PRELUDE/ENTRANCE
GREETING/ANNOUNCEMENTS
*OPENING SONG
“How Firm a Foundation" UMH 529
*CALL TO WORSHIP
Liturgist: Beloved, we gather today as inheritors of faith in God’s salvific work, a faith handed down to us over generations that we claim and proclaim today in this community.
People: By faith, we follow God’s call as we journey toward a better country.
Liturgist: By faith, our grandparents, parents, aunts, uncles, neighbors, and friends shared God’s love with us, a love that longs to draw us all as members of the Body of Christ.
People: By faith, we follow God’s call as we journey toward a better country.
Liturgist: By faith, we remember the story today, the story of God’s desire for all creation to be reconciled to God and one another.
People: By faith, we follow God’s call as we journey toward a better country.
Liturgist: By faith, we carry the faith forward, building a community of belonging, provision, and care as we journey with God toward a better country.
ALL: By faith, we gather to nourish and encourage one another on the journey toward a better country as we build God’s already-but-not-yet kingdom here and now. Amen.
Written by Dr. Lisa Hancock, Discipleship Ministries, February 2024.
OPENING PRAYER
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. We come convinced of many things but trusting very few. Holy God of limitless surprises, meet us here in this place as we touch that which we cannot see, that which we have not dared to hope.
Written by Katherine Hawker. Posted on Liturgies Outside.
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
WORDS OF ASSURANCE
SHARING GOD’S PEACE
GOD SIGHTINGS
PRAYER FOR COMFORT AND HEALING
THE LORD’S PRAYER
PROCLAMATION AND RESPONSE
A TIME FOR CHILDREN
SPECIAL MUSIC
FIRST SCRIPTURE Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16
*SECOND SCRIPTURE Luke 12:32-40
MESSAGE “Things That Last”
RESPONSE TO THE WORD
*SONG OF RESPONSE
“Seek Ye First” UMH 405
*OFFERING OF OURSELVES
*”The Apostles Creed” UMH 881
*DOXOLOGY UMH 95
*PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
SENDING FORTH
*SONG OF DISMISSAL
“Since Jesus Came into My Heart” TFWS 2140
*BENEDICTION
*PEACE
“God Be with You till We Meet Again” UMH 672
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