INVOCATION

Pastor: We worship this morning in the name of the Father and of the Son

and of the Holy Spirit.

Congregation: Amen.

OPENING SENTENCES (Revelation 19)

P: Salvation and glory and power belong to our God. Hallelujah!

C: For true and just are His judgments

P: Praise our God, all you His servants,

C: You who fear Him both small and great

P: For our Lord God Almighty reigns. Hallelujah!

C: Let us rejoice and be glad and give Him glory!

PRAYER

C: O God of peace, we turn aside from an unsettled world, seeking rest

for our spirits, and light for our thoughts. We bring our work to be

sanctified, our wounds to be healed, our sins to be forgiven, and our

hopes to be renewed. In You there is perfect harmony and peace.

Draw us to You, and ease the tensions of our lives. Lead us out of the

emptiness of this world, and fill us with Your peace. For Jesus’ sake.

Amen.

CONFESSION OF SINS

P: Dear friends, let us approach God with a true heart and confess our sins,

asking Him in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to forgive us.

C: Lord of life, I confess that I am by nature dead in sin.

For faithless worrying and selfish pride,

For sins of habit and sins of choice,

For the evil I have done and the good I have failed to do

You should cast me away from Your presence forever.

O Lord, I am sorry for my sins. Forgive me, for Jesus sake.

P: Christ has died. Christ is risen. Christ will come again. In His great mercy,

God made us alive in Christ even when we were dead in our sins. Hear the

word of Christ through His called servant: I forgive you all your sins in the

name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

C: Amen.

As the deer pants for water, so my soul longs after You.

You alone are heart's desire, and I long to worship You.

CHORUS: You alone are my strength, my shield.

To You alone may my spirit yield.

You alone are my heart's desire,

and I long to worship You.

Prayer for a Life of Service

C: Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace:

Where there is hatred, let me sow love;

Where there is injury, pardon;

Where there is doubt, faith;

Where there is despair, hope;

Where there is darkness, light;

And where there is sadness, joy.

Heavenly Father, grant that I may not so much seek

To be consoled, as to console;

To be understood, as to understand;

To be loved, as to love;

For it is in giving that we receive,

It is in pardoning that we are pardoned,

And it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

In Your Son's name, we pray. Amen.

NOTE: After each reading...

P: This is the Word of the Lord.

C: Thanks be to God.

Apostles' Creed

I believe in God the Father, Maker of the heav'n and earth.

And in Jesus Christ, our Savior, God's own Son of human birth,

Virgin-born, the Lord incarnate, Whom the Spirit did conceive.

Suffered under Pontius Pilate. He's the God whom I believe.

Crucified, was dead and buried; Down to hell in victory;

From the dead He rose the third day; Up to heaven triumphantly.

There at God's right hand He's ruling. By His will the world is led.

He will come to judge the nations, Both the living and the dead.

I believe in God the Spirit, In His Church, His chosen band.

They are joined in sheer communion. Holy in His sight they stand.

I believe in sins forgiven. I believe I'll rise again.

I believe in life eternal. Amen! Amen! Amen!