Welcome to Fall Retreat!
Call to Worship
L: We gather to worship the One who crafted creation out of chaos,
P: our cries of joy join the anthems of the universe.
L: We gather to lift our praise to the God who gives us voice,
P: we bring the songs which have echoed in our hearts all week long.
L: We gather as the children of God, our joy unbroken in God's love.
P: may our voices be a reverberation of your love.
Come Like the Dawn
You are welcome here
You are welcome here
You are welcome here
Holy One
Spirit of God, come like the dawn
Open the Heavens on us
We wanna know, we wanna know You
Make Your presence known
Make Your presence known
Make Your presence known
Holy One
Spirit of God, come like the dawn
Open the Heavens on us
We wanna know, we wanna know You
Spirit of God, come like the dawn
Open the Heavens on us
We wanna know, we wanna know You
How marvelous, how wonderful
Is Your love, is Your love
How marvelous, how wonderful
Is Your love, oh yeah
Let Your glory fall
Let Your glory fall
Let Your glory fall
Always
Raise a Hallelujah
I raise a Hallelujah in the presence of my enemies
I raise a Hallelujah louder than the unbelief
I raise a Hallelujah, my weapon is a melody
I raise a Hallelujah, heaven comes to fight for me
I'm gonna sing in the middle of the storm
Louder and louder, you're gonna hear my praises roar
Up from the ashes, hope will arise
Death is defeated, the King is alive
I raise a Hallelujah, with everything inside of me
I raise a Hallelujah, I will watch the darkness flee
I raise a Hallelujah, in the middle of the mystery
I raise a Hallelujah, fear you lost your hold on me
I'm gonna sing in the middle of the storm
Louder and louder, you're gonna hear my praises roar
Up from the ashes, hope will arise
Death is defeated, the King is alive
I raise a Hallelujah (In the presence of my enemies)
I raise a Hallelujah (Louder than the unbelief)
I raise a Hallelujah (My weapon is a melody)
I raise a Hallelujah (Heaven comes to fight for me)
Battle Belongs
When all I see is the battle
You see my victory
When all I see is a mountain
You see a mountain moved
And as I walk through the shadow
Your love surrounds me
There's nothing to fear now
For I am safe with You
So when I fight I'll fight on my knees
With my hands lifted high
O God the battle belongs to You
And every fear I lay at Your feet
I'll sing through the night
O God the battle belongs to You
And if You are for me
Who can be against me
For Jesus there's nothing
Impossible for You
When all I see are the ashes
You see the beauty
When all I see is a cross
God You see the empty tomb
So when I fight I'll fight on my knees
With my hands lifted high
O God the battle belongs to You
And every fear I lay at Your feet
I'll sing through the night
O God the battle belongs to You
Almighty Fortress You go before us
Nothing can stand against
The power of our God
You shine in the shadows
You win every battle
Nothing can stand against
The power of our God
So when I fight I'll fight on my knees
With my hands lifted high
O God the battle belongs to You
And every fear I lay at Your feet
I'll sing through the night
O God the battle belongs to You
Run to the Father
I've carried a burden
For too long on my own
I wasn't created
To bear it alone
I hear Your invitation
To let it all go
Yeah, I see it now
I'm laying it down
And I know that I need You
I run to the Father
I fall into grace
I'm done with the hiding
No reason to wait
My heart needs a surgeon
My soul needs a friend
So I'll run to the Father
Again and again
And again and again
You saw my condition
Had a plan from the start
Your Son for redemption
The price for my heart
And I don't have a context
For that kind of love
I don't understand
I can't comprehend
All I know is I need You
My heart has been in Your sights
Long before my first breath
Running into Your arms
Is running to life from death
And I feel this rush deep in my chest
Your mercy is calling out
Just as I am You pull me in
And I know I need You now
Highlands
Oh, how high would I climb mountains
If the mountains were where You hide
Oh, how far I'd scale the valleys
If You graced the other side
And, oh, how long have I chased rivers
From lowly seas to where they rise
Against the rush of grace descending
From the source of its supply
'Cause in the highlands and the heartache
You're neither more or less inclined
I would search and stop at nothing
You're just not that hard to find
I will praise on the mountain
And I will praise you when the mountain is in my way
You're the summit where my feet are
So I will praise You in the valleys all the same
No less God within the shadows
No less faithful when the night leads me astray
'Cause You're the heaven where my heart is
In the highlands and the heartache all the same
Oh, how far beneath Your glory
Does Your kindness extend apart
From where Your feet rest on the sunrise
To where You sweep the sinner's past
And oh, how fast would You come running?
If just to shadow me through the night
Trace my steps through all my failure
And walk me out the other side
For who could dare ascend that mountain
That valleyed hill called Calvary
But for the one I call Good Shepherd
Who like a lamb was slain for me
Oh, I will praise You on the mountain
I will praise You when the mountains in my way
You're the summit where my feet are
So I will praise you in the valley all the same
No less God within the shadows
And no less faithful when the night leads me astray
'Cause You're the heaven where my heart is
In the highlands and the heartache all the same
Whatever I walk through
Wherever I am
Your name can move mountains
Wherever I stand
And if ever I walk through
The valley of death
I'll sing through the shadows
My song of ascent
Whatever I walk through
Wherever I am
Your Name can move mountains
Wherever I stand
And if ever I walk through
The valley of death
I'll sing through the shadows
My song of ascent
My song of ascent
Oh, oh, oh
My song of ascent
Oh, oh, oh
From the gravest of all valleys
Come the pasture we call grace
A mighty river flowing upward
From a deep but empty grave
So I will praise You on the mountain
I will praise You when the mountains in my way
You're the summit where my feet are (yes You are)
I will praise you in the valley all the same
No less God within the shadows
No less faithful when the night leads me astray
You're the heaven where my heart is
In the highlands and the heartache all the same
Benediction
Go in peace.