GREETINGS, WORDS OF WELCOME, RITUAL OF FRIENDSHIP AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening;
You have the words of eternal life.
PRELUDE Prelude in C Minor by Bach
CALL TO WORSHIP
Hallelujah! Praise the Lord, O my soul!
We will praise the Lord as long as we live;
we will sing praises to our God while we have our being.
PRAYER OF THE DAY
*HYMN #483 Sing Praise to God, Who Reigns Above Mit Freuden Zart
*CALL TO CONFESSION
*UNISON CONFESSION OF SIN
Compassionate God, Your touch heals and your word saves, yet we look for salvation in other places. We long to know the fullness of your love, but our sin gets in the way. What we say seldom matches how we live. Help us make our confession. Hear us as we pray. Hold us in your mercy. Touch us again, so that we may live this day in joy and praise, for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord. 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!
FIRST LESSON I Kings 17
MOMENT WITH THE CHILDREN Hannah Sherrod
ANTHEM Alleluia! Dianne Griffith
SECOND LESSON Luke 7:11-17
SERMON While Yet We Live Rev. Bill Shenk
*HYMN #282 If Thou But Trust In God to Guide Thee Wer Nur Den Leiben Gott
*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH – Apostle’s Creed (Traditional) Hymnal Page #14
I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; he descended into hell; the third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy catholic church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. Amen.
SHARING OF CONCERNS AND PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
OFFERING Jesus Loves Me Arranged by Fred Bock
*DOXOLOGY 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.
*PRAYER OF DEDICATION
*HYMN #376 Love Divine, All Loves Excelling Hyfrydol
*CHARGE AND BLESSING
*CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE Hymn #539 vs.1
Savior, again to Thy dear name we raise
With one accord our parting hymn of praise.
We stand to bless Thee ere our worship cease;
And, now departing, wait Thy word of peace.
*POSTLUDE Postlude on Diademata by Gordon Young
