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Welcome & Announcements
Office Hours
Thank volunteers
Thursday night Choir time 7 pm
Prayers for the people
No Choir this week because of Induction
Call to Worship (Responsive)
One: In Christ, the God of heaven has made his home on earth.
All: Christ dwells among us and is one with us.
One: Highest of all creation, he lives among the least.
All: He journeys with the rejected and welcomes the weary.
One: Come now, all who thirst,
All: and drink the water of life.
One: Come now, all who hunger,
All: and be filled with good things.
One: Come now, all who seek,
All: and be warmed by the fire of love.
Prayer of Invocation
With you, gracious God,
we move into this time of worship,
grateful that you are never farther
than the reach of our need and our prayer.
You who tower over the universe
are yet intimately present,
always renewing the face of the earth,
always renewing the faith of your children.
Now, in your mercy, make your way past
all that worries and distracts us
to lodge in us anew and to center
our small worship on your great glory.
Amen.
Opening Hymn: open my eyes
Open my eyes that I may see
glimpses of truth thou hast for me.
Place in my hands the wonderful key
that shall unclasp and set me free.
Silently now I wait for thee,
ready, my God, thy will to see.
Open my eyes, illumine me,
Spirit divine!
2 Open my ears that I may hear
voices of truth thou sendest clear,
and while the wave notes fall on my ear,
ev’rything false will disappear.
Silently now I wait for thee,
ready, my God, thy will to see.
Open my ears, illumine me,
Spirit divine!
3 Open my mouth and let me bear
gladly the warm truth ev’rywhere.
Open my heart and let me prepare
love with thy children thus to share.
Silently now I wait for thee,
ready, my God, thy will to see.
Open my mouth, illumine me,
Spirit divine!
Call to Confession
Living God, artist of the changing skies, builder of the steadfast earth,
Lively Christ, born to walk life’s journey with us,
Spirit of life, always moving in us and among us,
Your presence surrounds us here and everywhere we go.
Your purpose holds the world in its place;
Your imagination engages us each step of the way.
In our time of worship, show us how we can serve you,
and open our imaginations to the future you create,
for we seek your guidance and your grace now and always.
Amen.
Prayer of Confession (All Together)
God of time and eternity,
we confess that we have long memories, especially for things that hurt us,
for moments we resent or regret.
Week by week we seek your forgiveness for our mistakes,
but we confess we do not forgive others so faithfully.
Sometimes we seek opportunity to even the score.
Confront us with your mercy, O God,
and open our hearts to its cleansing power.
Assurance of Pardon
From now on, St. Paul declared, we regard no one from a human point of view.
If anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation.
Everything old has passed away; and everything has become new.
Through Christ God has reconciled us and given us a ministry of reconciliation.
Thanks be to God that we can all make a new start, this day and every day!
The Lords Prayer
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 debts, as we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the Evil One.
For Thine is the Kingdom, the power and the glory,
Forever and ever.
Amen.
Children’s Lesson
Normally, we would have the children gather together at the front of the sanctuary.
However, we would ask that they stay with their parents for now and listen to the children’s sermon.
I have a question for all the children.
How many of you know your ABC’s?
How did you learn them?
Did you write them down a lot?
Did you study them and read them a lot?
Did you sing them every day many times?
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