Leading Us in Worship Today
Minister of Word and Sacrament Rev. Jaci Smith Patman
Liturgists AJ Hall (rising 3rd grader), Zach Logan
Organist/Director of Music Dr. Heather Ankerbrand
Prelude Adagio from Sonata I Felix Mendelssohn
Welcome and Announcements
Opening Prayer & Gathering #738 O Master, Let Me Walk with Thee, vs. 1
O Master, let me walk with thee in lowly paths of service free;
tell me thy secret; help me bear the strain of toil, the fret of care.
Call to Worship (based in Psalm 89) AJ Hall (rising 3rd grader)
Lord, the heavens praise you for your wonderful deeds.
When your holy angels gather together, they praise you for how faithful you are.
Who in the skies above can compare with the Lord?
Who among the angels is like the Lord?
God is highly respected among his holy angels.
He’s more wonderful than all those who are around him.
Lord God who rules over all, who is like you?
Lord, you are mighty. You are faithful in everything you do.
Opening Hymn #409 God Is Here!
(Please remain standing through the sung response)
Call to Confession
We have been called to love our God with all our heart, soul, mind and strength and to love our neighbor as ourselves, but our lives are constricted and self-consumed. We have failed to love God, our neighbor and ourselves as we should. Let us make our good confession before God and others.
Prayer of Confession
God of the risen Christ, you broke the power of sin and evil. And yet we still live in the catacombs of forgetfulness, anxiety, and fear. We have failed to love you as we should. We have neglected to love our neighbor. Indeed, we have even failed to love ourselves. Release us from the tomb of the things that terrify us, so that we can see your image in one another and in your good creation. Indeed, free us from the graves of self-hatred, so that we can see ourselves as your beloved children. Amen.
Assurance of Forgiveness and Exchange of Peace
The mercy of the Lord is sure. In Christ, we are forgiven and set free from the chains that bind us so that we can be your people. Thanks be to God!
May the peace of Christ be with you, And also with you.
Please exchange the peace of Christ with your neighbors
Sung Response #447 We Are Forgiven
We are forgiven. We are forgiven. Thanks be to God. Thanks be to God. (Repeat)
Sermon for Faith Builders
Children are invited to go to Children’s Worship with our Children’s Ministry Coordinator, Ms. Marisa. They will return during the final hymn.
Prayers of the People and The Lord’s Prayer
Receiving New Member by Affirmation of Faith
Randall "Cole" Pawlak
Sung Response #306 Blest Be the Tie that Binds, vs. 1
Call to Offering
Offertory Andante from Voluntary in F John Stanley
Sung Response #609 Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow LASST UNS ERFREUEN
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow.
Praise God, all creatures high and low. Alleluia, alleluia!
Praise God, in Jesus fully known: Creator, Word, and Spirit one.
Alleluia, alleluia! Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
Prayer of Dedication
Hymn #408 There's a Sweet, Sweet Spirit
Scripture Reading Genesis 22:1-14
Anthem #773 Heaven Shall Not Wait
(All sing vs. 4)
Sermon The Heart of the Matter: Freed for God’s Purpose Romans 6:12-23
Affirmation of Faith The Apostles’ Creed (Traditional)
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 Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; he descended into hell; the third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth on 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 Ghost; the holy catholic church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. Amen.
Closing Hymn #785 May the God of Hope Go with Us
Benediction
Postlude Sortie César Franck
