Join us Sunday 10am for worship !
Join us this Sunday, July 28, 2024 for worship !
Melissa Burmaster will be leading us in the 10:00 am service .
WORSHIP SERVICE ~ 10:00 AM
GATHERING
Welcome and Announcements
* Opening Song: #604 (LUYH) – To God be the Glory
* Call to Worship (responsive)
Pastor: Brothers and sisters, we are loved by God
Cong: and chosen by the Lord Jesus.
Pastor: We have turned from idols
Cong: to serve the living and true God.
Pastor: We are approved by God
Cong: and entrusted with his gospel.
Pastor: Our hope and our joy
Cong: is to glory in the presence of our Lord Jesus when he comes.
Pastor: As we worship together,
Cong: may the Lord make our love increase, may he strengthen our hearts
so we shall be blameless and holy.
Pastor: May God himself, the God of peace,
Cong: make us holy through and through.
Pastor: The one who calls us is faithful:
All: He will do it!
* God’s Greeting (responsive)
Pastor: God the Father has loved you and Jesus Christ has kept you safe:
Cong: mercy, peace and love be ours for ever. Amen.
* Song: #562 (LUYH) – We Will Extol You, God and King
KNOWING GOD’S GRACE
Call to Confession
Silent Prayer
Prayer of Confession (in unison)
O Father, we are gathered before you, the Maker of Heaven and Earth, whose chosen
dwelling place is with the broken and contrite, to confess that we have sinned in thought
and word and deed; we have not loved you with all our heart and soul, we have not loved
you with all our mind and strength; we have not even loved our neighbor as ourselves. Purge
us from selfishness, the fear of man, and the love of praise. In your mercy, deepen our
sorrow for the wrong we have done and for the good we have left undone, so that we may
hate our sin with a holy hatred. But, please Father, do not leave us in sorrow. With you, O
Lord, there is forgiveness. In your mercy, restore the joy of our salvation; so that we may
love you with a holy love. Amen.
Assurance of Pardon: 1 Corinthians 1:26-29
Response of Gratitude: (in unison)
We thank you God that you save us not based on who we are,
but based on who you are.
You choose to work through all according to your plans
Not ours – for the sake of your kingdom, Amen.
* Song: #695 (LUYH) – And Can It Be
* Profession of Faith - Heidelberg Catechism – 21 Q & A
Pastor: Q - What is true faith?
Cong: A - True faith is not only a knowledge and conviction that everything God reveals in
his Word is true. It is also a deep-rooted assurance, created in me by the Holy Spirit
through the gospel, that out of sheer grace earned for us by Christ no only others, but I too,
have had my sins forgiven haven been made forever right with God, and have been granted
salvation.
RESPONDING WITH THANKFUL GIVING
Offertory Prayer
Offering: (1) Church (2) Huron Christian School Tuition Relief
Report from the SERVE team
HEARING GOD’S WORD
Children’s Time (children, age 3 – Grade 1)
Prayer of Illumination
Scripture Reading: 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10
Message: The Big Three
Prayer
* Song of Response: #262 (LUYH) – I Love to Tell the Story
RESPONDING WITH PRAYER
Prayers for God’s People and World
* Song: #690 (LUYH) – I Know Not Why God’s Wondrous Grace
GOING WITH GOD’S BLESSING
* Benediction
* Doxology: #938 (LUYH) – My Friends, May You grow in Grace