Chapel Worship Guide for Sunday 9 AM—June 16, 2013

The Nemmers Family Chapel at Advocate Condell

Prelude

Welcome—Barbara Shafer, Christ Church Highland Park

Worship in Song:

Scripture Reading (Old Testament): 

NAS  Isaiah 57:18 “I have seen his ways, but I will heal him; I will lead him and restore comfort to him and to his mourners, 19 Creating the praise of the lips. Peace, peace to him who is far and to him who is near,” Says the LORD, “and I will heal him.” 20 But the wicked are like the tossing sea, For it cannot be quiet, And its waters toss up refuse and mud. 21 “There is no peace,” says my God, “for the wicked.”

Isaiah 26:3 You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you.

Worship in song: 

Prayer

Scripture Reading (New Testament): 

NAS Romans 8:5 For those who are according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who are according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. 6 For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace, 7 because the mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able to do so;

Philippians 4:6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, shall guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Song of Response: 

Benediction—Bill Slater

Chapel Worship Guide for Sunday 9 AM—June 9, 2013
The Nemmers Family Chapel at Advocate Condell

Worship today is provided by Carl Festin, Jordan Festin and members of the Village Church of Gurnee Choir: Jean Gray, Dave Striepling, Nancy Anderson, and Caryl Harris.

Instrumental Prelude

Welcome—Barbara Shafer, Christ Church Highland Park

Worship in Song 

Scripture Reading (Old Testament): Ezekiel 37:15 The word of the LORD came to me: 16 “Son of man, take a stick of wood and write on it, ‘Belonging to Judah and the Israelites associated with him.’ Then take another stick of wood, and write on it, ‘Ephraim’s stick, belonging to Joseph and all the house of Israel associated with him.’ 17 Join them together into one stick so that they will become one in your hand18 “When your countrymen ask you, ‘Won’t you tell us what you mean by this?’ 19 say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am going to take the stick of Joseph– which is in Ephraim’s hand– and of the Israelite tribes associated with him, and join it to Judah’s stick, making them a single stick of wood, and they will become one in my hand.’ 20 Hold before their eyes the sticks you have written on 21 and say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will take the Israelites out of the nations where they have gone. I will gather them from all around and bring them back into their own land. 22 I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel. There will be one king over all of them and they will never again be two nations or be divided into two kingdoms. 23 They will no longer defile themselves with their idols and vile images or with any of their offenses, for I will save them from all their sinful backsliding, and I will cleanse them. They will be my people, and I will be their God. 24 “‘My servant David will be king over them, and they will all have one shepherd. They will follow my laws and be careful to keep my decrees. 25 They will live in the land I gave to my servant Jacob, the land where your fathers lived. They and their children and their children’s children will live there forever, and David my servant will be their prince forever. 26 I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be an everlasting covenant. I will establish them and increase their numbers, and I will put my sanctuary among them forever. 27 My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be my people. 28 Then the nations will know that I the LORD make Israel holy, when my sanctuary is among them forever.'”

Scripture Reading (New Testament): Ephesians 2:11 Therefore, remember that formerly you who are Gentiles by birth and called “uncircumcised” by those who call themselves “the circumcision” (that done in the body by the hands of men)– 12 remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel and foreigners to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world. 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ. 14 For he himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, 15 by abolishing in his flesh the law with its commandments and regulations. His purpose was to create in himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace, 16 and in this one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross, by which he put to death their hostility. 17 He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near. 18 For through him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit. 19 Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens with God’s people and members of God’s household, 20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone.

Prayer

Message: The Wall by Barbara Shafer

Song of Response: There is Peace in the Arms of The Lord – written and performed by Carl Festin

Benediction— Romans 5:1 Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.

Dear friends of the ministry at Advocate Condell Medical Center,

During the month of August, we will worship God for His Grace Overflowing!

For of His fullness we have all received,

and grace upon grace.

John 1:16

Preachers, please select a date and a text you think exemplifies how God’s grace overflows in Creation, at the Cross, and in our daily lives.   Thank you for the way you are continually blessing the patients and staff at Advocate Condell and concluding our summer series with grace.

In His service, Barbara <><

Dear friends of the ministry at Advocate Condell Medical Center,

During the month of July, let’s glorify God as we explore how Great is His Mercy!

For Your mercy is great above the heavens, And Your truth reaches to the clouds.

Psalm 108:4

Preachers, please select a date and a text that reminds us of the greatness of God’s mercy to us.   As always, thank you for the way you are continually blessing the patients and staff at Advocate Condell.

