We Gather Together to Worship Our God
Prelude: Air for the G String/ J.S. Bach Guest Violinist– Asher Burke
Gathering Hymn: Songs of Faith #13 Arise My Soul Arise
Announcements:
Today:
- 10:30 Worship in the sanctuary.
- There is no nursery today.
- There is no Toddler’s Church today.
General:
- August 8th and 10th, Men’s Prayer-time and Bible Study will not meet.
- August 11th, there will be no Toddler’s Church.
- August 18th, we will celebrate the Lord’s Supper.
- 6:00 pm, August 19th, Session meeting.
- 6:00 pm, August 22nd, Women’s Fall Kick-off Fellowship. Along with some yummy food, this fellowship will include flower arranging, a devotional, and registration/sign up for fall events and studies.
- 6:00 pm, August 28th, Deacon Meeting.
- 9:00 am, September 8th, Sunday School resumes for all ages.
- Save the Date: October 11th & 12th, a women’s ministry conference at Foothills Community Church! Our speaker is Teri Anderson, and the conference is titled, Created for Community, a Covenantal Framework for Life and Ministry. Registration begins in August and the fee will be $35.
Responsive Call to Worship: Psalm 32: 11, Isaiah 61:10
Leader: Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, O righteous, and shout for joy, all you upright in heart!
All: I will greatly rejoice in the Lord; my soul shall exult in my God, for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation; he has covered me with the robe of righteousness.
Prayer of Adoration
Hymn of Praise: Hymnal #521 My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less
We Confess Our Sin
Call to Confession: Based on 2 Chronicles 30: 8 – 9
Leader: Do not be stiff-necked, but yield yourselves to the Lord and come into His presence. Turn to the Lord your God, that his fierce anger may turn away from you. For if you return to the Lord, you and your children will find compassion. For the Lord your God is gracious and merciful and will not turn away his face from you, if you return to him.
Silent Confession of Sin
Corporate Prayer of Confession:
All: Most merciful God, we come to You confessing that we have failed to love You as we should. We have failed to act wisely when You are the source of our wisdom; failed to be generous when You have been so gracious to us; failed to forgive others while we presume Your forgiveness to us; failed to praise You in all things and rely on You for our daily bread. Forgive us, God, in Your great mercy, and restore us to fellowship with You and with one another. In Jesus’ precious name, Amen.
Assurance of Pardon: Colossians 1: 13 – 14
Leader: God has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
Hymn of Assurance: Songs of Faith #12 Before the Throne of God Above
We Give Thanks To The Lord
Tithes and Offerings
Offertory: Steal Away/ Spiritual Guest Violinist– Asher Burke
Doxology
We Hear God Speak
The Lord’s Prayer
Our Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, As it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, As we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, The power, and the glory, forever. Amen.
Prayer of God’s People
Being Reformed in An Unreformed World: Prayer Makes the Impossible Possible Daniel 2: 1 – 23
A copy of the sermon notes is available: 8-4-24 sermon notes
https://youtu.be/4IB-_7ezaOA
Audio only:
Hymn of Response: Songs of Faith #14 Yet Not I, But Through Christ In Me
We Are Dismissed with God’s Blessing
Benediction
Hymn: God Be With You Till We Meet Again
Postlude