Faith in the Fast Lane

Theme

Life comes to those who are close to God.

Prelude

Welcome

Call to Worship

Leader: Rejoice, people of God! Celebrate the life within you, and Christ's presence in your midst!
People: Our eyes shall be opened! The present will have new meaning, and the future will be bright with hope.
Leader: Rejoice, people of God! Bow your heads before the One who is our wisdom and our strength.
People: We place ourselves before our God, that we may be touched and renewed by the power of God's Spirit.

*Hymn of Praise                             # 25      Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee

*Invocation      (the Lord’s Prayer)

*Gloria Patri

Just for Kids  Children’s Story

Our  Offering to God

*Doxology

*Prayer of Dedication

Scripture Reading                     Isaiah 40:28-31

Israel complains that God has abandoned them, but it isn’t true. Isaiah tells them to look at creation and see God’s presence. God created everything and still rules over all people and earthly authorities.

*Hymn of Prayer                      # 435               What a Friend We Have in Jesus

Pastoral Prayer 

*Hymn of Praise                      # 37                  Great Is Thy Faithfulness

Scripture Text                           Mark 1:29-39

One day Jesus heals Peter’s mother-in-law, along with other sick persons. The next morning, while Jesus is praying alone, the disciples search him out to report that everyone is looking for him. Jesus then decides to leave for other villages where he can pursue his mission of preaching.

Message                                   “Faith in the Fast Lane”

*Hymn of Response                # 213    Let Us Break Bread Together on Our Knees

Communion

                                               # 207                Blest Be the Tie that Binds

*Sending forth

*Postlude

Thought for the Day

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

– Ralph Waldo Emerson