Giving honor to God. We worship, individually, in word and deed. But there is something special about the people of God coming TOGETHER for worship (Hebrews 10:24-25). Thus, we hope Sundays at New City are a highlight of your week. Here is some stuff to help you prepare for our corporate worship Sunday.

       Genesis 19:1-29 is this week's sermon text and Dave Dupee with be preaching. You can access more of our Living in the Gap series' sermons and download study/discussion guides just CLICK HERE.

As a part of the worship gathering we'll have a time for the "Prayers of the People" where we'll open up our prayer time for all who would like to to pray to do so. We ask that you pray loud enough so that others can hear you and succinctly enough that others may have the opportunity to pray as well. We'll end our prayer time with St. Patrick's Prayer, aka. the Breastplate of St. Patrick prayed outloud together.

We'll call ourselves to worship with Psalm 149. And these are the songs we'll be singing together:

• Come See the Son (Get this free download and add it to your iPod!)
• Dearly We're Bought (This rocking retuned hymn comes from Red Mountain Music's The Gadsby Project. Red Mountain created this project out lyrics from the Gadsby Hymnal from the early 19th century, dusting off forgotten lyrics and putting them to new tunes.)
• Be Thou My Vision (We're singing this beautiful, rich, Celtic tuned hymn particularly in light of St. Patrick's Day.)
• You Have Redeemed My Soul (This song comes from Enter the Worship
  Circle, the First Circle album featuring Don & Lori Chaffer from Waterdeep. We sang this heartily on Ash Wednesday and we'll be singing this week and next as well. CLICK HERE to watch avideo on how to play it.)
• Hallelujah! What a Savior (We've done this great song a few times so far during this season of Lent and will continue to sing it a few more times. You can get the whole album this came for free: CLICK HERE.)
• Let Your Kingdom Come (This song comes from a Puritan prayer and is a great way to send us out with a reminder of God's Kingdom and mission.)

If you didn't see it last week, go get this free Song! CLICK HERE to get the song It is Finished by Matt Papas. We're hoping to celebrate in song with this one during Holy Week. Add it to your playlist and learn it as we journey towards Good Friday and Easter.

Be there Sundays for our worship gatherings! Bring some friends along!

Giving honor to God. We do that daily, individually, in word and deed. But there is also something special about the people of God coming TOGETHER for worship (Hebrews 10:24-25). Thus, we hope Sundays at New City are a highlight of your week. Here is some stuff to help you prepare for our corporate worship Sunday.

Turn to Genesis 18:16-33 to familiarize yourself with this week's sermon text. Josh will be exploring the idea of Praying for the City. You can access more of our Living in the Gap series' sermons and download study/discussion guides CLICK HERE.

Psalm 47 will serve as our call to worship and we'll be affirming our faith with the Apostles' Creed.

Here are the songs we'll be singing together:

• Rejoice the Lord is King (This is the lyrics, written by Charles Wesley to encourage the burgeoning Methodist movement. The lyrics are re-tuned by High Street Hymns, but alas, it is not available on the interwebs. One morereason you'll have to be there on Sunday!)
• Before the Throne of God Above (This beautiful 1863 hymn, by Charitie
  Lees Bancroft, has been revived lately, and for good reason! You can get a free album of hymns by Anathallo with a tremendous version of this song included.)
• Jesus I My Cross Have Taken (Buckle in for this 8 1/2 minute journey. Originally written by Anglican minister Henry Lyte, for some time this track was the most downloaded Indelible Grace track on iTunes. CLICK HERE to listen to Kevin Twit intro the song and share that tidbit. )
• You Have Redeemed My Soul (This song comes from Enter the Worship
  Circle, the First Circle album featuring Don & Lori Chaffer from Waterdeep. We sang this heartily on Ash Wednesday and we'll be singing this week and next as well. CLICK HERE to watch a video on how to play it.)
• In Your Name (A New City favorite, we actually sang this at our first preview service! This comes from Austin City Life.)
• On Jordan's Stormy Banks (Another one from Indelible Grace, this recorded @ the Hymn Sing as well. CLICK HERE to listen to the whole album. Excellent stuff.)

