Approaching God
Welcome
& Announcements
Prelude
Gathering
Song
Call to Worship
Youth: Almighty God, we come into
Your Holy House to praise and glorify Your Everlasting Name.
People: We have been called to be here
today, to sing our songs of praise and make our loving prayers.
Youth: May we please You with our
praises and be blessed with Your Sacred Presence. Amen.
Hymn
Prayers of
Adoration and Confession
Guide: Immortal God, who brought Life into being and whose will sustains the entire universe, we approach You as the children of Your Grace and as servants of Your Kingdom. Your ways are mysterious to us, and yet Your love is known by all. Today we glorify Your greatness and magnify Your Holy Name.
People: Merciful Father, You know that we struggle
with temptation and wrestle with sin. You know all of our weaknesses and can
list every mistake that we have ever made. In Your patience and benevolence,
have mercy upon us. Forgive our foolish and selfish ways. Hear us now as we
silently pray.
-
SILENCE -
Guide:
Everlasting God, we
cannot earn salvation for ourselves. We depend upon Jesus to grant us complete
forgiveness. Only He can save us from our sins. Only He can restore us to Your eternal
love and favor. Hear us now as we unite our hearts with His, through the saying
of Christ's own words: “Our Father…THE
LORD’S PRAYER” (debts/debtors)
Promise of the
Gospel
Guide: Christ forgives us, even when we betray and
deny Him. He has the power to cleanse us of the past and can restore us to the
riches of God's grace. May we be thankful and rejoice in the Lord, for He has
saved our souls and returned us to the eternal love of God. Amen.
Gloria
Patri (sung in unison): 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
Choir
Anthem
Pastor:
The
LORD reigns, let us all be glad; let those both near and far rejoice. Our
prayers and petitions are made to Him, for righteousness and justice are the
foundations of His love.
People: Let
us place our prayers before God, knowing that He receives them from all of our
hearts. O Lord, light up our lives with Your favors and blessings; let us see
Your compassion and know that You care.
Pastor: Our
fears melt our courage and our worries meddle with our faith, yet we will
continue to ask the Lord for the healing of all that harms us in body, mind,
heart, and spirit. Heavenly Father, we proclaim Your righteousness and ask to
see Your glory in the lives of our loved ones who are suffering from sickness
and injury, unease and fear, worry and discomfort. Hear us now as we quietly pray.
Silent
Prayers for others and ourselves. A candle is lit
Pastor:
The
light of the Lord's love is shed upon us; His joy is showered upon our hearts. In
Jesus’ Name, Amen.
(Healing Prayer
based on words & phrases from Psalm 97)
Singing
of ‘Sanctuary’
Prayer for
Illumination
Reader:
Holy Spirit, may the words of our Sovereign
Lord. who made the Heavens and the Earth, penetrate our minds and enter our
hearts. May we gladly receive the blessings of Christ as He teaches us through
His life and ministry, both now and always. Amen.
Scripture
Readings
The
Message and the Apostles’ Creed
Serving God
Offering
& Offertory
Dedication
(unison – led by pastor): Lord
Jesus, we have grasped the meaning of Your giving through the preaching of Your
word. In return, we gather before You our tithes and offerings. We do this to
please You, asking that You bless all of these resources for the building up of
Your church, the proclaiming of the Gospel, and the praising of God's
Name. Amen.
Hymn
Benediction
(unison): May Christ keep us from judging other people's mistakes by helping
us to remember that He has forgiven our own; may the Father bless us with
tolerance and compassion for one another; and may the Holy Spirit bring us to
God's judgment seat as faithful and dutiful servants, both now and forevermore.
Amen.
Doxology
and Postlude
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