GREETING AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
PRELUDE........................................................... “PIE
JESU”1............................. ARR.
BY GABRIEL FAURE
INTROIT.................................................... “COME,
HOLY SPIRIT”1................................ CHANCEL
CHOIR
OPENING
TIME OF CENTERING PRAYER
RESPONSE #3119
(W&S)................................................................................ “TAKE,
O TAKE ME AS I AM”
Take, O take me as I am; summon out what I shall be; set your seal upon my heart and
live in me.
Leader: When
we struggle to live as you teach us, and we fail to answer your call…
People: God,
your steadfast loves surrounds us.
Leader: When the truth clogs up in our throat, and we fear what will happen if we speak and
if we keep silent…
People: God,
your steadfast love surrounds us.
Leader: When our stubborn hearts encounter the grace that teaches and guides us into a life
of trust and joyful obedience…
All: God,
your steadfast love surrounds us today and every day. Thanks be to God! AMEN.
**HYMN #545 (UMH).......................................................................... “THE
CHURCH’S ONE FOUNDATION”
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. But if we confess
our sins, God is faithful and just. He will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all
unrighteousness. In humility and faith let us confess our sins to God...
God, we admit that we are prone to try to hide our sins; to keep our mouths shut and
hope we are not found out. But there is no place to hide from you. Our silence only
makes us sick in body and spirit. But you delight in forgiving us and in covering our
sin. You are glad when we confess our failings and our needs. Hide us, O God, from
trouble; teach us the way we should go. Deliver us from our own stubbornness, and draw
us
near, we pray. AMEN.
SILENT PRAYERS OF CONFESSION
Leader: God rolls away everything that stands in our way - our past, our sin, our pain, our
hesitation, and reshapes us into new
people living in Jesus Christ.
People: Broken, we are made whole; lost, we are brought home; empty, we are filled
with songs of gladness. We rejoice and give thanks to God who has graced us
with mercy and forgiveness. AMEN.
MUSICAL
OFFERING....................... “BEHOLD
THE LAMB!”1..................................... CHANCEL
CHOIR
Lord Jesus Christ, your light shines within us. Let not my doubts nor my darkness speak
to me. Lord Jesus Christ, your light shines within us. Let my heart always welcome your
love.
**RESPONSE #3122
(W&S)....................................................... “CHRIST
HAS BROKEN DOWN THE WALL”
PRAYER CONCERNS/PASTORAL PRAYER
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
trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever.
AMEN.
I cast all my cares upon you, I lay all of my burdens down at your feet, and anytime that
I don't know what to do, I will cast all my cares upon you.
CALL
TO OFFERING
OFFERTORY
**DOXOLOGY #95 (UMH)..................................... “PRAISE
GOD, FROM WHOM ALL BLESSINGS FLOW”
Praise God, from whom
all blessings flow;
Praise Him, all
creatures here below;
Praise Him above, ye
heav'nly host;
Praise Father, Son,
and Holy Ghost.
Amen.
**OFFERTORY PRAYER
**HYMN #359 (UMH)......................................................................... “ALAS!
AND DID MY SAVIOR BLEED”
**CHORAL BENEDICTION................ “SEND US YOUR SPIRIT”1................................... CHANCEL
CHOIR
Bind us together, Lord, bind us together with cords
that cannot be broken.
Bind us together, Lord, bind us together, bind us
together in love.
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Flowers
on the altar are presented in the dear memory of our loved ones
by Sonny
& Barb Tenney
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**Indicates the
congregation should stand if able
