BASED ON AN OLD PRAYER FORMULA:
ADORATION, CONFESSION,
THANKSGIVING, SUPPLICATION
PRAYER &
PRAISE SERVICE
OPENING HYMN - PART OF THE FAMILY
REFRAIN:
COME IN, COME IN AND SIT DOWN.
YOU ARE A PART OF THE FAMILY.
WE ARE LOST AND WE ARE FOUND,
AND WE ARE A PART OF THE FAMILY.
YOU KNOW THE REASON WHY YOU CAME,
YET NO REASON CAN EXPLAIN.
SO SHARE IN THE LAUGHTER AND CRY IN THE PAIN,
FOR WE ARE A PART OF THE FAMILY.
GOD IS WITH US IN THIS PLACE,
LIKE A MOTHER’S WARM EMBRACE.
WE’RE ALL FORGIVEN BY GOD’S GRACE,
FOR WE ARE A PART OF THE FAMILY.
REFRAIN:
COME IN, COME IN AND SIT DOWN.
YOU ARE A PART OF THE FAMILY.
WE ARE LOST AND WE ARE FOUND,
AND WE ARE A PART OF THE FAMILY.
CHILDREN AND ELDERS AND MIDDLERS AND TEENS,
SINGLES AND DOUBLES AND IN-BETWEENS,
STRONG EIGHTY FIVERS AND STREETWISE SIXTEENS,
FOR WE ARE A PART OF THE FAMILY.
GREETERS AND SHOPPERS, LONG TIME AND NEW,
NOBODY HERE HAS A CLAIM ON A PEW,
AND WHETHER WE’RE MANY OR ONLY A FEW,
WE ARE A PART OF THE FAMILY.
REFRAIN:
COME IN, COME IN AND SIT DOWN.
YOU ARE A PART OF THE FAMILY.
WE ARE LOST AND WE ARE FOUND,
AND WE ARE A PART OF THE FAMILY.
ADORATION
LEADER:
WE COME IN ADORATION
OF OUR HOLY GOD!
SILENCE
LEADER:
HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME TOGETHER
AS MEMBERS OF YOUR FAMILY,
TO OFFER YOU OUR PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING,
TO HEAR AND RECEIVE YOUR HOLY WORD,
TO BRING BEFORE YOU THE NEEDS OF THE WORLD,
TO SEEK YOUR MERCY AND FORGIVENESS,
AND TO OFFER OUR LIVES ANEW TO YOUR SERVICE.
GRACIOUSLY ACCEPT US IN YOUR SON JESUS CHRIST
AND POUR UPON US YOUR ABUNDANT BLESSING
TO THE GLORY OF YOUR GREAT NAME.
ALL: AMEN!
LEADER:
GIVE US, OUR GOD, A SENSE OF YOUR PRESENCE
AS WE GATHER FOR WORSHIP.
GRANT US GRATITUDE
AS WE REMEMBER YOUR GOODNESS,
PENITENCE AS WE REMEMBER OUR SINS,
AND JOY AS WE REMEMBER YOUR LOVE.
ENABLE US TO LIFT UP OUR HEARTS
IN HUMBLE PRAYER AND FERVENT PRAISE;
THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD.
ALL: AMEN!
HYMN
OH, WORSHIP THE KING,
ALL GLORIOUS ABOVE.
OH, GRATEFULLY SING
HIS POWER AND HIS LOVE;
OUR SHIELD AND DEFENDER,
THE ANCIENT OF DAYS,
PAVILIONED IN SPLENDOUR
AND GIRDED WITH PRAISE.
OH, TELL OF HIS MIGHT;
OH, SING OF HIS GRACE,
WHOSE ROBE IS THE LIGHT,
WHOSE CANOPY SPACE;
HIS CHARIOTS OF WRATH
THE DEEP THUNDERCLOUDS FORM,
AND DARK IS HIS PATH
ON THE WINGS OF THE STORM.
THE EARTH WITH ITS STORE
OF WONDERS UNTOLD,
ALMIGHTY, YOUR POWER
HAS FOUNDED OF OLD,
ESTABLISHED IT FAST
BY A CHANGELESS DECREE,
AND ROUND IT HAS CAST,
LIKE A MANTLE, THE SEA.
O MEASURELESS MIGHT,
INEFFABLE LOVE,
WHILE ANGELS DELIGHT
TO HYMN YOU ABOVE.
