9:00am/10:30am Services
February 25, 2024
PRELUDE
WORDS OF WELCOME
GATHERING
Chorale Prelude on Liebster Jesu J.S. Bach Solemn Prelude on a Theme of Thomas Tallis Gerald Near
MINUTE FOR MISSION Chaplaincy for the Homeless John Thurston
*CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader: O Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord.
People: Let us shout joyfully to the rock of our salvation.
Leader: Let us come before God’s presence with thanksgiving in our hearts.
People: Let us shout joyfully to God with songs of praise.
Leader: Let us turn to the Lord in prayer.
*PRAYER OF INVOCATION
*HYMN When Morning Gilds the Skies
*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH (Apostles’ Creed)
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.
*GLORY BE TO THE FATHER
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
Merciful God, we confess that we have sinned against You in thought, word, and deed. We have not loved You with our whole heart and mind and strength; we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. In Your mercy forgive what we have been, help us amend what we are, and direct what we shall be, so that we may delight in Your will and walk in Your ways, to the glory of Your holy name. Amen.
ASSURANCE OF PARDON (1 John 1:9)
Leader: If we confess our sins, God is faithful and just, and will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Therefore, let us assure one another of God’s pardon. All: In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven. Thanks be to God.
ANTHEM
A charge to keep I have, A God to glorify, A never-dying soul to save, And fit it for the sky.
To serve the present age, My calling to fulfill;
O may it all my pow’rs engage
To do my Master’s will!
A Charge to Keep
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Georgiann H. Toole Chancel Choir
Arm me with jealous care As in Thy sight to live, And now Thy servant, Lord, prepare A strict account to give!
Help me to watch and pray, And still on Thee rely, O let me not my trust betray, But press to realms on high.
PRAYER OF ILLUMINATION
Spirit of God, speak once again through the Words of Scripture that our listening ears may hear Your voice. Help us to place Your Word in our minds, treasure it in our hearts, choose it with our wills, and live it through our bodies. In Christ’s name we pray. Amen.
SCRIPTURE
Leader: This is the word of the Lord.
All: Thanks be to God!
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
THE LORD’S 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.
Matthew 18:21-35
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CARING
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever. Amen.
*HYMN I Then Shall Live
OFFERINGS OF THE PEOPLE
Great Is the Lord
Bret Reiss
Great is the Lord
And most worthy of praise.
The city of our God, The holy place, The joy of the whole earth.
Great is the Lord in whom we have the victory.
He aids us against the enemy.
We bow down on our knees.
Steve McEwan
And Lord we want to lift your name on high. And Lord we want to thank you
For the work you’ve done in our lives. And Lord we trust in your unfailing love, For you alone are God eternal Throughout earth and heaven above.
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*DOXOLOGY OLD HUNDREDTH
*PRAYER OF DEDICATION
SCRIPTURE
SERMON
GROWING
Luke 16:1-15
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“The Parable on Shrewdness” Rev. Jim Noble HYMN Amazing Grace
GOING
*BENEDICTION & RESPONSE Now unto Him
*POSTLUDE Two Fugues in A Minor Louis Couperin
