You will find tangible suggestions for putting scripture to action in your personal life and in our corporate body, links to the songs we will sing, and lyrics for you to prepare for our corporate singing.

Critically Think

• Read John 1:6-13.
• Who is John and what do we know about him?
• What did John testify?
• What words are used to describe Christ in John's opening chapter?
• What does the true Light do?
• Why did the world not know Jesus?
• Who does "His own" refer to in v.11?

Prayerfully Meditate

• What does it mean to receive Jesus? What scriptures would you use to help someone answer this question?
• By whose will does a person become a child of God?
• Why does the world not submit to Christ as Lord?

Intentionally Act

• Prayerfully consider if you are truly receiving Christ in all aspects of life.
• Does your life testify to the true Light week to week?
• Pray that you would see Christ as the true Light and that your life would reflect God's glory as you direct others to Christ.
• Click the links below to find the lyrics and recordings of the songs planned for our gathering this Sunday; learn the songs, study the lyrics and sing them with others.
• Pray for those leading our corporate gathering this week and for the Holy Spirit’s work as the Word of God is further explained and applied: Joel Conrad: music; Rob Stouffer: elder prayer & scripture reading; Bret Capranica: teaching.

Songs for Sunday

Morning Gathering

• God is For Us (sheetmusic)
• I Stand Amazed (sheetmusic)
• Jesus Paid It All (sheetmusic)
• Nearer Still to Him (sheetmusic)
• What a Savior (sheetmusic)

Evening Gathering

• Come and Stand Before Your Maker
• His Mercy Is More
• My Heart Is Filled with Thankfulness

Lyrics

Lyrics Morning Gathering - April 12, 2026 by Summit Woods Baptist Church

For those in this room who claim Christ as their savior, who repent of their sin and who have trust in Christ and Christ alone, Father we praise You. We praise You for we know the resurrection of Christ demonstrates that You were indeed satisfied with his perfect sacrifice on the cross. He was delivered to the cross for our sin. He was our substitute. He paid the price and debt for our sin we could not pay. Just as Abraham placed his faith in the promises of the Father, we place our faith in in Christ’s finished work on the cross. We place our faith in You Father, who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead. He was delivered over for our transgressions and You raising him from the dead indicates Your satisfaction that leads to our justification. We are now declared righteous through Christ. There is no greater news for a believer. We praise You for this good news that is the foundation of our hope.   

Father remind us of what Your word teaches. Christ has broken the power of sin over us. His resurrection has completely dealt with our sin. We are no longer enslaved to sin. We must battle sin, but our relationship with sin has been severed. We are now in Christ. Jesus was raised to conquer sin and to slay death. He has given us everything we need for life and godliness in His death and resurrection. What a glorious truth we praise You for this Resurrection Sunday! 

Father I pray too for those in this room who do not yet know You, for those who do not know of the hope that believers enjoy, who are still enslaved to their sin, who refuse to bend their knee to Christ, Father I pray for them. I pray God that You will do work in their hearts this morning that only You can do. I pray You will grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth. I know they will hear the truth today. I pray Lord that You will open their heart and give them ears to hear. I pray You will remove the heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh. A new heart that will be led by the Spirit to love and obey Christ and his commandments for they are indeed good. And they too will join the believers in this room who see the glory of our weekly Lord’s Day celebrations as the pinnacle of our week. I pray this for Your glory and in the name of our risen Savior Christ. Amen.  

You will find tangible suggestions for putting scripture to action in your personal life and in our corporate body, links to the songs we will sing, and lyrics for you to prepare for our corporate singing.

As we prepare to begin a new study of the Gospel of John on Sunday, consider listening again to the overview of the Gospel of John we looked at a few years ago. So You May Believe and Have Life in His Name. (Message begins at 36:43)

Critically Think

• Read John 1:1-5.
• Who is described as the ‘Word’ in this passage? See also John 1:14-18.
• Did anything come into being without "The Words" involvement?
• What does the statement that "all things came into being through him" reveal about the deity of Jesus?
• What is said to be in "The Word" according to vs. 4?
• What does verse 4 say that the life was?
• What can we conclude about “The Word” from this passage?

Prayerfully Meditate

• Why do you think John started in Ch.1 explaining that Jesus is God?
• What does it mean that the Word was with God and that the Word was God?
• What is unique about “The Word” being both with God and being God? How is this contradictory to our human way of thinking?

