PRELUDE/ENTRANCE
GREETING/ANNOUNCEMENTS
*OPENING SONG
"Marching to Zion" UMH 733
*CALL TO WORSHIP
Liturgist: Children of God, are you listening? Have you noticed? God has planted seeds of hope among us. People: We have heard of this hope!
Liturgist: Are you listening? Have you noticed? God nurtures hope among us, helping us bear the fruit of faithfulness in this world. People: We seek this hope as we learn to live in faith.
Liturgist: Are you listening? Have you noticed? The hope of God’s good news forms you to love one another with the love of Christ. People: We cling to this hope as we grow in love of God, self, neighbor, and all creation.
Liturgist: Children of God, come! Come; let us worship God who graciously offers us the gift of hope. ALL: Come; let us worship God who empowers us to put our hope into faithful and loving actions!
Written by Dr. Lisa Hancock, Discipleship Ministries, January 2025.
OPENING PRAYER
We believe, O Lord that you have not abandoned us to the dim light of our own reason to conduct us to happiness, but that you have revealed in Holy Scriptures whatever is necessary for us to believe and practice. How noble and excellent are the precepts, how sublime and enlightening the truth, how persuasive and strong the motives, how powerful the assistance of your holy religion. Our delight shall be in your statutes, and we will not forget your Word. Amen. (RICHARD ALLEN, AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL BISHOP, U.S.A., 19TH CENT., ALT.)
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 Amos 7:7-17
*SECOND SCRIPTURE Luke 10:25-37
MESSAGE “Be a Neighbor”
RESPONSE TO THE WORD
*SONG OF RESPONSE
“The Servant Song” TFWS 2222
*OFFERING OF OURSELVES
*A Modern Affirmation” UMH 885
*DOXOLOGY UMH 95
*PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
SENDING FORTH
*SONG OF DISMISSAL
“Lord, I Want to Be a Christian” UMH 402
*BENEDICTION
*PEACE
“God Be with You till We Meet Again “ UMH 672
Verse 1
*Please stand as you are able