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
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