Order of Service – Sunday 8 October 2023 – PENTECOST 19
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CALL TO WORSHIP
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing. God chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless before Him in love. Let us worship God.
INVOCATION
Our heavenly Father, as we enter this worship service, we ask for Your divine guidance and presence to fall upon us. We need You every hour, and never more than now. Grant our request we pray. Amen!
HYMN: 156 “Morning has Broken”
PRAISING GOD
Gracious God, we humbly thank You for all Your gifts so freely given to us, for life and health and safety, for power to work, leisure to rest, and for all that is beautiful in creation and human life. But, above all, we praise You for our Saviour, Jesus Christ, for His death and resurrection, for the gift of Your Spirit, and for the hope of sharing in Your glory. Fill our hearts with joy and peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen!
RESPONSIVE READING
To You, O Lord, I lift up my soul. In You I trust, O my God.
Do not let me be put to shame, nor let my enemies triumph over me. No one whose hope is in You will ever be put to shame, but You will be put to shame who are treacherous without excuse.
Show me Your ways, O Lord, teach me Your paths; guide me in Your truth and teach me, for You are God my Saviour, and my hope is in You all day long.
Remember me , O Lord I pray, with Your great mercy and love.
Remember not the sins of my youth and my rebellious ways; according to Your love remember me, for You are good, O Lord.
O God, we trust totally in You as we trust in no other. You are the creator of all things, and our life depends on You moment by moment. You give us breath and we respond with songs of praise and hymns of adoration. You give us truth, and we teach others Your word and try to model Your ways. You give us eternal life, and we share the gospel of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Saviour, with all who will listen. You fill us with Your Holy Spirit, and we love others as You have loved us. You call us Your friends, and we seek to be friends with the friendless. In all things we completely depend upon You and do not rest secure in our own strength or wisdom. Draw us closer to You and enable us to live more faithfully as followers of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. Amen!
HYMN: 153 “God is Love, Let Heav’n Adore Him”
PRAYING TO GOD
Although we are the people of God, Scripture reminds us that we still sin. We need to confess our failures, knowing that the Lord Jesus died for us and intercedes for us with the Father.
Let us draw near to God, who freely forgives through His infinite love, goodness and mercy, and pray to Him with sincerity and confidence.
Heavenly Father, we praise You for adopting us as Your children and making us heir of eternal life. In Your mercy You have washed us from our sins and made us clean in Your sight. Yet we still fail to love You and serve You as we should. Forgive us our sins and renew us by Your grace, that we may continue to grow as members of Christ, in whom alone is our salvation. Amen!
God is slow to anger and full of compassion. He forgives all who humbly repent and turn to His Son Jesus Christ, our Lord and Saviour, in whom there is no condemnation. Amen!
PRAYER OF PRAISE AND CONFESSION
We praise You, God the Creator, for all that has come to be through Your love and grace.
We praise You, Jesus Christ, for calling us to be Your body, for teaching us to live Your word of hope.
We praise You, Spirit of Love, for breathing the life of God into our life together; we open ourselves to becoming more whole; to living more fully; to understanding more completely the meaning of our lives.
When we have not loved You with all our heart, or served You with all our strength;
Christ, have mercy. Christ, have mercy.
When we have been thoughtless and have not cared for Your creation or seen the vision of a renewed creation; when we have misused our power, and denied space to those who are left outside;
Christ have mercy. Christ, have mercy.
When we have preferred the safety of our church walls to sharing Your story in the world;
Christ, have mercy. Christ, have mercy.
In Your mercy, God of Grace, forgive us and restore us, renew us so we might join in joy together in offering the ministry of Christ and sharing the story of God’s love. Amen!
WORDS OF ASSURANCE
God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting our trespasses against us, and entrusting the message of reconciliation to us.
Hear then Christ’s word of grace to us: Your sins are forgiven.
Thanks be to God!
HYMN: 427 “Lord, Your Word Abiding”
BIBLE READINGS – Chris Butters
Exodus 20:1-20 (Pages 73-74) Psalm 19:1-14 (Pages 541-542)
MESSAGE: “Commandments – Norms of Behaviour” Krikor
HYMN: 102 “Praise to the Living God”
NOTICES –
- Krikor will be on leave –11th to the 28th of October 2023.
- Lane Cove Music – Tuesday 10 Oct at 7:30 pm.
- Sunday Worship 15 October 10:00 am at Crows Nest UC.
- John Flynn Service – Sunday 29 October 9:30 am.
- St. Andrew’s Day Luncheon – Sun 26 Nov 12:00 noon.
OFFERING – Consider to give freely with a thankful heart.
HYMN: 778 “Shalom to You Now”
THE LORD’S PRAYER and BENEDICTION
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