WELCOME AND GREETINGS
PRELUDE “Jesus is Lord of All” Donna Rhine
CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader: Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth.
People: Worship the Lord with gladness; come into his presence with
singing.
Leader: Know that the Lord is God.
People: It is he that made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
Leader: Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise.
People: Give thanks to him, bless his name.
Leader: For the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures forever,
People: and his faithfulness to all generations.
INVOCATION
HYMN “How Can We Name a Love” #111
OPENING PRAYER
Loving, living God, be among us now. Show us your ways. Guide our
steps. Live in us, that we may be people of steadfast hope and powerful
giving. Help us hear your words, challenging us to give you all the things that
are yours. Help us remember that all we are and all we have are gifts from
you, gifts to be shared in service and love. Holy One among us, help us be a
holy people who receive your word with joy and live your message with love.
Amen.
PASTORAL PRAYER
THE LORD’S PRAYER
Presenting Our Gifts to the Lord
Doxology
Prayer of Dedication
HYMN “Jesus Loves Me” #191
BLESSING THE READING AND HEARING OF THE WORD
A READING FROM THE EPISTLES Romans 8:31-39 Ed Kaylor
GOSPEL READING John 3:11-17 Ed Kaylor
Leader: This is the word of the Lord.
People: Thanks be to God.
SERMON “The Promises of God” Pastor Dave
“I Will Always Love You”
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
God of Grace, we know that you have chosen us, but we often forget that you
have also chosen others. You call us to be imitators of Christ, yet many times we
are imitators of the world. You challenge us to turn from our idols, but we are
tempted to turn back to them again and again. Rescue us, Lord, from ourselves.
Show us your way. Guide our every action, that we may live as you call us to live.
We ask this in the name of the One who loved us so much that he died for us;
Jesus the Christ. Amen.
A TIME OF SILENT CONFESSION
WORDS OF GRACE AND FORGIVENES
HYMN “Standing on the Promises” #374
BENEDICTION
POSTLUDE “Praise the Savior” Donna Rhine
