Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time
The Service: 10:30 a.m.
August 31, 2008
(Let us be silent and
prayerful as we prepare our lives for worship.)
Prelude
Welcome
and Announcements
Passing of the Peace (Please
be seated)
Joys and Concerns of the Church
(All hymns
from the black hymnal unless noted
otherwise)
Praising
God
*Hymn
- #574 In
*Prayer of Invocation (Unison)
Gracious
and loving God, we rejoice in this day - a day you have made!
Open our hearts that we might worship you with joyful abandon.
Open our eyes so that we might revel in the glory of your creation.
Open our mouths to sing your praises.
Open our eyes to hear your Word anew.
Renew us and fill our entire beings with your Spirit. Amen.
*Call to Confession:
We
know that when we turn to God humbly, God is sure to forgive us through grace.
We come before God and one another confessing that we need You in our
lives:
*Prayer of Confession: (In Unison)
Forgive
us, Lord, for the many times we go about our day living in a way that does not
show the world we are transformed by you. Despite
our desire to be new creatures, we continue to be enticed by what the world
offers, acting as if we do not know you. Instead
of seeking after your guidance and direction, we grab hold of the golden rings
offered to us that seemingly give us a better life, forgetting that what you
offer is not just better, but perfect.
We acknowledge our sin before you and ask for your holy and perfect
discernment for our lives in the world, out there, but also in this body of
believers that surrounds us today. Renew our minds, transform our hearts, dear
Lord so that all who see and hear us will know you. Amen.
*Silent Confession
*Assurance
of Pardon (Unison)-
There is no doubt that God has heard our prayer and is faithful to
forgive us. Thanks be to God.
Special
Music – “What A Friend”-
Charles C. Converse / arr. Jack Schrader
Performed by the Men’s Quartet
Hearing the Word of God
The
Holy Scripture
Reader:
Colleen Ross
Exodus 3:1-15 (page 40 in pew
bible)
Romans 12:9-21 (page
803 in pew bible)
Children’s
Chat
Sermon: “It’s
About Holding Up Our End of the Stick!”
Prayer
Vesicle
M. God be with you.
C. And also with you.
M. Let us pray.
Prayers, Pastoral
Prayer, Silent Prayer, Lord’s Prayer
(using ‘sins’, and ‘sinned against us’)
Prayer Response
No. 503 (Red Hymnal)
O Thou who hearest every heart-felt prayer,
With Thy rich grace, Lord, all our hearts prepare;
Thou art our life, Thou art our Love and Light,
O let this Sabbath hour with Thee be bright.
The
Offering
Offertory
– “Every Valley”
– John Ness Beck
Performed by the Men’s Quartet
*The Offertory Response No. 780 ‘The Doxology’
Praise God from whom all blessings
flow; Praise God, all creatures here below;
Praise God above, you heavenly host:
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
*Prayer of Dedication
*Hymn: #591
This Is My Song –Jean
Sibelius, 1899/Lloyd Stone, 1934
*Benediction
Special Music – And
Give You Peace – Limbaugh
Performed by The Men’s Quartet