Sunday, April 13, 2025
Welcome to our Order of Service page! Each week, a team of pastors and staff get together to collaborate on the liturgy, or order of service, for Sunday. Every element is prayerfully and carefully crafted so that the Gospel, God’s redemptive story to save a people for Himself in and through His Son Jesus Christ, would be clear and compelling. We hope you’ll enjoy following along with us as we present and rehearse the Gospel again this morning.
Order of Service
CHORAL CALL TO CORPORATE WORSHIP
Doxology Praise
WELCOME & SCRIPTURE READING
Pastor of Musical Worship: Peter Beers
Matthew 21:7–11
ADORATION
Hosanna
Crown Him with Many Crowns
ASSURANCE OF PARDON
No Other Savior
PETITION: PRAYER FOR THE OFFERING
Pastor of Outreach & Connections: Jared Burkholder
OFFERTORY
How Marvelous
SCRIPTURE READING
Steve Dixon
Matthew 20:1–19
PROCLAMATION: INSTRUCTION FROM GOD’S WORD
The Book of Matthew: The King & His Kingdom
Jesus & Kingdom Culture, Part 1
Matt. 20:1–19
Senior Pastor: David W. Hegg
SONG OF RESPONSE
A Mighty Fortress
ANNOUNCEMENTS & BENEDICTION
Pastor of Adult & Family Ministries: Alan Berthiaume
“In the Kingdom of Heaven, the last will be first even as the first will be last in this way: Every kingdom citizen is equally dependent, rewarded, and rejoicing in the abundant, unfathomable grace of God.”
Why do we sing these songs?
Scripture commands the church to sing “psalms and hymns and spiritual songs” (Col. 3:16) together as one of our acts of corporate worship. These different kinds of music reflect songs that come directly from Scripture (the Book of Psalms), as well as new songs written by the church that reflect the truth of God and the gospel as revealed in Scripture.
At Grace Baptist, we sing ancient hymns that connect us to the generations of God’s people who have gone before us, we sing modern songs in an attempt to be faithful to God who calls us to “sing a new song” (Psalm 33:3), and we also sing new arrangements of classic hymns.
What is most important is that in singing together, we are proclaiming Christ’s excellencies as His covenant people for our good and for His glory.