PRELUDE..................................... “duke street”1 .....................................ARR. BY laura page
introit...................................... “fill me, jesus”1 .............................................chancel choir
GREETING AND WELCOME
TIME OF CENTERING PRAYER
People: As we
gather in worship, Jesus speaks to our hearts and spirits
now,
saying “Peace, be still.”
Leader: As we rest in your presence, Lord, may all
our storms grow quiet
within us.
People: Bring
rest to our hearts, O Lord; may we feel like a leaf after a
storm,
when the wind is still.
ALL: May
we know both your presence and your peace; may you receive
both
our praise and our thanksgiving.
**HYMN #130 (UMH)...................................................................... “God Will Take Care of You”
CALL TO CONFESSION
The God revealed to us in the pages of scripture is a welcoming and inclusive God who
directs us to love one another. We seek to remove the barriers that keep us from that love.
Come now to confess all that separates us from others and from God by joining me in
praying the Prayer of Confession printed in your bulletin:
PRAYER OF CONFESSION (IN UNISON)
Gracious and loving God, open our hearts so we are able to admit to you the fullness
of our lives – that which is beautiful and good, and that which is hurtful and hateful.
We ask for your help, your power, your Spirit, so we can change our lives and grow
more each day into the image of Jesus. We confess we fear what is different. We
confess that it’s easier to lock the doors of our community than to receive those who
don’t look like we look, love like we love, or vote the way we vote. We confess we
have not lived your call to share an abundant life and unconditional love. We believe
you have the power to turn us around to a more inclusive way of living, so we ask you
to do that. We ask you to give us the courage to change. We ask you to give us the
energy, intelligence, imagination and love to be your people in all we say and do.
Amen.
WORDS OF PARDON AND ASSURANCE
The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love. He will not
always accuse, nor will he harbor his anger forever; he does not treat us as our sins deserve
or repay us according to our iniquities. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so
great is his love for those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far has he
removed our transgressions from us. Jesus died for our sins. We are forgiven. Feel that
forgiveness in your heart. Amen.
He is Lord, he is Lord! He is risen from the dead and he is Lord! Every knee
shall bow, every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord.
PRAYER CONCERNS/PASTORAL PRAYER
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.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
**HYMN #504 (UMH)................................................................................ “THe old rugged cross"
Wherever you go, God
is sending you.
Wherever you are, God has put you there.
God has a purpose in your being right where you are.
Christ, who indwells you by the power of his Spirit,
wants to do something in and through you.
Believe this and go in his grace, his love, his power.
In the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen.
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.
POSTLUDE....................................... “maccabeus”1..................................ARR. BY jason payne
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**Indicates the congregation should stand if able
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