PRELUDE/ENTRANCE
GREETING/ANNOUNCEMENTS
*OPENING SONG
"Love Divine, All Loves Excelling" UMH 384
*CALL TO WORSHIP
Liturgist: Children of God, take a deep breath. Breathe in the goodness of God’s abundance all around you.
People: God’s abundance is enough for all that we need.
Liturgist: Think of all the things our society calls abundance. Ever-growing bank accounts, possessions galore, status and notoriety—what are these things compared to God’s abundance?
People: God’s abundance is enough for all that we need.
Liturgist: God’s abundance notices the poor, the downtrodden, those whose labor and unmet needs fill the coffers of corporations and those who are wealthy beyond measure.
People: God’s abundance is enough for all that we need.
Liturgist: How, then, will you offer yourself up to God? Like the Pharisees or the widow?
ALL: We will give as people who trust in God’s provision, because God’s abundance is enough for all that we need.
Written by Dr. Lisa Hancock, Discipleship Ministries, August 2024.
OPENING PRAYER
God, Protector of the widow, the orphan, and the stranger – in a world where many know despair, you raised your Son Jesus to give hope for humanity and renewal to the earth. Continue to strengthen and unify your Church in its struggles against the forces of death in the world, where violence against creation and humanity obscures the hope of the new life you offer. This we pray in the name of the Risen Lord, in the power of His Spirit. Amen.
From Resources for The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity and Throughout the Year (2011), jointly prepared and published by The Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity and The Commission on Faith and Order of the World Council of Churches. Posted on the World Council of Churches website, http://www.oikoumene.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
SPECIAL MUSIC
*FIRST SCRIPTURE Mark 12:38-44
SECOND SCRIPTURE Hebrews 9:24-28
MESSAGE “Not Judgement but Salvation”
RESPONSE TO THE WORD
*SONG OF RESPONSE
"I'm Gonna Live So God Can Use Me" TFWS 2153
*OFFERING OF OURSELVES
*”The Nicene Creed” UMH 880
*DOXOLOGY UMH 95
*PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
SENDING FORTH
*SONG OF DISMISSAL
"Blest Be the Tie That Binds" UMH 557
*BENEDICTION
*PEACE
"God Be with You till We Meet Again" UMH 672
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