CALL TO WORSHIP God’s house is to be a house of prayer. Thanks be to God. God forgives us and draws us close. Thanks be to God. God gifts us with the Holy Spirit. With grateful hearts, we worship our God.
PRAYER OF CONFESSION Loving and ever-present God, in lamentations and repentance we bring our failures in caring, helping and loving, we bring the pain we have caused others, we bring the injustices in society of which we are a part, to the transforming power of your grace. Grant us the courage to accept the healing you offer, and to turn again toward the sunrise of hope and possibility, that we may walk with you in the promise of justice You have willed for all the earth, and have made known to us in Christ Jesus. (Silent Confession)
AFFIRMATION OF FAITH Romans 8 We believe there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus; for we know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to God’s purpose. We are convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
PRAYER OF DEDICATION Gracious Lord, you have given us more mercy that we could imagine and more blessings than we deserve. Receive our offerings as tokens of our gratitude to you, that your blessings may abound to all those in need. Amen.
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE AND THE LORD’S PRAYER Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.
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