Community Presbyterian Church, Charlestown IN: Bulletin 03/29/2020
Opening Prayer:
Holy God, Creator of Life, you call us out of our dark places, offering us the grace of new life.
When we see nothing but hopelessness, you surprise us with the breath of your spirit. Fill us now with your spirit of life, compassion, and peace, In the name of Jesus we pray. Amen.
Call to Worship:
One: Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord. Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.
All: If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, Lord, who could stand? But there is forgiveness with you, so that you may be revered.
One: Hope in the Lord! For with the Lord there is steadfast love and great power to redeem.
All: I wait for the Lord, my soul waits; and in the word of the Lord I hope.
One: Come, let us worship the Lord!Hymn All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name
Prayer of Confession
All: Gracious God, our sins are too heavy to carry, too real to hide, and too deep to undo. Forgive
what our lips tremble to name, what our hearts can no longer bear, and what has become
for us a consuming fire of judgment. Set us free from a past that we cannot change; open to
us a future in which we can be changed; and grant us grace to grow more and more in your
likeness and image, through Jesus Christ, the light of the world. Amen.
Assurance of Pardon
The good news in Christ is that when we face ourselves and God with the awareness of our need, we are given grace to grow, and courage to continue the journey. Friends, believe the good news of the gospel. In Jesus Christ we are forgiven! Know this and believe it...and be at peace. Amen!
Scripture Reading (linked in sermon message): John 11:1-45
Message: “Jesus Wept” Greg Gibson
Morning Prayer and The Lord's Prayer
Gracious God of all compassion and consolation, your breath alone brings life to dry bones and weary souls. Pour out your Spirit upon us, that we may face despair and death with the hope of resurrection and faith through Christ, our Lord.
Help us to dance with the spirit, the breath of life, which calls us out of the valley of dry bones and into the Kingdom of God, both a present reality and the grounding of our future hope.
Holy Father of Christ who revealed the way of life, inscribe your law on our hearts that in this life, we may be the body of Christ.
Help our hands to hold the sick and suffering. Help our feet to walk with the poor. Help our ears to listen to those who live in despair.
Help our hands to hold the sick and suffering. Help our feet to walk with the poor. Help our ears to listen to those who live in despair.
May our eyes be affixed upon the suffering of the cross and the hope of the empty tomb so that we may live as resurrection people.
Sovereign Lord, Father of all in the power of the Spirit, you know our faults and yet you promise to forgive. Keep us in your presence and give us your wisdom.
Open our hearts to gladness, call dry bones to dance, and restore to us the joy of your salvation.
We pray this in the name of Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever, as we continue to pray saying,
Our Father, who art in heaven…. As God told us in our last hymn, "Fear not! I am with thee...O be not dismayed!" So...go out into the world (as much as we are able); go in peace! May the GRACE of our Lord Jesus Christ, the LOVE of God, and the FELLOWSHIP and POWER of the Holy Spirit be with you and all those whom you love, wherever they may be, this day and in to all eternity. Amen.
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