Approaching God
Announcements & A Word of Welcome
Prelude, Gathering
Acclamation (based on words from Psalm 8)
Pastor: O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your Name in all the earth!
People: What are we that You are mindful of us; of what importance have we become, that You care for our lives?
Pastor: You have made us a little lower than the heavenly beings and yet You have crowned us with glory, therefore we will worship and honor You with our praises. Amen.First Hymn:
Prayers of Confession
Guide: Glorious Majesty, we come before You as servants and followers of Your Son. We offer our praises and thanksgiving to the glory and power of Your Sacred Name.
People: Eternal God, You are the Sustainer of all life and the Revealer of all that we know. Your ways are mysterious and awesome to us, yet Your works are full of compassion and blessing
Guide: Living Lord, we know that our lives are sometimes motivated by greed and desire, envy and jealousy. We allow pride to distort Your words and arrogance to diminish our faith.
People: Gracious Father, we are sorry for our sinful and selfish ways. We try to change our lives for the better, but we often fail to overcome temptations everyday. Hear us now as we silently make our confessions.
- SILENCE -
Guide: Heavenly Lord, consume our sins, but not us sinners. Have mercy upon us and grant us forgiveness.
People: For we make these prayers in Christ’s Name and through His everlasting words, we continue to pray, saying “Our Father... (THE LORD'S PRAYER” debts/debtors) (Isaiah 33:12)
Promise of the Gospel
Guide: The world sometimes does not understand why we want to be disciples of Jesus. We know that we have sinned greatly, but we also have a Great Savior. Through Christ’s death, we are pardoned of our past mistakes and restored to God’s bountiful favor. Let us rejoice and be glad in His Name, forevermore. Amen. (John 9:28)
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)
Minute for Mission: Peace Making
Encountering God
Anthem
Prayers for Health and Healing
Pastor: Hear us, O Living Lord as we call upon Your Name. Be our shepherd and guide us in the midst of our troubles.
People: Come amongst us, Gracious God, and touch us with Your Healing hands. Save us from our sickness and deliver us from despair.
Pastor: Restore us, O Lord, to health and strength. Look favorably upon us and grant us hope and peace.
People: Hear our prayers, LORD God, and give us patience to wait upon Your answer.
Pastor: Listen to the cries of our hearts and heal us, and those of all our loved ones, from all that harms us in body, mind, heart and spirit.
People: In the midst of our discomfort and pain, grant us rest. At the time of our greatest anxieties and deepest concerns, be our strength and solid foundation. Hear us now as we silently pray.
Silent Prayers for ourselves and others. A candle is lit
Pastor: Restore us, O God Almighty; make Your face shine upon us, that we may be healed. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.
(Healing Prayer based on words & phrases from Psalm 80)
Singing of '"Jesus Draw Me Close." (Choir leads this)
Prayer of Illumination:
Reader: Holy Spirit, astonish us with the scriptures, so that we may earnestly follow Christ as our Teacher and Lord. Open our hearts and minds to His lessons and grant us the courage to apply them in our daily lives. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen. (Acts 8:13)
Scripture Readings & Sermon & The Apostles' Creed
Serving God
Dedication: Lord Jesus, keep us focused on serving You with our time, talents, and money. Give us cheerful hearts that glorify You with our tithes and gifts. Take this offering and bless it for the life, work, and ministry of Your Kingdom. In Your Holy Name, we freely give and faithfully pray. Amen. (1 Corinthians 16:8)
Closing Hymn:
Benediction: May we be given over to Christ, so that we may glorify His power; may the Father take our lives and use them for His purposes; and may the Holy Spirit reveal to us the glory of the One, Triune and Living God, both now and always. Amen. (2 Corinthians 4:11)
Doxology May God's Blessing & Postlude
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