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CALL TO WORSHIP
Lift up your heads, O you gates; be lifted up, you ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in.
Who is this King of glory?
The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.
Lift up your heads, O you gates; lift them up, you ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in.
Who is he, this King of glory?
The LORD Almighty— he is the King of glory.
—Psalm 24:7-10, NIV—
Invocation: Our Father, you are in heaven, high and lifted up, higher than our highest thoughts. Holy is your name; beside you there is no other! You are God, and you alone! Receive us into your kingdom—the coming kingdom—the kingdom of your anointed Son, Jesus, whose name we bear. Receive us, for we come to you in his name—we pray in him and with him. For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen. —based on Matthew 6:9-10, 13—
CONFESSION OF SIN
Our Father in heaven, we thank you that you have led us into the light. We thank you for sending the Savior to call us from death to life. We confess that we were dead in sin before we heard his call, but when we heard him, like Lazarus, we arose. But, O Father, the grave clothes bind us still. Old habits that we cannot throw off, old customs that are so much a part of our lives that we are helpless to live the new life that Christ calls us to live. Give us strength, O Father, to break the bonds; give us courage to live a new life in you; give us faith to believe that with your help we cannot fail. All this we ask in the name of the Savior who has taught us to come to you. Amen.
ASSURANCE OF PARDON
Surely he has borne our infirmities and carried our diseases;
yet we accounted him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted.
But he was wounded for our transgressions, crushed for our iniquities;
upon him was the punishment that made us whole, and by his bruises we are healed.
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have all turned to our own way,
and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
—Isaiah 53:4-6, NRSV—
SONGS
O Worship The King
My Savior My God
I Have Decided To Follow Jesus
5.24.2020 Bulletin
CALL TO WORSHIP
Clap your hands, all you peoples; shout to God with loud songs of joy.
For the LORD, the Most High, is awesome, a great king over all the earth.
God has gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.
Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises to our King, sing praises.
—Psalm 47:1-2, 5-6, NRSV—
Invocation: In the midst of the congregation I will praise you. Rejoice in the LORD, O you righteous, and give thanks to God’s holy name! I will extol you, my God and King, and bless your name forever and ever. Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; God’s greatness is unsearchable.
CONFESSION OF SIN
Lord, you come to us, but we do not recognize you; you call, but we do not follow; you command, but we do not obey, you bless us, but we do not thank you. Please forgive and help us. Lord, you accept us, but we do not accept others; you forgive us, but we do not forgive those who wrong us; you love us, but we do not love our neighbors. Please forgive and help us. Lord, you showed us how to carry out your mission, but we still insist on our own; you identified yourself with outcasts, the needy, and the poor, but we do not bother to find out what is happening to them; you suffered and died for the sake of all, but we do not give up our comfortable lives. Please forgive and help us, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.
ASSURANCE OF PARDON
Come now, let us argue it out, says the LORD:
though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be like snow;
though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.
—Isaiah 1:18, NRSV—
Memorial Day Prayer
Eternal God, from whom all life comes, to whom all life returns, we remember all who served our country in the military. We remember and we give thanks. We give thanks for sacrifices made and losses endured. We give thanks for acts of courage, grace and hope. We give thanks for our brothers and sisters who gave the full measure of devotion. We give thanks for those we knew well and those we never met. For the life, goodness, faith, courage, and love that was in each one, we give thanks. We pray for our brothers and sisters who are recovering from wounds in body, mind, spirit, or soul. Work healing in them in all the forms that healing takes. We pray for those who provide care to them. Show us ways that we can extend care and support. We pray for families and friends and all who grieve for loved ones who have died. Meet them in the valley of death's shadow. Embrace them in the healing warmth of your comfort, grace and love. Grant them and all of us the assurance that nothing in life or in death can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord, in whose name we pray. May the day soon come when swords are beaten into plowshares, war is studied no more, and all peoples and your world will know peace. May we work for that day. We pray through Jesus Christ. Amen. (Mark Koenig)
SONGS
Come Christians Join To Sing
There Is A Fountain
Your Grace Is Enough
3.8.2020 Bulletin
CALL TO WORSHIP
Make a joyful noise to God, all the earth; sing the glory of his name; give to him glorious praise.
