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A Service for the Lord’s Day
5th 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: We are called to love the Lord our God
People: We are called to love with all our heart and soul
Leader: We are called to love the Lord our God
People: We are called to love with all our mind and strength
Leader: We are called to love the Lord our God
People: We are called to love our neighbor as ourselves.
Leader: Come, let us love our God
People: and share God’s love in worship!
*Hymn #15 “Sing Praise to God Who Reigns Above”
*Call to Confession:
The God who demands justice from us is the God who pours out mercy upon us. Trusting in that gracious love, let us confess our sin before God and one another.
*Prayer of Confession:
(Begin with individual silent prayer before joining in unison)
God of Mercy: We confess that we have failed to live as your beloved children. We have set our minds on the things of this world, and we have neglected the inheritance of love you bestow upon your saints. We have pursued selfish aims in our daily business; we have harbored uncharitable thoughts toward our enemies and friends; we have avoided difficult responsibilities to our neighbors. Forgive us, we pray. Free us from our selfish ways and strengthen us to be faithful disciples of Jesus Christ, in whose name we pray.
*Assurance of Forgiveness:
Hear the good news: Christ is merciful to all who turn to him in repentance. In the name of Jesus Christ, we are forgiven. Thanks be to God!
*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 Peac:
Loving our neighbors as ourselves, we share Christ’s peace with them just as we have received it. May the peace of Christ be with you. And also with you.
Prayer for Illumination:
O God, as we receive your Word through your Holy Spirit, open our eyes to your justice, open our ears to your judgment, open our hearts to your love. Amen.
First Scripture Reading: Colossians 1:1-14 (pg. 1842)
Second Scripture Reading: Luke 10:25-37 (pg. 1623)
Leader: This is the Word of the Lord
People: Let our thanks and praise be to God!
Children’s Message:
Sermon:
*Hymn #398 “Make Me a Blessing”
*Affirmation of Faith:
I believe in God the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; he descended into hell; the third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy catholic church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. Amen.
Call to Offering: Let us bring to God the fruit of our labors.
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: Receive these gifts, O God. May our lives be an offering that is pleasing to you, good gifts that come from the knowledge of life in Christ our Lord in whose name we pray. Amen.
Celebration of the Lord’s Supper
Invitation:
Great Thanksgiving:
The Lord be with you. And also with you. Lift up your hearts. We lift them to the Lord. Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. It is right to give our thanks and praise.
…And so we praise you, tuning our voices to the angels’ songs, joining all those who sing on earth and in heaven: Holy, holy, holy, Lord, God of power and might, heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is the One who comes in your name. Hosanna in the highest.
…With thanksgiving we take this bread and wine, gifts of the good earth, offering ourselves as a living sacrifice dedicated to your service. Dying, you destroyed our death; rising, you restored our life. Lord Jesus, come in glory.
…Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Gove 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.
Prayer Following Communion:
God of abundance, with this bread of life and cup of salvation you have united us with Christ, making us one with all your people. Now send us forth in the power of your Spirit that we may proclaim your redeeming love to the world and continue forever in the risen life of Jesus Christ, our Lord. 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 #588 “We Give Thee But Thine Own”
*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 stilled you.
Go, my children, fed and nourished, joyful and free.
*The Choral Amen,
Amen, Amen, Amen
(1) by Rev. Mindi, http://rev-o-lution.org
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