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A Service for the Lord’s Day
21st Sunday after Pentecost
(*Please stand in body or in spirit)
The Instrumental Prelude and Time for Meditation
Announcements, Rev. Hana Elliott
Celebrations and the Birthday Song,
Happy birthday, happy birthday, your friends are all singing.
May the year that is coming bring gladness to you.
May it teach you to be helpful, kindhearted, and loving.
Happy birthday, happy birthday, happy birthday to you.
*Call to Worship: (1)
Leader: Rejoice in the Lord!
People: Sing to God a new song!
Leader: Our soul waits for the Lord;
People: God is our help and shield.
Leader: Our heart rejoices in the Lord
People: Because we trust in God’s holy name.
*Hymn #395 “Be Thou My Vision”
*Call to Confession:
Confident in God’s faithful and steadfast love for us, let us turn to the most holy one and confess our sin, first in silence, and then aloud together.
*Prayer of Confession:
(Begin with individual silent prayer before joining in unison)
O God, though we walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve and deliver us. Though our lips are not clean and our hearts are not pure, you call us. Forgive us, we pray, when we wander away from you, lost and at risk. Forgive us when our lives do not reflect your glory and the purposes you intend. Help us to comprehend your ways in the world. We long to feel your grace and glory, for in you, Emmanuel, we can be healed and set free.
*Assurance of Forgiveness: (2)
As it was said to Isaiah: “Your guilt has departed and your sin is blotted out.” God’s grace toward us has not been in vain. This is the good news we have received: in Christ’s death and resurrection, we have been saved. Thanks be to God! Amen.
.*The Gloria #108, 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
*.Passing of the Peace: (3)
Jesus says: “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I don not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid.” Let us give to one another as Jesus gave to us. May the peace of Christ be with you. And also with you.
Prayer for Illumination: (4)
Let us pray together: O God, whose breath fills our lungs, Send your Spirit of truth to challenge our complacency so that we may surrender to your mercy and follow your will through Jesus Christ our Liberator. Amen.
First Scripture Reading: Isaiah 6:1-8 (pg. 1070)
Second Scripture Reading: John 14:18-27 (pg. 1687)
Leader: This is the Word of the Lord
People: Let our thanks and praise be to God!
Children’s Message: Becky Noel
Sermon: “Here I Am Hymns of Surrender”
*Hymn #”Breathe on Me, Breath of God”
*Affirmation of Faith: (5)
We trust in God the Holy Spirit, everywhere the giver and renewer of life. The Spirit justifies us by grace through faith, sets us free to accept ourselves and to love God and neighbor, and binds us together with all believers in the one body of Christ, the Church. The same Spirit who inspired the prophets and apostles rules our faith and life in Christ through Scripture, engages us through the Word proclaimed, claims us in the waters of baptism, feeds us with the bread of life and the cup of salvation, and calls women and men to all ministries of the Church. In a broken and fearful world the Spirit gives us courage to pray without ceasing, to witness among all peoples to Christ as Lord and Savior, to unmask idolatries in Church and culture, to hear the voices of peoples long silenced, and to work with others for justice, freedom, and peace. In gratitude to God, empowered by the Spirit, we strive to serve Christ in our daily tasks and to live holy and joyful lives, even as we watch for God’s new heaven and new earth, praying, “Come, Lord Jesus!” Amen.
Call to Offering:
Do not give as the world gives, worrying that there will not be enough. Give as God has given to us: without hesitation, without reservation, in joy and in love.
Offering: Monetary gifts may be placed in the offering plates as they are passed through the pews.
*Doxology #109
Praise God from whom all blessings flow,
Praise God all creatures here below,
Praise God above ye heavenly host,
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
*Prayer of Dedication:
Let us pray together: Life-giving God, as we offer our gifts, may we surrender ourselves to you as you surrendered yourself to us, for the glory of God, and the salvation of the world. Amen.
Prayers of the People:
…Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen.
Choral Response,
Hear our prayer, O Lord, hear our prayer, O Lord,
Incline thine ear to us, and grant us thy peace. Amen
*Hymn “Here I Am, Lord” (Insert)
*Charge & Blessing:
*Choral Response: “Go, My Children, with My Blessing”
Go, my children, fed and nourished, closer to me.
Grow in love and love by serving, joyful and free.
Here my Spirit’s power filled you;
here my tender comfort still you.
Go, my children, fed and nourished, joyful and free.
*The Choral Amen:
Amen, Amen, Amen.
(1) from Psalm 33
(2) Isaiah 6:7
(3) Joh 14:27
(4) adapted from https://northchurchindy. Wordpress.com/
(5) from A Brief Statement of Faith
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