Intentionally Act

• How does the deity of Jesus Christ in these verses make a practical difference in a believer's life?
• Look up these passages. How can Jesus’s light can encourage your spiritual walk. John 8:12, John 12:46, John 1:4-9, John 9:5, Revelation 21:23.
• Pray that you would worship Jesus as your highest authority and greatest treasure.
• Click the links below to find the lyrics and recordings of the songs planned for our gathering this Sunday; learn the songs, study the lyrics and sing them with others.
• Pray for those leading our corporate gathering this week and for the Holy Spirit’s work as the Word of God is further explained and applied: Dawson Bryant: music; Rob Stouffer: elder prayer & scripture reading; Bret Capranica: teaching.

Songs for Sunday

Morning Gathering

• O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing (sheetmusic)
• Jesus, Our Judge and Our Savior (sheetmusic)
• See, He Comes (sheetmusic)
• Nothing But the Blood (sheetmusic)
• Truly God, Truly Man (sheetmusic)

Lyrics

Lyrics Resurrection Sunday Morning Gathering - April 5, 2026 by Summit Woods Baptist Church

But then your Spirit opened our ears and our eyes and our hearts to believe the gospel, that Jesus came to save sinners. This Jesus, who alone is worthy of our faith, who alone intercedes for us, who is worthy to receive power and riches and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing. Who alone is worthy of our praise. 

It is this Jesus who is coming again to restore all things. Help us to live eagerly anticipating His return. 

Help us to remember that in salvation we are changed. We have new hearts and new affections, so we can live like it, looking forward to the day when Jesus returns. 

Help us to remember that we have been saved from condemnation, no longer do we need to fear punishment for our sins because Jesus took it all. You are satisfied with his punishment for our sins. 

Remind us that we can now live with confidence, assured of your love for us, knowing that when Jesus returns, we will be made new, in his image, and for your glory. 

And as we wait, help us to be faithful stewards with all that you have given us, using what we have for your name, for the benefit of your people, knowing that our reward is an eternal one. 

As we wait, cause your word to grow deep roots in our hearts, that we would know it and love it.  

Use your word to test our hearts, convicting us of the sin that remains, helping us to purge that sin from us, so that we become more like Christ, so that our hearts overflow with thankfulness, so that we recognize even better every grace that comes from your hand.  

And as we wait, help us to grow in our love for you, for your people, and for the things that you love, so that when Christ returns, he will find us faithful and ready. 

You alone are worthy of our devotion and our prayer and our praise. 

Amen. 

You will find tangible suggestions for putting scripture to action in your personal life and in our corporate body, links to the songs we will sing, and lyrics for you to prepare for our corporate singing.

Critically Think

• Read Revelation 22:16-22.
• In verse 16, who identifies himself as the speaker? What does he state that He’s done, and through whom?
• What did Christ state as his purpose for sending his angel? What was the angel instructed to testify about?
• In the second half of verse 16, how does Jesus identify himself?
• Read Isaiah 11:1 and Isaiah 11:10. How are the ideas of a “shoot/branch” and a “root” related to David’s line? How do these observations help you understand Jesus’ statement in Revelation 22:16?
• In verse 17, who are the two voices that first say “Come”? Who else is invited to say “come”? Finally, who is invited to come, and what is offered to the one who comes?
• In verse 18, who gives the warning about the words of the prophecy, and who specifically is warned?
• What two actions are warned against in verses 18–19 regarding the words of this prophecy?What are the consequences of each?
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Prayerfully Meditate

• Read the following passages and note what each says about thirst or living water, (Isaiah 55:1, John 4:13-14, John 7:37-38). What similarities do you observe between these passages and Revelation 22:17?
• Consider v. 17. Do you see yourself as someone who is spiritually thirsty, or have you grown comfortable and self-sufficient? Are you actively coming to Christ, or are you trying to satisfy yourself elsewhere?
• Read 18-19 once more. Do you feel an appropriate weight of handling God’s Word rightly, or do you treat it too casually?
• What final blessing closes the book in verse 21? Look back at the beginning of Revelation, particularly 1:3. What connection do you observe between the beginning of the book and its closing words?

