WELCOME AND GREETINGS
PRELUDE “Trust and Obey” Matilda Phillippy
CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader: In the midst of the congregation I will praise you.
People: Rejoice in the Lord, O you righteous,
and give thanks to God's holy name!
Leader: I will extol you, my God and King,
and bless your name for ever and ever.
People: Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised,
and God's greatness is unsearchable.
(THE BOOK OF WORSHIP 1965, ALT.)
INVOCATION
HYMN “Come Thou Almighty King” #61
OPENING PRAYER
O Lord our God, you are always more ready to bestow your good gifts on us
than we are to seek them, and are willing to give more than we desire or
deserve. Help us so to seek that we may truly find, so to ask that we may
joyfully receive, so to knock that the door of your mercy may be opened to us;
through Jesus Christ our Savior. Amen.
PASTORAL PRAYER
THE LORD’S PRAYER
Presenting Our Gifts to the Lord
Doxology
Prayer of Dedication
HYMN “Lord, Speak to Me” #463
FIRST TESTAMENT READING Psalms 119:33-40 Ed Kaylor
EPISTLE READING Romans 13:8-14 Ed Kaylor
Leader: This is the word of the Lord.
People: Thanks be to God.
SERMON “What’s Love Got To Do With It” Bill Hassenfritz
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
Gracious and loving God, open our hearts so that we are able to admit to
you the fullness of our lives – that which is beautiful and good, and that
which is hurtful and hateful. We confess that we do not follow Jesus in all
that we do. We love with condition. We judge and condemn. We cast the
first stone and keep the logs in our own eyes. We do not turn to You as the
source of our healing.
Forgive us, we pray.
Forgive our sin and empower us to be imitators of Christ in love and
service. Amen.
A TIME OF SILENT CONFESSION
WORDS OF GRACE AND FORGIVENESS
HYMN “Savior, Again to Thy Dear Name” #663
BENEDICTION
POSTLUDE “A Joyful Trumpet” Matilda Phillippy