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9:00am/10:30am Services
August 25, 2024
SERVICE FOR THE LORD’S DAY
Sunday, August 25, 2024 9:00am & 10:30am
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GATHERING
PRELUDE
WORDS OF WELCOME
*CALL TO WORSHIP (from Psalm 122)
Leader: I rejoiced with those who said to me,
People: “Let us go to the house of the Lord.”
Leader: Our feet are standing in your gates, O Jerusalem.
People: Pray for the peace of Jerusalem; “May those who love you be secure.”
Leader: May there be peace within Your walls and security within Your citadels.
People: For the sake of my brothers and friends, I will say, “Peace be within you.”
Leader: Let us seek the Lord in prayer.
*PRAYER OF INVOCATION
*HYMN
Come, Christians, Join to Sing
*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
Gracious Lord, our sins are too heavy to carry, too real to hide, and too deep to undo. Forgive what our lips tremble to name, what our hearts can no longer bear, and what has become for us a burden. Set us free from a past we cannot change; open us to a future in which we can be changed; and grant us the grace to grow more and more in Your likeness and image, through the power of Christ’s love. 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.
I will exalt You, O my Lord. I will exalt You, O my Lord. You have lifted me up; You have saved me. I will exalt You, O my Lord.
My heart sings to You; My sorrow’s turned to dancing. You have clothed me in joy. My heart sings to You; My sorrow’s turned to dancing. I will give You thanks forevermore.
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 Esther 9:18-28 Page 715 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
Pour out Your Spirit
Bret Reiss, soloist
Chorus:
Pour out Your Spirit, pour out Your Spirit, Pour out Your Spirit on me.
*DOXOLOGY OLD HUNDREDTH
*PRAYER OF DEDICATION
GROWING
SCRIPTURE Esther 9:29-10:3 Page 716 Pew Bible
*HYMN Yea, I Will Extol Thee tune: St.Gertrude SERMON “The Feast of Purim” Rev. Jim Noble
GOING
*BENEDICTION & RESPONSE Now unto Him *POSTLUDE
