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Prepare Our Hearts for Prayer and Praise

 
Minute for Missions........................................................................................Iva Winebarger
Sunset Gap
Prepare Our Hearts for Prayer and Praise
 
Prelude...............................................................................................................Margaret Lester
 
Call To Worship
Leader: Happy are those whose sins are forgiven. 
People:  Happy are those to whom God attributes no wrong,    
               those in whose heart there is no deceit. 
Leader: When we keep silent about our wrongdoings, our lives
              disintegrate with worry and guilt; 
People:  When we struggle to hide from God, the heaviness in
              our hearts consumes our strength. 
Leader:  But when we seek your truth, O God, and
               acknowledge our sin, we experience your forgiveness. 
People:  Let all people reach out to you in prayer, O God, and
               know your protection and strength. 
Leader:  Surrounded by your grace-filled presence and filled
               with your undeserved forgiveness, we sing your
               praise; we shout for joy. 
People:  Stubbornness melts away and tempers are controlled
               when we listen for God's word and follow God's
              direction for our lives. 
Leader:  When we fail to listen, and persist in following other
               than God's way, our hearts are hardened and our lives
               tormented. 
People: But when we put our trust in God, we are surrounded
              and filled with God's steadfast love. 
Leader: Rejoice and shout for joy all those who are upright in
               heart.
People: Rejoice and shout for joy!
Morning Thought: "So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has
 passed away; see, everything has become new!                                   2 Corinthians 5:17
 
*Morning Worship..............................................................................................Congregation
 
Morning Prayer.............................................................................................................Minister
 
Acts of Stewardship/Tithes & Offering........................................................Psalm 39:5b
 
Offertory...........................................................................................................Margaret Lester
 
Doxology & Prayer of Thanksgiving............................................................................#572
 
THE WORD
Special Music
 
Scripture........................................................................................................Rev. Sharon Carter
Luke 15:11-32
Preparation on the Table
 
Communion Devotion.............................................................................  Rev. Sharon Carter
"An Uncommon Grace"
 
Celebration of Holy Communion
    Great Prayer of Thanksgiving
                Leader: The Lord be with you
                People: And also with you.
                Leader: Lift up your hearts
                People: We lift them to the Lord.
                Leader: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
                People: It is right to give our thanks and praise.
   
Communion
    
Prayer after Communion
 
THE RESPONSE TO HIS WORD
*Hymn of Commitment
 
Benediction
                         
Response                          "There's a New Song In My Heart"
There's a new song in my heart since the Savior set me free.
There's a new song in my heart `tis a heav'nly harmony.
All my sins are washed away in the blood of Calvary.
O what peace and joy nothing can destroy
There's a new song in my heart!