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9:00am/10:30am Services
May 12, 2024
SERVICE FOR THE LORD’S DAY
Sunday, May 12, 2024 9:00am & 10:30am
PLEASE SILENCE OR PLACE YOUR CELL PHONE ON VIBRATE.
GATHERING
PRELUDE
WORDS OF WELCOME
*CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader: Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy. It does not boast, and it is not proud.
People: Love is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, and it does not keep a record of wrongs.
Leader: Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
People: It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, and always perserveres. Love never fails.
Leader: My friends, God is love. Therefore, let us seek the Lord in prayer.
*PRAYER OF INVOCATION
*HYMN Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing
*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 (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 O Mother’s Love
E.M. Gordon Men’s Quartet
O mother’s love, sweet mothers love, The gift divine from heav’n above, It lifts our thoughts to realms of light And bids us see the good and right; God knew the need of humankind, The depths of sin our souls might find, And so to keep us pure and fair, We have a mother’s love and pray’r.
O mother’s love, so blest and true, That guides and keeps our lifetime through: Through sacrifice and service dear, Its depth and sweetness shine more clear. It is to us a precious gift That lives to bless and bends to lift; With lifted hearts we send above Our gratitude for mother’s love.
SCRIPTURE
Leader: This is the word of the Lord. All: Thanks be to God!
1 Corinthians 8:1-13
CARING
COMMISSIONING OF HANNAH EVERETT (10:30am)
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
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. PRAYER
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.
Page 1631 Pew Bible
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.
*HYMN Jesus Loves Me
OFFERINGS OF THE
OFFERTORY Sweet Hour of Prayer
Handbell Choir
*DOXOLOGY OLD HUNDREDTH
*PRAYER OF DEDICATION
GROWING
SCRIPTURE Ephesians 4:25-32 Page 1668 Pew Bible
SERMON “Oikodome: Building Up a House and Household” Rev. Jim Noble
*HYMN Lord, Dismiss Us with Thy Blessing
GOING
*BENEDICTION & RESPONSE Now unto Him
*POSTLUDE