Intentionally Act

• Read once more and consider the calls to ‘Come’ in v 17. If you have “heard,” are you also effectively saying “Come” to others? Who in your life needs to hear this invitation from you?
• Consider vv. 18-19 once more. How can you take more care in representing Scripture accurately to others in your circles of influence (family, church, work, school, etc.)? Do you distinguish clearly between what the text says and your own interpretation or opinion? How can you grow in being a faithful steward of God’s Word?
• As we come to the end of the book of Revelation how have your thoughts changed about this book? What is your biggest takeaway?
• Click the links below to find the lyrics and recordings of the songs planned for our gathering this Sunday; learn the songs, study the lyrics and sing them with others.
• Pray for those leading our corporate gathering this week and for the Holy Spirit’s work as the Word of God is further explained and applied: Dawson Bryant: music; Brett Harris: elder prayer & scripture reading; Dalton Vansell: Lord's Supper; Bret Capranica: teaching.

Songs for Sunday

Morning Gathering

• Christus Victor (sheetmusic)
• Is He Worthy (sheetmusic)
• Speak, O Lord (sheetmusic)
• Come Behold the Wondrous Mystery (sheetmusic)
• Not in Me (sheetmusic)

Evening Gathering

• Sing
• Only a Holy God
• Turn Your Eyes

Lyrics *

Lyrics Morning Gathering - March 29, 2026 by Summit Woods Baptist Church

Lord, help us to lay aside every weight and sin which clings so closely and to run with endurance the unique race you have set before each of us. And as we live out our days on this earth, may we keep our eyes focused on Jesus the founder and perfecter of our faith. He endured the cross on our behalf, despising the shame and is now seated at the right hand of your throne awaiting and orchestrating the promised culmination of all things. It is in him alone that we find rest for our souls-now and forever. He is the one who endured from sinners such hostility against himself on our behalf so that we need not grow weary or fainthearted. Each of us struggle daily against sin, but none of us has resisted to the point of shedding our own blood as he did on our behalf. And when we face trials and temptations, we can do so with joy because of what he has done on our behalf and because of what ultimately lies ahead. As your word tells us, our daily trials and the testing of our faith produce steadfastness and the result of steadfastness is completion and perfection because Christ is our all in all and in him we lack nothing-now and forever. He alone is the source joy and contentment.  

Because of that knowledge, help us, Lord, to be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in your work. As we are reminded, from an eternal perspective; our labor is never in vain when it is for you, Lord. Help us always to be aware, that what we sow, we will reap. If we sow to our own flesh we reap corruption, but when we sow to the Spirit, from the Spirit we reap eternal life.  And may we not grow weary of doing good, for as you promised, in due season we will reap, if we do not give up. We look forward to the day when we stand before you and for the first time see your face and hear the words, well done good and faithful servant. 

Father, we ask all these things in the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ-Amen 

You will find tangible suggestions for putting scripture to action in your personal life and in our corporate body, links to the songs we will sing, and lyrics for you to prepare for our corporate singing.

Critically Think

• Read Revelation 22:10-15.
• Who is the speaker in this passage? Who are they quoting?
• In verse 10 it says the time is near, what other temporal references can you find in this chapter and the chapter before?
• What is the book described in verse 10?
• In your own words, summarize the groups described in verse 11.
• “I am the Alpha and the Omega” is used four times in Revelation, what are the verse references?

Prayerfully Meditate

• What is the reward described in verse 12? Where in Revelation would you go to find an answer?
• What is associated with washing ones robes? What does the fact that the individuals in verse 14 have access to the tree of life and to the city tell you about their identity?
• Make a list of the types of people inside and outside the city. Using your list of those found outside, compare and contrast, with the lists found in 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 and Galatians 5:19-21.

Intentionally Act

• How should a statement like “Behold, I am coming quickly” change the way you live your day to day life?
• What comfort can a you derive from God declaring himself to be the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last?
• Summarize the passage in 21 words or less.
• Click the links below to find the lyrics and recordings of the songs planned for our gathering this Sunday; learn the songs, study the lyrics and sing them with others.
• Pray for those leading our corporate gathering this week and for the Holy Spirit’s work as the Word of God is further explained and applied: Dawson Bryant: music; Mark Krystyniak: elder prayer & scripture reading; Bret Capranica: teaching.

Songs for Sunday

Morning Gathering

• All Creatures of Our God and King (sheetmusic)
• To Him Who Is Able (sheetmusic)
• My Faith Has Found a Resting Place (sheetmusic)
• When We See Your Face (sheetmusic)
• Creation Awaits (sheetmusic)

Evening Gathering

• A Mighty Fortress Is Our God
• Let the Nations Be Glad
• I Hear the Words of Love

Lyrics *

Lyric Morning Gathering - March 22, 2026 by Summit Woods Baptist Church

Let’s pray together this morning.

