Approaching God
Welcome & Church
Announcements
Prelude
Hymn:
Prayer of Adoration and Confession
Guide: Almighty and Infinite
God, Majestic and All-Powerful Creator, we approach You with awe and reverence;
we gather in humility and service. Your Hands have formed our universe; Your
Will sustains our lives. What are we that You are mindful of us? Who are we to
receive Your compassion and care?
People:
Gracious Lord, nothing is hidden from Your gaze; no secrets can be kept
from Your heart. We have shamefully sinned and selfishly centered our lives
upon greed, power, desire and deceit. We have neglected our faith; spoken harsh
words; passed by people in need and have put You to the back of our minds. We
are guilty of many sins, so we seek Your compassion and ask for mercy. Hear us
now as we solemnly pray.
- SILENCE -
Guide: Loving Father, we are
unworthy to receive grace and yet You have given us Your Son Jesus. He died for
our mistakes. He took the punishment due for our sins and sacrificed Himself for
all the wrong things that we have ever said and done. Without Jesus as our
Savior, we remain unforgiven. Without Christ’s obedience, we are unrestored.
Hear us now as we unite our hearts with His, through Christ’s own words, saying
“Our Father…(THE LORD’S PRAYER –
debts/debtors)
Promise of the Gospel
Guide: Christ knows all of our secrets and
everything that goes on in our minds, hearts and lives. Only He can fully offer
us salvation. Only He can restore us to the One, True and Living God. When we
honestly believe in Him and sincerely confess our sins, He will forgive us and
bring us back to God. So let us rejoice and be glad for Jesus has pardoned our
foolish ways and re-established our everlasting relationship with the LORD,
both now and always. 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
Prayers for Health and Healing
Pastor: Lord, You have been our dwelling
place and healing source throughout all generations. Before the Earth was made
with its seas and mountains, You existed.
People: O
LORD, how long shall we suffer from our sicknesses? Have compassion upon us and
heal all Your servants. Satisfy our prayers with Your unfailing love, so that
we may praise and glorify You every day.
Pastor: Lord
God, make us glad by restoring our health; bring peace, hope and healing to all
our loved ones. May Your compassionate deeds be shown to us; may the splendor
of Your strength be experienced by all, for whom we now pray.
Silent Prayers for others and ourselves.
A candle is lit
Pastor: May the favor of the LORD rest upon
us. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.
(Healing Prayer based on words & phrases
from Psalm 90)
Singing of ‘Jesus, Draw Me
Close’
Prayer for Illumination:
Reader: Holy Spirit, open our hearts to Christ’s
teaching, and enable us to spread His message amongst the people that we know
and love, through applying these sacred words in our everyday lives. In Jesus’
Name, we pray. Amen.
Scripture Readings
Sermon & The Apostles’
Creed
Serving God
Offering & Offertory:
Dedication (unison): Lord Jesus, in all that we do, we
witness to Your ministry. Today, we gather this offering as a true token of our
faith and loving response to Your sacred words. Take these gifts and tithes and
bless them for Your continuing work and ways amongst us. In Your Holy Name we
pray. Amen.
Hymn:
Benediction(unison):
May Christ feed us with faith, hope and love; may the Father look down
upon us with compassion and care; and may the Holy Spirit perfectly lead us
into the presence of the One, Triune and Living God, where we shall live and be
accepted forevermore. Amen.
Doxology Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;
etc & Postlude
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