PRELUDE/ENTRANCE
GREETING/ANNOUNCEMENTS
*OPENING SONG
“How Firm a Foundation" UMH 529
*CALL TO WORSHIP
Liturgist: Praise be to God! People: Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who has visited and redeemed the people.
Liturgist: Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. People: Blessed be the name of the Lord. (THE BOOK OF WORSHIP 1965, ALT.)
OPENING PRAYER
Good and gracious God, you promise to pour out your Spirit upon us; you are the hope of the world. Give us strength, that we might serve you; make us humble, that we might live for your glory alone. In the name of Jesus we pray. Amen.
Feasting on the Word, Worship Companion, Liturgies for Year C, Vol. 2, Kimberly Bracken Long, ed. WJK Press, 2013, 230.
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 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18
*SECOND SCRIPTURE Luke 18:9-14
MESSAGE “Have Mercy”
RESPONSE TO THE WORD
*SONG OF RESPONSE
“Humble Thyself in the Sight of the Lord” TFWS 2131
*OFFERING OF OURSELVES
*”The Nicene Creed” UMH 880
*DOXOLOGY UMH 95
*PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
SENDING FORTH
*SONG OF DISMISSAL
“Just as I Am, Without One Plea” UMH 357
*BENEDICTION
*PEACE
“God Be with You till We Meet Again” UMH 672
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