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WELCOME/CALL TO WORSHIP OPENING WORSHIP SONGS“Rising Sun” PRAYERS OF GOD’S PEOPLE READINGActs 27:1, 9-11 When it was decided that we were to sail for Italy, they transferred Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion of the Augustan Cohort, named Julius… Since much time had been lost and sailing was now dangerous, because even the Fast had already gone by, Paul advised them, saying, “Sirs, I can see that the voyage will be with danger and much heavy loss, not only of…

PRELUDE“O God Beyond All Praising” (arr. Mark Albrecht)Jodi Edstrom, Barb Carroll WELCOME CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESSGod of all mercy and consolation, come to the aid of your people, turning us from our sin to live for you alone. Give us the power of your Holy Spirit that, attentive to your Word, we may confess our sins, receive your forgiveness, and grow into the fullness of your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Let us confess our sin in the presence of…

WELCOME/CALL TO WORSHIP OPENING WORSHIP SONGS“House of the Lord”“This is Amazing Grace” PRAYERS OF GOD’S PEOPLE SERVICE OF HOLY BAPTISM READINGLuke 2:40-52 The child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom; and the favor of God was upon him. Now every year his parents went to Jerusalem for the festival of the Passover. And when he was twelve years old, they went up as usual for the festival. When the festival was ended and they started to return, the boy Jesus stayed…

PRELUDE“Church Sonata” (W. A. Mozart)Linnae Stole,  Debby Treecee Croker                          WELCOME CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESSGod of all mercy and consolation, come to the aid of your people, turning us from our sin to live for you alone. Give us the power of your Holy Spirit that, attentive to your Word, we may confess our sins, receive your forgiveness, and grow into the fullness of your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Let us confess our sin in the presence of God and…

WELCOME/CALL TO WORSHIP OPENING WORSHIP SONGS“Give Us Your Heart”“Unveil” PRAYERS OF GOD’S PEOPLE CHILDREN’S MESSAGE READINGExodus 2:1-10 Now a man from the house of Levi went and married a Levite woman. The woman conceived and bore a son; and when she saw that he was a fine baby, she hid him three months. When she could hide him no longer she got a papyrus basket for him, and plastered it with bitumen and pitch; she put the child in it and placed…

PRELUDE“Lord of Glory, You Have Bought Us” (arr. John Leavitt) Tim Graf WELCOME CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESSGathered into one by God’s Spirit, we are bold to confess our sins, our shortcomings, our failures, right here in the open, in the presence of God and of one another. God of grace,We confess that we have failed you, failed ourselves, failed one another. We assume the worst about those around us, rather than giving anyone the benefit of the doubt. We do the same…

WELCOME/CALL TO WORSHIP OPENING WORSHIP SONGS“Rising Sun”“Love Like This” PRAYERS OF GOD’S PEOPLE CHILDREN’S MESSAGE READINGRuth 1:8-9, 16-18 But Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go back each of you to your mother’s house. May the Lord deal kindly with you, as you have dealt with the dead and with me. The Lord grant that you may find security, each of you in the house of your husband.” Then she kissed them, and they wept aloud… But Ruth said, “Do not press me to leave you…

PRELUDE“Wade in the Water” (arr. Jacqueline Hairston)Rachel Calvert,  Tim Graf                          WELCOME  CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESSGathered into one by God’s Spirit, we are bold to confess our sins, our shortcomings, our failures, right here in the open, in the presence of God and of one another. (silence for reflection) God of grace,We confess that we have failed you, failed ourselves, failed one another. We assume the worst about those around us, rather than giving anyone the benefit of the doubt. We do…

WELCOME/CALL TO WORSHIP OPENING WORSHIP SONGS“Christ Our Hope in Life and Death” PRAYERS OF GOD’S PEOPLE CHILDREN’S MESSAGE READING1 Samuel 25:18-20 Then Abigail hurried and took two hundred loaves, two skins of wine, five sheep ready dressed, five measures of parched grain, one hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs. She loaded them on donkeys and said to her young men, “Go on ahead of me; I am coming after you.” But she did not tell her husband…

PRELUDE“  ” (J. S. Bach)Jodi Edstrom, Tim Graf WELCOME CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESSGathered into one by God’s Spirit, we are bold to confess our sins, our shortcomings, our failures, right here in the open, in the presence of God and of one another. (silence for reflection) God of grace,We confess that we have failed you, failed ourselves, failed one another. We assume the worst about those around us, rather than giving anyone the benefit of the doubt. We do the same…

WELCOME/CALL TO WORSHIP OPENING WORSHIP SONGS“Remember”“Lord, I Need You” PRAYERS OF GOD’S PEOPLE CHILDREN’S MESSAGE READINGDeuteronomy 6:4-9 Hear, O Israel: The Lord is our God, the Lord alone. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might. Keep these words that I am commanding you today in your heart. Recite them to your children and talk about them when you are at home and when you are away, when you lie down and when you rise. Bind them…

PRELUDE“Trio Sonata No. 1 in E-flat Major” (J. S. Bach)Gary Denbow,  Tim Graf                          CALL TO WORSHIP“I Like To“ (Yancy)VBS Kids WELCOME CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESSGathered into one by God’s Spirit, we are bold to confess our sins, our shortcomings, our failures, right here in the open, in the presence of God and of one another. (silence for reflection) God of grace,We confess that we have failed you, failed ourselves, failed one another. We assume the worst about those around us, rather…