All the earth worships you; they sing praises to you, sing praises to your name.
—Psalm 66:1-2, 4, NRSV—
CONFESSION OF SIN
Merciful God, you pardon all who truly repent and turn to you. We humbly confess our sins and ask your mercy. We have not loved you with a pure heart, nor have we loved our neighbor as ourselves. We have not done justice, loved kindness, or walked humbly with you, our God. Have mercy on us, O God, in your loving-kindness. In your great compassion, cleanse us from our sin. Create in us a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within us. Do not cast us from your presence, or take your Holy Spirit from us. Restore to us the joy of your salvation and sustain us with your bountiful Spirit through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. (based on Psalm 51:10-12)
ASSURANCE OF PARDON
Through Jesus Christ forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you. In Christ we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace.
—from Acts 13:38; Ephesians 1:7, NRSV—
SONGS
All Creatures Of Our God & King
Build My Life
Come Ye Sinners
God Be Merciful To Me
There Is A Fountain
The Church’s One Foundation
How Great Thou Art
3.1.2020 Bulletin
CALL TO WORSHIP
Sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth.
Sing to the LORD, praise his name; proclaim his salvation day after day.
It is good to praise the LORD and make music to your name, O Most High,
to proclaim your love in the morning and your faithfulness at night.
—Psalm 92:1-2 & 96:1-2, NIV—
CONFESSION OF SIN
Forgive our faithlessness, O faithful God! And see beyond our apathy, our thoughtlessness, our self-centeredness, our wrong choices. We seek your salvation, then act like we save ourselves. We beg your forgiveness, then repeat our errors. We experience your grace, then act defeated. We rely on your power, but only in hard times. We have become confused and misguided. Forgive us, gracious God. Open our eyes and our hearts to receive your gift; open our lips and hands to share it with all humanity in the name of our Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.
ASSURANCE OF PARDON
All the prophets testify about Christ that everyone who believes in him
receives forgiveness of sins through his name.
He himself bore our sins in his body on the cross, so that, free from sins,
we might live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed.
-—from Acts 10:43 & 1 Peter 2:24, NRSV—
SONGS
Heart Of Worship
Hail To The Lord’s Anointed
Our God
Highly Exalted
All The Poor & Powerless
Bless The Lord/ 10,000 Reasons
9.22.2019 Bulletin
CALL TO WORSHIP
Clap your hands, all you peoples; shout to God with loud songs of joy.
For the LORD, the Most High, is awesome, a great king over all the earth.
—Psalm 47:1-2—
CONFESSION OF SIN
Our Father, forgive us for thinking small thoughts of you and for ignoring your immensity and greatness. Lord Jesus, forgive us when we forget that you rule the nations and our small lives. Holy Spirit, we offend you in minimizing your power and squandering your gifts. We confess that our blindness to your glory, O triune God, has resulted in shallow confession, tepid conviction, and only mild repentance. Have mercy upon us. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
ASSURANCE OF PARDON
Our Lord Jesus Christ—truly God and at the same time truly human and truly righteous—
is the mediator who was given to set us completely free and to make us right with God.
By the power of his divinity, He bore the weight of God’s anger in his humanity,
restoring us to righteousness and life.
—based on Heidelberg Catechism, Q&A’s 17-18—
SONGS
Great and Marvelous
God Of Wonders
Jesus What A Friend For Sinners
A Debtor To Mercy Alone
Jesus I My Cross Have Taken
6.23.2019 Bulletin
CALL TO WORSHIP
Praise the LORD, O my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name.
Praise the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits.
Praise the LORD, you his angels, you mighty ones who do his bidding, who obey his word.
Praise the LORD, all his heavenly hosts, you his servants who do his will.
Praise the LORD, all his works everywhere in his dominion.
Praise the LORD, O my soul.
—Psalm 103:1-2, 20-22, NIV—
CONFESSION OF SIN
God of birth, God of joy, God of life, we come to you as a people hungry for good news. We have been so dead to miracles that we have missed the world’s rebirth. We have preoccupied ourselves with pleasures and have overlooked the joy you offer us. We have been so concerned with making a living that we have missed the life you set among us. Forgive us, gracious God. Open our eyes and our hearts to receive your gift; open our lips and hands to share it with all humanity in the name of our Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.
