Nothing But the Truth

Greetings & Announcements Chimes Opening Prayer All:   O God, you pour out the Spirit of grace and love. Deliver us from cold hearts and wandering thoughts, that with steady minds and burning zeal,  we may worship you in spirit and truth.  Amen. Prelude Call to Worship One:  Your steadfast love, Lord, never ceases; All:  Your mercies never end. One: They are new every morning; so let us proclaim -- All:  Great is Your faithfulness. Great is Your love. And greatly is Your Name to be praised. One: Come! Let us worship God! Hymn #634                  To God Be the Glory Call to Confession Prayer of Confession   All: God of great mercy,  if you kept a record of our sins,  who could stand?  We come before you with our trespasses.  We bring our anger, our bitterness,  our deceitfulness.  We try to do good,  but fail.  We choose to do evil  and succeed. Forgiv...

Greetings & Announcements Chimes Opening Prayer All:  God, our Rock, our refuge, our resting place, we come to you.  Out of another busy week,  out of our struggles to be meaningful in our world,  out of our desire to meet you and know you  as the center of our being,  we come to you, O unmovable Rock of our security.  Amen.    Prelude Call to Worship One:  Come to God who gathers us in. All:  We come to God who nurtures us like a father. One: Come to God whose arms are open and waiting. All:  We come to God who welcomes and forgives us. One: Come to God who journeys with us. All:  We come to God who sees us as we really are  and loves us anyway.  One: Come! Let us worship God! Hymn #370                   This is My Father's World Call to Confession Prayer of Confession   All: O God, Father that you are,  you know what is right for us,  b...

Greetings & Announcements Chimes Opening Prayer All: O most merciful Redeemer and friend, may we know you more clearly, love you more dearly, and follow you more nearly, day by day. Be with us this day in this place, we pray. Amen.  Prelude Call to Worship One: Our worship is in the name of the Father,  All:   the one eternal God in whom we live and move and have our being, One: and of the Son, All:   our crucified and risen Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom the love of God is made manifest among us, One: and of the Holy Spirit, All:   the Counselor by whom we become the people of God and the church of Jesus Christ.  One: Let us worship God! Hymn #2          Come, Thou Almighty King Call to Confession Prayer of Confession   All: Awesome and compassionate God, you have loved us with unfailing mercy, but we have not loved you. You constantly...

Greetings & Announcements Chimes Opening Prayer All: Mighty God, we look to the rulers of this earth  for leadership, wisdom, and strength.  When rulers betray,  God offers another look.  God will guide us.  God’s Spirit will sustain us.  Christ will welcome us home.  Come, sisters and brothers,  we are all God’s family now. Prelude Call to Worship One:  We gather to give thanks to You, O Lord, All:  with all our heart! One: We will sing Your praises before all creation, All:  and rejoice in Your steadfast love! One: You have created us O Lord, and made us for Yourself, All:  In You we become everything You have made us to be! One: Let us worship God! Hymn #664 Morning Has Broken            Call to Confession Prayer of Confession   All :  Our God, you created the world and called it good.  You created man and woman in your image  and called them very good....

Greetings & Announcements Chimes Opening Prayer All:  O God,  by your power may we, with all the saints,  comprehend the breadth and length and height and depth of the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge,  so that we may be filled with your fullness. Amen.  Prelude Call to Worship One: Jesus offers us a new life. All:  How shall we become new? One: Open your hearts to God’s love. All:  We open our lives to God’s spirit. One: Be ready to serve God’s people. All:  Lord, make us ready to be your witnesses. One: Come! Let us worship God! Hymn #1            Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty!     Call to Confession Prayer of Confession   All : Heavenly Father, we lower our heads before you and we confess that we have too often forgotten that we are yours. Sometimes we live as if there was no God and we fall short of being a credible witness for You. For these thing...