Father, what a blessing the local church is. The local church is how You are accomplishing Your purposes in the world right now, and it is a blessing to Your people. It is where You equip Your people to do the work of ministry that You’ve called them to do. It’s where we gather together to worship, to serve, to be edified and equipped. It is where Your Word is heralded, where Your Word is proclaimed to the glory of Your name for the salvation of sinners and the sanctification of saints.

And what a joy it is to serve in the local church. What a joy it is to have a church that serves so well and so faithfully. Lord, that’s not just a mark of a community of people like the world that serves one another. This is a mark of Your Spirit in our midst. Service is a gift of the Spirit. You, by Your sovereign Spirit, bestow upon Your people a gift of service to serve one another, to love one another, to speak the truth in love to one another.

And it’s an undeserved privilege for us as a church to participate in what You are doing in our midst and in our world, in our community.

Lord, we thank You for Summit Woods Baptist Church. Lord, we thank You for what You are doing in our midst. Thank You for how You have instilled in us by Your grace such a view of Your Word that it is not merely a token that we acknowledge as Your Word, but Your Word is the authority that drives everything that we do—that shapes everything that we are, how we think, what we say, what we practice as a church, how we function as a church.

Lord, I thank You for how You have worked through Your church this weekend in the lives of these students. Thank You for how You have so worked by Your grace in the lives of so many people that they would so selflessly and sacrificially serve this group of students this weekend.

Thank You for those who opened up their homes so graciously to host our students, to feed them, to give them a place to sleep, and to provide a place of fellowship and friendship.

Thank You for those who prepared meals for us and served food for us this weekend. Lord, thank You for the time and effort that that takes—for their genuine desire to serve our students because they love them, because they love You, because they want to see Your name glorified in these students.

We thank You for those who led us in music—the time and preparation, the skills that You gave them to lead us in singing and praising Your name.

Father, I thank You for those in our midst who serve regularly in student ministry as small group leaders, as those who participate on the leadership team. Lord, I thank You for those people, the gift that they are to this church and to the families of these students. I thank You for their desire to disciple the students—to not just be here as chaperones but to invest in the lives of these students, to have difficult conversations with them, to pry into their hearts and their minds, to see their hearts and minds conformed to the image of Christ.

Thank You for the countless hours that they put in serving, praying for these students, investing in these students, spending time with them, taking vacation days to participate in student ministry events.

Lord, we thank You and we praise You for that.

Father, we pray for our students. We pray that by Your grace You would open their eyes to the beauty and the glory of Christ. We pray that they would see their sinfulness and their desperate need for salvation through Christ and Him alone.

We pray for those who do know You. We pray that by Your grace and the work of Your Spirit through Your Word they would grow in conformity to the image of Christ—that they would hate their sin and love Christ more. That Your Word would be the sufficient instrument to cause them to be complete, to cause them to grow in maturity in Christlikeness.

Father, we pray for our ministry to our students. We pray that we would faithfully continue to teach the Word, to preach Your sufficient Word. We pray that we would herald it not as entertainers, not as trying to be cool or relevant, but simply proclaiming the life-giving power of Your Word.

We know that the gospel is Your power for salvation for those who believe. So we pray that it would be effective through the ministry of this church and in the lives of these students.

We pray that we would model this, Lord—that we would be faithful examples of believing and living out the truth of Your Word.

Father, we pray for the parents of our students. We pray that in this season of parenting You would graciously give them wisdom for the myriads of ways and situations and circumstances and heart issues that are revealed during this time.

We pray for wisdom for our parents to know how to skillfully apply the truth of Your Word to the lives of their students—to call them to repentance and faith, to call them to holiness, to call them to Your holy standard.

Father, I pray that they would view this age of parenting not with dread or terror or as just a season to get through. But I pray that they would see this season of parenting as an opportunity.

I pray that they would see the hardships, the hard conversations, the pushing, the pulling, the trials, and the challenges of the teenage years as an opportunity to expose the hearts of their kids, to bring them to the truth of Your Word, to reveal and show them the sufficiency of Your Word and the beauty and the glory of Christ.

How Christ is so much better. How You are so much better than the things of this world.

As the students are feeling the tension of the call of Christ and the call to discipleship, as they’re also hearing the call of the world and their own flesh, I pray that their parents—and that we—would hold forth Christ as more beautiful, as better, as more satisfying.

I pray that the students would hear that call and see the beauty of Christ.

