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HOLY COMMUNION

SEVENTH SABBATH AFTER PENTECOST

11:00 a.m. July 7, 2002

Assemble in God's Name

Organ Prelude:

Choral Introit:

s Hymnbook: "My Country, 'Tis of Thee" #513

s Passing the Peace

Concerns of the Church

Call to Worship (I John 4:16)

Leader: The Lord be with you.

People: And also with you.Leader: God is Love.

People: And those who abide in love abide in God,

Leader: And God abides in them

Opening Prayer

Prayer of Confession (in unison)

Almighty, eternal God and Father, we confess and acknowledge unto thee that we were conceived in unrighteousness and are full of sin and transgression in all our life. We do not fully believe thy word nor follow thy holy commandments. Remember thy goodness, we beseech thee, and for thy name's sake be gracious unto us, and forgive us our iniquity. This we pray in the name of the only-begotten Son, Amen.

[Martin Bucer 1539]

Declaration of Forgiveness

Leader: The saying is sure and worthy of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners (I Timothy 1:15).

People: He himself bore our sins in his body on the cross, so that, free from sins, we might live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed (I Peter 2:24).

s Hymnbook: "God is Our Refuge and Our Strength" #381

Presentation of Tithes and Offerings

Offertory

s Doxology #544

Proclaim God's Word

Children's Sermon: "Lights" Matthew 5:14-16

Dismissal to Children’s Church (5 and Under)

Scripture Lesson: Genesis 24:58-67

Anthem:

Sermon: "A Husband for Rebekah"

The Eucharist

s The Nicene Creed p.12