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WELCOME TO WORSHIP | sunday | august 16, 2026

a diverse, inclusive church experiencing and reflecting the love, hope and joy of Jesus Christ

to each other and our community.

WELCOME | Pastor Jad Denmark 

WELCOME ONE ANOTHER 

* CALL TO WORSHIP | led by Praise Leader Zaria Modeste
Come, people of God, and draw near to the One whose grace is freely given. 

We come with open hearts, ready to receive the mercy God pours out. 

God’s grace meets us as we are—broken, hopeful, searching, forgiven. 

We open ourselves to that grace, trusting its power to renew and transform us. 

Having received grace, we are called to live as people shaped by it. 

We will show grace in our words, our choices, and our relationships. 

Let us worship the God whose grace restores us and sends us out in love. 

With gratitude and openness, we worship the God of grace. 

* SONG OF WORSHIP 
Praise Band  
This Is Amazing Grace | Jeremy Riddle, Josh Farro & Phil Wickham
© 2012 Phil Wickham Music | Seems Like Music | Sing My Songs | Songs for Karyn Publishing | Bethel Music Publishing | WC Music Corp. | CCLI License # 487103  

CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER  
Gracious God, your mercy comes to us without price, without condition, without limit. You offer grace freely, and all you ask is that we open our hearts to receive it. Loosen whatever keeps us guarded or hesitant, and let your healing presence take root within us. Teach us to live as people shaped by forgiveness. Let grace be more than a gift we receive; let it become the way we move through the world. Help us to show patience where there is frustration, kindness where there is hurt, and compassion where there is need. Renew us, reshape us, and send us out as bearers of your grace. Amen.  

THE LORD’S PRAYER  
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever. Amen. 

* SONG OF WORSHIP  
Mercy | Amanda Cook & Steffany Frizzell Gretzinger
© 2015 Bethel Music Publishing | CCLI License # 487103 

CHILDREN’S MESSAGE  

CHRIST CHURCH SCHOOL BLESSING 

STEWARDSHIP MOMENT 
Ministry to Christ Church School 

OFFERING  
worshiping through the offering of our lives and gifts. 

• Place offerings in the basket or wooden box 
• Go to christchurchfl.org/give 
• Text GIVE to 954.880.3885 
• Mail a check to Christ Church, 4845 NE 25th Ave., Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 

Christ Church is a congregationally supported ministry. We thank you for your faithfulness, which helps the church to reflect the love, hope and joy of Jesus to our community. Connect Cards may be placed with your offering. 

* SONG OF WORSHIP  
Your Grace Is Enough | Matt Maher
© 2003 Thankyou Music Ltd | SPIRITANDSONG.COM PUBLISHING | CCLI License # 487103 

SCRIPTURE  
Luke 7:36-50 | New Revised Standard Version, updated edition 
36 One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to eat with him, and when he went into the Pharisee’s house he reclined to dine. 37 And a woman in the city who was a sinner, having learned that he was eating in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster jar of ointment. 38 She stood behind him at his feet, weeping, and began to bathe his feet with her tears and to dry them with her hair, kissing his feet and anointing them with the ointment. 39 Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would have known who and what kind of woman this is who is touching him, that she is a sinner.” 40 Jesus spoke up and said to him, “Simon, I have something to say to you.” “Teacher,” he replied, “speak.” 41 “A certain moneylender had two debtors; one owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. 42 When they could not pay, he canceled the debts for both of them. Now which of them will love him more?” 43 Simon answered, “I suppose the one for whom he canceled the greater debt.” And Jesus said to him, “You have judged rightly.” 44 Then turning toward the woman, he said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered your house; you gave me no water for my feet, but she has bathed my feet with her tears and dried them with her hair. 45 You gave me no kiss, but from the time I came in she has not stopped kissing my feet. 46 You did not anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment. 47 Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven; hence she has shown great love. But the one to whom little is forgiven loves little.” 48 Then he said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.” 49 But those who were at the table with him began to say among themselves, “Who is this who even forgives sins?” 50 But he said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.” 

These are the words of God for us, the people of God. Thanks be to God 

MESSAGE  
Jesus and ... | Jesus and the Religious | Pastor Jad Denmark 

* CLOSING SONG  
Mercy (reprise) | Amanda Cook & Steffany Frizzell Gretzinger
© 2015 Bethel Music Publishing | CCLI License # 487103 

WAYS TO CONNECT | christchurchfl.org/ways2connect  
Please see below.  

SENDING FORTH 

* please stand in body or spirit. 

Join us next Sunday, when we continue the series, Jesus and ... , with the message, Jesus and Women, based on John 4:5–42. 

For a complete list of all the ways to connect click here