Approaching God
Announcements & A Word of Welcome
Prelude, Gathering
Acclamation
Pastor: Our souls long for Your salvation, O Lord, and we have placed our hopes in Your word.
People: All Your commands are trustworthy, O God; help us, in the midst of all our troubles.
Pastor: Preserve our lives according to Your love; and help us obey the statutes of Your mouth, by praising and glorifying Your Name forever.
First Hymn:
Prayers of Confession
Guide: Almighty Lord, whose holiness and perfection are beyond our comprehension; whose power and glory are infinitely above all that we can achieve; we humbly bow in Your Presence, seeking Your Salvation and the comfort of Your Grace.
People: All powerful God, we are ashamed of our arrogant behavior and sinful lives. Instead of following Your ways, we sometimes choose to be led by our greed and desires, our opinions and pride.
Guide: Gracious Father, speak to our hearts and change our foolish ways. In the midst of our problems and struggles with life, be our constant guide. When fear or anxiety threaten our faith, be our strength and shield. When we selfishly fall away from Your influence and care, grasp hold of our souls and return us to Your Love.
People: Merciful Lord, when our familiarity with You breeds contempt and when we take You for granted, doing our own things, living our own lives and cheapening Your Grace, forgive us and cleanse us, reclaim us and restore us through Your Son Jesus Christ, to whom we now individually and silently pray for pardon.
- SILENCE -
Guide: Heavenly Lord, we thank You the forgiveness of our past mistakes and personal sins. We praise for bringing Jesus into the world and into our lives, so that we may have the opportunity of being restored to Your Holy Kingdom.
People: In the Name of our Savior, we make these prayers and unite our hearts in His Spirit, saying, “Our Father, ...”
Promise of the Gospel
Guide: Jesus is the sacrificial Lamb of God, whose perfect obedience and holy life fulfilled God’s great plan of salvation. Through Jesus, we have the opportunity to be forgiven of our sins, renewed in spirit and perfectly prepared for God’s Coming Kingdom. So let us rejoice and be glad, for Christ, our Messiah reigns! Amen.
Gloria Patri: Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Amen.
Family Sermon (parents and all children, including Elementary school students come forward)
Encountering God
Anthem
Prayers for Health and Healing
Pastor: The earth is the LORD's, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it;
People: For He founded it upon the seas and established it upon the waters.
Pastor: We have come into God’s Holy Presence, seeking His peace in this Holy place.
People: O Lord, cleanse our souls and grant healing for our hearts; lift up our spirits and lead us by Your Truth.
Pastor: May we receive these blessings from the LORD and may our loved ones be touched by our Savior’s healing power.
People: May we be united as a generation of those who seek Him, who seek God’s healing in all our lives. Hear us now as we pray.
Silent Prayers for ourselves and others. A candle is lit
Pastor: The Lord is strong and mighty. He is the King of Glory and the Healer of our lives. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.
Singing of '"Jesus Draw Me Close." (Choir leads this)
Prayer of Illumination:
Reader : Holy Spirit, make us glad in our hearts as we rejoice in Christ’s holy words. Enable us to live in hope through the power of the Gospel. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.
Scripture Readings & Sermon & The Apostles' Creed
Serving God
Offering & Offertory
Dedication : Lord Jesus, we follow Your Loving example by sacrificing these gifts from our resources and humbly placing them before Your Holy Throne. Bless these tokens of gratitude for the work of Your church here on earth. Help us to use these gifts for the proclamation of Your Word, the enhancing of Your Kingdom and the glorifying of Your Name. Amen.
Closing Hymn:
Benediction: May Jesus speak to our spirits and lead us everyday; may the Father fortify our faith and send us out into the world; and may the Holy Spirit empower us to minister to the people we encounter each and everyday. Glory to God forevermore. Amen.
Doxology May God's Blessing & Postlude
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