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GATHERING In worship, people respond to the God who is already there, and our worship is the fullness of what pours out of us when we become aware of God’s presence—awestruck praise, immeasurable joy, trembling confession, grateful self-giving. Tom Long Gathering on Native Lands Prelude Stand By Me Charles Albert Tindley Arranged by Elvis Presley Welcome and Call to Worship From Faith & Leadership (Think of one gift that you bring or offer to others, big or small) One: We all have gifts. We all have something to share. All: The world needs what we have to give. One: We share what we have. We share who we are. All: And we do it all for the glory of God. One: All gifts come from God. Let us worship God with our abundant gifts of… All: (Call out the gift you wrote on your paper either aloud or in the silence of your heart.) One: Amen. X Opening Hymn 663 Awake, My Soul, and with the Sun 1. Awake, my soul, and with the sun your daily stage of duty run; shake off dull sloth, and joyful rise to pay your morning sacrifice. 2. Lord, I my vows to you renew. Disperse my sins as morning dew; guard my first springs of thought and will, and with yourself my spirit fill. 3. Direct, control, suggest, this day all I design or do or say, that all my powers, with all their might, in your sole glory may unite. Prayer of Confession & Assurance of Pardon Book of Common Worship Gracious God, our sins are too heavy to carry, too real to hide, and too deep to undo. Forgive what our lips tremble to name, what our hearts can no longer bear, and what has become for us a consuming fire of judgment. Set us free from a past that we cannot change; open to us a future in which we can be changed; and grant us grace to grow more and more in your likeness and image, through Jesus Christ, the light of the world. Amen. X Congregational Response Common Ground, 36 Forgiveness is your gift, both cleansing and renewing, To catch us when we drift, our base desire pursuing; And hug us back to life and bring us to a feast, Where all will celebrate the live your love released. LISTENING Scriptures Proverbs 11:24-25; 19:17 2 Corinthians 9: 6-12 Prompting Be the Church: Share Earthly & Spiritual Resources Rev. Carl Hilton VanOsdall RESPONDING X Hymn 727 Will You Let Me Be Your Servant 1. Will you let me be your servant, let me be as Christ to you? Pray that I may have the grace to let you be my servant too. 2. We are pilgrims on a journey; we’re together on the road. We are here to help each other walk the mile and bear the load. 3. I will hold Christ light for you in the nighttime of your fear. I will hold my hand out to you, speak the peace you long to hear. 4. I will weep when you are weeping; when you laugh, I’ll laugh with you. I will share your joy and sorrow till we’ve seen this journey through. 5. When we sing to God in heaven, we shall find such harmony, born of all we’ve known together of Christ’s love and agony.
