Beach Church - May 24, 2026
Beach Church
Today in Worship
Order of Worship
- Worship Songs & Prayer
- Welcome and Announcements
- Anchored Kids' Dismissal
- Offering
- Song during the Offering
- Scripture Lesson and Message
- Closing Song
- Blessing
All song lyrics are included below or online.
Message Outline
- Psalm 24: God owns what He lovingly sustains
- Belonging is safety, not threat
- "You are not your own" is care-language (1 Cor 6:19–20)
- God wants to dwell with you (temple)
- Jesus paid the price: cross-shaped love
- I can't heal myself by myself (recovery wisdom)
- Means of grace are channels to receive love
- Forgiveness through the cross
- Hope through the resurrection
- Power through the Holy Spirit
Beach Club: Experiencing Faith All Week Long
📖 Reflection Questions
Take time to invite God's searching presence into your week.
Psalm 139:23–24 — "Search me, O God, and know my heart…"
💬 Conversation Starters
Bring grace into every discussion this week.
Colossians 4:6 — "Let your conversation be always full of grace…"
🌱 Spiritual Growth Action Steps
Put your faith into practice in real, tangible ways.
James 1:22 — "Do not merely listen to the word… Do what it says."
🎵 Worship Playlists
Let praise fill every day of your week.
Psalm 145:2 — "Every day I will praise you and extol your name for ever."
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Prayer: Share your prayer requests by submitting a prayer request or visit the Prayer Cabana, where members of the team would be honored to pray with you in person.
Communion
Communion is open to all who seek the love and grace of Jesus Christ.
Communion will be shared during worship on:
Announcements
Tender Care Nursery School and Summer Camp
Tender Care is a ministry of St. Paul's Ocean Grove Church, providing a nurturing, faith-centered environment where children are encouraged to grow academically, socially, emotionally, and spiritually through play, discovery, and loving care. For more info call 732-775-2265.
12 Steps for Christians
A Christ-centered recovery group based on The Twelve Steps for Christians meets Thursdays at 7:00 PM at St. Paul's Ocean Grove Church. Rooted in Scripture and the Twelve Steps, this group offers healing and hope for those seeking freedom from addictions. All are welcome. Enter at 80 Embury Ave. through door 1 and ring the doorbell for access.
Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association
The Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association has welcomed generations of visitors for worship, music, spiritual renewal, and Christian fellowship since 1869. We are grateful to partner in ministry within this historic seaside community dedicated to hospitality, faith, and lifelong discipleship.
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Song Lyrics
Graves Into Gardens
I searched the world but it couldn't fill me
Man's empty praise and treasures that fade
Are never enough
Then You came along and put me back together
And every desire is now satisfied here in Your love
Oh there's nothing better than You
There's nothing better than You
Lord there's nothing
Nothing is better than You
I'm not afraid to show You my weakness
My failures and flaws
Lord You've seen them all
And You still call me friend
'Cause the God of the mountain
Is the God of the valley
There's not a place
Your mercy and grace won't find me again
You turn mourning to dancing
You give beauty for ashes
You turn shame into glory
You're the only one who can
You turn graves into gardens
You turn bones into armies
You turn seas into highways
You're the only one who can
Here Comes The Church
Your people called by name
No boast beyond Your grace
We've been set apart to do only what You will
Marked by Your peace in us
Sent into the world You love
Where You lead us we will follow
Here comes Your bride robes of white
Washed in blood wrapped in light
Here comes Your city hill on high
Gates of glory opened wide
Here come Your people broken stones
Built together held in love
Here comes Your church
Here comes the church
By prophet priest and saint
Apostle king and slave
To Christ our cornerstone foundation laid
A temple He designed
Stones that He filled with life
To bring His name all the glory
Lord it's Your glory
And one day soon in the blink of an eye
With a holy roar He's gonna split the sky
And one day soon like a thief in the night
He's gonna rob the graves of the dead in Christ
And one day soon we who are alive
Will meet Him in the air forever with our prize
And one day soon the raptured and redeemed will sing
Here comes the church
Here comes Your church
Rattle!
Saturday was silent
Surely it was through
But since when has impossible
Ever stopped You
Friday's disappointment
Is Sunday's empty tomb
Since when has impossible
Ever stopped You
This is the sound of dry bones rattling
This is the praise make a dead man walk again
Open the grave I'm coming out
I'm gonna live gonna live again
This is the sound of dry bones rattling
Pentecostal fire
Stirring something new
You're not gonna run out of miracles
Anytime soon
Resurrection power
Runs in my veins too
I believe there's another miracle
Here in this room
My God is able to save and deliver and heal
And restore anything that He wants to
Just ask the man who was thrown
On the bones of Elisha
If there's anything that He can't do
Just ask the stone that was rolled
At the tomb in the garden
What happens when God says to move
I feel Him moving it now
I feel Him doing it now
Do it now do it now
I hear the sound (I hear the sound)
Live — Dry bones hear the word of the Lord
Live live live live
But God said
Jesus We Love You
Old things have passed away
Your love has stayed the same
Your constant grace remains the cornerstone
Things that we thought were dead
Are breathing in life again
You cause Your Son to shine on darkest nights
For all that You've done we will pour out our love
This will be our anthem song
(Jesus) we love You
Oh how we love You
You are the one our hearts adore
The hopeless have found their hope
The orphans now have a home
All that was lost has found its place in You
You lift our weary head
You make us strong instead
You took these rags and made us beautiful
Our affection our devotion
Poured out on the feet of Jesus
(Repeat 3×)
Christ Be Magnified
Were creation suddenly articulate
With a thousand tongues to lift one cry
Then from north to south and east to west
We'd hear Christ be magnified
Were the whole earth echoing His eminence
His name would burst from sea and sky
From rivers to the mountain tops
We'd hear Christ be magnified
O Christ be magnified
Let His praise arise
Christ be magnified in me
O Christ be magnified
From the altar of my life
Christ be magnified in me
When ev'ry creature finds its inmost melody
And ev'ry human heart its native cry
O then in one enraptured hymn of praise
We'll sing Christ be magnified
I won't bow to idols
I'll stand strong and worship You
And if it puts me in the fire
I'll rejoice 'cause You're there too
I won't be formed by feelings
I hold fast to what is true
If the cross brings transformation
Then I'll be crucified with You
'Cause death is just the doorway
Into resurrection life
If I join You in Your suff'rings
Then I'll join You when You rise
And when You return in glory
With all the angels and the saints
My heart will still be singing
My song will be the same
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