PRELUDE/ENTRANCE
GREETING/ANNOUNCEMENTS
*OPENING SONG
"God of Wonders" Words are on the Screen
*CALL TO WORSHIP
Liturgist: As we have been baptized into Christ, People: We are clothed with Christ. Liturgist: And if we belong to Christ, People: Then we are Abraham’s offspring Liturgist: And heirs according to the promise. ALL: Thanks be to God.
OPENING PRAYER
Send forth your Spirit, O God, and renew the face of the earth. Dwell among us, even though your presence will startle and unsettle us. Grant us your peace, we pray, as justice and love pour down upon the yearning earth. Amen.
Reprinted by permission of the publisher from Touch Holiness, ed. Ruth C. Duck and Maren C. Tirabassi. Copyright © 1990 by The Pilgrim Press.
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 Luke 8: 26-39
*SECOND SCRIPTURE Galatians 3:23-29
MESSAGE “Free to Choose”
RESPONSE TO THE WORD
*SONG OF RESPONSE
“God Claims You” TFWS 2249
*OFFERING OF OURSELVES
*A Modern Affirmation” UMH 885
*DOXOLOGY UMH 95
*PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
SENDING FORTH
*SONG OF DISMISSAL
“In Christ There Is No East or West” UMH 548
*BENEDICTION
*PEACE "Shalom to You " UMH 666