyterian Church of Libertyville

Instrumental Prelude  LeAnn Malecha

Welcome—Barbara Shafer, Christ Church Highland Park

Worship in Song

Scripture Reading (Old Testament):  Psalm 22:1 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from the words of my groaning? 2 O my God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer, by night, and am not silent. 3 Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One; you are the praise of Israel. 4 In you our fathers put their trust; they trusted and you delivered them. 5 They cried to you and were saved; in you they trusted and were not disappointed.

Worship in Song

Scripture Reading (New Testament):  Luke 18: 9 To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everybody else, Jesus told this parable: 10 “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee stood up and prayed about himself: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men– robbers, evildoers, adulterers– or even like this tax collector. 12 I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.’ 13 “But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’ 14 “I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

Prayer

Message: God is No Mere Bystander by Barbara Shafer

1. He is Omnipresent–Everywhere, All the Time
2. He is Omniscient–Perceiving Our Hearts of Humility or Pride
3. He is Omnipotent–Already Having Acted to Address Our Greatest Need: Our Need for His Mercy

Song of Response

Benediction

Have you ever noticed that God never does anything half-way?  He never delivers lackluster performance or substandard results.  He is extravagant in everything He does.  His plans, His works, and His results are always Beyond Sufficient.

In our Fall 2013 Preaching Series at Advocate Condell Medical Center, we will explore how everything God has done since the very beginning is Beyond Sufficient.  Preachers, kindly select a date/topic from this framework that suits your schedule and let me know.  In cases of extended passages, please feel free to select verses to tell the story in a way the topic speaks to you, and to supplement other Scriptures as the Holy Spirit guides you.

Chapel Worship Guide for Sunday 9 AM—July 14, 2013

The Nemmers Family Chapel at Advocate Condell

Prelude

Welcome—Barbara Shafer, Christ Church Highland Park

Worship in Song

Scripture Reading (Old Testament):

Ps. 51:1  Be gracious to me, O God, according to your loyal love.
According to your abundant mercies,
blot out my transgressions.
² Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,
and from my sin cleanse me.
³ For I myself know my transgressions,
and my sin is ever before me.

Proverbs 28:13  He who conceals his transgression will not prosper,
but he who confesses and forsakes will obtain mercy.

Scripture Reading (New Testament):

Matthew 5:7  Blessed are the merciful, because they will be shown mercy.

Romans 12:8  ⁸ if it is one who exhorts, by exhortation; one who gives, with sincerity; one who leads, with diligence; one who shows mercy, with cheerfulness

Ephesians 2:3-5 Lexham English Bible (LEB)  ³ among whom also we all formerly lived in the desires of our flesh, doing the will of the flesh and of the mind, and we were children of wrath by nature, as also the rest of them were.  ⁴ But God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love with which he loved us, ⁵ and we being dead in trespasses, he made us alive together with Christ (by grace you are saved),

Worship in song

Prayer

Message by Bill Slater, Bill Slater Ministries and Christ Church Lake Forest

Song of Response  

Benediction—Bill Slater

Chapel Worship Guide for Sunday 9 AM—July 7, 2013

The Nemmers Family Chapel at Advocate Condell

Prelude

Welcome—Barbara Shafer, Christ Church Highland Park

Worship in Song

Scripture Reading (Old Testament):

“For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee. In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer.” (Isaiah 54:7-8)

Scripture Reading (New Testament):

Eph. 2:3-5, 3 Among them we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest. 4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved).

Worship in song

Prayer

Message:  “God’s Mercy” by Bill Slater, Bill Slater Ministries and Christ Church Lake Forest

Song of Response  

Benediction—Bill Slater

Chapel Worship Guide for Sunday 9 AM—June 30, 2013

The Nemmers Family Chapel at Advocate Condell

Welcome—Barbara Shafer, Christ Church Highland Park

Worship in Song

Scripture Reading (Old Testament): 

Isaiah 32:17 The fruit of righteousness will be peace; the effect of righteousness will be quietness and confidence forever.

Scripture Reading (New Testament): 

Colossians 3:12 Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. 13 Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. 14 And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity. 15 Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God. 17 And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

Prayer

Message: 8 Simple Steps to Living in the Peace of God by Barbara Shafer

Song of Response

Benediction

Chapel Worship Guide for Sunday 9 AM—June 23, 2013

The Nemmers Family Chapel at Advocate Condell

Worship today is provided by First Presbyterian Church of Libertyville

Instrumental Prelude  LeAnn Malecha

Welcome—Barbara Shafer, Christ Church Highland Park

Worship in Song

Scripture Reading (Old Testament):  Ezekiel 47:1 The man brought me back to the entrance of the temple, and I saw water coming out from under the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced east). The water was coming down from under the south side of the temple, south of the altar. 2 He then brought me out through the north gate and led me around the outside to the outer gate facing east, and the water was flowing from the south side. 3 As the man went eastward with a measuring line in his hand, he measured off a thousand cubits and then led me through water that was ankle-deep. 4 He measured off another thousand cubits and led me through water that was knee-deep. He measured off another thousand and led me through water that was up to the waist. 5 He measured off another thousand, but now it was a river that I could not cross, because the water had risen and was deep enough to swim in– a river that no one could cross. 6 He asked me, “Son of man, do you see this?” Then he led me back to the bank of the river. 7 When I arrived there, I saw a great number of trees on each side of the river. 8 He said to me, “This water flows toward the eastern region and goes down into the Arabah, where it enters the Sea. When it empties into the Sea, the water there becomes fresh. 9 Swarms of living creatures will live wherever the river flows. There will be large numbers of fish, because this water flows there and makes the salt water fresh; so where the river flows everything will live. 10 Fishermen will stand along the shore; from En Gedi to En Eglaim there will be places for spreading nets. The fish will be of many kinds– like the fish of the Great Sea. 11 But the swamps and marshes will not become fresh; they will be left for salt. 12 Fruit trees of all kinds will grow on both banks of the river. Their leaves will not wither, nor will their fruit fail. Every month they will bear, because the water from the sanctuary flows to them. Their fruit will serve for food and their leaves for healing.”

Scripture Reading (New Testament):  Revelation 22:1 Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb 2 down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. 3 No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will serve him. 4 They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. 5 There will be no more night. They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light. And they will reign for ever and ever.

Prayer

Message: The River of Peace  by Barbara Shafer

Song of Response

Benediction—   John 7: 37 On the last and greatest day of the Feast, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. 38 Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him.”