Sunday Morning Readings

Good Morning Church!

Leader:The work of the Creator is visible. All:Let us respond with praise. Leader:The example of Jesus is apparent. All:Let us respond with obedience. Leader:The wind of the Spirit is blowing All:Let us respond with joy. Leader:The word of God is calling. All:Let us worship in spirit and in truth.

As followers of Jesus Christ what do we believe?

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 Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried;* the third day he rose from the dead;

he ascended into heaven,

and sitteth at 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 Spirit, the holy catholic (or universal) church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.

As we have come together to worship today are their any joys or concerns that you would like to lift up this morning?

O God, You have loved us so well. You have been kind to us. You have given us all that we need. You have kept us from danger. You have given us new life and forgiveness in Your Son, Jesus, but we have sinned against you, doing what You told us not to do. We think and live like You don’t love us, like You don’t see our struggles, like You don’t see our needs. We think that other gods of money, more stuff, looking good, seeming smart, and feeling accepted will make us whole and happy. But really, only you can make us whole and joyful. Help us trust You when You say, “I will be with you.”

God we lift up to you today all of the joys and concerns of your people to you and ask that your Holy Spirit would move in their lives.

As we have all gathered to worship this morning let us also join in one voice as we say the prayer that you taught your disciples to say,

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, for ever and ever. Amen.