Approaching God
Welcome
and announcements
Prelude
Gathering
Call to Worship
Herald: We have come into God’s Holy
House to worship and adore Him.
People: We cheerfully lift up our
hearts and voices to the Lord our God.
Herald: Let us praise His sacred Name
and give thanks for His eternal blessings. Amen.
Hymn
Prayer of Adoration
and Confession
Guide:
Everlasting God, we
respectfully come to You, seeking comfort and hope, as well as encouragement
and renewal. We learn the ways of righteousness from You alone. Through Your sacred
words and almighty works, we acknowledge and cherish Your divine authority over
our lives.
People: Gracious
Father, we confess that we have been sinful again this week. We personally know
that we have allowed desire and deceit, as well as pride and prejudice, to tarnish
our faith and damage our relationship with You. Forgive our foolish and selfish
ways, as well as our failures and grave mistakes. Pardon our vanity and redeem
us from our faithless ways and churlish words. Hear us now as we silently admit
our sins to You.
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SILENCE -
Guide:
Loving God, please restore
us to Your Kingdom through the blood of our Savior Jesus Christ. Grant us Your
favor and mercy through His obedience and sacrifice. For we make these confessional
prayers in Christ’s Name, and through His own words, we cling to You saying “Our Father…THE LORD’S PRAYER”
(debts/debtors).
Promise of the Gospel
Guide: Christ
grants us forgiveness through the giving of His own life. Christ claims mercy for
us by making Himself our worthy and perfect sacrifice. He speaks to our spirits
and we are promised eternal life. Let us praise and adore Him, for Christ is
our Loving Lord and our Almighty Savior, 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
Anthem
Prayers for Health
and Healing
Pastor:
Let
us meditate upon the LORD’s perfect and everlasting love. Let us prayerfully
proclaim His faithfulness to every generation by declaring that His Word
endures forever and that we will keep faith in all He accomplishes.
People: The
LORD has made a covenant with us, promising to help us in times of trouble and
distress. When we are weak, He will become our strength. When we have doubts,
He will become our assurance. May He heal us and all our loved ones with His
mighty power. In all of creation, there
is no other source of sustenance, health, holiness or salvation. May the Lord
hear us now as we inwardly pray.
Silent
Prayers for others and ourselves. A candle is lit
Pastor:
The
LORD is awesome and mighty, above and beyond all that we can ever know. We are
all safe in His hands and embraced in His arms. In Jesus’ Name, we faithfully
pray. Amen.
(Healing
Prayer based on words & phrases from Psalm 89)
Singing
of ‘Sanctuary.’
Prayer for Illumination
Reader:
Holy Spirit, show us how to increase our faith
through the events described in these sacred words. Enable us to apply Christ’s
teaching from these passages in our daily lives. In Jesus’ Name, we ask. Amen.
Scripture
Readings
The
Message & the Apostles’ Creed
Serving God
Offering
& Offertory
Dedication
(unison – led by pastor): Lord Jesus, take these tithes and gifts, and bless
them for Your holy work. May they be used to strengthen the weak, encourage the
fearful, and comfort the lost. May we simultaneously dedicate our lives to the
service of Your Kingdom in this world and the next. By the power of Your Holy
Name, we give and pray. Amen.
Hymn
Benediction
(unison): May Christ nourish our souls
with His love and grace; may the Father strengthen and protect us each day; and
may the Holy Spirit enhance our faith so that we may truly serve the One, Triune,
and Living God, both now and always. Amen.
Doxology
& Postlude
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