ASSURANCE OF PARDON
Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over the transgression
of the remnant of your possession?
He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in showing clemency.
He will again have compassion upon us; he will tread our iniquities under foot.
You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea.
You will show faithfulness to Jacob and unswerving loyalty to Abraham,
as you have sworn to our ancestors from the days of old.
—Micah 7:18-20, NRSV—
SONGS
Come People Of The Risen King
Praise To The Lord
Hope Of The Nations
Psalm 130
The Church’s One Foundation
Before The Throne Of God Above
6.9.2019 Bulletin
CALL TO WORSHIP
Let us worship the eternal God, the source of love and life, who creates us.
Let us worship Jesus Christ, the risen one, who lives among us.
Let us worship the Spirit, the holy fire, who renews us.
To the one true God be praise in all times and places, through the grace of Jesus Christ.
CONFESSION OF SIN
Eternal and merciful God, you have loved us with a love beyond our understanding, and you have set us on paths of righteousness for your name’s sake. Yet we have strayed from your way; we have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, through what we have done and what we have left undone. As we remember the lavish gift of your grace symbolized in baptism, O God, we praise you and give you thanks that you forgive us yet again. Grant us now, we pray, the grace to die daily to sin, and to rise daily to new life in Christ, who lives and reigns with you, and in whose strong name we pray. Amen.
ASSURANCE OF PARDON
Happy are those whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
Happy are those to whom the Lord imputes no iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit.
—Psalm 32:1-2, NRSV—
SONGS
Christ Is Risen
All Hail The Power of Jesus’ Name
O For A 1,000 Tongues
You Have Been Raised
Worship Christ The Risen King
5.5.2019 Bulletin
CALL TO WORSHIP
Let us worship God, our light and our salvation. The Lord is the stronghold of our lives. We desire to live in God’s house and to seek God in his holy temple. We have come with shouts of joy, to sing and to make music to the Lord. Let us worship God in spirit and in truth. Teach us your ways and make straight our paths in this hour of worship and always.
—based on Psalm 27; John 4:23—
CONFESSION OF SIN
God of love and justice, we long for peace within and peace without. We long for harmony in our families, for serenity in the midst of struggle. We long for the day when our homes will be a dwelling place for your love. Yet we confess that we are often anxious, we do not trust each other, and we harbor violence. We are not willing to take the risks and make the sacrifices that love requires. Look upon us with kindness and grace. Rule in our homes and in all the world; show us how to walk in your paths, through the mercy of our Savior. Amen.
ASSURANCE OF PARDON
Come now, let us argue it out, says the LORD:
though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be like snow;
though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.
—Isaiah 1:18, NRSV—
SONGS
All Creatures Of Our God & King
God Of Wonders
Come Ye Sinners
Come As You Are
Good Good Father
4.28.2019 Bulletin
CALL TO WORSHIP
Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the LORD our Maker; for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture, the flock under his care.
—Psalm 95:6-7, NIV—
CONFESSION OF SIN
God of grace, we confess that we have elevated the things of this world above you. We have made idols of possessions and people and used your name for causes that are not consistent with you and your purposes. We have permitted our schedules to come first and have not taken the time to worship you. We have not always honored those who guided us in life.We have participated in systems that take life instead of give it. We have been unfaithful in our covenant relationships. We have yearned for, and sometimes taken, that which is not ours, and we have misrepresented others’ intentions. Forgive us, O God, for the many ways we fall short of your glory. Help us to learn to live together according to your ways through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.
ASSURANCE OF PARDON
This is the message we have heard from God and proclaim to you,
that God is light and in God there is no darkness at all.
If we walk in the light, as God is in the light, we have fellowship with one another,
and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.
—from 1 John 1:5, 7, NRSV—
SONGS
Come and Welcome
Hosanna (Praise Is Rising)
Jesus What A Friend For Sinners
Nothing But The Blood
Turn Your Eyes—I Surrender All—I Have Decided Medley
4.07.2019 Bulletin
CALL TO WORSHIP
All who thirst, come to the water. Come, all who are weary; come, all who yearn for forgiveness.
We have come to find Jesus. We are tired in body and spirit. We are hungry with nothing to eat.
