Approaching God
Welcome
& Announcements
Prelude
Gathering
Song
Call to Worship
Youth: Almighty God, You have
summoned us to come and worship You.
People: We
have obeyed Your call and seek to praise Your Everlasting Name.
Youth: May our hearts rejoice in
Your Presence and may our songs be filled with joy. Amen.
First
Hymn:
Prayer of Adoration
and Confession
Guide: Gracious Lord, whose words
have shaped our civilization and whose love sustains our people, we humbly
approach Your Holy presence. You have edified our lives and blessed our
spirits. We acknowledge You as our Strong Deliver and Almighty King.
People: Merciful
God, each day we are distracted by sinful things which plague our faithful ways.
We are tempted by selfish desires and end up justifying our chronic mistakes.
People: Everlasting
Father, enter our hearts and strengthen our Christian beliefs. Anoint our souls
with Your Holy Spirit, so that we may overcome our reckless and foolish ways. Forgive
us for being weak and sinful people. Pardon our neglect of good works,
charitable deeds, and selfless giving. Hear us now as we confess our sins to
You.
- SILENCE -
Guide: Loving Lord, You have returned
hope to us and we are grateful for Your compassion. May we continue to adore
Jesus as our Savior, who gave His Life so that we may be cleansed of the past,
strengthened in the present, and restored to Your eternal Kingdom in the
future. In His holy words, we now pray, saying:
“Our Father…THE LORD’S PRAYER” (debts/debtors)
Promise of the Gospel:
Guide: In the midst of our troubles,
Jesus is here beside us, ready to calm the rough times in our lives with His
mercy, grace, and love. Let us celebrate His wonderful deeds and glorious life,
both now and forever. 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.
Children’s
Sermon
Encountering God
Prayers for Health
and Healing
Pastor: We
have heard what God has done in the past and experienced His unfailing love in
our lives. With God’s guidance, we have overcome our troubles and through His
mercy, we have flourished.
People: The Lord is our King and God
forever. We look to Him for the health and healing. We pray that God will relieve
us from our pain and sickness, our illness and disease, as well as our discomfort
and despair.
Pastor: Almighty
LORD, hear our prayers and answer our heartfelt pleas. Touch us with Your Holy
Spirit and enter into the hearts, minds, bodies and souls of all our loved ones,
so they may healed of all that harms them. Restore them to health, happiness,
and wholeness. Hear us now as we silently bring our prayers and requests for healing
to You alone.
Silent Prayers for ourselves and others. A candle is
lit
Pastor: May
the LORD rise up and help us, restoring us through His unfailing love. In
Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen. (Healing
Prayer based on words & phrases from Psalm 44)
Anthem
Prayer for
Illumination
Reader: Holy
Spirit, possess our minds with Christ’s goodness and fulfill our spiritual needs
through the power of the sacred scriptures. Open our hearts to His godly ways
and change our lives by challenging our ideas, opinions, and beliefs. In Jesus’
Name, we pray. Amen.
Scripture
Readings
The
Message & the Apostles’ Creed
Serving God
Offering
& Offertory
Dedication (in unison, led by pastor): Lord Jesus, sometimes we are
distracted by worldly concerns, causing our giving to be depleted through our insecurity.
Today, You have granted us a new hope and restored us to Your Father’s Kingdom.
In return, we cheerfully give these tokens to You, praying that You will bless
them for the ministries and missions that You have called our church to
establish, sustain, and accomplish. In Your Holy Name, we pray. Amen.
Second
Hymn
Benediction
(in unison): May the God of hope fill us
with joy and peace as we trust in Him, so that we may overflow with His Son’s
blessings, and through the presence of
the Holy Spirit in our lives. In the Name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,
One God forevermore. Amen.
Doxology
& Postlude
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