*Entire service available on video HERE
Call to Worship
The Lord is compassionate and gracious,
slow to anger and abounding in faithful love.
He will not always accuse us
or be angry forever.
He has not dealt with us as our sins deserve
or repaid us according to our iniquities.
For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
so great is his faithful love
toward those who fear him.
As far as the east is from the west,
so far has he removed
our transgressions from us.
As a father has compassion on his children,
so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him.
For he knows what we are made of,
remembering that we are dust.
-Psalm 103:8-14
Worship In Song
My One Comfort/ It Is Finished
Psalm 139 (Far Too Wonderful)
The Reading Of God’s Words
Psalm 107:1-22 (Read by Pam Starkey)
1 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his faithful love endures forever.
2 Let the redeemed of the Lord proclaim that he has redeemed them from the power of the foe
3 and has gathered them from the lands—from the east and the west, from the north and the south.
4 Some wandered in the desolate wilderness, finding no way to a city where they could live.
5 They were hungry and thirsty; their spirits failed within them.
6 Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble; he rescued them from their distress.
7 He led them by the right path to go to a city where they could live.
8 Let them give thanks to the Lord for his faithful love and his wondrous works for all humanity.
9 For he has satisfied the thirsty and filled the hungry with good things.
10 Others sat in darkness and gloom — prisoners in cruel chains—
11 because they rebelled against God’s commands and despised the counsel of the Most High.
12 He broke their spirits with hard labor; they stumbled, and there was no one to help.
13 Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble; he saved them from their distress.
14 He brought them out of darkness and gloom and broke their chains apart.
15 Let them give thanks to the Lord
for his faithful love and his wondrous works for all humanity.
16 For he has broken down the bronze gates and cut through the iron bars.
17 Fools suffered affliction because of their rebellious ways and their iniquities.
18 They loathed all food and came near the gates of death.
19 Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble; he saved them from their distress.
20 He sent his word and healed them; he rescued them from their traps.
21 Let them give thanks to the Lord
for his faithful love and his wondrous works for all humanity.
22 Let them offer thanksgiving sacrifices and announce his works with shouts of joy.
The Proclamation Of God’s Word
Psalm 107:1-22 (Jamie Leahey – Apostle’s NYC)
Songs Of Response
Satisfied In You
God Is Good
Defender
Announcements
Engaging w/ Engage – 9/11
Men’s Retreat – 9/23 – 9/25
Worship Through Giving:
Those who call Engage home are encouraged to worship through giving. Those giving by cash or check are encouraged to drop in the collection box in the lobby. To read more about what we believe about giving or to submit an offering online click HERE.
(also available on Venmo: @EngageAlbany)
Benediction
(Closing words from Scripture)
By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed and set out for a place that he was going to receive as an inheritance. He went out, even though he did not know where he was going. By faith he stayed as a foreigner in the land of promise, living in tents as did Isaac and Jacob, coheirs of the same promise. For he was looking forward to the city that has foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
-Hebrews 11:8-10