FRPC Worship- May 22, 2022

Prelude  I Know that My Redeemer Lives        Charles Callahan🎼

Welcome & Announcements 👋

Prayer for World Peace 

Gathering  Lord, Listen to Your Children Praying 🎼

Lord, listen to your children praying,

Lord, send your Spirit in this place;

Lord, listen to your children praying,

Send us love, send us pow'r, send us grace.

Call to Worship

We come together this day, drawn by the light of God’s love!

In God’s eternal kingdom, darkness and despair are vanquished.

In God’s eternal realm, peace and hope reign!

Let all the people praise God with their music and their voices!

Let all the people praise God with their deeds of loving-kindness!

Praise be to God. AMEN!

Hymn  #482 Praise Ye the Lord, the Almighty🎼

Call to Confession

Only when our hearts are truly open can we hear the Good News. As we join in our Confession of Sin, we admit our failings before God and neighbor and seek reconciliation with all so that we might be in right relationship with one another.

Prayer of Confession

Lord, You know how easy it is for us to sit here, tethered to our darkness and fear. We get bound up by chains of mistrust. We dare not to hope, for so many times before we have been disappointed. So we sit here and wonder where you are. We are not unlike the disciples who wondered also, who feared. Lord, come to us in our darkness. Flood us with your powerful light of love and mercy. Help open our eyes to the good news of your eternal glory. Give to us visions of the place in which love and hope will reign. Forgive our stubborn resistance to your mercy and your love. For we ask this in Jesus’ Name. AMEN.

Assurance of Pardon 💦

Time with Young Believers

Children are invited to go to Children’s Worship with our Children’s Worship Leader. Children will return to their parents during the final hymn.

Call to Offering

Offertory  Silent Prayer         Mikhail Shukh🎼

Prayer of Dedication 🙏

Anthem  We Can Speak to God in Confidence        Jacque B Jones/ Amanda Husberg🎼

Scripture: John 5:1-9 ✝️

Pastoral Prayer & Lord's Prayer 🙏

Scripture: Acts 16:6-15 ✝️

Message ✝️

Response to the Word

Mission Moment from House of Hope with Randy Brown

Closing Hymn   #379 My Hope is Built on Nothing Less 🎼

Benediction

Postlude Praise to the Lord, the Almighty      Benjamin M Culli🎼