Songs:
“I Stand Amazed (How Marvelous)“ by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel
“Tis So Sweet To Trust In Jesus“ by William J. Kirkpatrick, John Andrew Schreiner, and Louisa R. Stead
“Anchor Of Hope“ by Brown Bannister and Ellie Holcomb
“Give Me Jesus“ by Fernando Ortega
“Doxology” by Thomas Ken and Louis Bourgeois
All songs are used by Permission. CCLI License #200369
Call To Worship: How Lovely Is Your Dwelling Place
LEADER: How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord of hosts!
PEOPLE: Our souls long, yes faint for the courts of the Lord; Our hearts and flesh sing for joy To the living God.
LEADER: Who is like you, O Lord, Majestic in holiness, Awesome in glorious deeds, doing wonders?
PEOPLE: It is good to be near God; Make the Lord God our refuge And tell of all his works.
LEADER: Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, Who alone does wondrous things.
ALL: Blessed be his glorious name forever; May the whole earth be filled with his Glory! Amen and Amen!
Source: Excerpts from Psalm 84, 72, 73, and Ezekiel 15
Confession: This is Our Faith
Leader: Do you believe and trust in God the Father, source of all being and life, the one for whom we exist?
All: We believe and trust in Him.
Leader: Do you believe and trust in God the Son, who took our human nature, died for us and rose again?
All: We believe and trust in Him.
Leader: Do you believe and trust in God the Holy Spirit, who gives life to the people of God, and makes Christ known in the world?
All: We believe and trust in Him.
Leader: This is the faith of the Church.
All: We believe and trust in one God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen.
Source: Adapted from the Athanasian Creed
Classic Prayer: Dwight L. Moody, 1837–1899
Our Heavenly Father, we pray that thy blessing may rest on each one of us who profess to be Christians. O Lord, help us to love Christ more than we love ourselves: help us to be more like him in our way of life. Help us, O Lord, to walk humbly, prayerfully, consistently on, in the dust of our pilgrimage so that men may not stumble over us and say, “They profess only; they never do anything.” O God, help us to live up to what we profess, through thee, in Christ Jesus, and may it be shown in each one of us. O God of Adam and God of our Fathers, hear our cry and bring salvation; and may many this day receive the gift of God… May the Spirit of God be poured out on this church and on all thy churches; and may many be drawn to thee and love thee. May your work go on everywhere we pray thee, and Christ shall have the glory.