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Sunday February 14, 2010 Happy Valentine’s Day. Worship Announcements. Words to reflect on: ‘the people all tried to touch him, because power was coming from him and healing them all.’ . Passing of Christ’s Peace we invite all the gathered members
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Sunday February 14, 2010 Happy Valentine’s Day
Words to reflect on: ‘the people all tried to touch him, because power was coming from him and healing them all.’
Passing of Christ’s Peace we invite all the gathered members of this faith family to express their love and concern as we embrace each other.
Call to Worship L: God reveals himself not to the person who is self-sufficient or self-righteous,P: But to the one whose mind is open, whose will is receptive, and whose soul is humble.All: In that spirit, let us come in worship before the Lord.
Opening Hymn Open the Eyes of my Heart Lord
Open the eyes of my heart, LordOpen the eyes of my heartI want to see YouI want to see You (Repeat) To see You high and lifted upShinin' in the light of Your gloryPour out Your power and loveAs we sing holy, holy, holy Holy, holy, holyWe cry holy, holy, holyYou are holy, holy, holyI want to see you (Repeat)
Assurance of Pardon L: Listen! Here is good news: "Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners."-to forgive you in your follies and foibles-to accept you as you are-to set you free from evil's power and make you what you were meant to be.P: Thanks be to God. ♪ ♪ Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia! ♪ ♪
Prayer of Confessionin response to God’s infinite love and mercy.All: Our God, forgive us for failing to understand and accept the great demands placed upon us by your love. We enlist in your causes, but find ourselves losing interest. We promise to be courageous, but find ourselves afraid. We want to be sensitive, but find ourselves hard and callous. Forgive us; take our limitations and turn them into possibilities for service. Have mercy on us and grant us your peace. Amen and Amen.
A Time of Christian Witness ~ We share the presence of God In our lives.
Music: He Reigns Diana Cross
Hebrew Scripture Jeremiah 17:5-10This is what the LORD says: "Cursed is the one who trusts in man, who depends on flesh for his strength and whose heart turns away from the LORD. He will be like a bush in the wastelands; he will not see prosperity when it comes. He will dwell in the parched places of the desert, in a salt land where no one lives. "But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in him. He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream.
It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit." The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? "I the LORD search the heart and examine the mind, to reward a man according to his conduct, according to what his deeds deserve." This is the word of the Lord.Thanks be to God.
Gospel Luke 6:17-26 He went down with them and stood on a level place. A large crowd of his disciples was there and a great number of people from all over Judea, from Jerusalem, and from the coast of Tyre and Sidon, who had come to hear him and to be healed of their diseases. Those troubled by evil spirits were cured, and the people all tried to touch him, because power was coming from him and healing them all. Looking at his disciples, he said: "Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.
Blessed are you when men hate you, when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil, because of the Son of Man. "Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven. For that is how their fathers treated the prophets. "But woe to you who are rich, for you have already received your comfort. Woe to you who are well fed now, for you will go hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep. Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for that is how their fathers treated the false prophets. This is the gospel of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
We have to trust even when it seems beyond our ability to do so.
Affirmation of FaithAll: I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, God’s only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; he descended to the dead. On the third day he rose again; he ascended into heaven, he is seated at the right hand of the Father, and he will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.
Prayer List from February 7, 2010 All those in harm’s way Key Morrow & family Carrie Wend Kim Mark & Jan Montei Dina McVey Richard Beiger Kevin Harnois Dan & Donna Lessard Kieth & Amy Savoie Sadie Jeff, John, & Lynn Whitmarsh Agnes Messler Del Soliz Timmy Crowley Sharon This faith family People of Haiti
Prayers of Joy and Concern We turn our worries over to God and rejoice in His goodness.
Offertory InvitationL: “Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in him. He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream”. Let us now send out our roots in our generosity.Will the usher please gather our tithes and offerings.
Doxology Praise God from whom all blessings flow, Praise Him all creatures here below, Praise Him above ye heavenly host, Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
Prayer of Dedication All: We do not fear when heat comes; our leaves are always green. We have no worries in a year of drought. Our love of God never fails to bear fruit. Bless these gifts, O God, grow them so that your word may be heard and loved everywhere. Amen! Alleluia!
Hymn before Communion: In the music of praise we search our hearts and prepare to receive God’s sacrament: Sanctuary #2164
Prayer of JoyL. The Lord be with you.P. And also with youL. Lift up your hearts.P. We lift them up to the Lord.L. Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.P. It is right to give Him thanks and praise.
Lord’s Prayer Our Father, who art in heaven,hallowed be thy name. Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory, now and forever. Amen.
Closing Hymn Shalom Chaverim #537
Closing Prayer and Response Lilies Amen (repeat)