Approaching God
Welcome
and announcements
Prelude
Gathering
Call to Worship
Pastor:
Praise
be to the LORD for He has shown His wonderful love to us.
People:
We will be strong and take
heart, for our hope is in the LORD.
Pastor:
Come,
let us cheerfully worship and glorify God! Amen.
Hymn
Prayer of Adoration
and Confession
Guide: Holy Lord of the Universe and
Sacred Creator of Life, we come here as Your people to praise Your glorious
deeds and to proclaim Your wonderful works. You have called us into Your
Presence and we are blessed to be in this special place of peace and prayer.
People: Almighty
Father, You rule over the Earth and see all of humanity’s ways. You know that
we are sinful and selfish creatures, whose foolish and faithless ways separate
our souls from You. Forgive our faults and past mistakes. When we have
neglected to do good or have inflicted hurt on other people, pardon us. When we
have followed our own stubborn ways and allowed temptation to influence our
decisions, forgive us. Hear us now as we personally confess our sins to You
alone.
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SILENCE -
Guide:
Gracious Lord, enable us to
place Christ at the center of our lives. May His pardon free us from our sins.
May His sacrifice restore us to Your Favor. 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 our backs on our sinful
ways and return to God’s goodness. He calls us to follow Him and becomes witnesses
of His mercy. We know that our past sins are forgiven because He loves us;
therefore we honor His authority over our lives and are sustained by His grace.
Amen.
Gloria
Patri (sung-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
of Life, we proclaim Your love this morning and thank You for Your faithfulness
to us. You gladden us with Your wonderful deeds and we rejoice in the power of
Your healing hands.
People: Gracious
Father, 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.
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 our strength. He loves, heals, 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, empower 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 faithfully obey God every day. In
Jesus’ Name, we ask. Amen.
Scripture
Readings
The
Message and the Apostles’ Creed
Serving God
Offering
& Offertory
Dedication
(unison – led by pastor): Lord
Jesus, You have revealed to us Your holy ways through the Living Word of the sacred
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 special gift of grace;
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
