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9:00am/10:30am Services
July 14, 2024
SERVICE FOR THE LORD’S DAY
Sunday, July 14, 2024 9:00am & 10:30am
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GATHERING
PRELUDE
WORDS OF WELCOME
MINUTE FOR MISSION Celebrate Recovery Steve Woods
*CALL TO WORSHIP (from Psalm 95)
Leader: O come, let us sing unto the Lord, People: and shout with joy to the rock of our salvation. Leader: Let us come into God’s presence with thanksgiving, People: singing joyful songs of praise. Leader: Let us seek the Lord in prayer.
*PRAYER OF INVOCATION
*HYMN Great Is Thy Faithfulness
*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
Eternal God, in whom we live and move and have our being, Your face is hidden from us by our sins, and we forget Your mercy in the blindness of our hearts. Cleanse us from all our offenses, and deliver us from proud thoughts and vain desires. With lowliness and meekness may we draw near to You, confessing our faults, confiding in Your grace, and finding in You our refuge and strength, through Jesus Christ Your Son. 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 For Everything a Time Joseph Martin Summer Choir
For ev’ry thing there is a time. For ev’ry purpose there is a season; A time to live, a time to die. For ev’rything there is a time.
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!
Ecclesiastes 3:1-11 Page 952 Pew Bible
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
*DOXOLOGY
Great Is Thy Faithfulness
Heather Baldwin and Jeffrey Anthony, saxophone
OLD HUNDREDTH
*PRAYER OF DEDICATION
SCRIPTURE Esther 4 Page 710 Pew Bible
SERMON
“For Such a Time as This” Rev. Jim Noble
*HYMN Take My Life, and Let It Be
GOING
*BENEDICTION & RESPONSE Now unto Him
*POSTLUDE
