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A Service for the Lord’s Day
15th 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:
Leader: The God of our ancestors calls us to worship.
People: Praise the Lord!
Leader: Let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice.
People: Let us worship God!
*Hymn #695 “Shall We Gather at the River”
*Call to Confession:
The grace of God overflows for us through the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. Trusting in God’s grace, let us confess our sin, first in silence and then aloud together.
*Prayer of Confession:
(Begin with individual silent prayer before joining in unison)
Merciful God, in baptism you promise forgiveness and new life, making us part of the body of Christ. We confess that we remain preoccupied with ourselves, separated from one another. We cling to destructive habits, hold grudges, and show reluctance to welcome one another. We allow the past to hold us captive. In loving-kindness, have mercy on us, and free us from sin. Fulfill the promises of our baptism so that we may rise to new life, and live together in grace.
*Assurance of Forgiveness: (1)
Because we were buried with Christ in these waters, we are also raised to life with him. Believe the gospel! In 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 Peace: (2)
Paul writes: “Live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.” May the peace of Christ be with you. And also with you.
Prayer for Illumination:
Let us pray together: God of abundant life, your grace is our daily bread. Nourish us by your Word and fill us with your Spirit so that we may grow in faith and love; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
First Scripture Reading: Psalm 124 (pg. 967)
Second Scripture Reading: Exodus 1:22-2:10 (pg. 86)
Leader: This is the Word of the Lord
People: Let our thanks and praise be to God!
Children’s Message, Grant & Leasy Burcham
Sermon:
*Hymn #377 “Let Us Break Bread Together”
*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: (3)
We remember the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, who was rich, yet for our sake became poor so that by his poverty we might become rich. Let us in this knowledge offer ourselves as we bring our gifts to God.
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: Blessed are you, O God, maker of all things. Through your goodness you have blessed us with these gifts: our selves, our time, and our possessions. Use us, and what we have gathered, in feeding the world with your love; through the one who gave himself for us, Jesus Christ our Savior and Lord. 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.
…Therefore we join our voices with the choirs of heaven and with all the faithful of every time and place who forever praise your name: 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!
… Remembering the risen Christ, we take from your creation this bread and wine as we live for the day of his coming. With thanksgiving we offer you now the sacrifice of our lives, for great is the mystery of faith: Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again.
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.
Prayer Following Communion:
O God, send us out from our Lord’s table to answer his summons into new life and to follow him with joy and gladness. Set our feet on his holy way, that our lives may be signs of his life and all we do may show forth his love. 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 #376 “A Hym of Joy We Sing”
*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) Colossians 2:12
(2) 2 Corinthians 13:11
(3) 2 Corinthians 8:9
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