Father, we pray for us as a church that we would continue to faithfully labor in the lives of our students. I pray that the whole church would see this as not just the ministry of some, but that this is simply what we do as a church and how we relate to one another.

Would You cause us to more faithfully engage with one another from top to bottom—not just the people who look like us, not just the people who are in our age group. We pray that we would engage with each other across the board in our congregation and that we would speak the truth in love to one another and encourage one another, including our students.

I pray that members of our church would regularly engage our students. Lord, would You so work to give that heart to those in our congregation that they would simply seek to engage young people as they see them walking around here—asking them what they’re reading or how they’re walking before the Lord.

Would You so do that work in our midst that we would see You glorified in the next generation?

We pray that Your grace would be effective to accomplish all of these things and so much more for the glory of Your name.

It’s in Christ’s name that we pray. Amen.

You will find tangible suggestions for putting scripture to action in your personal life and in our corporate body, links to the songs we will sing, and lyrics for you to prepare for our corporate singing.

Critically Think

• What does the first person in verse 57 say to Jesus? What does his comment "wherever you go" imply?
• What is Jesus' response in verse 58? What contrast does Jesus draw?
• What does Jesus say to the second man in verse 59? What is his response?
• In what two ways does Jesus respond to the man's hesitation in verse 60?
• What does the third man say to Jesus in verse 61? How does this compare to the first two?
• How does Jesus respond? What point is He making?

Prayerfully Meditate

• Since Jesus did not respond approvingly to the first man, does this mean it's wrong to want to follow Jesus everywhere? Why or why not?
• Is it wrong to want to bury one's own father? What point was Jesus making when He said "let the dead bury their own dead"?
• Read 1 Kings 19:19-21. What is similar in that account to Luke 9:61-62? What is different? Why?
• How does Jesus challenge each man's view of discipleship?

Intentionally Act

• Read Luke 5:11, 27-28; 9:23-24; 18:22-23, 28-30. What does it mean to follow Jesus in Luke's gospel? What are some specific examples of how you are following Jesus in this way in your life?
• According to this passage, is saying that you do or will follow Jesus enough to bring you into His kingdom? What is required?
• What is one of your greatest hurdles in laying down your life to follow Christ? How does this passage address that hesitation?
• Click the links below to find the lyrics and recordings of the songs planned for our gathering this Sunday; learn the songs, study the lyrics and sing them with others.
• Pray for those leading our corporate gathering this week and for the Holy Spirit’s work as the Word of God is further explained and applied: Colten Honigman: music; Dalton Vansell: elder prayer & scripture reading; JD Summers: teaching.

Songs for Sunday

Morning Gathering

• Praise to the Lord (sheetmusic)
• Crown Him with Many Crowns (sheetmusic)
• Nearer Still to Him (sheetmusic)
• All I Have is Christ (sheetmusic)
• Be Thou My Vision (sheetmusic)

Lyrics

Lyrics Morning Gathering - March 15, 2026 by Summit Woods Baptist Church

Through your Word and your Son and your Spirit, you have made yourself known to us and you help us to see who we are. You help us to see that we are sinners in need of forgiveness, so we come to confess our sins now. 

We confess to you because it is against you, and you only, that we sin and do what is evil in your sight. 

Forgive us when we sin against each other – when we are rude toward others, when we express anger toward each other, when we do not seek their best interests, when we reject each other, when we withhold ourselves from others, when we don’t love others as you’ve commanded. 

Forgive our hidden sins – our bitterness, envy, hatred, when we worry and are anxious about what we cannot control, when we doubt you and your word, when we only seek our own interests and not those of Christ.  

Forgive our idolatry, when we love something or someone more than you – when we love our comfort more than you, our money, our homes, our family. We are all prone to idolatry, and apart from you working in our hearts, we will remain there.  

We know that we are born in sin, dead from the start. We know there is nothing good in us and we need you to make us alive, to put new hearts in us.  

For those who are in Christ, you have done that. You have created in us clean hearts and put a steadfast spirit in us – a believing, trusting, confessing spirit. You have made us new, cleansing us from our sin, promising to never leave us nor forsake us. 

We confess our sins, knowing that you will forgive, that you have forgiven, us in Christ. And that every single one of those sins – sins that we see, sins that we don’t see, sins that we don’t even know about yet – have been washed clean in Christ.  

So because of that forgiveness, we can come near to you in worship, we can come to you boldly in prayer, we can know that you hear us and will act. 

Amen.