Approaching God
Welcome
& Announcements
Prelude
Call to Worship
Pastor:
Loving
God, You have gathered us as Your people so that we may rejoice in Your
presence.
People: May
You bless us with Your grace, O Lord, and grant us Your promise of salvation.
Pastor:
Come,
let us humbly approach our God to worship and glorify His Sacred Name. Amen.
First
Hymn
Prayers of Adoration
and Confession
Guide:
Almighty God, Your dynamic
wonders surround us and Your glorious works inspire our souls, therefore, we
gather before You to praise and honor Your majestic ways. Your peace calms our
restless spirits and Your love strengthens our faithful hearts, so we cheerfully
worship and gladly adore Your holy Name.
People: Gracious Father, we regret our past
mistakes and lament the sinful ways we have lived. We seek pardon for all our
faults and Your mercy for all our misdeeds. Helps us to heal the wounds we have
caused and enable us to forgive the injuries we have experienced. Pardon our foolish
prejudices and stubborn pride. Absolve us of our ungrateful and unloving ways.
Hear us now as we silently pray to You for forgiveness and reconciliation.
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Silent Confessions -
Guide:
Loving Lord, accept our
admissions of failure and receive our repentant prayers. Wash our souls in
Christ's blood and cleanse our spirits from all our sins, for He alone can save
and restore us. In Jesus' Name, we make our confessions and continue to pray,
saying, “Our Father…THE LORD’S PRAYER” (debts/debtors).
Promise of the Gospel
Guide:
Christ inspired His people to repent and
return to God. His teaching and words often expressed the reality of God’s
everlasting love. Today, we receive Christ’s blessings of mercy and grace, as
well as pardon and forgiveness. Let us rejoice and exalt in the name of our
Savior Jesus, both now and forevermore.
Amen.
Gloria Patri (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.
Choir
Anthem
Minute
for Mission
Family
Sermon (parents and all children, including Elementary school students come
forward)
Encountering God
Prayers for Health
and Healing
Pastor:
Let
us trust in the Lord, whose love and strength endures forever. May He surround
and embrace us in the midst of our worries and cares. May He heal us of our
broken ways and help us to reconcile our differences. May God bless us with His
peace and allow to begin again.
People: May
the Lord's goodness touch our lives and all whom we love. May our heartfelt
prayers and innermost pleas be compassionately answered. May God strengthen our
loved ones, and all for whom we now pray.
Silent Prayers for others and ourselves. A candle is lit.
Pastor: As
we turn to the Lord for help and healing, may He banish all our fears and grant
us His peace. In Jesus' Name, we pray. Amen. (Healing
prayer based on words & phrases from Psalm 125)
Singing
of 'Sanctuary’.
Prayer for
Illumination
Reader:
Holy Spirit, help us to receive
these sacred words and consider their lessons carefully. Enable us to recognize
what challenges these words reveal to us, as well as the changes that need to
be applied in our daily lives. In Christ’s Holy Name, we pray. Amen.
Scripture
Readings
The
Message
Serving God
Offering
& Offertory
Dedication (unison- led by pastor): Lord Jesus, we bring before You our personal
gifts and humbly ask that You will bless them for the life, work, and ministry
of our church, in this community and throughout the world. In Your Holy Name,
we give and pray. Amen.
Closing
Hymn
Benediction (unison): May Christ inspire us to be His
disciples each day; may the Father bless us for being His people; and may the
Holy Spirit help us to faithfully serve and love the One, Triune, and Living
God, both now and forevermore. Amen.
Doxology
& Postlude