THE HUMBLER CREATION,
THOUGH FEEBLE THEIR LAYS,
WITH TRUE ADORATION
SHALL SING TO YOUR PRAISE.
READER: A READING FROM REVELATION
GREAT AND WONDERFUL ARE YOUR DEEDS,
O LORD GOD THE ALMIGHTY:
JUST AND TRUE ARE YOUR WAYS,
O SOVEREIGN OF THE NATIONS.
WHO SHALL NOT REVERE
AND PRAISE YOUR NAME O LORD:
FOR YOU ALONE ARE HOLY.
ALL NATIONS SHALL COME
AND WORSHIP IN YOUR PRESENCE:
FOR YOUR JUST DEALINGS HAVE BEEN REVEALED.
TO THE ONE WHO IS SEATED UPON THE THRONE
AND TO THE LAMB:
BE BLESSING AND HONOUR, GLORY AND MIGHT,
FOREVER AND EVER.
THE WORD OF THE LORD.
ALL: THANKS BE TO GOD.
PSALM 148
(LEADER: ODD VERSES
1 PRAISE
ALL: EVEN VERSES)
THE LORD!
PRAISE THE LORD FROM THE HEAVENS;
PRAISE HIM IN THE HEIGHTS!
2 PRAISE HIM, ALL HIS ANGELS;
PRAISE HIM, ALL HIS HOST!
3 PRAISE
HIM, SUN AND MOON;
PRAISE HIM, ALL YOU SHINING STARS!
4 PRAISE
HIM, YOU HIGHEST HEAVENS,
AND YOU WATERS ABOVE THE HEAVENS!
5 LET
THEM PRAISE THE NAME OF THE LORD,
FOR HE COMMANDED AND THEY WERE CREATED.
6 HE ESTABLISHED THEM FOREVER AND EVER;
HE FIXED THEIR BOUNDS, WHICH CANNOT BE
PASSED.
7 PRAISE
THE LORD FROM THE EARTH,
YOU SEA MONSTERS AND ALL DEEPS,
8 FIRE AND HAIL, SNOW AND FROST,
STORMY WIND FULFILLING HIS COMMAND!
9 MOUNTAINS
AND ALL HILLS,
FRUIT TREES AND ALL CEDARS!
10 WILD
ANIMALS AND ALL CATTLE,
CREEPING THINGS AND FLYING BIRDS!
11 KINGS
OF THE EARTH AND ALL PEOPLES,
PRINCES AND ALL RULERS OF THE EARTH!
12 YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN ALIKE,
OLD AND YOUNG TOGETHER!
13 LET
THEM PRAISE THE NAME OF THE LORD,
FOR HIS NAME ALONE IS EXALTED;
HIS GLORY IS ABOVE EARTH AND HEAVEN.
14 HE HAS RAISED UP A HORN FOR HIS PEOPLE,
PRAISE FOR ALL HIS FAITHFUL,
FOR THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL
WHO ARE CLOSE TO HIM.
PRAISE THE LORD!
HYMN:
FATHER, WE ADORE YOU,
LAY OUR LIVES BEFORE YOU,
HOW WE LOVE YOU.
JESUS WE ADORE YOU,
LAY OUR LIVES BEFORE YOU,
HOW WE LOVE YOU.
SPIRIT, WE ADORE YOU,
LAY OUR LIVES BEFORE YOU,
HOW WE LOVE YOU.
CONFESSION
LEADER:
ALL HAVE SINNED AND FALLEN SHORT
OF THE GLORY OF GOD.
SILENCE
READER: A READING FROM 1 JOHN 1:5-10.
5 THIS
IS THE MESSAGE WE HAVE HEARD FROM HIM
AND PROCLAIM TO YOU, THAT GOD IS LIGHT AND IN
HIM THERE IS NO DARKNESS AT ALL. 6 IF WE SAY THAT
WE HAVE FELLOWSHIP WITH HIM WHILE WE ARE
WALKING IN DARKNESS, WE LIE AND DO NOT DO
WHAT IS TRUE; 7 BUT IF WE WALK IN THE LIGHT AS HE
HIMSELF IS IN THE LIGHT, WE HAVE FELLOWSHIP WITH
ONE ANOTHER, AND THE BLOOD OF JESUS HIS SON
CLEANSES US FROM ALL SIN.