Free Song! CLICK HERE to get the song It is Finished by Matt Papas. We're hoping to celebrate in song with this one during Holy Week. Add it to your playlist and learn it as we journey towards Good Friday and Easter.

Be there Sundays for our worship gatherings! Bring some friends!

"And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him." (Colossians 3:17) We all ought to worship God daily in all that we do. But there is something special about the people of God coming TOGETHER for worship (Hebrews 10:24-25). Thus, we hope Sundays at New City are a highlight of your week. In an effort to help you get more out of it, we're posting a short preview of this Sunday's gathering.

If you'd like to be familiar with this week's text read Genesis 18:1-15 and Genesis 21:1-7. To hear more of our Living in the Gap series' sermons and to download study/discussion guides CLICK HERE.

Here are the songs we'll be singing together:

• God of Wonders (This is sort of a modern day classic from the 2000 complicationalbum City on a Hill.)
• Hallelujah! What a Savior (This is a video from a live performance by the band Ascend the Hill @ Relevant Magazine. You can CLICK HERE to get their whole hymns album for free. You may recognize the chorus from Leonard Cohen's song Hallelujah most famously done by Jeff Buckley. And done by Rufus Wainwright for Shrek.)
• All Things New (Andrew Peterson's song calls us to awake to the reality of the gospel's power in our lives. Powerful song to proclaim God's truth together.)
• Be Still My Soul (This is a beautiful version from Bifrost Arts' Come, O Spirit.)
• Great is Thy Faithfulness (Classic.)
• Let Us Love and Sing and Wonder (Click here and listen to track #11.)

See you Sunday for our worship gathering! Bring some friends!

"And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him." (Colossians 3:17) We all ought to worship God daily in all that we do. But there is something special about the people of God coming TOGETHER for worship (Hebrews 10:24-25). Thus, we hope Sundays at New City are a highlight of your week. In an effort to help you get more out of it, we're posting a short preview of this Sunday's gathering.

We're continuing in our series of sermons from the life of Abraham. The series is entitled Life in the Gap and we are exploring how Abraham truated God in between God's promise and the fulfillment of that promise in reality. Genesis 17:1-14 is our text for this week so take some time to read it over the new few days.

You can access previous sermons and download study/discussion guides if you CLICK HERE.

Here are this week's songs:

• Arise, My Soul, Arise (This song is incredibly rich with Scripture. Explore all the Scripture woven into this hymn text here.)
• Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven (Click track #4.)
• Abide With Me ("In life, in death, Lord, abide with me.")
• God the Spirit (From Cardiphonia's Pentecost Songs album. "When we wander Lord direct us, Keep us in the Master’s way")
• Beloved (From the second enter the worship circle album.)
• Let Your Kingdom Come (This is a sample & the lyrics.)

Prayer from the Valley of Vision, Puritan prayer book:

My God, I  feel it is heaven to please thee, and to be what thou wouldst have me be. O that I were holy as thou art holy, pure as Christ is pure perfect as thy Spirit is perfect! These, I feel, are the best commands in thy Book, and shall I break them? must I break them? am I under such a necessity as long as I live here?
Woe, woe is me that I am a sinner, that I grieve this blessed God, who is infinite in goodness and grace!
O, if he would punish me for my sins, it would not wound my heart so deep to offend him;
But though I sin continually, he continually repeats his kindness to me.
At times I feel I could bear any suffering, but how can I dishonour this glorious God?
What shall I do to glorify and worship this best of beings?
O that I could consecrate my soul and body to his service, without restraint, for ever!
O that I could give myself up to him, so as never more to attempt to be my own!
   or have any will or affections that are not perfectly conformed to his will and his love!
But, alas, I cannot live and not sin.
O may angels glorify him incessantly, and, if possible, prostrate themselves lower before the blessed King of heaven!
I long to bear a part with them in ceaseless praise; But when I have done all I can to eternity  I shall not be able to offer more than a small fraction of the homage that the glorious God deserves.
Give me a heart full of divine, heavenly love. 

