PRELUDE/ENTRANCE
GREETING/ANNOUNCEMENTS
COUNCIL REPORT
*OPENING SONG
“Now Thank We All Our God” UMH 102
*CALL TO WORSHIP
Liturgist: Jesus teaches us, “Do to others as you would have them do to you.” But who are the others?
People: Our enemies and friends, family and strangers.
Liturgist: Jesus teaches us, “Be merciful as your Father is merciful.” But what is mercy?
People: To act with compassion, to help without expecting anything in return.
Liturgist: Jesus teaches us, “Forgive, and you will be forgiven.” But how do we forgive?
People: By recognizing enemies, friends, family, strangers, and ourselves as people in need of compassion.
Liturgist: Let us worship God, who loves us and empowers us to love one another with mercy and compassion.
ALL: Come, let us worship! Thanks be to God! Amen.
Written by Dr. Lisa Hancock, Discipleship Ministries, August 2024.
OPENING PRAYER
Holy Jesus, You call us into a life that others have told us is easy, but it is not. You challenge us to forgive, to love our enemies, to bless those who curse us. We want the easy way, but you have given us the hard path. Grant us the patience and endurance to journey with you, to allow ourselves at times to stumble, to live into the hard way so that we might fully experience your love, grace, and peace in this world, by becoming a people full of love and grace and forgiving others. In Your name, we pray. Amen. Written by Rev. Mindi and posted on Rev-o-lution, http://rev-o-lution.org/
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
WORDS OF ASSURANCE
SHARING GOD’S PEACE
JOYS AND CONCERNS
THE LORD’S PRAYER
PROCLAMATION AND RESPONSE
A TIME FOR CHILDREN
FIRST SCRIPTURE Psalm 37:1-11, 39-40
SECOND SCRIPTURE Luke 6:27-38
MESSAGE “Love Who?!”
RESPONSE TO THE WORD
*SONG OF RESPONSE
“Pass It On “ UMH 572
*OFFERING OF OURSELVES
*”The Apostles’ Creed” UMH 881
*DOXOLOGY UMH 95
*PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
SENDING FORTH
*SONG OF DISMISSAL
“Hymn of Promise” UMH 707
*BENEDICTION
*PEACE
"God Be with You till We Meet Again” UMH 672
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