MORE PEOPLE, MORE LIKE CHRIST
Address: 34605 N. Tom Darlington Rd. Scottsdale, AZ 85266
Office phone: (480) 488-3384 / Fax: (480) 488-0850
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Website: www.deserthills.org
SERVICE FOR THE LORD’S DAY
Sunday, April 16, 2023 9:00am & 10:30am
GATHERING
PRELUDE
WORDS OF WELCOME
MINUTE FOR MISSION Chuck Starnes - Leupp Visit
*CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader: Christ has risen!
People: Christ has risen indeed!
Leader: Then let us call the world and each other to worship.
People: Because He lives we too shall live. We celebrate and worship the Lord in the newness of life.
*PRAYER OF INVOCATION
*HYMN Thine Is the Glory
*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 Father, You sent Your son to die and rise to new life in order that death might be brought to an end and that we might live a new life in Him. Yet we confess that we too often have chosen to remain captive to doubt and fear and ways that lead to death. By our thoughts, words, and actions, we have scorned Your love, diminished the lives of others, and defaced Your image in us. Father, forgive us for Jesus’ sake, and enable us by His resurrection power to live no longer for ourselves but for Him who died and rose again for us. Amen.
ASSURANCE OF PARDON (2 Corinthians 1:21-22)
LEADER: It is God who makes us stand firm in Christ. He anointed us, set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come. 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
Leader: This is the word of the Lord.
All: Thanks be to God!
Genesis 12:1-5 NIV
Pg. 15 Pew Bible
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.
For the Beauty of the Earth
OFFERINGS OF THE PEOPLE
OFFERTORY
Create in me a clean heart, O God
And renew a right spirit within me.
Create in Me/Lord I Love You
Bret Reiss, soloist
Cast me not away from Thy presence, O Lord
Take not Thy Holy Spirit from me
Restore unto me the joy of Thy salvation
Keith Green/Bret Reiss
Lord I love You, break my heart of stone, Jesus
I love You
I want to be Your own, Jesus
I love You
Help me to obey you Lord
I love you. *DOXOLOGY
And renew a right spirit within me.
*PRAYER OF DEDICATION
SERMON
*HYMN
God’s Family: A New Beginning Rev. Jim Noble
All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name
GOING
*BENEDICTION & RESPONSE Now unto Him
*POSTLUDE Fugue in C Major, BWV 564 J.S. Bach Dr. Natalie Mealey, organ
