WELCOME AND CONCERNS OF THE CONGREGATION

PRELUDE         “Guide Me Ever, Great Redeemer”     Dale Wood

*CALL TO WORSHIP 

Leader:  O Lord, our gracious God, 

from all around the world this day,

People: May a joyful shout of praise rise

 to your holy presence!

Leader:  From our brothers and sisters 

of every tongue and every tribe,

People: From men and women, boys and girls,

Leader:  May the gladness of our God fill every heart!

People: As we gather round your table, O Christ,

Leader:  Your people rejoice in your salvation!

People: May the whole world know that you alone are God!

*PRAYER OF THE DAY

*HYMN 39         “Great Is Thy Faithfulness”                                                 

PRAYER OF CONFESSION

We have not loved the world, O God, as we should. We have not forgiven our enemies seventy times seven. We have not gladly turned the other cheek when people have offended us. We have not gone the second mile with most people, and with some not even the first. Yet you have loved us with a steady and unchangeable love. You have been generous to us far beyond what we could expect, and merciful when we deserved no mercy. Forgive us, Lord, for seeing the faults of others and not seeing our own…

Silent Prayers of confession

WORDS OF ASSURANCE

If anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away see everything has become new! All this is from God, to whom we have been reconciled through Christ. (2 Corinthians 5: 17, 18a). Through Jesus we are forgiven, we are healed, we are restored.  

Thanks be to God!

*GLORIA PATRI     “Glory Be to the Father”                   #581

PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION 

SCRIPTURE LESSON: Exodus 17:1-7

SERMON:          “Fond Memories”          Rev. Barrett Ingram

*HYMN 515          “I Come with Joy” 

*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH      The Nicene Creed     page 34

We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen. We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, of one Being with the Father; through him all things were made. For us and for our salvation he came down from heaven, was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary and became truly human. For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate; he suffered death and was buried. On the third day he rose again in accordance with the Scriptures; he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will have no end. We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son is worshiped and glorified, who has spoken through the prophets. We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church. We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins. We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen. 

OFFERTORY ANTHEM      “Taste and See”       Nicholas Palmer   

RECEIVING OF GOD’S TITHES AND OFFERINGS

*DOXOLOGY   “Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow”  #606

*PRAYER OF DEDICATION

*HYMN 500          “Be Known to Us in Breaking Bread”

SACRAMENT OF THE LORD’S SUPPER

            Prayer of Thanksgiving and The Lord’s Prayer

         Communion of the People 

         Prayer after Communion 

*HYMN 310     “I Love Thy Kingdom, Lord”              

*BENEDICTION  

*POSTLUDE             “Prelude and Fugue in C Major” Johann T. Krebs