In His service, Barbara <><

Chapel Worship Guide for Sunday 9 AM—June 2, 2013

The Nemmers Family Chapel at Advocate Condell

Welcome Introduction—Barbara Shafer

Welcome from Libertyville Covenant Church

Opening Prayer

Call to Worship

Songs of Praise:

• “Love the Lord”
• “Alive In Us”

Call to Confession

Prayer of Repentance

Assurance of Pardon

Scripture Readings

Psalm 85  NIV Psalm 85:1 For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm. You showed favor to your land, O LORD; you restored the fortunes of Jacob. 2 You forgave the iniquity of your people and covered all their sins. Selah 3 You set aside all your wrath and turned from your fierce anger. 4 Restore us again, O God our Savior, and put away your displeasure toward us. 5 Will you be angry with us forever? Will you prolong your anger through all generations? 6 Will you not revive us again, that your people may rejoice in you? 7 Show us your unfailing love, O LORD, and grant us your salvation. 8 I will listen to what God the LORD will say; he promises peace to his people, his saints– but let them not return to folly. 9 Surely his salvation is near those who fear him, that his glory may dwell in our land. 10 Love and faithfulness meet together; righteousness and peace kiss each other. 11 Faithfulness springs forth from the earth, and righteousness looks down from heaven. 12 The LORD will indeed give what is good, and our land will yield its harvest. 13 Righteousness goes before him and prepares the way for his steps.

Isaiah 26:1-8  NIV Isaiah 26:1 In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; God makes salvation its walls and ramparts. 2 Open the gates that the righteous nation may enter, the nation that keeps faith. 3 You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you. 4 Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD, the LORD, is the Rock eternal. 5 He humbles those who dwell on high, he lays the lofty city low; he levels it to the ground and casts it down to the dust. 6 Feet trample it down– the feet of the oppressed, the footsteps of the poor. 7 The path of the righteous is level; O upright One, you make the way of the righteous smooth. 8 Yes, LORD, walking in the way of your laws, we wait for you; your name and renown are the desire of our hearts.

Romans 5:1-2 NIV Romans 5:1 Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.

Pastoral Prayer

Sermon:  “Peace for Our Souls” by Dwight Nelson

Closing Song: “Whom Shall I Fear”

Closing Prayer

Benediction

Chapel Worship Guide for Sunday 9 AM—May 26, 2013

The Nemmers Family Chapel at Advocate Condell

Prelude Great is Thy Faithfulness–LeAnn Malecha (piano)

Welcome—Barbara Shafer, Christ Church Highland Park

Worship in Song featuring LeAnn Malecha, First Presbyterian Church of Libertyville

Just as I am (Hymn 260)

How Great Thou Art (Hymn 32) 

Scripture Reading (Old Testament): Isaiah 49:14 But Zion said, “The LORD has forsaken me, the Lord has forgotten me.” 15 “Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you! 16 See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me. 17 Your sons hasten back, and those who laid you waste depart from you. 18 Lift up your eyes and look around; all your sons gather and come to you. As surely as I live,” declares the LORD, “you will wear them all as ornaments; you will put them on, like a bride. 19 “Though you were ruined and made desolate and your land laid waste, now you will be too small for your people, and those who devoured you will be far away. 20 The children born during your bereavement will yet say in your hearing, ‘This place is too small for us; give us more space to live in.’ 21 Then you will say in your heart, ‘Who bore me these? I was bereaved and barren; I was exiled and rejected. Who brought these up? I was left all alone, but these– where have they come from?'” 22 This is what the Sovereign LORD says: “See, I will beckon to the Gentiles, I will lift up my banner to the peoples; they will bring your sons in their arms and carry your daughters on their shoulders. 23 Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow down before you with their faces to the ground; they will lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD; those who hope in me will not be disappointed.”

Scripture Reading (New Testament): John 14:15 “If you love me, you will obey what I command. 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever– 17 the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you. 18 I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. 19 Before long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. 20 On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you. 21 Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me. He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and show myself to him.

Prayer

Message: A God Whose Love Never Forsakes Us  by Barbara Shafer

Song of Response: Jesus Will Still be There

Benediction—Barbara Shafer

Chapel Worship Guide for Sunday 9 AM—May 19, 2013

The Nemmers Family Chapel at Advocate Condell

Prelude –Nathan LeMahieu, Campus Pastor at Christ Church Highland Park

Welcome—Barbara Shafer, Christ Church Highland Park

Worship in Song: Holy, Holy, Holy (Hymn 1)

Scripture Reading (Old Testament): 

Joel 2:28-29  English Standard Version (ESV)

The Lord Will Pour Out His Spirit

^28 [a] “And it shall come to pass afterward,
that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your old men shall dream dreams,
and your young men shall see visions.
²⁹ Even on the male and female servants
in those days I will pour out my Spirit.

