ORDER OF WORSHIP
August 13, 2023 10:30 AM
ELEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
If you have individual prayer requests, please write them on prayer cards in the pews and bring them up or give them to an usher during the prelude.
**Kindly stand if you are able
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
CALL TO WORSHIP (Adapted from Psalm 85)
Leader: Let me hear what God the LORD will speak, for he will speak peace to his people, to his faithful.
PEOPLE: Surely his salvation is at hand for those who worship him, that his glory may
dwell in our land.
Leader: Steadfast love and faithfulness will meet; righteousness and peace will kiss each other.
PEOPLE: Faithfulness will spring up from the ground, and righteousness will look down from the sky.
Leader: The LORD will give what is good, and our land will yield its increase.
PEOPLE: Righteousness will go before him, and will make a path for his steps.
INVOCATION
God of grace and infinite goodness, you feed us with the bread of life, and you sustain us with
the peace that sets our longing hearts at rest. You fill our cup with kindness, and it overflows
with the bounty of your all-encompassing care. You chose to dwell among us and in us through our Lord Jesus and we praise and adore you in his name, Amen.
**OPENING HYMN: “God Who Made the Earth and Heaven” Red # 366
CALL TO CONFESSION
We struggle, we stumble, we fall, and each and every time you pick us up again, setting us on
the path of your word and your promise. Let us confess together.
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
Merciful God, we confess that we do not live lives in imitation of you and Christ. We are not
always kind, or tenderhearted, or forgiving or loving. Forgive us, we pray, and implant your spirit in our hearts that we should do naturally what is godly in every way. And may our actions reflect the eternal life promised by Jesus Christ.
(a moment for silent personal confession)
ASSURANCE OF FORGIVENESS
All who come to God in Christ will receive his mercy and his blessing. By the Good News of
God’s love we are forgiven. Amen
**HYMN OF PRAISE: “O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go” Red # 531
PASSING OF THE PEACE
**AFFIRMATION OF FAITH
APOSTLES CREED (Adapted by John Redman)
I Believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth,
And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord, who was born of a young peasant woman, trained as a carpenter, and baptized by His cousin John. He taught many, He healed many, and He
angered many. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried. He defeated death and He offers us grace and love in the name of God the Father Almighty; from that time through all time to come. I believe in the power of the Holy Spirit; the universal Church of Christ; the Communion of sharing our gifts with others; the forgiveness of our sins; the Grace of God’s love, and that each soul may have life everlasting. Amen.
PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION
Guide us, O God, by your Word, and Holy Spirit, that in your light we may see light, in your truth find freedom, and in your will discover peace; through Christ our Lord, Amen.
SCRIPTURE READINGS
OLD TESTAMENT READING: Genesis 37: 1-4, 12-28 John Safran
GOSPEL READING: Matthew 14: 22-33
SERMON MESSAGE Walking on Water, Take 2 John Redman, CRE
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
And Lord we pray for those in our own hearts whose names you already know, for their own
healing and comfort, in your name and that of our redeemer Jesus Christ, who taught to pray,
saying:
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 and the power and the glory forever. Amen
OUR TITHES AND OFFERINGS
We give freely from the bounty we have been given by our Gracious God. May what we offer in these moments help to become the very blessing and hope that others need. This we pray in the name of Jesus. Amen.
OFFERTORY “Give Me Jesus”
**DOXOLOGY (Traditional)
PRAYER OF THANKS
Lord God, we thank you for these gifts. As we follow in faith, may we find ways to honor you by giving of our treasure, our time and our talents to glorify you and our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
**CLOSING HYMN: “May the Grace of Christ our Savior” Red # 841
BENEDICTION
May the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, guard your hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of God, and of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord; and may the blessing of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit be among you and remain with you in this day and in all those days to come. Amen
POSTLUDE “All the Way My Savior Leads Me” Mary Lee Farris, Piano
John Redman, CRE
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