Approaching God
Welcome and
Announcements
Prelude
Gathering Song
Call to Worship
Liturgist: Let us praise God for He has shown
His wonderful love to us.
People: We will be encouraged and uplift
our hearts, for our hope is in the LORD.
Liturgist: Let us worship and glorify God!
Amen.
Hymn
Prayer of Adoration and
Confession
Guide: Sovereign
Lord of the Universe and Gracious God of our hearts, we praise Your glorious
ways and bless Your wonderful deeds. You are the One, True and Living God. We
are honored to be called into Your Holy Presence. We feel favored to presently gather
in Your Holy House.
People: Loving Lord of Life, You watch
over the Earth and see all of our ways. You know that we are sinful and
selfish, foolish and faithless, as well as proud and pitiless at times. Forgive
our faults and pardon our past mistakes. We know that we have neglected to do
good deeds, and have inflicted our sins on other people. We have followed our
own self-centered choices and allowed temptation to contaminate our souls. Hear
us now as we humbly confess our sins to You alone.
- SILENCE -
Guide: Heavenly Father, enable us to
honor Your Name by placing Christ at the center of our lives. May His Passion
free us from our sins. May His sacrifice restore us to Your Favor. For we make
our confessions in Christ’s Name and through His own words, we unite our hearts
in prayer, saying, “Our Father…THE LORD’S
PRAYER” (debts/debtors)
Promise of the Gospel
Guide: Jesus
wants us to turn away from our sinful ways and return to Him. He calls us to
follow Him and to witness to His mercy. Our past sins are forgiven for He loves
us, and because we honor His authority over our lives by asking for His grace.
So let us rejoice and be glad, for Christ is our Savior and we are restored to
God’s favor and blessing, both now and forever. Amen.
Gloria Patri (sung): 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: Lord,
we proclaim Your love this morning and thank You for Your faithfulness to us. You
make us glad through Your wonderful deeds; we rejoice in the work of Your
healing hands.
People: Loving Lord, we know that You
understand us perfectly and that You think about us constantly. May we flourish
by Your grace; may we be healed through Your mercy.
Pastor: In
the midst of our sickness, be our salvation. During times of depression or
despair, be our defender and deliverer. Look after our loved ones and heal them
of all that harms them in body, mind, heart, and soul. Hear us now as we pray.
Silent Prayers for others and ourselves. A candle is lit
Pastor: The
Lord is our righteousness, our peace, and strength. He loves as His redeemed
people and restores us in Jesus’ Name, Amen. (Healing
Prayer based on words & phrases from Psalm 92)
Singing of
‘Sanctuary’
Prayer for Illumination
Reader: Holy Spirit, enable us to discern between
right and wrong through the guidance of these scriptures. Open our hearts and
minds to Christ’s teaching, so that we may cheerfully obey God every day. In
Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.
Scripture
Readings
The Message
and the Apostles’ Creed
Serving God
Offering
& Offertory:
Dedication (in unison – led by pastor): Lord Jesus, You have revealed to us Your perfect ways through the
Living Word of the scriptures. In response, we gather together our tithes and
offerings, placing them into Your keeping. We ask that You will bless these
tokens, and enable us to use them for the many ministries and missions that You
have called us to pursue and fulfill. In Your Holy Name, we give and pray.
Amen.
Hymn
Benediction (unison): May Christ help us to regard each day as a
sacred and special gift; may the Father continue to supply our needs and
satisfy our souls; and may the Holy Spirit teach us to live our lives in
thankfulness to the One, Triune, and Living God, both now and always. Amen.
Doxology &
Postlude
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