OUR
APPROACH TO GOD
Prelude
Introit “I Love You Lord” L. Klein
Welcome!
Call to Worship: Psalm 91
You who live in the shelter of the most high,
WHO ABIDE IN THE SHADOW OF THE ALMIGHTY
Will say to the Lord:
MY REFUGE AND MY FORTRESS; MY GOD IN WHOM
I TRUST.
God will deliver you from deadly pestilence; God will cover you
with his pinions,
AND UNDER HIS WINGS YOU WILL FIND REFUGE
Because you have made the Lord your refuge,
THE MOST HIGH YOUR DWELLING PLACE.
*Hymn “Holy Ground” (sing it three times)
Let us be before our God in silence.
Unison Prayer: Psalm 90:13-17
TURN, O LORD! HOW LONG? HAVE COMPASSION
ON YOUR SERVANTS! SATISFY US IN THE MORNING WITH YOUR STEADFAST LOVE, SO
THAT WE MAY REJOICE AND BE GLAD ALL OUR DAYS. MAKE US GLAD AS MANY DAYS AS
YOU HAVE AFFLICTED US, AND AS MANY YEARS AS WE HAVE SEEN EVIL. LET YOUR
WORK BE MANIFEST TO YOUR SERVANTS, AND YOUR GLORIOUS POWER TO THEIR
CHILDREN. LET THE FAVOR OF THE LORD OUR GOD BE UPON US, AND PROSPER FOR US
THE WORK OF OUR HANDS!
Kyrie
(sung)
LORD, HAVE MERCY ON US.
CHRIST, HAVE MERCY ON US.
LORD, HAVE MERCY ON US.
A Word of Assurance
The Summary of the
Law
(Mark
12:29b-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 “Blessed
Assurance” P. Knapp
THE WORD OF
GOD
*Responsive Reading:
Psalm 96
*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!
The Greeting of Peace
Announcements
*Hymn 383 “Open Our Eyes, Lord”
Scripture Lessons:
Jewish Scriptures:
Isaiah 45:1-7
Epistle:
1 Thessalonians 1:1-10
The Celtic Allelulia!
Gospel:
Matthew 22:15-22
Sermon
OUR
RESPONSE TO GOD
Hymn 517 “I’d Rather Have Jesus”
