Gospel Shaped Liturgy
The common pattern and order of our corporate worship gatherings tell a story. The sermon is the gospel to be heard by the ear. The Lord’s Supper is the gospel to seen by the eye and to be tasted by the mouth. The service is the gospel in structure. This Christ-centered structure reflects the progress of the gospel in the individual.
The songs we sing generally follow this structure:
Call to Worship
Worship always begins with God and recognition of his character, namely his greatness and glory. When we see God rightly, we see ourselves rightly and recognize our need.
Confession & Repentence
Acknowledgment of our character as sinners before a holy God leads to sorrow over sin, a commitment to forsake it, and a charge to walk in obedience to Christ.
Assurance & Thanksgiving
As the gathered body of believers, we remind each other that a great God has made us, redeemed us, sanctifies us, and uses us for his good purposes. Reflection together on God’s provision, substitution, grace, and forgiveness in Christ Jesus leads to gratefulness, humbleness, and teachability.
Response to The Word
Hearing the truth of Scripture expounded changes our hearts and minds. This then leads to proper expression of our devotion to Jesus.
Summary, Celebration, & Sending
Restatement of these gospel truths equips believers, instills hope, and inspires faithful obedience.
This Sunday: November 9, 2025
King of Kings YouTube | Spotify
Worthy YouTube | Spotify
Yet Not I But Through Christ In Me YouTube | Spotify
It Was Finished Upon That Cross YouTube | Spotify
Song Selection Criteria
We are very intentional while choosing the songs we sing on Sundays. Here is a basic tool we use to select songs best suited for our congregational worship gatherings.
Click here to read an article from our elders regarding discernment with corporate worship music.
Is there a song that you think we should sing? We desire to incorporate music into our corporate worship gatherings that reflect our unique and diverse backgrounds. This doesn't guarantee that all songs will be implemented. Send a YouTube link of the song to dave.levesque@churchatbergen.org.
CAB's Corporate Worship Songs Playlists:
One of the ways we worship The Lord during our corporate gatherings on Sunday mornings is by addressing one another in song, making melody and singing together as one unto the Lord, with our whole hearts (Ephesians 5:19). To be able to do this, we need to know the songs that we are singing and more specifically, we need to know the melody of the songs and the words (or lyrics) of the songs. Thankfully we have useful technology we are able to utilize by projecting the lyrics for us to read while singing, but learning and solidifying to memory a melody takes a bit more effort.
For centuries the Church has used hymnals to assist in learning and solidifying melodies. In order to be able to apply this resource you have to know how to read music. Today this is becoming more and more of a lost art but thankfully it is not the only way to learn and solidify a melody.
Hearing and listening to a song multiple times is another great way to learn that song in order to be able to sing it well. The better we know the songs we sing as the gathered people of God, the more robust our addressing one another in song and making melody to the Lord in worship will be.
In an effort to make it as easy as possible for us to learn, know, and sing our corporate worship songs, above are links to our corporate worship songs playlists to be able to listen to them wherever and whenever you want to.
We pray that this resource is helpful and encouraging to you. Looking forward to hearing us worship our God, united as one in song!