PRELUDE/ENTRANCE
GREETING/ANNOUNCEMENTS
INTRODUCTION OF CHURCH COUNCIL
*OPENING SONG
"The Church’s One Foundation" UMH 545
*CALL TO WORSHIP
Liturgist: When we pass through the cleansing waters of baptism and the troubled waters of our lives, God declares:
People: I will be with you.
Liturgist: When we go through the fires that refine us and the fires that threaten our livelihoods, God declares:
People: I will be with you.
Liturgist: Even when we travel to the far corners of the earth or down into the depths of our souls, God declares:
People: I will be with you.
Liturgist: So come, let us worship God whose love never fails, whose presence never leaves, whose mercies never end.
ALL: Praise be to God who, in the form of Jesus, waded into the waters of baptism to prove God’s solidarity with us! Amen.
Written by Dr. Lisa Hancock, Discipleship Ministries, July 2024.
OPENING PRAYER
Eternal Father, at the baptism of Jesus you revealed him to be your Son and anointed him with the Holy Spirit, Keep all who are born of water and the Spirit faithful to their calling as your people; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Posted on the Church of Scotland’s Starters for Sunday website.
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
WORDS OF ASSURANCE
SHARING GOD’S PEACE
JOYS AND CONCERNS
THE LORD’S PRAYER
PROCLAMATION AND RESPONSE
A TIME FOR CHILDREN
SPECIAL MUSIC
FIRST SCRIPTURE Acts 8:14-17
*SECOND SCRIPTURE Luke 3:15-22
MESSAGE “Keeping the Covenant”
RESPONSE TO THE WORD
*SONG OF RESPONSE
"God Claims You" TFWS 2249
*OFFERING OF OURSELVES
*”The Apostles Creed” UMH 881
*DOXOLOGY UMH 95
*PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
SENDING FORTH
REAFFIRMATION OF BAPTISM UMH 50
*SONG OF DISMISSAL
"I Am Thine, O Lord" UMH 419
*BENEDICTION
*PEACE
"God Be with You till We Meet Again" UMH 672
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