Those three words are very redundant. The word gospel means good news. And being redundant is intentional because the gospel good news is what our worship is all about, from start to finish.

We would never worship God if God didn't first give us the reason to worship him. He provides that reason when he tells us that rather than treating us as our sins deserve, he treated his Son Jesus as our sins deserved. That's what was happening at the cross—a Savior who stepped in and intercepted our punishment. At the empty tomb of Jesus, God provided the exclamation point on Jesus' words from the cross, "It is finished!" It truly is. Christ is alive and our sin has been sent away as far as the east is from the west. In worship, God feeds us with this fact: The Lord is our salvation.

The gospel message is the power through which God is at work among us. Our services include specially-selected Bible readings, carefully-crafted songs, a solid, relevant message, and time-tested prayers and creeds. Through all of these, Jesus joins us in worship and delivers the blessings he has won for us through his life, death, and resurrection.

There's a difference between watching a basketball game and playing in one. What happens in God's house is not a spectator sport. Lutheran worship is intended to be participatory. We share the gospel good news with each other. A minister reads it and preaches it to us. We recite creeds and sing hymns to each other. The gospel permeates what we do as we praise God by repeating what he has done for us, as articulately and beautifully as we can. 

God's people have worshiped him since God first created people. Our worship today makes use of worship forms and texts and lyrics that are both ancient and recent. Ancient forms remind us that we stand on the same ground as believers from past millennia, while recent forms remind us that the Spirit is still bringing us the good news in fresh packaging. Some things in our worship are old; some are new. All of them center in the gospel.

In worship, God's people come together. Adults, teens, younger children, senior citizens—what happens in the sanctuary is intended for all ages. Seasoned worshipers cherish the familiar and learn to appreciate the new. Young worshipers learn the texts and sounds and rhythms of worship which are the gospel themes they will cherish throughout their lives. The body of Christ listens, sings, is fed, and feeds each other with the gospel.