A Service for the Lord’s Day
11th 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: O let us give thanks to the Lord,
People: For the love of God will never end.
Leader: Let we who love God be unashamed to declare it,
People: Because God has answered our cries for help.
Leader: The Lord our God has met our every need,
People: We will therefore proclaim the love of the Lord!
*Hymn #74 “Morning Has Broken”
*Call to Confession:
Already assured that forgiveness is ours in Jesus Christ, let us lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely, that we might receive mercy and amend our lives. Let us confess our sin, first in silence, and then aloud together.
*Prayer of Confession:
(Begin with individual silent prayer before joining in unison)
Generous God, you hold nothing back from us, yet we are determined to cling to what we have accumulated. We approach the future with selfishness and fear, rather than with trust in you. We gorge ourselves with our possessions, yet still feel the deep ache of hunger for you. Have mercy on us, Bread of heaven. Help us unclench our grasp on the things of this world so that our hands and hearts are free to find their wealth in you.
*Assurance of Forgiveness:
If God is for us, who is against us? In Jesus Christ we have been set free. Know that we are forgiven, and be at peace.. 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:
May the God of peace make us perfect in holiness—spirit, soul, and body—so that we may be a source of peace for others. May the peace of Christ be with you. And also with you.
Prayer for Illumination:
God, we trust that you have our best interests at heart. As we hear the reading of your Word, remind us that we have been raised with Christ, and inspired to seek the things that are above, through the power of your Holy Spirit. Amen.
First Scripture Reading: Colossians 3:1-11 (pg. 1845)
Second Scripture Reading: Luke 12:13-21 (pg. 1628)
Leader: This is the Word of the Lord
People: Let our thanks and praise be to God!
Children’s Message: Pastor Hana
Sermon:
*Hymn #404 “I Surrender All”
*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:
God pours out blessings upon us, not so we can hoard them or take pride in what we have, but that we might share our goods with the same generous spirit. With joy, let us bring our tithes and offerings 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: All we have and all we are comes from you, O God. If we were to give thanks until the end of time, we could not repay your benevolence and grace. Take these meager offerings, we pray, and increase our generosity, that everything we say and do might show forth your irrepressible love. Through Jesus Christ our 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.
For all these things we praise you, joining our voices to the whole company of heaven, who sing together. 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.
Praise to you for the gift of this holy meal. With this bread and this cup we remember our Lord’s Passover from death to life as we proclaim 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. 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:
Choral Response:
Hear our prayer, O Lord, hear our prayer, O Lord,
Incline thine ear to us, and grant us thy peace. Amen.
*Hymn #332 “God of Grace and God of Glory
*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) based on Psalm 107; from http://www.lectionarysermons.com/