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WELCOME/CALL TO WORSHIP SONG  “King of Glory” CHILDREN’S MESSAGE SONG“Let the Light In” PRAYERS OF GOD’S PEOPLE THE LORD’S PRAYER READINGLuke 19:28-40 After he had said this, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. When he had come near Bethphage and Bethany, at the place called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of the disciples, saying, “Go into the village ahead of you, and as you enter it you will find tied there a colt that has never been ridden.…

PRELUDE“Crown Him with Many Crowns” (arr. Bill Holcombe)Jodi Edstrom, Tim Graf WELCOME PROCESSIONAL GOSPELLuke 19:28-40 After he had said this, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. When he had come near Bethphage and Bethany, at the place called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of the disciples, saying, “Go into the village ahead of you, and as you enter it you will find tied there a colt that has never been ridden. Untie it and bring it…

WELCOME/CALL TO WORSHIP SONG  “Living in the Overflow” SACRAMENT OF HOLY COMMUNION WORDS OF INSTITUTION THE LORD’S PRAYER COMMUNION SONG“Do It Again”   Penny Meier, Elliana Meier, Tim Graf POST-COMMUNION PRAYER READINGMatthew 6:25-34 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow…

PRELUDE“Canzonetta” (William Walton)Rachel Calvert, Tim Graf                                 WELCOME CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESSBlessed be the holy Trinity, ☩ one God,who forgives all our sin,whose mercy endures forever.Amen. Let us return to God, confessing our sin in the assurance of God’s abiding love. Silence is kept for reflection. Most merciful God,we confess that we are captive to sin and cannot free ourselves. We have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done and by what we have left undone. We have…

WELCOME/CALL TO WORSHIP SONGS  “House of the Lord” “The Way” PRAYERS OF GOD’S PEOPLE THE LORD’S PRAYER READINGMatthew 6:19-24 “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal; but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. The eye is the lamp of the body. So,…

PRELUDE“Lord Jesus, Think on Me” (arr. Anne Krentz Organ)Jodi Edstrom, Barb Carroll WELCOME CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESSBlessed be the holy Trinity, ☩ one God,who forgives all our sin,whose mercy endures forever.Amen. Let us return to God, confessing our sin in the assurance of God’s abiding love. Silence is kept for reflection. Most merciful God,we confess that we are captive to sin and cannot free ourselves. We have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done and by what…

PRELUDE“Nearer My God to Thee” (arr. Mark Albrecht)Jodi Edstrom and Tim Graf WELCOME OPENING LITURGY“Procession of Light”Cantor: Jesus Christ is the light of the worldALL: the light no darkness can overcome.Cantor: Stay with us, Lord, for it is evening,ALL: and the day is almost over.Cantor: Let your light scatter the darknessALL: and illumine your church.Music: Timothy Graf © 2014. “Joyous Light of Glory”ALL: Joyous light of glory, shine among your people;Show us the loving face of God on high. ALL:…

WELCOME/CALL TO WORSHIP SONGS  “What a Friend” “He Will Hold Me Fast” PRAYERS OF GOD’S PEOPLE THE LORD’S PRAYER READINGMatthew 6:1-14 “Beware of practicing your righteousness before others in order to be seen by them, for then you have no reward from your Father in heaven.  So whenever you give alms, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be praised by others. Truly I tell…

PRELUDE“Adore Te” (Leon Boellmann, arr. Steven Scott)Barb Carroll WELCOME  CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESSBlessed be the holy Trinity, ☩ one God,who forgives all our sin,whose mercy endures forever.Amen. Let us return to God, confessing our sin in the assurance of God’s abiding love. (Silence is kept for reflection.) Most merciful God,we confess that we are captive to sin and cannot free ourselves. We have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done and by what we have left undone.…

PRELUDE WELCOME OPENING LITURGY“Procession of Light”“Joyous Light of Glory”(Music in printed bulletin) SCRIPTURE READING1 Thessalonians 5:4-11 But you, beloved, are not in darkness, for that day to surprise you like a thief; for you are all children of light and children of the day; we are not of the night or of darkness. So then let us not fall asleep as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober; for those who sleep sleep at night, and those…

Call to Worship“This is My Commandment”  Welcome Children’s MessageArlene Flancher SONG“Love Changes Everything” PRAYERS OF GOD’S PEOPLE SACRAMENT HOLY COMMUNION WORDS OF INSTITUTION THE LORD’S PRAYER COMMUNION SONG“Goodness of God”   Elliana Meier, Tim Graf POST-COMMUNION PRAYER READINGMatthew 5:38-48 “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ But I say to you, Do not resist an evildoer. But if anyone strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other also; and if anyone…

PRELUDE“Holy Manna” (arr. Sondra K. Tucker)Jodi Edstrom, Tim Graf WELCOME OPENING SONG“This is My Commandment” CHILDREN’S MESSAGEArlene Flancher                                                                                                  PRAYER OF THE DAY Gracious God, you have showed us what unconditional love looks like in the person of your Son, Jesus Christ.  By your Holy Spirit, give us the courage and the compassion to love all people as you love all people, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. Anthem“Jesus is a Rock in a Weary Land”Sonshine Singers, Jill Boyd (Director) READINGMatthew…