Morning Worship
Welcome
Call to Worship
We are gathered here to worship You alone, God.
We are many, gathered in one Spirit, to worship You alone, God.
When we worship and work together, we are open to Your Spirit in our lives.
Let us rejoice together, in Your Spirit!
Let us Worship God!
Hymn STF 2223 They’ll Know We are Christians by Our Love
Prayer of Confession
God, you bring us to your place of worship, hear us now as we admit our wrongs. We confess that we bring our personal business into this worship service and cannot stop thinking about things we need to do. Our minds and bodies, our whole attention, are focused on the coming break; thus, we are not fully focused on worshipping you. Forgive us, O God. You have called the church to be one body with many parts, yet we sever the body with our own selfish desires. Only by your mercy can we turn, fully, to you. Help us as a community, Merciful God, to be a whole body. Help us, Triune God, to see the error of our ways. Help us to quiet the other voices in our heads, so that we may hear only your voice. By your grace make us one in Christ. Amen.
Assurance of Pardon
To all who turn from sin in sorrow; to all who turn to God in hope, This is God’s Word of grace: We are accepted, we are forgiven, we are loved. This gift we have from God.
Thanks be to God.
Passing of the Peace
As God has forgiven us in grace through Jesus Christ,
let us share this grace with the community.
The peace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
And also with you.
Prayer of Illumination
Scripture Reading 1 Corinthians 12:12-13 & 24-26
Communion Meditation “It takes a Community…” Mr. Nicholas Valadez
Sacrament of Holy Communion
Great Prayer of Thanksgiving
May God be with you.
And also with you.
Beloved of God, lift up your hearts.
We lift them to the One who knows us and loves us.
Beloved of God, give thanks to the Lord our God.
Our praise is continually offered to our Hope, our Trust, our God.
In that time when there was only You, you walked in the midst of chaos, shaping all that is good and beautiful. In that place where there was only your Love, You stretched out your hands scooping up the dirt off earth’s floors, shaping us in your image, breathing Spirit into our lungs. In that silence where there was only your Hope, you called us to be your people, God of Glory.
But the world sang of its seduction, sin called us to follow its despair, death blinded us to the life you offered. And so, we turned away, pouting and stamping our feet wanting our own way.
But you would not pay attention to our foolish tantrums, nor would you leave us in the grasp of death and sin, trusting that if we encountered the grace wrapped in your holiness, we would turn to you in joy.
And so, believing that you have reached out and called us to service with you, and touched our lips with songs of hope, we join our voices with those who, in every time and place, sing of your ways forever:
Holy are you, Sanctuary of our Hearts, and blessed is Jesus Christ, Word of joyous grace. In that time when we had lost our way, he called to us, so we could follow him into your joy; in that time when all hope had died, he touched our souls with the fire of your love; in that time when death’s cold grip wrapped tightly around our hearts, he came to surround us with your life. While we cannot understand the mysteries of your holiness and grace, when we are called to Christ’s side we can only cry, “Here we are; we will follow” even as we hope for that faith which was his. Great is the mystery of faith:
In this time of silence, Spirit of God, may this bread which is broken, become our wholeness. In this time of grace, may this cup which is poured touch our lips with healing. In this time when we feel the brush of your fingertips caressing us, may we believe that your justice and peace are to be shared with all people; that our hearts can bear the burdens of others; that we may bring joy to the lonely and hurting. Make us compassionate people, who have a passion for your justice. Through your Son, Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit in your holy church, all honor and glory are yours, Great God, our Hope, our Peace, now and forever. Amen.
Sung Lord’s Prayer (attached)
Words of Institution
*Distribution of the Elements
*Concluding Prayer
*Benediction
Participants in Worship:
Mr. Nicholas Valadez, Preacher, Senior
Ms. Heidi Skidmore, Liturgist
Rev. David Slorpe, Co-Celebrant, Pastor,
Dr. Daniel Hoggatt, Musician
Communion Servers:
Ms. Molly Dowell
Mr. Andrew Hoeksema,
Mr. Baek Hee Kim
Ms. Erin Musolf
Ms. Talitha Phillips
Rev. Dr. Charles Marks, Chaplain
Mr. Joshua Dunham, Chaplain’s Assistant
COMMUNITY OFFERING
The baskets in the narthex are for receiving the offering of the seminary community. At the end of the semester, what has been offered and collected will be donated to a local charity.
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