WELCOME AND CONCERNS OF THE CONGREGATION

PRELUDE         “This Is My Father’s World”                       Dale Wood                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

*CALL TO WORSHIP – based on Psalm 130

Wait for the Lord, like those who hope in God’s mercy.
God’s steadfast love endures forever.
Watch for God, like those who eagerly await the morning.
We watch for God, whose power redeems us.
Hear God’s hopeful word, like those who long for pardon.
Sing praise and rejoice in God’s love.

*PRAYER OF THE DAY

*HYMN 32         I Sing the Mighty Power of God 

PRAYER OF CONFESSION                                         

You have called us blessed, O God,

and washed us in the waters of grace.

You have called us a family, O God,

and bound us by the presence of your Spirit.

Forgive us, O Holy God,

when we try to forget that we belong to you:

when we bind ourselves to the illusion of independence,

the myth of supremacy, or the fear of what might happen

if we placed our trust in something beyond ourselves.

Forgive us, O Lord, and by your forgiveness,

free us from all that keeps us bound.…

Silent Prayers of Confession

ASSURANCE OF FORGIVENESS 

The Apostle Paul wrote: “If you confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead you will be saved” (Romans 10: 9).  The good news therefore is this: “now is the acceptable time; now is the day of salvation!” (2 Corinthians 6:2b)  

Thanks be to God!

*GLORIA PATRI         “Glory Be to the Father” – Hymn 581

PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION 

SCRIPTURE LESSON: Genesis 3:1-7

SERMON                    “One Tree”                      Rev. Barrett Ingram 

     Text: “…but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat…   Genesis 2:17

*HYMN 370              This Is My Father’s World

*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH        The Apostles’ Creed             pg. 35

PASTORAL PRAYER AND THE LORD’S PRAYER 

OFFERTORY          “There In God’s Garden”    (text Hymn 226)       

RECEIVING OF GOD’S TITHES AND OFFERINGS

* DOXOLOGY

            “Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow” – Hymn 606 

*PRAYER OF DEDICATION

*HYMN 306              Blest Be the Tie That Binds 

*BENEDICTION  

*POSTLUDE                 “Postlude”                           Fr. Waleznski            

                        *Those who are able are invited to stand.