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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…

WELCOME/CALL TO WORSHIP OPENING WORSHIP SONGS“Give Us Your Heart”“Unveil” PRAYERS OF GOD’S PEOPLE THE LORD’S PRAYER SERVICE OF HOLY BAPTISM CHILDREN’S MESSAGE READINGExodus 1:15-22 The king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, one of whom was named Shiphrah and the other Puah, “When you act as midwives to the Hebrew women, and see them on the birthstool, if it is a boy, kill him; but if it is a girl, she shall live.” But the midwives feared God; they did not…

PRELUDE “The Peace (from Royal Fireworks Music)” (G. F. Handel)   Barb Carroll,  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…

WELCOME/CALL TO WORSHIP OPENING WORSHIP SONG“House of the Lord” PRAYERS OF GOD’S PEOPLE SACRAMENT OF HOLY COMMUNION WORDS OF INSTITUTION THE LORD’S PRAYER COMMUNION SONG“Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone)”   CHILDREN’S MESSAGE READINGGenesis 50:15-21 Realizing that their father was dead, Joseph’s brothers said, “What if Joseph still bears a grudge against us and pays us back in full for all the wrong that we did to him?” So they approached Joseph, saying, “Your father gave this instruction before he died, ‘Say to…

PRELUDE “Prelude“ (Reinhold Gliere)Barb Carroll 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 to ourselves, and sometimes,…

WELCOME/CALL TO WORSHIP OPENING WORSHIP SONGS“Oh, Our Lord”“Unveil” PRAYERS OF GOD’S PEOPLE CHILDREN’S MESSAGE READINGGenesis 32: 24-28 Jacob was left alone; and a man wrestled with him until daybreak. When the man saw that he did not prevail against Jacob, he struck him on the hip socket; and Jacob’s hip was put out of joint as he wrestled with him. Then he said, “Let me go, for the day is breaking.” But Jacob said, “I will not let you go, unless you…

PRELUDE“Wie schön leuchtet” (setting, Anne Krentz Organ)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 to ourselves, and…