We all ought to worship, give glory and honor to God, everyday in all that we do. But there is something special about the people of God coming TOGETHER for worship (Hebrews 10:24-25). Thus, we hope Sundays at New City are a highlight of your week. In an effort to help you get more out of it, we're posting a short preview of this Sunday's gathering.

Check out Genesis 16:1-16. This is the text that we'll be using Sunday. This is some dark, heavy stuff this week that exposes what harshness and troublemaking we're capable of. But God is right there in the midst of the mess. You can access previous sermons and download study/discussion guides if you CLICK HERE.

The songs we'll sing together this week are:

• Come Away From Rush and Hurry (Very rough demo of this song. Old tune [called Nettleton used with Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing] with new lyrics.)
• Dearly We're Bought (A rollicking, retuned hymn from Red Mountain Music's The Gadsby Project. Red Mountain created this project from the Gadsby Hymnal from the early 19th century, dusting off forgotten lyrics and putting them to new tunes.)
• Everlasting God (A newer song that's based off of Isaiah 40:28-31, inviting us to come and wait upon the Lord. Everlating God has been recorded by Chris Tomlin, Lincoln Brewster, and others.)
• Beloved (From the second enter the worship circle album. This will only be our second time with this song in our worship gathering so learn it and sing out!)
• I Will Sing (this beautiful little song is by Matt Boswell, worship leader and songwriter from Ft. Worth, TX. You can follow him on twitter here. We did his version of What Wondrous Love is This a couple weeks ago.)
• Lead On, O King Eternal (Only a sample...Check out lyrics here. From Indebible Grace IV.)

Beyond Sunday, this week we'll gather for worship on Ash Wednesday, 7pm on February 22nd at the Red TreeGallery, 3210 Madison Rd., Oakley, 45209. Children are more than welcome to be in attendance but there will not be formal childcare. RSVP on the Facebook event page and share it in your timeline (click the "share" link on the left side of the page). 

It's not too late to get in on Porterbrook, launching at the end of the month. CLICK HERE to learn more and register online.

Sunday's a-comin! Come prepared to celebrate Christ together!

We all ought to worship, give glory and honor to God, everyday in all that we do. But there is something special about the people of God coming TOGETHER for worship (Hebrews 10:24-25). Thus, we hope Sundays at New City are a highlight of your week. In an effort to help you get more out of it, we're posting a short preview of this Sunday's gathering.

Our text for this Sunday is Genesis 15:1-21. Take a few minutes to read the passage in preparation. The sermon will explore the tension between faith and doubt as God promises Abraham what seems laughable, impossible. To catch up on previous sermons and to download study/discussion guides CLICK HERE.

The songs we'll sing together this week are:

• Come See the Son (Free download! Add this one to your iPod!)
• Immortal, Invisible God Only Wise (this is a version by some independent artists on bandcamp and you can click here for the lyrics & a demo from Indelible Grace)
• Holy is The Lord (from Isaiah 6:3 by Chris Tomlin, click here to listen to the song story.)
• Jesus the Lord My Savior Is (by Sandra McCracken, a retuned William Gadsby hymn)
• When I Survey the Wondrous Cross (1707 hymn, Isaac Watts' lyrics with a recent chorus added in by Chris Tomlin for good measure)
• Faithful One (by Randall Goodgame off of the Midtown Project album. And as an aside...parents...if you are looking for amusing, tolerable kids' music, check out Goodgame's & Andrew Peterson's project Slugs & Bugs. Our children adore the Christmas EP.) 

And hey...if you haven't yet checked out Porterbrook launching at the end of the month, CLICK HERE to learn more and register online.

Can't wait to see you for our worship gathering Sunday! Bring a friend with you!

There is something special about the people of God coming together for worship (Hebrews 10:24-25). Thus, we hope Sundays at New City are a highlight of your week. In an effort to help you get more out of it, we're posting a short preview of this Sunday's gathering.

 We are continuing to follow Abraham in our series Living in the Gap, this week diving into Genesis 14.11-24.  Josh will be preaching on Two Portraits of Christ that we discover in this episode of Abraham's life. For previous sermons and study/discussion guides CLICK HERE.

