Virtual Communion Instructions Video 🎥
Welcome and Announcements 👋
Prelude Amazing Grace David Cherwien 🎼
Come! Live in the Light 🌅🎼
Come! live in the light!
Shine with the joy and the love of the Lord!
We are called to be light for the kingdom,
to live in the freedom of the city of God!
Call to Worship 🙌
As we remember the birth of our nation, and the gifts of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, let us offer our thanks and prayers to God, the giver of all good gifts.
For the women and men who braved the long journey by sea to come to this new world,
We thank you Lord.
For the tribes and nations who inhabited this land for generation upon generation,
We thank you Lord.
For patriots who dreamed of, and fought for, a free nation,
We thank you Lord.
For the men and women who laid the foundation of our democracy, and who pledged liberty and justice for all,
We thank you Lord.
For those who built this country brick by brick, road by road, and town by town,
We thank you Lord.
For the brave soldiers who have fought for our country, for all who paid for our freedom by their service, and those who paid by their sacrifice,
We thank you Lord.
For the innovators and artists, poets and teachers, farmers and factory workers; for all who labor and provide for the common good,
We thank you Lord.
For this land, with its peaks and valleys, coasts and deserts, fields and meadows,
We thank you Lord.
For our own community, for those who came before us in this place, and for our neighbors near and far,
We thank you Lord.
As we remember and give thanks, so let us join in worship of our Risen Lord
Stories of Freedom Video 🎥
Prayer of Confession 🙏
Eternal God, before you nations rise and fall.
Help us to repent our country’s wrong,
and to choose your way of reunion and renewal.
Silence
Give us a glimpse of the Kingdom you are bringing to earth,
where death and violence and hunger will be no more,
and where all nations gather in the light of your presence.
Silence
Teach us peace,
that we may pound weapons into building tools,
and learn to talk across old boundaries
as brothers and sisters in your love.
Silence
Talk sense to us,
so that we may wisely end all prejudices,
and may put a stop to injustice and cruelty,
which divides or wounds the human family.
Silence
Draw us together as one people who do your will,
so that we may be a light to our nation,
leading the way to your promised Kingdom,
which is even now coming among us.
Silence
Assurance of Pardon Remembering Our Baptism 💦
Gloria Patri 🎼
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be,
World without end, Amen. Amen.
Time with Young Believers 🧒🏼👦🏻
Please visit this link to view this morning's children's message with Pastor Carrie and Rita.🙂
Scripture Romans 7:15-25 ✝️
Special Music Lift Every Voice and Sing James Weldon Johnson/ J. Rosamund Johnso 🎼
George Washington Reads the Declaration of Independence 🎥
Scripture Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 ✝️
Message
Offering
You may give online at tithe.ly.com or mail a check to the office.
Response to Offering 🎼
Praise God from Whom all blessings flow,
Praise Him all creatures here below,
Praise Him above ye heavenly hosts,
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
Prayer of Dedication 🙏
Benediction
The Lord Bless and Keep You 🎼
The Lord bless and keep you,
the Lord make His face to shine on you
and be gracious, gracious.
The Lord bless and keep you,
the Lord lift His countenance on you,
and give peace, give you peace.
Shalom. Shalom.
Communion of God’s People 🥖🍷
Postlude America Carol Doran 🎼
