MOREPEOPLE,MORELIKECHRIST
Address:34605N.TomDarlingtonRd.Scottsdale,AZ85266
Officephone:(480)488-3384 / Fax:(480)488-0850
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September24,2023
PRELUDE MINUTEFORMISSION
WORDSOFWELCOME
*CALLTOWORSHIP(Exodus34:6-7)
Leader: TheLORD!TheLORD!
GATHERING
KimGeorge TroopCareMinistry
People: The Compassionate and Gracious God,
Leader: SlowtoAnger,
People: Abounding in Loyal-Love and Faithfulness.
Leader: YetHedoesnotleavethewickedunpunished.
People: The Lord is Righteous and Holy.
*PRAYEROFINVOCATION
*HYMN Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation
*AFFIRMATIONOFFAITH(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
PRAYEROFCONFESSION
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 inYour likeness and image, through the power of Christ’s love. Amen.
ASSURANCEOFPARDON(1John1:9)
LEADER: Ifweconfessoursins, Godisfaithfulandjustandwillforgiveusoursinsandcleanseusfromall unrighteousness.Therefore,letusassureoneanotherofGod’spardon.
ALL: In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven. Thanks be to God.
ANTHEM
In ChristThere Is No East orWest AlexanderReinagle SummerChoir
InChristthereisnoEastorWest, InHimnoSouthorNorth; Butonegreatfellowshipoflove Thro’outthewholewideearth.
InHimshalltrueheartseverywhere Theirhighcommunionfind; Hisserviceisthegoldencord Closebindingallmankind.
PRAYEROFILLUMINATION
Joinhandsthen,brothersofthefaith, Whate’eryourracemaybe; WhoservesmyFatherasason Issurelykintome.
InChristnowmeetbothEastandWest, InHimmeetSouthandNorth: AllChristlysoulsareoneinHim Thro’outthewholewideearth.
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: ThisisthewordoftheLord. All: Thanks be to God!
Deuteronomy9:1-10NIV Pgs.262-263PewBible
CARING
PRAYERSOFTHEPEOPLE
THELORD’SPRAYER
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.
*HYMN Just As I Am
OFFERINGSOFTHEPEOPLE
OFFERTORY
My Heavenly Father Watches over Me CharlesH.Gabriel JohnCisler, soloist;DonnaMeyer, piano
ItrustinGodwhereverImaybe, Uponthelandorontherollingsea; Forcomewhatmay,fromdaytoday, Myheav’nlyFatherwatchesoverme.
Refrain:
ItrustinGod,Iknowhecaresforme, Onmountainbleakoronthestormysea; Thoughbillowsroll,hekeepsmysoul, Myheav’nlyFatherwatchesoverme.
Hemakestheroseanobjectofhiscare, Heguidestheeaglethroughthepathlessair; Andsurelyheremembersme, Myheav’nlyFatherwatchesoverme. Refrain
ItrustinGod,for,inthelion’sden, Onbattlefield,orintheprisonpen; Throughpraiseorblame,throughfloodorflame, Myheav’nlyFatherwatchesoverme. Refrain
Thevalleymaybedark,theshadowsdeep, Butoh,theshepherdguardshislonelysheep; Andthroughthegloom,he’llleadmehome, Myheav’nlyFatherwatchesoverme. Refrain
*PRAYEROFDEDICATION
GOING
*BENEDICTION&RESPONSE Now unto Him
*POSTLUDE Prelude and Fugue in A Minor J.S.Bach SusanConstance, organ