8 IF WE SAY THAT WE HAVE NO SIN, WE DECEIVE
OURSELVES, AND THE TRUTH IS NOT IN US. 9 IF WE
CONFESS OUR SINS, HE WHO IS FAITHFUL AND JUST
WILL FORGIVE US OUR SINS AND CLEANSE US FROM
ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS. 10 IF WE SAY THAT WE HAVE
NOT SINNED, WE MAKE HIM A LIAR, AND HIS WORD IS
NOT IN US.
THE WORD OF THE LORD.
ALL: THANKS BE TO GOD.
HYMN:
MY FAITH LOOKS UP TO THEE,
THOU LAMB OF CALVARY,
SAVIOR DIVINE!
NOW HEAR ME WHILE I PRAY,
TAKE ALL MY GUILT AWAY,
O LET ME FROM THIS DAY
BE WHOLLY THINE!
MAY THY RICH GRACE IMPART
STRENGTH TO MY FAINTING HEART,
MY ZEAL INSPIRE!
AS THOU HAST DIED FOR ME,
O MAY MY LOVE TO THEE
PURE, WARM, AND CHANGELESS BE,
A LIVING FIRE!
LEADER:
LET US CONFESS OUR SINS TO GOD.
ALL:
ALMIGHTY AND MERCIFUL GOD,
WE HAVE SINNED AGAINST YOU,
IN THOUGHT, WORD AND DEED.
WE HAVE NOT LOVED YOU
WITH OUR WHOLE HEART.
WE HAVE NOT LOVED OTHERS
AS OUR SAVIOUR CHRIST LOVES US.
WE ARE TRULY SORRY.
IN YOUR MERCY FORGIVE
WHAT WE HAVE BEEN,
HELP US TO AMEND WHAT WE ARE,
DIRECT WHAT WE SHALL BECOME;
THAT WE MAY DELIGHT IN YOUR WILL
AND WALK IN YOUR WAYS,
THROUGH JESUS CHRIST
OUR SAVIOUR. AMEN
PRIEST:
ALMIGHTY GOD,
WHO PARDONS ALL WHO TRULY REPENT,
FORGIVE YOU YOUR SINS,
STRENGTHEN YOU BY THE HOLY SPIRIT,
AND KEEP YOU IN LIFE ETERNAL;
THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OUR REDEEMER.
ALL:
AMEN
HYMN:
GOD FORGAVE MY SIN IN JESUS’ NAME,
I’VE BEEN BORN AGAIN IN JESUS’ NAME,
AND IN JESUS’ NAME I COME TO YOU,
TO SHARE HIS LOVE AS HE TOLD ME TO.
HE SAID, FREELY, FREELY, YOU HAVE RECEIVED.
FREELY, FREELY, GIVE.
GO IN MY NAME, AND BECAUSE YOU BELIEVE,
OTHERS WILL KNOW THAT I LIVE.
ALL POWER IS GIVEN IN JESUS’ NAME,
IN EARTH AND HEAVEN IN JESUS’ NAME;
AND IN JESUS’ NAME, I COME TO YOU,
TO SHARE HIS POWER AS HE TOLD ME TO.
HE SAID, FREELY, FREELY, YOU HAVE RECEIVED.
FREELY, FREELY, GIVE.
GO IN MY NAME, AND BECAUSE YOU BELIEVE,
OTHERS WILL KNOW THAT I LIVE
THANKSGIVING
LEADER:
FOR FORGIVENESS
AND ALL GOD’S MANY GIFTS TO US,
WE GIVE THANKS TO GOD.
SILENCE
LEADER:
WE THANK YOU, O LORD,
FOR ALL THE GOOD THINGS
WHICH ARE IN OUR WORLD AND IN OUR LIVES
THROUGH YOUR GREAT LOVE AND MERCY.
SAVE US FROM BEING UNGRATEFUL.
SAVE US FROM MAGNIFYING OUR TROUBLES
AND FORGETTING OUR BLESSINGS.
GIVE US STRENGTH OF SPIRIT
TO RISE TO JOYFULNESS OF HEART;
AND BY YOUR HELP MAY WE LEARN
TO LIVE WITH THANKFULNESS OF SOUL;
THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD.
ALL: AMEN.
READER: A READING FROM COLOSSIANS 3:12-17.
