Order of Service – Sunday 7 August 2022 – PENTECOST 9
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CALL TO WORSHIP
Come, let us worship God, who has called us to be holy people, and has established an everlasting covenant through Jesus Christ our Lord.
We come in spirit and in truth.
PRAYER
However desperate we feel, however grim the challenges, Your Spirit, O God, lifts us up. The tide of Your grace surges among us. You are Lord of our life, constant in compassion, full of surprises. Refresh us, restore us, renew our commitment to You and to the Way of Jesus, through whom we pray. Amen!
HYMN: 449 “Stand Up and Bless the Lord”
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
Gift-giving God, we confess that we do not always know our own worth, that we can forget our capacity for greatness and squander opportunities for righteousness. You offer us gifts for service in Your world, and yet we can neglect Your gifts, store them away in the closet, shove them under the stairs, and give away to others the gifts You have chosen especially for us. May we have wisdom to know our gifts, courage to open them up, and dedication to use them for Your glory. Amen!
ASSURANCE OF FORGIVENESS
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 carry on the journey. Friends, believe the good news of the gospel.
In Jesus Christ we are forgiven! Amen!
HYMN: 448 “Blest are the Pure in Heat”
BIBLE READING – Luke 12:22-48 (Pages 1031-1032) Ian Butters
SERMON: “Do Not Worry and Be Ready!” Krikor Youmshajekian
HYMN: 745 “Seek Ye First the Kingdom of God”
NOTICES – Lane Cove Music – Tues 9 August 7:30 pm LCMA Church.
– Combined Service with LCU – Outback BBQ Fundraiser Lunch and Father’s Day
Sunday 18 September at Longueville.
OFFERING – “Give and it will be given to you”. (Luke 6:38)
THE LORD’S SUPPER
HYMN: 510 “My God, Your Table Now is Spread” (Tune 342 – Rockingham)
THANKSGIVING
Blessed are You, Lord, God of all creation. Through Your goodness we have this bread to offer which earth has given and human hands have made. It will become for us the bread of life.
Blessed be God forever.
Blessed are You. Lord, God of all creation. Through Your goodness we have this cup to offer, fruit of the vine and work of human hands. It will become for us our spiritual drink.
Blessed be God forever.
INVOCATION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
Eternal God, let Your Spirit come upon Your holy people, and may He sanctify these gifts of bread and wine.
As we share these holy things, may we be nourished and grow in grace to Your honour and glory, through Jesus Christ, our Lord.
THE INSTITUTION OF THE LORD’S SUPPER
Merciful God, we thank You for these gifts of Your creation and we pray that we, who eat and drink them in remembrance of Christ’s passion and death, may be partakers of His body and His blood.
On the night of His betrayal, He took bread and when He had given thanks He gave it to His disciples, saying: “Take, eat. This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me”.
After supper He took the cup and again giving thanks He gave it to His disciples, saying: “Drink from this all of you. This is blood of the new covenant which is shed for you and for all people for the forgiveness of sins. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me”.
MEMORIAL PRAYER
Holy God, with this bread and with this cup, we do as our Saviour has commanded; we celebrate the redemption He has won for us.
For as often as we eat this bread and drink from this cup, we proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes.
Blessing, honour, glory and power are Yours forever and ever. Amen!
BREAKING THE BREAD
The bread we break is a sharing of the body of Christ.
The cup we take is sharing in the blood of Christ.
INVITATION
Take in faith this Holy Sacrament of the body and the blood of Christ in remembrance that He died for you, and feed on Him in your hearts with thanksgiving.
DISMISSAL
We thank You our God that You have fed us with this sacrament, united us with Christ, and given us a foretaste of the heavenly banquet prepared for all humanity.
Loving God, we offer ourselves to You as a living sacrifice through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Send us out in the power of the Holy Spirit to live and work to Your praise and glory. Amen!
HYMN: 530 “Now Let Us from this Table Rise”
THE LORD’S PRAYER
THE PEACE AND THE BLESSING
We do this to remind ourselves that God loves all of us collectively and each of us individually no matter what age we are, what colour we are, who we are, we are all loved by God and acceptable to God. And until we meet again, may God hold us in His wonderful care. Amen!
BENEDICTION
The Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with us all. Amen!
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