PRELUDE/ENTRANCE/LIFE OF THE CHURCH
*OPENING SONG
"Here I am to Worship" Words are on the Screen
*CALL TO WORSHIP
Liturgist: Children of God, we gather as people who have received new life in Jesus Christ. People: We come to set our minds on Christ, who surrounds us in love.
Liturgist: The world tries to distract us with anxious rumors, worrisome lies, and misleading half-truths. People: We come to set our minds on Christ, who surrounds us in love.
Liturgist: In this place, we gather to remind, remember, and renew our commitment to dwell in the love of Christ. People: We come to set our minds on Christ, who surrounds us in love.
Liturgist: Children of God, come! Let us worship God, who clothes us in new life and renews us in grace. ALL: Come, let us worship as we set our minds on Christ, who surrounds us in love. Written by Dr. Lisa Hancock, Discipleship Ministries, February 2025.
*Opening Prayer
God, our guide and our protector, as we gather today in your holy house, open our minds and souls and hearts, that we may be inclined to hear the gentle direction of your Spirit in our lives. Help us follow you as you lead us to the land you have created for us, where we may dwell with you and in you. Amen.
Written by Robert Blezard on the Worship Elements page of the Ministry Matters website.
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
WORDS OF ASSURANCE
SHARING GOD’S PEACE
JOYS AND CONCERNS
PROCLAMATION AND RESPONSE
A TIME FOR CHILDREN
SPECIAL MUSIC
FIRST SCRIPTURE Colossians 3:1-11
*SECOND SCRIPTURE Luke 12:13-21
MESSAGE “What’s the Use?”
RESPONSE TO THE WORD
SONG OF RESPONSE
"Seek Ye First” UMH 405
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
*OFFERING OF OURSELVES
*DOXOLOGY UMH 95
*PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
HOLY COMMUNION
GREAT THANKSGIVING UMH 15 THE LORD’S PRAYER
SHARING THE BREAD AND CUP
SENDING FORTH
*SONG OF DISMISSAL
"I Have Decided to Follow Jesus" TFWS 2129
*BENEDICTION
*PEACE
“God Be with You till We Meet Again” UMH 672
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