Starting September 7, we'll begin a 7 week sermon series titled:
“Work and Worship”       

Sept. 7        Creation and Work                Genesis 1:24-2:3

Sept. 14      Work and Sin                         Genesis 3:1-6

Sept. 21      Trusting God's Work             Ephesians 2:8-10

Sept. 28      Jesus and Work                     Mark 6:1-6

Oct. 5         Work and First-fruits              Deuteronomy 26:1-13

Oct. 12       Bringing God into Worship    Genesis 2:2-3

Oct. 19       The Gospel at Work                Hebrews 3:15-4:16

YOUR LABOR IS NOT IN VAIN

Your labor is not in vain
Though the ground underneath you
is cursed and stained.
Your planting and reaping
are never the same.
But your labor is not in vain.

Your labor is not unknown
Though the rocks they cry out
and the sea it may groan.
The place of your toil may not seem
like a home,
But your labor is not unknown.

For I am with you, I am with you.
I am with you I am with you
For I have called you,
called you by name.
Your labor is not in vain.

The vineyards you plant will bear fruit;
The fields will sing out and rejoice 
with the truth,
For all that is old will at last
be made new:
The vineyards you plant will bear fruit.

For I am with you, I am with you.
I am with you I am with you
For I have called you,
called you by name.
Your labor is not in vain.

The houses you labored to build
Will finally with laughter and joy be filled.
The serpent that hurts and destroys
shall be killed.
And all that is broken be healed.

For I am with you, I am with you.
I am with you I am with you
For I have called you,
called you by name.
Your labor is not in vain.

For I am with you, I am with you.
I am with you I am with you
For I have called you,
called you by name.
Your labor is not in vain.

Words and music by Wendell Kimbrough, Pual Zach,
Isaac Wardell, Aaron Keyes
© 2017 Porter's Gate Publishing, Hymns from the Porter's Gate,
and Porter's Gate Publications