PRELUDE/ENTRANCE/LIFE OF THE CHURCH
*OPENING SONG
"Here I am to Worship" Words on the screen
*CALL TO WORSHIP
Liturgist: Destruction and violence are everywhere; strife and contention are all around.
People: The needs of the world are so great; O Lord, increase our faith.
Liturgist: The law is slack, and justice does not prevail.
People: The needs of the world are so great; O Lord, increase our faith.
Liturgist: How many threats surround us; warfare, homelessness, loneliness, loss.
ALL: The needs of the world are so great, but you, O God, are greater still –the One in whom all things are possible. O Lord, increase our faith in you!
Feasting on the Word, Worship Companion, Liturgies for Year C, Vol. 2, Kimberly Bracken Long, ed. WJK Press, 2013, 193.
*Opening Prayer
For the gift of faith which sees beyond the present moment and looks to an eternity, we thank you. For the gift of faith small as a mustard seed, which has power within its simplicity, we thank you. For the gift of faith bestowed on those who would simply come, hearts open in humility, we thank you. Amen
Written by John Birch, and posted on his Faith and Worship website.
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
WORDS OF ASSURANCE
SHARING GOD’S PEACE
JOYS AND CONCERNS
PROCLAMATION AND RESPONSE
A TIME FOR CHILDREN
SPECIAL MUSIC
FIRST SCRIPTURE 2 Timothy 1:1-14
*SECOND SCRIPTURE Luke 17:5-10
MESSAGE “Not Faith but Faithfulness”
RESPONSE TO THE WORD
SONG OF RESPONSE
"10,000 Reasons" Words on the Screen
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
*OFFERING OF OURSELVES
*DOXOLOGY UMH 95
*PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
HOLY COMMUNION
GREAT THANKSGIVING UMH 15 THE LORD’S PRAYER
SHARING THE BREAD AND CUP
SENDING FORTH
*SONG OF DISMISSAL
Standing on the Promises" UMH 374
*BENEDICTION
*PEACE
“God Be with You till We Meet Again” UMH 672
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