Songs:
“Come Behold the Wondrous Mystery”
Matt Boswell, Matt Papa, and Michael Bleecker
“O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing”
Charles Wesley
“Christ the Sure and Steady Anchor”
Matthew Boswell and Matthew Papa
“I Need Thee Every Hour”
Annie Sherwood Hawks and Robert Lowry
“Doxology”
from “All People that on Earth Do Dwell”
William Kethe
Call To Worship: There is None Like You
There is none like You among the gods, O Lord, nor are there any works like Yours.
All the nations You have made shall come and worship before You, O Lord, and shall glorify Your name. For You are great and do wondrous things; You alone are God.
Teach us Your ways, O Lord, that we may walk in Your truth; unite our hearts to fear Your name.
We give thanks to You, O Lord our God, with our whole hearts, and we will glorify Your name forever.
Source: Psalm 86:8-12
Classic Prayer: Karl Barth
Lord, our God, our Father, through your Son, who became our brother, you call out to us: Return again, children of men! Lift up your hearts! Seek what is above! So, you have called us together on this morning. And here we are, each one of us with a life that does not belong to us, but to you, a life that is completely in your hands; each of us with our small and great sins, for which there is forgiveness only in you; each of us with our concerns, which only you can transform into joy. Yet each of us also has our own quiet hope, that you may show yourself to be our almighty, good and gracious God. …So grant that in our prayer, our singing, our speaking and hearing – …we may eanestly seek your truth, and desire your presence and direction – only by your work within us. …Lord awaken us, that we may be awake! …In your name we ask.
Source: 50 Prayers by Karl Barth
Creed: What is Prayer?
People: Prayer is turning my heart toward God, to listen and to speak with Him.
Leader: What should you seek in prayer?
People: In prayer, I should seek not only God’s provision for my needs, but fellowship with God, who made me for fellowship with Himself.
Leader: Why should you pray?
People: I should pray because God calls me to do so, because I was made for fellowship with Him, because I need the help of His Holy Spirit, and because He has promised to answer the prayers of His people.