9:00am/10:30am Services
April 14, 2024
SERVICE FOR THE LORD’S DAY
Sunday, April 14, 2024
9:00am & 10:30am
PLEASE SILENCE OR PLACE YOUR CELL PHONE ON VIBRATE.
GATHERING
PRELUDE
WORDS OF WELCOME
*CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader: Holy Spirit, truth divine, dawn upon this soul of mine;
People: Word of God and inward light, wake my spirit, clear my sight.
Leader: Holy Spirit, love divine, glow within this heart of mine.
People: Kindle every high desire, purge me now in Thy pure fire.
Leader: Holy Spirit, peace divine, still this restless heart of mine.
People: Speak to calm this tossing sea, stayed with Thy tranquility.
Leader: Holy Spirit, joy divine, gladden Thou this heart of mine;
People: In the desert ways I’ll sing, praise to You my heart will bring!
*PRAYER OF INVOCATION
*HYMN The Church’s One Foundation
*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
Holy God, we have propped up our lives with lies rather than devote ourselves to truth. We have allowed our thoughts to be polluted with selfish desires rather than focus on the well being of Your people. We have coveted for ourselves the things of earth rather than aspired to the intentions of our Creator. We have embraced attitudes and actions that kill and destroy rather than those that build up and bring life. O God, we pray that You will break through all that divides and fragments us. We want to put off the old nature and put on the new. We want to be raised with Christ to a fresh quality of life. Make the resurrection a reality within and among us, we pray in Christ’s name. Amen.
ASSURANCE OF PARDON (John 3:16-17)
Leader: For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him. Therefore, let us assure one another of God’s pardon.
All: In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven. Thanks be to God.
ANTHEM
The Wise Man and the Foolish Man Traditional Chancel Choir
The wise man built his house upon the rock And the rains came tumbling down.
The rains came down, and the floods came up. And the house on the rock stood firm.
The foolish man built his house upon the sand. And the rains came tumbling down. The rains came down, and the floods came up. And the house on the sand washed away.
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
Matthew 7:13-23
Page 1382 Pew Bible Leader: This is the word of the Lord. All: Thanks be to God!
CARING
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. 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.
OFFERINGS OF THE PEOPLE
OFFERTORY
The Wise Man and the Foolish Man Traditional
*DOXOLOGY OLD HUNDREDTH
*PRAYER OF DEDICATION SCRIPTURE
SERMON
GROWING
Matthew 7:24-29
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“Oikos: House and Household” Rev. Jim Noble
