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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…

PRELUDE WELCOME OPENING LITURGY“Procession of Light”“Joyous Light of Glory”(Music in printed bulletin) SCRIPTURE READINGGenesis 12: 1-2 The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you. “I will make you into a great nation,    and I will bless you;I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing.  I will bless those who bless you,    and whoever curses you I will curse;and all peoples on earth    will be blessed…

WELCOME SONGS“King of Glory”“His Mercy is More” PRAYERS OF GOD’S PEOPLE THE LORD’S PRAYER READINGMatthew 5:17-22a, 27-28 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets; I have come not to abolish but to fulfill. For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not one letter, not one stroke of a letter, will pass from the law until all is accomplished. Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others…

PRELUDE“Romance” (Gerald Finzi)Linnae Stole, 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…