WORLD-WIDE COMMUNION
WELCOME AND GREETINGS
PRELUDE “Praise to the Lord Almighty” Matilda Phillippy
*CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader: Love is of God!
People: Therefore, friends, let us love one another.
L: God is love; if we know God, we love as God loves us.
P: God’s divine love was revealed through God’s Son, Jesus Christ.
L: God loves us and wants us to abide in that love.
P: If we love one another, God lives in us and God’s love is perfected in us.
L: There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear.
P: We love because God first loved us. Thanks be to God! Let us always praise
Him! Alleluia!
INVOCATION
*HYMN “To God Be the Glory” #98
PASTORAL PRAYER
THE LORD’S PRAYER
Presenting Our Gifts to the Lord
Doxology
*HYMN “Children of the Heavenly Father” #141
SCRIPTURE READING: John 15:1-8 Larry Strait
Liturgist: This is the word of the Lord
People: Thanks be to God
SERMON: “Taking Up the Branches” Pastor Lynn
*HYMN: “There’s A Wideness In God’s Mercy” #121
BENEDICTION
POSTLUDE “Rejoice, the Lord is King” Matilda Phillippy