We invite you to maintain a spirit of silence as the prelude begins our service.
OUR APPROACH TO GOD
Prelude "Prayer" M. Bossi
Introit "Welcome, Welcome" L. Morris
Welcome
Call to Worship: Rev. 7: 2-14, adapted
I, John, saw another angel come up from the East, holding the seal of the
living God. I had a vision of a great multitude, which no one could
count, from every nation, race, people and tongue. They stood before the
throne and before the Lamb, wearing white robes and holding palm branches in
their hands. They cried out:
SALVATION COMES FROM OUR GOD, WHO IS SEATED ON THE THRONE, AND FROM THE
LAMB!
All the angels stood around the throne and around the elders and the four
living creatures. They prostrated themselves before the throne, worshiped God
and exclaimed:
AMEN! BLESSING AND GLORY, WISDOM AND THANKSGIVING, HONOR, POWER, AND
MIGHT BE TO OUR GOD FOREVER AND EVER, AMEN!
Then one of the elders asked: "Who are these wearing white robes and
where did they come from?"
THESE ARE THE ONES WHO HAVE SURVIVED THE TIME OF GREAT DISTRESS; THEY HAVE
WASHED THEIR ROBES AND MADE THEM WHITE IN THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB!
*Hymn "When the Saints, Go Marching In"
1. Oh, when the saints go marching in, (2x)
Oh, Lord I want to be in that number,
When the saints go marching in.
2. Oh, when that light begins to shine...
Let us be before our God in silence.
Unison Prayer: Psalm 8
WHEN I LOOK AT YOUR HEAVENS, THE WORK OF YOUR FINGERS, THE MOON AND THE STARS THAT YOU HAVE ESTABLISHED; WHAT ARE WE HUMANS THAT YOU ARE MINDFUL OF US? WHO ARE WE MORTALS THAT YOU CARE FOR US? YET YOU HAVE MADE US LITTLE LOWER THAN DIVINE BEINGS AND CROWNED US WITH GLORY AND HONOR. YOU HAVE GIVEN US DOMINION OVER THE WORKS OF YOUR HANDS...O LORD, OUR SOVEREIGN, HOW MAJESTIC IS YOUR NAME IN ALL THE EARTH!
Kyrie (sung)
LORD HAVE MERCY UPON US.
CHRIST HAVE MERCY UPON US.
LORD HAVE MERCY UPON US.
A Word of Assurance: 1 John 3: 1-3
Beloved: See what the Father has bestowed on us that we may be called children
of God. Yet so we are. The reason the world does not know us is
that it did not know him. Beloved, we are God's children now; what we
shall be is not yet revealed. We do know when it is revealed we shall be
like him, for we shall see him as he is. Everyone who has this hope
based on him makes himself or herself pure, as Christ is pure.
The Summary of the Law (Mk 12:29-31)
This is the first commandment:
HEAR O ISRAEL, THE LORD OUR GOD, THE LORD IS ONE!
THEREFORE YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, WITH
ALL YOUR SOUL, WITH ALL YOUR MIND, AND WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH.
This is the second commandment:
YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.
There is no greater commandment than these.
Anthem "In Remembrance of Me" R. Courtney
THE WORD OF GOD
*Responsive Reading: Psalm 24: 1-6
*Gloria Patri (Hymn No. 623)
GLORY BE TO THE FATHER AND TO THE SON AND TO THE HOLY GHOST. AS
IT WAS IN THE BEGINNING, IS NOW AND EVER SHALL BE, WORLD WITHOUT END,
AMEN, AMEN!
Announcements & Children's Moment
Scripture Lessons
The First Reading: Rev 20: 11-15; 22: 1-5; 8-14
Epistle: Ephesians 1: 11-23
Alleluia! ALLELUIA!
Gospel: Matthew 5: 1-12
Communion Meditation
OUR RESPONSE TO GOD
*The Offering
Doxology (625) and Prayer
PRAISE GOD FROM WHOM ALL BLESSINGS FLOW;
PRAISE GOD ALL CREATURES
HERE BELOW;
PRAISE GOD ABOVE YE HEAVENLY HOSTS;
PRAISE FATHER
(CREATOR), SON (CHRIST) AND HOLY GHOST.
*Please stand if you are able