GREETING AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
PRELUDE................................................ “LORD,
LET THY SPIRIT”1............... ARR.
BY DAVID PAXTON
INTROIT................................... “ALLELUIA,
ALLELUIA! GIVE THANKS”1............... CHANCEL CHOIR
OPENING
TIME OF CENTERING PRAYER
RESPONSE #2071 (TFWS)................................................................ “JESUS,
NAME ABOVE ALL NAMES”
Jesus, name above all names, beautiful Savior, glorious Lord. Emmanuel, God is with
us, blessed Redeemer, living Word.
Leader: Jesus teaches us, “Do to others as you would have them do to you.” But who are
the others?
People: Our
enemies and friends, family and strangers.
Leader: Jesus
teaches us, “Be merciful as your Father is merciful.” But what is mercy?
People: To act with compassion, to help without
expecting anything in return.
Leader: Jesus
teaches us, “Forgive, and you will be forgiven.” But how do we forgive?
People: By recognizing enemies, friends, family, strangers, and ourselves as people
in
need of compassion.
Leader: Let us worship God, who loves us and empowers us to love one another with
mercy and
compassion.
All: Come, let us worship! Thanks be to God! Amen.
**HYMN #2056 (TFWS)........................................................................................................ “GOD
IS SO GOOD”
For God so loved the world that He gave his only Son, that whoever believes in Him should
not perish but have eternal life. For God sent His Son into the world, not to condemn the
world, but that the world might be saved through Him. Would you please pray with me as
we confess our sins against God and neighbor…
God, we are so conditioned to respond in kind. We are so worried that when the
reckoning comes, we will find ourselves left with the short end of the stick. And not
without reason. The powerful take and take and lie and lie and oppress and oppress,
seemingly without consequence. Teach us to love with skill. Teach us to love with
precision. Teach us to love with abandon, trusting that when we step into the ocean of
your abundant love, we will receive the
blessings of your abundant life. AMEN.
SILENT PRAYERS OF CONFESSION
Leader: Now return to the Lord with joy and gladness. Sing a song of redemption! Let
sorrow and sighing be no more.
People:
Thanks be to God! By God’s grace we are
forgiven! AMEN.
MUSICAL
OFFERING......................................... “PEACE”1............................................. CHANCEL
CHOIR
Emmanuel, Emmanuel, his name is called Emmanuel. God with us, revealed in us, his
name is called Emmanuel.
SERMON................................... “LOVE:
IT’S HARDER THAN YOU THINK”........... REV.
ERIC WARNER
**RESPONSE #389 (UMH)................................................................................................... “FREELY,
FREELY”
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 #572 (UMH)...................................................................................................................... “PASS
IT ON”
**CHORAL BENEDICTION......... “LORD, LET US NOW DEPART IN PEACE”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.
POSTLUDE........................................................... “NICEA”1.................................. ARR.
BY DAVID LASKY
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Flowers
on the altar are given in memory of McVay loved ones by Gretchen Ginder
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**Indicates the
congregation should stand if able
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