GREETING AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
PRELUDE............................................... “BEHOLD
THE LAMB”1......................... ARR.
BY JASON PAYNE
OPENING
TIME OF CENTERING PRAYER
Leader: Children of God, you are welcome here.
People: We come to tell
the truth about who we are in relationship with God.
Leader: Many of
us find it easy to recognize our goodness and difficult to notice our
sins.
People: We
come to tell the truth about who we are in relationship with God.
Leader: Others of us live under a shroud of guilt
and shame, believing we can never
be good enough to receive the
fullness of God’s love.
People: We come to tell the truth about who we are
in relationship with God.
Leader: ........ However
you enter this place, know this: you are loved, accepted, and
called. May God’s love draw us
to honest confession.
All: We come to tell the truth about who
we are in relationship with God who
loves us, accepts us, and
calls us. AMEN.
**HYMN #384 (UMH)................................................................... “LOVE
DIVINE, ALL LOVES EXCELLING”
God looks at us, to see if we are open enough to offer confession, to receive forgiveness,
and to seek to know the healing love of Christ. Let us prove our willingness, and set aside
our foolish pride, as we pray together…
Forgiving God, deep within, we know how we have failed to be your people. Our
hardened hearts are closed to the love of Christ; our lust for more and more blocks
the fullness of your grace; our trust in the powers of the world reveals our foolish
nature. Have mercy. Pour out the rich blessing of forgiveness on our parched souls.
Feed us with the Word of God, so we might be nourished by your gentleness. Shape
us as your people, and restore us to faithful living, as we seek to follow our Lord and
Savior, Jesus
Christ, in service to everyone we meet. AMEN.
SILENT PRAYERS OF CONFESSION
Leader: The wideness of God's mercy, the range of
God's forgiveness, the infinite
love of God - all these gifts
are ours, as God restores us to the fullness of
life meant for us.
People: Grounded in love, rooted in discipleship,
we offer ourselves in service
to others, recognizing the
limitless grace which is ours to share in
Christ. Thanks be to God, we are forgiven! AMEN.
MUSICAL OFFERING................................ “ALWAYS”1................................................... DARRIN
PETERS
**RESPONSE #2119 (TFWS)............................................................. “WHERE
THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS”
Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is peace; where the Spirit of the Lord is, there
is love. There is comfort in life’s darkest hour; there is light and life, there is help
and power in the Spirit, in the Spirit of the Lord.
SERMON...................................
“COMPREHENDING CHRIST’S LOVE” ................ REV.
ERIC WARNER
**RESPONSE #357 (UMH)............................................... “JUST
AS I AM, WITHOUT ONE PLEA” (VV. 1-3, 6)
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............................................ “JUST
AS I AM”1............................................... DARRIN
PETERS
**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 #2171 (TFWS)............................................................. “MAKE
ME A CHANNEL OF YOUR PEACE”
Beloved, receive this good news: Nothing can separate you from the love of God. May you
go now in the blessing of God who forgives our sins and empowers us to turn once again to be
and become who God calls us to
be. 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........................................................ “MADRID”1................................. ARR. BY
DAVID LASKY
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**Indicates the
congregation should stand if able
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