WE’RE GLAD YOU’VE JOINED US TODAY.

WHO WE ARE.

• We are a community of city-centred, gospel-focused people striving to serve and renew Toronto through the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

WHO WE WELCOME.

• We welcome people of all races, ethnicities, socio-economic backgrounds and faiths – both religious and irreligious.

WHO WE BELIEVE IN.

• We believe Christ is relevant to every person in every situation, and we want to help you discover him.

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GOD CALLS

CALL TO WORSHIP

—based on Psalm 124:8

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ALL:

Our help is in the name of the Lord,

who made heaven and earth.

LEADER:

What did God do to help us?

ALL:

God chose the people of Israel to make a new beginning.

LEADER:

They received God’s covenant and prepared the way

for Jesus to come as our saviour.

ALL:

Let us worship the God of the covenant, the God of heaven and earth.

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SONG - ALL CREATURES OF OUR GOD AND KING

(© 2002 Moon & Musky Music. CCLI # 3608102)

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All creatures of our God and King

Lift up your voice and with us sing

O praise Him alleluia

Thou burning sun with golden beam

Thou silver moon with softer gleam

O praise Him O praise Him

Alleluia alleluia alleluia

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Thou rushing wind that art so strong

Ye clouds that sail in Heav'n along

O praise Him alleluia

Thou rising moon in praise rejoice

Ye lights of evening find a voice

O praise Him O praise Him

Alleluia alleluia alleluia

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Let all things their Creator bless

And worship Him in humbleness

O praise Him alleluia

Praise praise the Father praise the Son

And praise the Spirit three in One

O praise Him O praise Him

Alleluia alleluia alleluia

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SONG - HOLY FOREVER

(© 2022 Brian and Jenn Publishing; Capitol CMG Paragon; S. D. G. Publishing; Be Essential Songs; My Magnolia Music; Phil Wickham Music; Simply Global Songs; Bethel Music Publishing. CCLI Song # 7201044)

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A thousand generations falling down in worship

To sing the song of ages to the Lamb

And all who've gone before us

And all who will believe

Will sing the song of ages to the Lamb

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Your name is the highest

Your name is the greatest

Your name stands above them all

All thrones and dominions

All powers and positions

Your name stands above them all

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And the angels cry Holy

All creation cries Holy

You are lifted high Holy

Holy forever

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If you've been forgiven and if you've been redeemed

Sing the song forever to the Lamb

If you walk in freedom and if you bear His name

Sing the song forever to the Lamb

We'll sing the song forever and amen

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Hear Your people sing Holy

To the King of Kings Holy

You will always be Holy

Holy forever

You will always be Holy

Holy forever

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SONG - KNOWING YOU

(© 1993 Make Way Music. Admin. by Music Services, Inc. CCLI Song # 1045238)

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All I once held dear built my life upon

All this world reveres and wars to own

All I once thought gain I have counted loss

Spent and worthless now compared to this

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Knowing You Jesus knowing You

There is no greater thing

You're my all You're the best

You're my joy my righteousness

And I love You Lord love You Lord

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Now my heart's desire is to know You more

To be found in You and known as Yours

To possess by faith what I could not earn

All surpassing gift of righteousness

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Oh to know the pow'r of Your risen life

And to know You in Your sufferings

To become like You in Your death my Lord

So with You to live and never die

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‍GOD CLEANSES

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PRAYER OF CONFESSION

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LEADER:

God of everlasting love,

we confess that we have been unfaithful

to our covenant with you and with one another.

We have worshiped other gods: money, power, greed, and convenience.

We have served our own self-interest

instead of serving only you and your people.

We have not loved our neighbor as you have commanded,

nor have we rightly loved ourselves.

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ALL:

Forgive us, gracious God,

and bring us back into the fullness

of our covenant with you and one another.

Through Christ, our Lord. Amen.

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SILENT CONFESSION

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WORDS OF ASSURANCE

—Psalm 103:8, 13-14, 17-18, NRSV

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The LORD is merciful and gracious,

slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.

As a father has compassion for his children,

so the LORD has compassion for those who fear him.

For he knows how we were made;

he remembers that we are dust.

But the steadfast love of the LORD is from

everlasting to everlasting

on those who fear him,

and his righteousness to children’s children,

to those who keep his covenant

and remember to do his commandments.

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SONG OF ASSURANCE - THE POWER OF YOUR LOVE

(© 1992 Geoff Bullock Music. Admin. by Song Solutions www.songsolutions.org. CCLI Song # 917491)

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Lord I come to You

Let my heart be changed renewed

Flowing from the grace

That I found in You

And Lord I've come to know

The weaknesses I see in me

Will be stripped away

By the pow'r of Your love

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Hold me close

Let Your love surround me

Bring me near

Draw me to Your side

And as I wait

I'll rise up like the eagle

And I will soar with You

Your Spirit leads me on

In the pow'r of Your love

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Lord unveil my eyes

Let me see You face to face

The knowledge of Your love

As You live in me

Lord renew my mind

As Your will unfolds in my life

In living ev'ry day

By the pow'r of Your love

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PRAYER FOR THE CHURCH AND THE CITY

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COMMUNITY LIFE ANNOUNCEMENTS

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PARISH SOCIALS

• Parish Socials are back! Throughout July, each Parish will host an event in its area. This is a great opportunity to reconnect with people from your neighbourhood and meet new people. Visit gracetoronto.ca/events for details on the Parish event near you.
  

