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“I was glad when they said unto me, let us go into the house of the Lord.”   Psalm 122, vs 1

Prelude Music                                                   

  St. George’s Windsor
Gerhard Krapf

 Processional Hymn    

Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty!  Early in the morning our song shall rise to Thee.
Holy, Holy, Holy!  Merciful and mighty!  God in three Persons, blessed Trinity!

 

WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

                                        

GATHERING AROUND THE WORD

Call to Worship

Leader:    People of God, open your eyes!  Look around!

People:    The presence of our Lord Jesus Christ is here- among us and within us.

Leader:     God’s salvation is close at hand- nearer than you know.

People:     So open your hearts and minds to the Spirit, and let us worship God together!

Hymn                                                                 

Invocation and Lord's Prayer (Unison)

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 trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.  Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil for thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever.  Amen. 

CONFESSION OF SIN & ASSURANCE OF PARDON

Call to Confession (Unison)

Reconciling God, we would rather gossip about those who sin against us, than speak to them privately; we would rather parade our wounds for all to see, than quietly work toward forgiveness and reconciliation. Help us choose the harder road, the road that opens possibilities for real healing, real forgiveness, and real growth in your Spirit. Help us place the best interests of our community of faith above our own need for public vindication. Amen.

— B.J. Beu, posted on Ministry Matters website.

Silent Confession and Assurance of Pardon     

Response:   Thanks be to God!

 Gloria Patri



 Affirmation of Faith, Apostles' Creed

I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; he descended into hell*; the third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy catholic** Church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting.  Amen.

  * ”hell” refers to the Hebrew word “Sheol,” a place of the dead, rather than the Hell of the final judgment.
** “catholic” is Latin for “universal,” implying the Christian unity that exists beyond all denominations.

                

Anthem

“For All Thy Saints”

For all thy saints, O Lord, who strove in thee to live, 
who followed thee, obeyed, adored, our grateful hymn receive.

For all thy saints, O Lord, accept our thankful cry,
who counted thee their great reward, and strove in thee to die.

They all in life and death, with thee, their Lord, in view
learned from the Holy Spirit’s breath to suffer and to do.

For this thy name we bless, and humbly beg that we
may follow them in holiness and live and die in thee.

With them the Father, Son and Holy Ghost to praise,
as in the ancient time was done and shall through endless days. Amen.

                                                                                         text: Richard Mant (19th c.)
music: Alan Bullard (2001)

Pastoral Prayer of the People

Scripture Reading

Matthew 18:15-20

Sermon

“Workin’ It Out”

Rev. Cress Darwin

Closing Hymn                                  

Come, Ye Thankful People, Come!

Come, ye thankful people, come; raise the song of harvest home.
All is safely gathered in, ere the winter storms begin.
God, our Maker, doth provide for our wants to be supplied.
Come to God's own temple, come; raise the song of harvest home. 

All the world is God's own field, fruit in thankful praise to yield,
wheat and tares together sown, unto joy or sorrow grown.
First the blade, and then the ear, then the full corn shall appear.
Lord of harvest, grant that we wholesome grain and pure may be. 

Even so, Lord, quickly come, to thy final harvest home.
Gather thou thy people in, free from sorrow, free from sin,
there forever purified, in thy presence to abide:
come, with all thine angels, come; raise the glorious harvest home!

St. George’s Windsor

Benediction and Choral Response                      

Amen
Dresden

Postlude                                                                

 Come, Creator Spirit
Nicolas de Grigny

2nd Presbyterian CCLI Lic. #2046860

                                                                                       

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