WE GATHER AND APPROACH GOD
PRELUDE – Deborah Guillory, Organ
O Sacred Head, Now Wounded
VIDEO ANNOUNCEMENTS
INVOCATION
*HYMN OF PRAISE
O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing – Hymnal, No. 57 verses 1,4, 7
INVITATION TO HOLY COMMUNION
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
We have failed as your church, O God. You call us to live faithfully, act justly and bring peace to the earth. Instead, our lives and your church reflect more of our needs and worries and less of the needs and worries of all peoples. Move us beyond ourselves to hear the cry of the world and to respond with acts and deeds of kindness, mercy and justice. May your grace shine through a church that, even with its shortcomings, accepts the call of Christ to serve and care and love and bring peace. May we feel your forgiving spirit now. Amen.
SILENT PRAYER
WORDS OF ASSURANCE
Leader: In the name of Jesus Christ, we are forgiven. In our forgiveness, may we blossom fully with purpose and resolve, so that the world will know us by our love.
People: Thanks be to God. Amen.
WE WORSHIP THROUGH OUR PRAYERS AND OUR OFFERINGS
PASTORAL PRAYER
LORD’S PRAYER
PRAYER HYMN
In the Garden – Hymnal, No. 314
OFFERTORY PRAYER
OFFERTORY – Chancel Choir
Give Me Jesus
*DOXOLOGY
*HYMN OF THE GOSPEL
Precious Lord, Take My Hand – Hymnal, No. 474
WE HEAR GOD’S WORD
SCRIPTURE – Mark 1:35-39
SERMON – The Life of Prayer
Rev. Doug de Graffenried
THE GREAT THANKSGIVING
HOLY COMMUNION
WE GO FORTH IN FAITH AND SERVICE
*HYMN OF COMMITMENT
We’ve A Story to Tell to the Nations – Hymnal, No. 569 verses 1,2,4
*BENEDICTION
*POSTLUDE