Approaching God
Welcome
& Church Announcements
Prelude
Gathering
Song
Hymn:
Prayer of Adoration
and Confession
Guide:
Almighty and Everlasting
God, we approach You with awe and reverence; we gather together in humility and
service. Your Hands have formed our universe and 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
and Merciful Lord, nothing is hidden from Your gaze and no secrets can be kept
from Your heart. We have frequently sinned and selfishly squandered our lives on
greed, power, desire, and deceit. We have neglected our faith and spoken harsh
words. We have by-passed people in need and put You to the back of our minds.
We are guilty of many sins, so we seek Your grace and ask for mercy. Hear us
now as we solemnly pray.
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SILENCE -
Guide:
Loving Father, we are
unworthy to receive Your love 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 is willing to 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
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
God, You have been our spiritual dwelling place and our physical healing source
throughout all generations. Your existence sustains our lives and Your love
strengthens our souls.
People: Have
compassion upon us, O Lord, and heal all of our loved ones. Satisfy our prayers
with Your unfailing love, so that we may praise and glorify You every day. Hear
us now as we silently 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.
Singing
of ‘Sanctuary.’
Prayer for
Illumination
Reader:
Holy Spirit, open our hearts to Christ’s
teaching, and enable us to spread His message among the people that we know and
love, through applying these sacred words in our everyday lives. In Jesus’ Name,
we pray. Amen.
Scripture
Readings
Message
& the Apostles’ Creed
Serving God
Offering
& Offertory
Dedication
(unison – led by pastor): Lord Jesus, we witness to Your ministry through all
that we do. Today, we gather this offering as a true token of our faith and
loving response to Your sacred words. Take these gifts and bless them for Your
continuing work and ways among us. In Your Holy Name, we give and pray.
Amen.
Hymn
Benediction(unison): May Christ strengthen us with faith, hope,
and love; may the Father look down upon us with compassion and care; and may
the Holy Spirit inspire and lead us into the presence of the One, Triune, and
Living God, where we shall live forevermore. Amen.
Doxology
& Postlude
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