 This week our worship will culminate in the celebration of the Lord's Supper. Take some time to consider Matthew 26.26-29 in preparation.

The songs we'll sing together this week are:

• O For a Thousand Tongues (We'll be singing 11 of the 17 verses so buckle up! Here's a shorter, gentler version from a church in Athens, OH)
• Lead Us Back (from Sojourn Music's album Before the Throne)
• What Wondrous Love is This (by Matt Boswell on the album Songs for Lent by New York Hymns. This track is the 2nd to last and entitled "Jesus' Body Laid in the Tomb...Part 2" )
• Beloved (from Enter the Worship Circle)
• How Deep the Father's Love for Us (by Stuart Townsend)
• King of Saints (William Gadsby hymn retuned by Red Mountain Music) 

See you Sunday!

There is something special about the people of God coming together for worship (Hebrews 10:24-25). Thus, we hope Sundays at New City are a highlight of your week. In an effort to help you get more out of it, we're posting a short preview of this Sunday's gathering.

This week's message is The Trial of Affluence from Genesis 13.2-18.  Take a few minutes to read the text as a family as we continue following Abraham's story in our series, Living in the Gap. CLICK HERE to check out previous sermons and study/discussion guides. 

The songs we'll sing together this week are:

• Come and Sing (from Sojourn Music's album Before the Throne)
• Death to Life (from Joe Day's album Grace)
• Death in His Grave (by John Mark McMillan, playing @ the Underground March 9th)
• Jesus, Lover of My Soul (from Indelible Grace, click here for lyrics, etc.)
• Jesus, I Lift My Eyes (Jars of Clay's version from their album Redemption Songs)
• In the Cross of Christ I Glory (by High Street Hymns, from the Hearts and Voices album) 

See you Sunday!

This Sunday we continue in our second week of the new sermon series called LIVING IN THE GAP: Between Promise and Reality, based on the life of Abraham in Genesis 12-25. 

Take a few minutes to spend some time with this week's text, Genesis 12.10-20.

It doesn't take long reading the Scripture before we are faced with the reality that the saints who have gone before us and are remebered in its pages are flawed, sometimes quite seriously flawed. And yet...God pursues them, calls them, uses them for His Kingdom. What does this mean for us? Josh will walk us through this episode of starting and stumbling in Abraham's story  and challenge us to faithful living in the gap.

We try to pray in different ways during our worship gatherings. This week, we'll open the floor up for anyone who feels led to pray. You can pray for a specific need you have, or offer prayers for our city and our church's mission, as well as the work of the Gospel around the world.

Songs we'll sing this week include:

Come Ye Sinners

O God, Our Help in Ages Help

Pass Me Not O Gentle Savior

 Grace Upon Grace

Grace Upon Grace (Album Version)

 Or CLICK HERE

Be Thou My Vision

To Christ the Lord

CLICK HERE for lyrics, demo mp3, etc.

Come prepared to worship!

This Sunday we begin a new sermon series called LIVING IN THE GAP: Between Promise and Reality, based on the life of Abraham in Genesis 12-25. Our text for this week is Genesis 11.27-12.9. 

Abraham is a seminal character for the major faiths of the world so wherever you are in your faith journey, this journey with Abraham will be of help, because as Josh posted earlier this week, "you'll never be able to understand world history without knowing about Abraham. You won't be able to understand the Bible unless you know about Abraham, because the Scriptures (both Old Testament and New) are chalked full of references to him. And, unless you know about Abraham, you won't really know what it looks like to live faithfully in the gap between promise and reality. Abraham lived most of his life in the gap. And the Bible calls him 'the father of all who believe.' "

Songs we'll sing this week include:

Faithful One (listen) 

Be Still My Soul 

How Great Thou Art

(you probably know this one so here's a whimsical and amusing whistle version for your pleasure or to help you learn the tune if you don't know it already)

We Are Listening

My Hope is Built

Come and Sing 

After worship we're going to have a meet & greet for Cheryl, Meka (5), Eden (4), Quinn (2) & I at Izzy's. We hope you'll join us!

See you Sunday. Bring a friend with you to worship & buy their lunch @ Izzy's!