MORE PEOPLE MORE LIKE CHRIST
9:00am/10:30am Services
July 21, 2024
SERVICE FOR THE LORD’S DAY
Sunday, July 21, 2024 9:00am & 10:30am
PLEASE SILENCE OR PLACE YOUR CELL PHONE ON VIBRATE.
GATHERING
PRELUDE
WORDS OF WELCOME
*CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader: Rejoice, God is with us.
People: Praise be to God who leads us each and every day.
Leader: God leads us into worship to strengthen our spirits.
People: God leads us into service that will offer peace and hope to others.
Leader: Praise be to God!
People: Thanks be to God! Amen.
*PRAYER OF INVOCATION
*HYMN Alleluia! Sing to Jesus
*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
Patient Lord, we know that you call us to service, but we often feel inadequate. We love to make excuses for not doing something or for doing something only half-heartedly. Remind us again of your loving and guiding presence. Forgive us when we stumble and falter. Turn us again to you, serving joyfully and confidently. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. 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 Such a Time as This Joseph M. Martin Summer Choir
For such a time as this, we are called to service. For such a time as this, we are called to grace.
For such a time as this, we are called to worship. This is the day that God has made, and for such a time, we are called to praise.
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 1 Peter 4:12-19 Page 1731 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.
Sweet Hour of Prayer
OFFERINGS OF THE PEOPLE
OFFERTORY
*DOXOLOGY OLD HUNDREDTH
*PRAYER OF DEDICATION
GROWING
SCRIPTURE Esther 5 Page 711 Pew Bible
SERMON “Suffering according to God’s will” Rev. Jim Noble
GOING
*BENEDICTION & RESPONSE Now unto Him
