Approaching God
Welcome
& Announcements
Prelude
Gathering
Call to Worship
Herald: This is the day that the Lord
has made.
People: We will rejoice and be glad in
it.
Herald: Let us worship and glorify God!
Amen.
Hymn
Prayer of Adoration
and Confession
Guide:
Lord of our lives and
Creator of all that exists, we proclaim You as our One, Triune, and Holy God. At
this sacred time and in this holy place, we seek to serve You as Your called
and chosen people.
People: Gracious Father, we want to please
You and faithfully follow Your Son’s ways. However, we confess that we sinfully
let our pride and anger hurt other people. We selfishly strive to have our own
way, or to fulfill our selfish desires. Forgive us for rejecting Your words and
damaging our faith by our unloving, unholy, and un-Christian actions. Hear us
now as we humbly admit our sins to You alone.
-
SILENCE -
Guide:
Merciful God, You have
the power to judge and punish us for our sins. Instead, You graciously gave us
Your Son Jesus to die for our failures, faults, and fallen ways. By His wounds,
we are healed. By His sacrifice, we are forgiven and restored, therefore we
gratefully unite our hearts with Him, saying, “Our Father…THE LORD’S PRAYER”
(debts/debtors).
Promise of the Gospel
Guide:
Jesus saves us from being eternally separated
from God. He wants us to choose life over death, faith over fear, and obedience
over defiance. When we sincerely come to Him for forgiveness, He grants us
mercy and grace. So let us rejoice and be glad, for Jesus our Savior rescues our
souls and redeems us forever. Amen.
Gloria
Patri (sung – 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
Prayers for Health
and Healing
Pastor:
The LORD reigns; He is
robed in majesty and is armed with strength. God establishes our world and
sustains our lives. We, in contract, are finite and frail, in need of help,
healing and wholeness. Therefore let us lift up our voices of prayer to God,
from our anxious hearts and troubled minds.
People: Loving
God, have mercy upon us and heal us of all that harms us in body, mind, heart
and spirit. We also bring to You our families and friends, as well as our
colleagues and neighbors who need Your Loving touch and holy healing. Hear us
now as we silently pray.
Silent
Prayers for others and ourselves. A candle is lit
Pastor:
The
LORD is merciful and holy, as well as just and faithful. He hears our prayers,
given in Jesus’ Name, Amen. (Healing
Prayer based on words & phrases from Psalm 93)
Singing
of ‘Sanctuary’
Prayer for
Illumination
Reader:
Holy Spirit, help us to see what Christ is doing
among us. Enable us to hear His words from these sacred passages. Teach us His
ways, so that we may tell others of His ministry, mission, and kingdom. In
Jesus’ Name, we ask. Amen.
Scripture
Readings
The
Message & the Apostles’ Creed
Serving God
Offering
& Offertory
Dedication
(unison – led by pastor): Lord
Jesus, we have worshipped You in song and praised You with our music. We have
gathered our tithes and offerings in order to place them before Your throne.
Take these tokens and bless them, so that we may bring life to Your words by
ministering to our congregation, across our community, and throughout the world.
In Your Holy Name, we give and pray. Amen.
Hymn
Benediction
(unison): May the God of hope fill us
with all joy and peace as we trust in His Son Jesus Christ, so that we may
overflow with the loving power of the Holy Spirit. In the Name of the Father,
Son, and Holy Spirit; One God forevermore. Amen.
Doxology
& Postlude
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