Centering Prayer
Holy God, you gave the law to show your people the way of righteousness. Help us to receive your commandments as grace and live as your obedient children that your goodness may shine through us, to the glory of your name. Amen.
Call to Worship
One: Give thanks to God with your whole heart.
Many: Steadfast love belongs to the Lord.
One: Great are the works of the Lord.
Many: Give thanks to God with your whole heart.
All: May the word of God be fulfilled among us.
Prayer of Confession Unison
Holy God, we confess that we bow down before other gods; we have turned our hearts away from you. Our worship of work and devotion to consumerism disorders our love of you and one another. Forgive us, God, and mend what is broken, that we may be one with you.
(Silence for personal confession)
Prayer for Illumination
Lord, open our understanding by the power of the Holy Spirit, that as the Word is read and proclaimed we may receive holy wisdom to understand the gifts you have bestowed upon us. Amen.
For the sermon "Wandering Home", click here.
For the sermon "Wandering Home", click here.
Affirmation of Faith from A Brief Statement of Faith
In life and in death we belong to God. We trust in this God, whom Jesus called Abba, Father.
In sovereign love, God created the world good, and makes everyone equally in God’s image.
In everlasting love, the God of Abraham and Sarah chose a covenant people to bless all
families of the earth.
Loving us still, God makes us heirs with Christ of the covenant.
With believers in every time and place, we rejoice that nothing in life or in death can separate
us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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