There is plenty for all. Come and eat your fill.
Jesus gathers the fragments of our lives, that nothing may be lost.
—inspired by John 6—
CONFESSION OF SIN
Lord, you have called us to worship you. We gladly gather! As we praise you, though, our own inadequacy reminds us of how we have broken our relationship with you. Because we have sinned against you, even our worship fails to be what it could. We often treat it as a show. We simply go through motions, failing to recognize that you want to engage us deeply. Renew us, we pray, according to your steadfast love. Remind us of your covenant faithfulness and have mercy on us in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.
ASSURANCE OF PARDON
God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
—Romans 5:8; Colossians 1:13-14; Romans 5:1, NIV—
SONGS
Your Grace Is Enough
Hail To The Lord’s Anointed
Here Is Love
Amazed
Good Good Father
3.24.2019 Bulletin
CALL TO WORSHIP
God invites us into his healing presence with these words: “I am the Lord, who heals you.”
Diseased, depressed, dysfunctional, defeated, we come hungering for health that only God can provide. God calls us to bring open eyes, hearing ears, and tender hearts turned toward him, the Great Physician.
We bow before him in faith and expectancy!
—based on Exodus 15:26; Isaiah 6:10—
CONFESSION OF SIN
Gracious God, you have given us the law of Moses and the teachings of Jesus to direct us in the way of life. You offer us your Holy Spirit so that we can be born to new life as your children. Yet, O God, we confess that the ways of death have a strong attraction and that we often succumb to their lure. Give us the vision and courage to choose and nurture life, that we may receive your blessing. Amen.
ASSURANCE OF PARDON
You did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear,
but you have received a spirit of adoption.
When we cry, “Abba! Father!” it is that very Spirit bearing witness with our spirit that we are children of God,
and if children, then heirs, heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ.
—Romans 8:15-17, NRSV—
SONGS
Come As You Are
Joyful, Joyful
Psalm 130
This Is My Father’s World
O The Deep Deep Love of Jesus
3.03.2019 Bulletin
CALL TO WORSHIP
There is none like you, O Lord, nor are there any works like yours.
All the nations you have made shall come and bow down before you,
O Lord, and shall glorify your name.
For you are great and do wondrous things, you alone are God.
—from Psalm 86:8-10, NRSV—
CONFESSION OF SIN
Lord, you come to us, but we do not recognize you; you call, but we do not follow; you command, but we do not obey, you bless us, but we do not thank you. Please forgive and help us. Father we cannot bear the awful load of our sin. So please, heavenly Father, by the blood of Your Son Jesus Christ, remove from us this burden and save us. Restore to us the joy of Your salvation and renew a right spirit within us. Father, You are our only Helper; our only Redeemer; the only One who can save. Lord, hear our prayers and deliver us this day so that we would no longer be slaves to sin, but that we would be set free to dwell in Your peaceful Kingdom. We ask in the powerful Name of our Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.
ASSURANCE OF PARDON
He has sent redemption to His people; He has ordained His covenant forever;
Holy and awesome is His name.
—Psalm 111:9—
SONGS
O Worship The King
He Is Our God
Come Thou Fount
All Hail The Power of Jesus’ Name
Bless The Lord/10,000 Reasons
1.06.2019 Bulletin
CALL TO WORSHIP
O come, let us sing for joy to the Lord; Let us shout joyfully to the rock of our salvation.
Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving; Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms.
For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods.
—Psalm 95:1-3—
CONFESSION OF SIN
There are many times we think we love you well, O God. But upon hearing your call to love you with all our heart, and all our mind, and all our strength, we confess that our love for you is a diluted love, made insipid and flat by lesser loyalties and a divided heart. Our love seems pure only for brief moments; soon our affections are drawn away. How easily our devotion dies. Forgive us; in deep mercy spare us, despite our lost first love for you; in grace rekindle our love for you in seeing anew Jesus’ love for us. Amen.
ASSURANCE OF PARDON
He himself bore our sins in his body on the cross, so that, free from sins, we might live for righteousness;
by his wounds you have been healed.
—1 Peter 2:24, NRSV—
SONGS
O Worship The King
All Creatures Of Our God & King
God Be Merciful To Me
Highly Exalted
Jesus I My Cross Have Taken