Sunday Service Program
SERVICE SCHEDULE
Opening Praise
Grace Church Worship Team
Corporate Prayer & Apostles’ Creed
Scripture Reading
Isaiah 40:1-31 (ESV)
Sermon
”The Hidden Beauty of Waiting”
Rev. Gus Kim
Announcements
Rev. Gus Kim
Benediction
Rev. Gus Kim
LORD’S PRAYER
Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins,
as we forgive those who sin against us,
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom,
the power, and the glory are yours
now and forever.
Amen.
APOSTLES’ CREED
I believe in God the Father Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth.
And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord,
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, dead, and buried.
He descended into hell.
The third day he rose again from the dead.
He ascended into heaven
and sits on the right hand of God
the Father Almighty.
From there he will come 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.
*universal
SCRIPTURE
Isaiah 40:1-31 (ESV)
1 Comfort, comfort my people, says your God.
2 Speak tenderly to Jerusalem,
and cry to her
that her warfare is ended,
that her iniquity is pardoned,
that she has received from the Lord's hand
double for all her sins.
3 A voice cries:
“In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord;
make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
4 Every valley shall be lifted up,
and every mountain and hill be made low;
the uneven ground shall become level,
and the rough places a plain.
5 And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed,
and all flesh shall see it together,
for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”
6 A voice says, “Cry!”
And I said, “What shall I cry?”
All flesh is grass,
and all its beauty is like the flower of the field.
7 The grass withers, the flower fades
when the breath of the Lord blows on it;
surely the people are grass.
8 The grass withers, the flower fades,
but the word of our God will stand forever.
9 Go on up to a high mountain,
O Zion, herald of good news;
lift up your voice with strength,
O Jerusalem, herald of good news;
lift it up, fear not;
say to the cities of Judah,
“Behold your God!”
10 Behold, the Lord God comes with might,
and his arm rules for him;
behold, his reward is with him,
and his recompense before him.
11 He will tend his flock like a shepherd;
he will gather the lambs in his arms;
he will carry them in his bosom,
and gently lead those that are with young.
12 Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand
and marked off the heavens with a span,
enclosed the dust of the earth in a measure
and weighed the mountains in scales
and the hills in a balance?
13 Who has measured the Spirit of the Lord,
or what man shows him his counsel?
14 Whom did he consult,
and who made him understand?
Who taught him the path of justice,
and taught him knowledge,
and showed him the way of understanding?
15 Behold, the nations are like a drop from a bucket,
and are accounted as the dust on the scales;
behold, he takes up the coastlands like fine dust.
16 Lebanon would not suffice for fuel,
nor are its beasts enough for a burnt offering.
17 All the nations are as nothing before him,
they are accounted by him as less than nothing and emptiness.
18 To whom then will you liken God,
or what likeness compare with him?
19 An idol! A craftsman casts it,
and a goldsmith overlays it with gold
and casts for it silver chains.
20 He who is too impoverished for an offering
chooses wood that will not rot;
he seeks out a skillful craftsman
to set up an idol that will not move.
21 Do you not know? Do you not hear?
Has it not been told you from the beginning?
Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?
22 It is he who sits above the circle of the earth,
and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers;
who stretches out the heavens like a curtain,
and spreads them like a tent to dwell in;
23 who brings princes to nothing,
and makes the rulers of the earth as emptiness.
24 Scarcely are they planted, scarcely sown,
scarcely has their stem taken root in the earth,
when he blows on them, and they wither,
and the tempest carries them off like stubble.
25 To whom then will you compare me,
that I should be like him? says the Holy One.
26 Lift up your eyes on high and see:
who created these?
He who brings out their host by number,
calling them all by name;
by the greatness of his might
and because he is strong in power,
not one is missing.
27 Why do you say, O Jacob,
and speak, O Israel,
“My way is hidden from the Lord,
and my right is disregarded by my God”?
28 Have you not known? Have you not heard?
The Lord is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He does not faint or grow weary;
his understanding is unsearchable.
29 He gives power to the faint,
and to him who has no might he increases strength.
30 Even youths shall faint and be weary,
and young men shall fall exhausted;
31 but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength;
they shall mount up with wings like eagles;
they shall run and not be weary;
they shall walk and not faint.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
1. Welcome to Grace Church
We welcome you to our Sunday worship service. If you are new or visiting, we would love to connect with you. Please fill out the connection card by the welcoming desk or on our website at graceny.org/connect. Also, follow us on Instagram @gracenychurch and subscribe to our YouTube channel at youtube.com/graceny.
2. Sunday Worship Service
Grace Church Sunday worship service will resume back at Holy Cross High School (26-20 Francis Lewis Blvd Flushing, NY. 11358) starting next Sunday.
3. Christmas Sunday Service (Dec. 25th)
There will be a joint service with Haeun Church on Christmas Sunday, December 25th at Holy Cross High School (26-20 Francis Lewis Blvd Flushing, NY. 11358). The service will take place at 11:00 A.M. Please prayerfully invite your family and friends to join us as we celebrate our Lord, Jesus Christ.
4. 2023 Vision T-shirt Design Contest
Arts & Design team is hosting a t-shirt design contest today! Each Life Group will be provided with a template and art supplies to create a design that illustrates the 2023 vision of Grace Church. All designs will be shared next week for Grace Church to determine a winner. Please reach out to your Life Group leaders or contact Hanbi Ko at hanbiko8@gmail.com for more information.
5. Nursing Home Outreach (Dec. 17th)
We are looking for volunteers to join us in serving the residents of a nursing home. We will share music and the word of God at Cypress Gardens (139-66 35th Ave Queens, NY. 11354) on Saturday, December 17th at 2 P.M. An info session will be held today in the Haeun Educational Building for those interested in volunteering. Please contact Stewart Kong at sjklaw@gmail.com if you have any questions or are interested in joining us!
6. Neighborhood Gift Giving (Dec. 18th)
We will be giving out gifts to the neighbors of Grace Church next Sunday. We ask all volunteers to gather in the back of the cafeteria at 3:15 P.M. next Sunday to pray for our neighbors and to visit their homes. Please contact Chaerin Kim or Taegi Kim if you wish to volunteer or contact us at info@graceny.org if you have any questions.
9. Pray with Us
Here are some prayer topics that we ask you to keep in your prayers:
1. Covid-19
2. Ukraine
3. Missionaries and partnering churches
- Chris Ko (Simplicity, New York)
- Emmanuel Muhammed (Hebron, Nigeria)
- Esther Lee (Cru, New York)
- Nicholas Song (YWAM, Hawaii)
- Paul Smethurst (Hope-Gobaith, Wales)
- Peter Cho (Tabernacle, Wales)
- Young Rok Kim (YWAM, Haiti)
You may also share your prayer requests at graceny.org/prayer.
This Week on Grace Church
Daily Bible Reading Plan: Hebrews/James
Mon. BRF (Bible Reading & Fellowship): 2 Samuel
Tue. Book Club: TBA
Thurs. Bible Study: Hebrews
Meeting Room #1 — Zoom ID: 9172223333 / PW: 3333
Wed — Wednesday Prayer Room: 8:00 P.M.