“All the nations that You’ve made will come and
bow down before You, Lord; they will glorify Your name!” – Psalm 68:35
(CEB)
Prelude Music
Welcome & Announcements
*Call to Worship (United
Church of Christ)
Come into the sanctuary and look
around. Behold the beauty and splendor of God’s people. All of us
– rich and poor, employed and unemployed, tired and refreshed. Behold the beauty and splendor of
God’s people. We believe God’s steadfast love is
better than life, so let our lips praise God as long as we live. We also often doubt God’s love. We
often doubt that God will really provide when it matters. But this is what matters
today: God said, “Come all who are thirsty, come to the water, and you
that have no money, come, buy and eat.” All of us – rich and poor,
employed and unemployed and desperately hanging on. So, with faith – both bold
and timid – let us worship God!
*Hymn: “Morning Has Broken,” #145
Prayer: (written
by John van de Laar)
Though You
are God, with all the influence and status that the name implies, You refused
to pull rank and parade Your power among us. Instead, You chose to step down
into our experience, living among us, as one of us, with all the struggle and
suffering that goes with being human. More than that, You adopted the role of a
servant, washing feet, serving people of
no reputation or social standing and giving of Yourself completely. As
incredible as it sounds, You are the God who serves, and we can respond in no
other way than to give ourselves to You in praise. Amen.
*Gloria Patri #70
*Passing the Peace of Christ
Joys and Concerns
Pastoral Prayer & The Lord’s Prayer
Invitation to the Offering
*Doxology: #95
*Offertory Prayer
First
Lesson:
Psalm 105:1-6, 37-43
Hymn: “O Jesus, I Have Promised,” #396
Epistle Lesson: Philippians 1:21-30
Sermon:
“The attitude of Christ”
*Hymn: “Lord, Dismiss Us with Thy Blessing,” #671
*Benediction
*Choral Amen
Postlude Music
“The worship is ended; let the service begin.”
*Please rise in body or in spirit.
