August 24, 2008
“Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost”
10:55 A.M. Service of Worship
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ORDER OF WORSHIP
PRELUDE “Take My Life, and Let It Be” John Ness Beck
OPENING HYMN 114 “Many Gifts, One Spirit”
CALL TO WORSHIP:
L: Offer yourselves as gifts to God this day
P: We offer our time, our talent, our treasure
L: Offer your lives as gifts to God throughout the week
P: We offer our lives to the One who gives us life.
L: Offer your ministry as gifts to God’s world
P: We offer our ministry in service to Christ.
L: Offer yourselves as gifts to God
P: We offer up the sacrifice of praise
RESPONSIVE PSALM 124 (United Methodist Hymnal, Page 846)
EPISTLE LESSON: Romans 12: 1-8
PRAYER OF CONFESSION AND ASSURANCE OF PARDON:
God of grace, we your people offer to you our contrite hearts.
For we have often forgotten our spiritual worship and have failed to trust in the patience and compassion of your Son Jesus Christ.
Where we have rushed in only to damage and destroy, we ask
for our healing powers of restoration. Where we have been
overzealous and careless, we long for the freshness of your grace.
Help us to recognize and seize your grace as you renew us that
we may be the body of Christ on this earth. And help us to answer your call, that we may serve you in all that we say and do.
Silence and Confession
L: God is on our side, our help is in God’s name!
P: Blessed be the Lord, who made heaven and earth!
L: For his steadfast love endures forever
P: And his mercy to each generation
HYMN 2233 “Where Children Belong”
(During the Singing of this hymn, children Pre K through 6th Grade are invited forward for the Children’s Sermon)
CHILDREN’S MOMENTS Dr. Kerr
MINISTRY OF MUSIC “I Want Jesus To Walk With Me” arr. Lynn Peterson
Kent Tucker, trombone; Bruce R. Gingrich, organ
SHARING OF JOYS AND CONCERNS
PRAYER HYMN 554 “All Praise To Our Redeeming Lord”
PASTORAL PRAYER 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 trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen
GOSPEL: Matthew 16: 13-20
The Word of God for the people of God. Thanks be to God.
SERMON: “Tracing The Life Of A Sacrifice” Dr. Kerr
OFFERING SERVICE: (10:55 ONLY)
(Please pass the Ritual of Friendship so all may sign
and know with whom they worship)
Giving of Tithes and Offerings
Offertory “Holy Presence”
Cecily Gingrich, piano; Bruce R. Gingrich, organ
Doxology (10:55 A.M. ONLY) (Hymnal No. 94)
HYMN 399 “Take My Life and Let It Be”
BENEDICTION AND GOING FORTH
BENEDICTION RESPONSE 2164 “Sanctuary”
*POSTLUDE “Fanfare and Processional” Douglas E. Wagner
Senior Pastor: Dr. Aaron Kerr
Associate Pastor: Reverend J. Howard Wright
Pastor Emeritus: Dr. H. Pat Albright
Minister of Worship/Music: Bruce R. Gingrich
Organist Emerita: Karen Keene
Director of Youth: Aileen Baxter
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