Morning Worship
Welcome
*Call To Worship
What shall we return to the Lord for all the good things God has done for us?
We will lift up the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the Lord.
Let us worship God!
*Hymn (attached) I Greet Thee Who My Sure Redeemer Art
Call To Confession
Let us be honest about who we really are, that we may properly confess the wrongs that we have thought and done.
Prayer Of Confession
O living Christ, as we gather at your table we are aware that sometimes our love grows cold, and our willingness to serve grows lukewarm. We begin to recognize that we have grown numb to the news of terrible injustice around the world, throwing up our hands, as we feel powerless to do anything. We have even lost the pangs of guilt as we walk by the homeless without offering your love or our funds. Forgive us, O God, and by the power of your Holy Spirit de-ice our hearts and restore our vision and awaken in us a sense of your justice through Jesus Christ Our Savior. Amen.
Assurance Of Pardon
Hear the good news! Anyone who is in Christ is a new creation. The old life has gone; a new life has begun. Know that we are forgiven, and be at peace.
*Passing Of The Peace
Since God has forgiven us in Christ, let us forgive one another.
The peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
And also with you.
Prayer Of Illumination
May the Lord grant that we may engage in contemplating the mysteries of God’s heavenly wisdom with increasing devotion, to God’s glory and our edification. John Calvin
Scripture Reading Luke 12: 13-21
Communion Meditation “Grappling with Greed” Rev. Dr.
Sacrament of Holy Communion
Invitation To The Lord’s Table
The Great Prayer Of Thanksgiving
The Lord be with you.
And also with you.
Lift up your hearts.
We lift them up to the Lord.
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
It is right to give our thanks and praise.
Eternal Life-Giver, holy Wisdom, source of our being, and goal of all our longing, we praise you and give you thanks because you have created us, women and men, together in your image to cherish your world and seek your face. Therefore we praise you, joining our voices with the heavenly choirs and with all the faithful of every time and place, who forever sing to the glory of your name:
Divided and disfigured by sin, while we were yet helpless, you emptied yourself of power, and took upon you our unprotected flesh. You lived among us displaying your intention for the wholeness of all of humanity. You labored with us upon the cross, and have brought us forth into the hope of resurrection. Great is the mystery of faith:
Therefore, as we eat this bread and drink this cup, we are proclaiming Christ’s death until he comes. In the body broken and blood poured out, we restore to memory and hope the broken and unremembered victims of tyranny and sin; and we long for the bread of tomorrow and the wine of the age to come. Come then, life-giving Spirit of our God, brood over these bodily things, and make us one body with Christ; that we may labor with creation to be delivered from its bondage to decay into the glorious liberty of all the children of God.
The Lord’s Prayer
Eternal Spirit, Earth-Maker, Pain-Bearer, Life-Giver, Source of all that is and that shall be, Father and Mother of us all, Loving God in whom is heaven. The hallowing of your name echo through the universe! The way of your justice be followed by the peoples of the world! Your heavenly will be done by all created beings! Your commonwealth of peace and freedom sustain our hope and come on earth. With the bread we need for today, feed us. In the hurts we absorb from one another, forgive us. In times of temptation and test, strengthen us. From trials too great to endure, spare us. From the grip of all that is evil, free us. For you reign in the glory of the power that is love, now and forever. Amen.
Words Of Institution
*Communion of the People
*Prayer After Communion
*Charge & Benediction
Participants In Worship:
Rev.
Ms.
Dr. Daniel Hoggatt, Musician
Ms.
Resources: Prayer of Illumination from The Communion of Saints, edited by Horton Davies, Erdmann’s Press,
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