Worship on the Lord’s Day

July 13, 2008

Please stand if you are able, as indicated by the *.

Prelude

Ringing of the Hour

Welcome & Announcements:                         Rosie Riewer    Listen in       

 Call to Worship

   Leader:  Come Holy Spirit!

   People:  Inspire us in this hour of worship.

   Leader:  Inspire us so that we can breathe new life into old dreams.

   People:  So that we can lose ourselves to find ourselves.

   Leader:  So that we can love without counting the cost.

   People:  Come, Holy Spirit!

 Greeting

    Pastor:  The Lord be with you.               

    People:   And also with you.

Prayer of the Day     Listen in                                          

(Pass prayer requests to the aisle; ushers will collect them.)

 *Hymnal: #142          “All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name!”

 * Prayer of Confession      Listen in                                    

     O God, we have sinned and are ashamed.  We have used your name lightly, and have treated your commands with disrespect.  We admit that we have not given your Holy Scripture a place of honor in our lives and have most often neglected to open its pages.   We know about the works of love that Christ assigned to his disciples, but we have failed to do them, or when we try to do them, we give up quickly fearing criticism or rejection by others.  Forgive us, O God, for our half-hearted commitment and self-satisfied attitude.  Help us to be obedient and dedicated, and correct our priorities.  We give you thanks for all that Christ our Lord has done, to free us from our sin and the consequences of our sins.  In our Savior’s name we pray.  Amen.

 *Silent Confession

 *Declaration of Forgiveness                                                           

      Pastor: Christ proclaims peace to you who were far off and now are made near by the blood of his cross.    Friends, believe the good news.

      People:   In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven.  Amen.

 *Response:  #403         “What a Friend We Have in Jesus”

What a friend we have in Jesus, All our sins and grief’s to bear! What a privilege to carry everything to God in prayer! O what peace we often forfeit, O what needless pain we bear, All because we do not carry  Everything to God in prayer!

 The Peace

      Pastor:   The peace of Christ be with you.

      People:  And also with you.

 Prayer for Illumination              Listen in

Old Testament Reading - Jeremiah 29: 1, 4-7   page 687 (O.T)         Listen in

 Epistle -     Romans 12:1-8                                   page 151 (N.T.)       Listen in 

 *Gospel Lesson -     Mark 2:21-22                          page 34(N.T)        Listen in         

Leader:   The Gospel of the Lord.

People:  Thanks Be Unto God

Sermon   “There’s a Hole in My Sidewalk”         Rev. Dietrich            Listen in

 Hymn: #369             “I’m Gonna Live So God Can Use Me”        Listen in

 Prayers of the People       

         Pastor:   Let us pray to the Lord,

         People:  Lord, have mercy.

 Offertory       "When the Saints go Marching in"      Handbells      Listen in

*Doxology:  #592    “Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow”

 *Prayer of Thanksgiving

*The Lord’s Prayer

 *Hymn:   #343       “Called as Partners in Christ’s Service”

*Charge and Benediction

*Congregational Response:       #586                 “Amen”                                           

*Postlude