Order of Worship September 5

 CENTERING PRAYER 

Good and generous God, you bless us with favor and count us as your people through our glorious Lord Jesus Christ. Freed by your grace, let us extend your generosity to others. Help us share our bread with the poor, plead the cause of the afflicted, and receive all who assemble in our name with the warmth of your love and the richness of your hospitality. We pray this and all things in the good name of Jesus Christ, our Savior and our Lord. Amen.

 PRELUDE (Sunday Worship) What God Ordains Is Always Good Elting (2000) 

WELCOME and ANNOUNCEMENTS 

CALL TO WORSHIP

We gather here as guests invited.

Open our eyes so we may see.

Make yourself known to us in God’s Word read and proclaimed.

Open our ears so we may hear.

Feed us in the feast at your table.

Open our hearts so we may be glad.

Come! Let us worship our God together.

† HYMN   “When Morning Gilds the Skies”      Hymnal #667 

PRAYER OF CONFESSION 

God of favor, we have not been true to you. You chose the poor in the world, but we dishonor them. You plead the cause of the afflicted, but we crush them. We do not love our neighbors as ourselves. We favor the rich and despise the poor. We dismiss the needy with empty words. Soften our hearts and straighten our ways. Heal our unbelief and turn us back to you. (Silent Confession)

 

ASSURANCE OF GRACE

 † SHARING THE PEACE OF CHRIST 

The peace of Christ be with you. And also with you. 

† GLORIA PATRI 

TIME WITH CHILDREN (Sunday Worship) 

SCRIPTURE James 2:1-17 

SERMON      “Screen Door on a Submarine”      Rev. Dr. Dave Burgess 

† AFFIRMATION OF FAITH Westminster Confession of Faith, Shorter Catechism Question One 

Q. What is our chief end? A. Our chief end is to glorify God and to enjoy God forever. 

OFFERING      Love Lifted Me      Schram 

† THE DOXOLOGY 

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE AND THE LORD’S PRAYER 

THE CELEBRATION OF HOLY COMMUNION 

Invitation to the Table 

Great Prayer of Thanksgiving and the Lord’s Prayer 

Words of Institution   

Sharing of the Bread & Cup   

Prayer After Communion 

† HYMN      “Change My Heart, O God”      Hymnal #695 

† CHARGE AND BLESSING

 † BENEDICTION “Guide My Feet”

POSTLUDE (Sunday Worship) Postlude In G Peterson 

† You are invited to stand, as you are able