Prayer

Scripture Reading (New Testament): 

Romans 5:5 English Standard Version (ESV)

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.

Message:  “The God of Love:  Pouring out the Holy Spirit”  by Nathan LeMahieu Campus Pastor, Christ Church Highland Park

The Apostle’s Creed

I believe in God, the Father almighty,
creator of heaven and earth.

I believe in Jesus Christ, God’s only Son, our Lord,
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried;
he descended to the dead.
On the third day he rose again;
he ascended into heaven,
he is seated at the right hand of the Father,
and he will come again to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting. AMEN.

Songs of Response: 

            Holy Spirit, Rain Down

            You’ve Been Good

Benediction—Barbara Shafer

Chapel Worship Guide for Sunday 9 AM—May 12, 2013

The Nemmers Family Chapel at Advocate Condell

Prelude —LeAnn Malecha (piano) and choral ensemble from First Presbyterian Church of Libertyville

Welcome—Barbara Shafer, Christ Church Highland Park

Worship in Song:

Scripture Reading (Old Testament): 

Jeremiah 31:2 This is what the LORD says: “The people who survive the sword will find favor in the desert; I will come to give rest to Israel.” 3 The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with loving-kindness. 4 I will build you up again and you will be rebuilt, O Virgin Israel. Again you will take up your tambourines and go out to dance with the joyful.

Micah 7:18 Who is a God like you, who pardons sin and forgives the transgression of the remnant of his inheritance? You do not stay angry forever but delight to show mercy. 19 You will again have compassion on us; you will tread our sins underfoot and hurl all our iniquities into the depths of the sea.

Worship in song: 

Prayer

Scripture Reading (New Testament): 

1 Corinthians 13:1 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3 If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing. 4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. 8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. 11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. 12 Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. 13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

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—May 5, 2013

The Nemmers Family Chapel at Advocate Condell

Prelude

Welcome—Barbara Shafer, Christ Church Highland Park

Worship in Song:

Scripture Reading (Old Testament): 

NAS Psalm 57:9 I will give thanks to Thee, O Lord, among the peoples; I will sing praises to Thee among the nations. 10 For Thy lovingkindness is great to the heavens, And Thy truth to the clouds. 11 Be exalted above the heavens, O God; Let Thy glory be above all the earth.

Psalm 59:16 But as for me, I shall sing of Thy strength; Yes, I shall joyfully sing of Thy lovingkindness in the morning, For Thou hast been my stronghold, And a refuge in the day of my distress. 17 O my strength, I will sing praises to Thee; For God is my stronghold, the God who shows me lovingkindness.

Worship in song: 

Prayer

Scripture Reading (New Testament): 

NAS Hebrews 12:5 and you have forgotten the exhortation which is addressed to you as sons, “My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, Nor faint when you are reproved by Him; 6 For those whom the Lord loves He disciplines, And He scourges every son whom He receives.” 7 It is for discipline that you endure; God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline? 8 But if you are without discipline, of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate children and not sons. 9 Furthermore, we had earthly fathers to discipline us, and we respected them; shall we not much rather be subject to the Father of spirits, and live? 10 For they disciplined us for a short time as seemed best to them, but He disciplines us for our good, that we may share His holiness. 11 All discipline for the moment seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness.

Song of Response: 

Benediction—Bill Slater

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

The Nemmers Family Chapel at Advocate Condell

Welcome—Barbara Shafer, Christ Church Highland Park

Worship in Song:  From Micah 6,  The Offertory with LeAnn Malecha and Mike Taylor (First Presbyterian Church of Libertyville)

Scripture Reading (Old Testament):

Micah 6:8 He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.

Prayer

Scripture Reading (New Testament):

Matthew 18:1 At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” 2 He called a little child and had him stand among them. 3 And he said: “I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. 4 Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. 5 “And whoever welcomes a little child like this in my name welcomes me.

Songs of Worship:

His Eye is on the Sparrow

Shall we Gather at the River

Message:  “Humility: a Mark of Spiritual Maturity” by Barbara Shafer

Humility is a mark of spiritual maturity because it is a key to understanding what it means to do justice and love kindness.  The justice and loving-kindness shown in the Mosaic Law serve to point out how impossibly high the standard is and why we need a deliverer.  Humility is seen in the Cross as the place where love and judgment meet.  When we let go of pride and approach God with the faith of a child, we will see that spiritual maturity is reflected, not in independence, but in full dependence upon God who showed us the way in which we should walk.  Only then are we able to show true justice and exhibit genuine loving-kindness to others.

Hymn of Response— It is Well with My Soul  

Benediction