SUMMER EATS

• All are invited to walk to a nearby affordable restaurant for lunch today after the 2nd service! Meet by the Welcome Desk in the lobby, and we'll depart together at 12:45 pm. All you need is your wallet and a willingness to make new friends.

AFTER SERVICE BRUNCH

• Stick around after either service on August 3rd for brunch in the St. Andrew's Hall! Catch up with friends - or make new ones - over a plate of eggs, hash browns, bacon, and pancakes! Cost is $10 per person, and children 12 and under are free! RSVP at gracetoronto.ca/events

PRAYER FOR THE WEEK

• GENEROSITY (2 Corinthians 9:6-8) God loves a cheerful giver and provides all we need to abound in every good work. Reflect on how you are stewarding God’s blessings. Pray for a generous heart that reflects God’s abundant grace.

SUPPORT

• If you are in any form of need or if you are able to help others, please visit http://www.gracetoronto.ca/help  or visit http://www.gracetoronto.ca/prayer  to submit your prayers.

DIACONATE

• The Diaconate exists to contribute to the flourishing of gospel-centered community by meeting the practical needs of our church community, and extending help and compassion to those experiencing hardship or difficult circumstances.
• Click here for more information.

OFFERING

• To set up your online giving or to learn more about giving options, visit gracetoronto.ca/give.

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GOD COMMUNES

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SCRIPTURE READING

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Genesis 6:11-19, 7:11-12, 9:8-17

11 Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight and was full of violence. 12 God saw how corrupt the earth had become, for all the people on earth had corrupted their ways. 13 So God said to Noah, “I am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. I am surely going to destroy both them and the earth. 14 So make yourself an ark of cypress wood; make rooms in it and coat it with pitch inside and out. 15 This is how you are to build it: The ark is to be three hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide and thirty cubits high. 16 Make a roof for it, leaving below the roof an opening one cubit high all around. Put a door in the side of the ark and make lower, middle and upper decks. 17 I am going to bring floodwaters on the earth to destroy all life under the heavens, every creature that has the breath of life in it. Everything on earth will perish. 18 But I will establish my covenant with you, and you will enter the ark—you and your sons and your wife and your sons’ wives with you. 19 You are to bring into the ark two of all living creatures, male and female, to keep them alive with you.

11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month—on that day all the springs of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened. 12 And rain fell on the earth forty days and forty nights.

8 Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him: 9 “I now establish my covenant with you and with your descendants after you 10 and with every living creature that was with you—the birds, the livestock and all the wild animals, all those that came out of the ark with you—every living creature on earth. 11 I establish my covenant with you: Never again will all life be destroyed by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.”

12 And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come: 13 I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth. 14 Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds, 15 I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life. 16 Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth.”

17 So God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant I have established between me and all life on the earth.”

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SERMON

Tarak George

Q&A

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SONG OF RESPONSE - PROMISES

(© 2020 Bethel Worship Publishing; Maverick City Publishing; Capitol CMG Paragon; ForTheDreamers Publishing; JDW Legacy Publishing; Aaron Moses Chiriboga Music; Heaven Publishing. CCLI Song # 7149439)

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God of Abraham You're the God of covenant

Of faithful promises

Time and time again You have proven

You do just what You say

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Though the storms may come

And the winds may blow

I'll remain steadfast

And let my heart learn when You speak a word

It will come to pass

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Great is Your faithfulness to me

Great is Your faithfulness to me

From the rising sun to the setting same

I will praise Your name

Great is Your faithfulness to me

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God from age to age

Though the earth may pass away

Your word remains the same yeah

Your history can prove

There's nothing You can't do

You're faithful and true

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I put my faith in Jesus

My anchor to the ground

My hope and firm foundation

He'll never let me down

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From the rising sun to the setting same

I will praise Your name

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COMMUNION
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PRAYER FOR THOSE SEARCHING FOR TRUTH

Lord Jesus, you claim to be the way, the truth, and the life.  Grant that I might be undaunted by the cost of following you as I consider the reasons for doing so. If what you claim is true, please guide me, teach me, and open me to the reality of who you are.  Give me an understanding of you that is coherent, convincing and that leads to the life you promise.  Amen.

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PRAYER OF BELIEF

Lord Jesus Christ, I admit that I am weaker and more sinful than I ever dared admit, but through you I am more loved and accepted than I ever dared hope.  I thank you for paying my debt on the cross, taking what I deserved in order to offer me complete forgiveness. Knowing that you have been raised from the dead, I turn from my sins and receive you as my Saviour and Lord.  Amen.

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GOD COMMISSIONS

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BENEDICTION

—2 Corinthians 13:14

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The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ

and the love of God

and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit

be with you all.

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PRAYER

Would you like prayer?  Send us an email at prayer@gracetoronto.ca.  We would love to intercede for you!

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