GREETINGS, WORDS OF WELCOME, RITUAL OF FRIENDSHIP AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts;
The whole earth is full of God’s glory.
PRELUDE
CALL TO WORSHIP
O Lord, our Lord, how exalted is your name in all the world!
Out of the mouths of infants and children your majesty is praised above the heavens.
When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars you have set in their courses –
What are we human beings that you should be mindful of us – mere mortals that you should seek us out?
Yet, you have made us but a little lower than the angels; you adorn us with glory and honor.
O Lord, our Lord, how exalted is your name in all the world!
PRAYER OF THE DAY
*HYMN #138 Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty! Nicaea
*CALL TO CONFESSION
*UNISON CONFESSION OF SIN
Blessed God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, Our Creator, our Redeemer, and our Sustainer, yours is a perfect relationship, one God in three persons, mutual and whole. We confess that our relationships are not that way. We have been too selfish. Or we have given too much. Or we have accepted too little. We have failed to love after the manner of Jesus. We have let sin drive us away from one another and from you. We long for wholeness and peace and a sense of well-being, but our sin takes us in other directions. Forgive us and restore us. Pull us to you, with mercy and grace – pull us to you. Amen.
Lord, have mercy upon us.
Christ, have mercy upon us.
Lord, have mercy upon us.
*RESPONSE
Thanks be to God,
In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven!
*PASSING OF THE PEACE
Since God has forgiven us in Christ, let us forgive one another. The peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.
And also with you.
MOMENT FOR CARING Duie Swicegood
OLD TESTAMENT LESSON Proverbs 8:1-4 & 22-31
MOMENT WITH THE CHILDREN Hannah Sherrod
NEW TESTAMENT LESSON John 16:12-15
SERMON Everyday Wisdom Rev. Bill Shenk
DEDICATION OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS
*DOXOLOGY AND PRAYER OF DEDICATION Hymn #592
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;
Praise Him, all creatures here below;
Praise Him above, ye heavenly host;
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH – Taken from A Brief Statement of Faith
In life and in death we belong to God. Through the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit, we trust in the one triune God, the Holy One of Israel, whom alone we worship and serve. Amen.
*HYMN #139 Come, Thou Almighty King Italian Hymn
INVITATION TO THE LORD’S TABLE
GREAT THANKSGIVING AND THE LORD’S PRAYER
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.
Let us pray.
COMMUNION OF THE PEOPLE
PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION
*HYMN #379 My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less Solid Rock
*CHARGE AND BENEDICTION
*CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE Hymn #357 vs. 1
O Master, let me walk with Thee
In lowly paths of service free;
Tell me Thy secret; help me bear
The strain of toil, the fret of care.
*POSTLUDE
