Theta Commitment Service on 27 Oct 2021

Signing the Community Commitment

Blessing each member

"May the Lord...

...give you grace this year...

...to walk in this way."

Last night was a very important night in our Theta Young Adult Community as we made commitment to one another before the Lord to walk in the ways and commitments of our community's Rule of Life www.trinitysanpedro.org/ruleoflife

We also got to record today's Ground Up Grace daily text podcast: https://www.groundupgrace.com/podcasts/10-28-2021

Please pray for those walking in this way of discipleship this year!

Here was the Commitment Service:

Opening Prayer: O Lord Jesus Christ, you became poor for our sake that we might be rich through your poverty: Guide and sanctify we pray, those whom you call to follow you in the Theta Community with its ways and commitments, that by prayer and service they may enrich your Church, and by their life and worship may glorify your name; for you live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen

Hymn: Jesus Paid It All

I hear the Savior say, "Thy strength indeed is small;

Child of weakness, watch and pray,

Find in Me thine all in all."

Jesus paid it all, All to Him I owe;

Sin had left a crimson stain,

He washed it white as snow.

Lord, now indeed I find Thy pow’r, and Thine alone,

Can change the leper’s spots

And melt the heart of stone.

And when before the throne,

I stand in Him complete,

Jesus dies my soul to save my lips shall still repeat

Kristian Stanfill CCLI #: 4689508

Scripture Reading: Matthew 16.21-26

21 From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised. 22 And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, “Far be it from you, Lord! This shall never happen to you.” 23 But he turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a hindrance to me. For you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man.”

24 Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. 25 For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. 26 For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?

Message

Rule of Life:

1. What verse describes “The Way of Grace”?

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

2 Corinthians 13.14

2. What verse calls us to “The Way of the Cross”?

Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.” Matthew 16.24

3. What verse invites “The Way of Word & Prayer”?

Give me life according to your word! Psalm 119.25

4. What verse challenges us to “Commitment to Reconciliation”?

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us a ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. 2 Corinthians 5.17-19

5. What verse exhorts us to “Commitment to Rest & Work”?

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

6. Where are we called to a “Commitment to Welcome”?

Therefore, welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God. Romans 15.7

7. What is God’s vision for our “Commitments to Life Together”?

In him, you are also being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit. Ephesians 2.22

Renewal of Baptismal Vows

Do you here, in the presence of God and one another renew the vows made at your baptism and commit yourself to keep them?

I do

Do you renounce the devil and all his works and all his ways?

I do

Do you believe in and trust God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit?

I do believe.

Responsive Reading from Joel 2 and Acts 2

The Lord will pour out his Spirit upon all flesh,

And your sons and daughters will prophesy.

Your old men shall dream dreams

And your young men shall see visions.

You shall know that the Lord is in the midst of his people,

That he is the Lord and there is none else.

And it shall come to pass

That everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.

Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.

As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen!

Commitment to the Theta Community Rule of Life

Is it your desire to commit to the way of grace, the way of the cross and the way of word and prayer for this coming school year?

It is.

Will you commit yourself to reconciliation, to rest and work, to welcome, and to life together?

I will

During Build My Life, you may sign your name to the Theta Commitment poster. After you sign, Nathan, Joy, and Kierra will bless you with these words:

Kierra: May the Lord

Joy: Give you the grace this year

Nathan: To follow this way

Song: Build My Life

Worthy of every song we could ever sing

Worthy of all the praise we could ever bring

Worthy of every breath we could ever breathe

We live for you

Oh, we live for you

Jesus, the Name above every other name

Jesus, the only One who could ever save

Worthy of every breath we could ever breathe

We live for you

Holy, there is no one like You

There is none beside You

Open up my eyes in wonder

Show me who You are and fill me

With Your heart and lead me

In your love to those around me

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

Bethel Music: Pat Barrett / Matthew James Redman / Brett Younker / Kirby Kaple / Karl Andrew Martin

Benediction

May the Father who loves you, Jesus who calls you to follow him, and the Spirit who fills you with all you need for the way, bless you and keep you. Amen.