Centering Practice
We invite you to slow down, breathe, and connect with God, each other, and yourself:
- Begin by closing our eyes and taking several slow, deep breaths
- Hands over hearts for a person or place you hold dear
Call to Worship
We gather today in faith, called as the people of God.
We trust in the Holy Spirit,
the One who enables us to take holy risks.
We believe a life of faith is open to God
and to our neighbors around us.
Our hearts are open this day.
Amen.
Worship Songs
Joy of the Lord
Though tears may fall
My song will rise, my song will rise to You
Though my heart may fail
My song will rise, my song will rise to You
While there’s breath in my lungs
I will praise You, Lord
In the dead of night
I’ll lift my eyes, I’ll lift my eyes to You
When the waters rise
I’ll lift my eyes, I’ll lift my eyes to You
While there’s hope in my heart
I will praise You, Lord
The joy of the Lord is my strength
The joy of the Lord is my strength
In the darkness I’ll dance
In the shadows I’ll sing
The joy of the Lord is my strength
When I cannot see You with my eyes
Let faith arise to You
When I cannot feel Your hand in mine
Let faith arise to You
God of mercy and love
I will praise You, Lord
Oh You shine with glory Lord of light
I feel alive with You
In Your presence now I come alive
I am alive with You
There is strength when I say
I will praise You, Lord
When sorrow comes my way
You are the shield around me
Always You remain
Like courage in the fight
I hear You call my name
Jesus, I am coming
Walking on the waves
Reaching for Your light
Mercies (New Every Morning)
In brokenness and wandering
Through all my fear and unbelief
Your faithfulness appears to me again
Through mountain top and valley low
In every season, this I know
Your goodness, like the dawn, will break again
All Your mercies rising
In this heart again
And my soul begins to sing
They are new every morning
New every morning
Great is Your faithfulness
Your mercies are new every morning
New every morning
Great is Your faithfulness
Every good and perfect gift
In Your endless grace You give
Flowing from the Father’s heart to mine
Beams of heaven as I go
Through this wilderness below
The fullness of Your love for all of time
Prayer of Confession
Faithful God,
We give thanks to You for Your steadfast love.
We know Your love endures forever.
The world, and our hearts, are weary.
These burdens are too heavy for us to carry alone;
So we come to Jesus, who offers true rest.
Hear us, O Lord, we pray:
— Moment of silent prayer —
Merciful God,
Every season of creation and life belongs to You.
Make us instruments of Your peace.
Amen.
Assurance of God’s Love
Prayers of the People
After each phrase, the congregation will reply with one voice:
Lord, have mercy.
For Mira Mesa, San Diego, and every community
in which we live, work, study, and play…
For the end of racism, hatred, violence,
and discrimination in our world…
For those experiencing sorrow and loss…
For the Church to become a living sign
of the Beloved Community You desire…
For our mission partners & collaborators around the world…
For our Anchor & Hope community to grow in and share our faith…
Amen.
Offering Prayer
Announcements
- Thanks for worshiping with us today! We hope you experience meaningful connection with God and others in our community. If you’re visiting for the first time today, we’d love to get to know you better. Please take home a visitor’s card with QR code so that we can stay in touch & build a relationship!
- Sandburg Fall Carnival: We’re looking for volunteers to help out with the Sandburg Elementary Fall Carnival on Saturday, October 26th. Please talk to PD if you’re interested — this a great way for us to be a part of good things happening in our neighborhood
- Coffee Gift Cards: Our church is going to bless the teachers & staff of Sandburg with gift cards for the day after Halloween (“you’re saints for handling the post-Halloween candy rush”). If you’d like to sponsor a set of cards, please talk to Tae today
Passing of the Peace
Let’s greet each other at this time!
Family Praise
The Fruit of the Spirit
Blessing of the Children
Go in peace and go in joy;
Filled with wonder for this day.
Go in faith and go in love;
God will guide you on your way!
Worship Song
Invitation Fountain / Build My Life
All who are weak
All who are weary
Come to the rock
Come to the fountain
All who have sailed
On the rivers of heartache
Come to the sea
Come on be set free
If You lead me Lord
I will follow
Where You lead me Lord
I will go
Come and heal me Lord
I will follow
Where You lead me Lord
I will go, I will go…
All who are weak
All who are weary
Come to the rock
Come to the fountain
All who have climbed
On the mountains of heartache
Reach to the stars
Come on and give Your life
I will build my life upon Your love
It is a firm foundation
I will put my trust in You alone
And I will not be shaken
Scripture Reading
Habakkuk 1:1-4; 3:1-2, 17-19
1 The oracle that the prophet Habakkuk saw.
2 O Lord, how long shall I cry for help, and you will not listen?Or cry to you “Violence!” and you will not save?
3 Why do you make me see wrongdoing and look at trouble?
Destruction and violence are before me; strife and contention arise.
4 So the law becomes slack, and justice never prevails.
The wicked surround the righteous; therefore judgment comes forth perverted.
……
1 A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet.
2 Lord, I have heard of your fame;I stand in awe of your deeds, Lord.
Renew them in our day, in our time make them known;
in wrath remember mercy.
……
17 Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines,
though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food,
though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls,
18 yet I will rejoice in the Lord,
I will be joyful in God my Savior.
19 The Sovereign Lord is my strength;
he makes my feet like the feet of a deer,
he enables me to tread on the heights.
For the director of music. On my stringed instruments.
Reader: This is the Word of the Lord.
Together: Thanks be to God.
Sermon
Grief is an Evidence of Love
Pastor Dan
Worship Song
Send the Rain
Lord, we come to You
Now with open hands
Broken lives and dreams
Washed up on the sand
We’ve been beaten down
But still we choose to stand
We choose to stand
Lord, we long for You
For Your hand to move
Heal this barren land
Come and make it new
Jesus, You’re the life
That is breaking through
You’re breaking through
The saints of old in ancient days
They worked the ground
that we reap from today
So use our hands to cultivate
The harvest that
our children’s children taste
We’re ready God, so send the rain
Lord, we’ll follow You
To unbroken earth
On the path not used
Where new hope is birthed
We will work as one
Holding to Your truth
To Your truth
Heal the ruined cities
We destroyed with our own hands
Bring us back together
Let us see the promised land
Pour out Your Spirit
On this dry and thirsty ground
O God of the harvest
Could it be right here and now
Could it be right here and now
Open up the heavens,
let Your rain fall down
We are thirsty, we are thirsty
Anchor & Hope Church 