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9:00AM/10:30AM Services April 6, 2025

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SERVICE FOR THE LORD’S DAY Sunday, April 6, 2025 9:00AM & 10:30AM PLEASE SILENCE OR PLACE YOUR CELL PHONE ON VIBRATE.

GATHERING PRELUDE WORDS OF WELCOME *CALL TO WORSHIP (John 1:1-5) Leader: People:

Leader: People: Leader:

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him and without Him nothing was made that has been made.

In Him was life; and that life was the light of humanity.

The light shines forth in the darkness; and the darkness did not grasp it.

In prayer, let us seek the One who gives us life.

*PRAYER OF INVOCATION *HYMN

A Mighty Fortress

*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 (1 John 1:9) Leader: If we confess our sins, God is faithful and just, and will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Therefore, let us assure one another of God’s pardon.

All:

In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven. Thanks be to God.

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 Galatians 5:13-26 Leader: All:

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This is the word of the Lord.

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.

*HYMN

OFFERINGS 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.

Let Us Break Bread Together

OFFERTORY

God So Loved the World Chancel Choir

John Stainer

God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, That whoso believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world; But that the world through Him might be saved.

God so loved the world… *DOXOLOGY

OLD HUNDREDTH

*PRAYER OF DEDICATION SCRIPTURE

Galatians 6:1-10

SERMON

“Helping Each Other”

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THE SACRAMENT OF THE LORD’S SUPPER All who profess Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and have been baptized are welcome to partake of the Lord’s Supper. Children who have been baptized and instructed in its meaning are also welcome to partake. There are gluten free options available at the usher stand.

Please hold the bread, so that all may commune together, but drink the cup when served. *HYMN

They’ll Know We Are Christians by Our Love

GOING *BENEDICTION & RESPONSE

*POSTLUDE

Now unto Him

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