12 AS
GOD’S CHOSEN ONES, HOLY AND BELOVED,
CLOTHE YOURSELVES WITH COMPASSION, KINDNESS,
HUMILITY, MEEKNESS, AND PATIENCE. 13 BEAR WITH
ONE ANOTHER AND, IF ANYONE HAS A COMPLAINT
AGAINST ANOTHER, FORGIVE EACH OTHER; JUST AS
THE LORD HAS FORGIVEN YOU, SO YOU ALSO MUST
FORGIVE. 14 ABOVE ALL, CLOTHE YOURSELVES WITH
LOVE, WHICH BINDS EVERYTHING TOGETHER IN
PERFECT HARMONY. 15 AND LET THE PEACE OF CHRIST
RULE IN YOUR HEARTS, TO WHICH INDEED YOU WERE
CALLED IN THE ONE BODY. AND BE THANKFUL.
16 LET
THE WORD OF CHRIST DWELL IN YOU RICHLY;
TEACH AND ADMONISH ONE ANOTHER IN ALL
WISDOM; AND WITH GRATITUDE IN YOUR HEARTS
SING PSALMS, HYMNS, AND SPIRITUAL SONGS TO
GOD. 17 AND WHATEVER YOU DO, IN WORD OR DEED,
DO EVERYTHING IN THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS,
GIVING THANKS TO GOD THE FATHER THROUGH HIM.
THE WORD OF THE LORD.
ALL: THANKS BE TO GOD.
PSALM 107
(LEADER: ODD VERSES ALL: EVEN VERSES)
1O
GIVE THANKS TO THE LORD, FOR HE IS GOOD;
FOR HIS STEADFAST LOVE ENDURES FOREVER.
2 LET THE REDEEMED OF THE LORD SAY SO,
THOSE HE REDEEMED FROM TROUBLE
3 AND
GATHERED IN FROM THE LANDS,
FROM THE EAST AND FROM THE WEST,
FROM THE NORTH AND FROM THE SOUTH.
4 SOME
WANDERED IN DESERT WASTES,
FINDING NO WAY TO A CITY
WHERE THEY MIGHT DWELL;
5 HUNGRY AND THIRSTY,
THEIR SOUL FAINTED WITHIN THEM.
6 THEN THEY CRIED TO THE LORD IN THEIR TROUBLE,
AND HE DELIVERED THEM FROM THEIR DISTRESS;
7 HE
PUT THEIR FEET ON A STRAIGHT PATH,
TO GO TO A CITY WHERE THEY MIGHT DWELL.
8 LET THEM GIVE THANKS
TO THE LORD FOR HIS MERCY,
AND THE WONDERS HE DOES
FOR HIS CHILDREN.
HYMN: (TUNE EIDELWEIS)
THANK YOU LORD ON THIS DAY
FOR OUR MANY GOOD BLESSINGS.
THANK YOU LORD ON THIS DAY
FOR OUR MANY GREAT FRIENDSHIPS
GLORY TO GOD
MAY YOU HEAR OUR PRAYER,
GUIDE US ON FOREVER.
THANK YOU LORD ON THIS DAY
FOR OUR BLESSINGS AND FRIENDSHIPS.
SUPPLICATION
LEADER:
WE PRAY TO GOD
FOR THE NEEDS OF THE WORLD.
SILENCE
LEADER:
IN PEACE, WE PRAY TO YOU, LORD GOD.
SILENCE
LEADER:
FOR ALL PEOPLE
IN THEIR DAILY LIFE AND WORK;
ALL:
FOR OUR FAMILIES, FRIENDS, AND
NEIGHBOURS, AND FOR ALL THOSE
WHO ARE ALONE.
LEADER:
FOR THIS COMMUNITY, OUR COUNTRY,
AND THE WORLD;
ALL:
FOR ALL WHO WORK FOR JUSTICE,
FREEDOM, AND PEACE.
LEADER:
FOR THE JUST AND PROPER USE
OF YOUR CREATION;
ALL:
FOR THE VICTIMS OF HUNGER, FEAR,
INJUSTICE, AND OPPRESSION.
LEADER:
FOR ALL WHO ARE IN DANGER, SORROW,
OR ANY KIND OF TROUBLE;
ALL:
FOR THOSE WHO MINISTER TO THE SICK,
THE FRIENDLESS, AND THE NEEDY.
LEADER:
FOR THE PEACE AND UNITY OF THE
CHURCH OF GOD;
ALL:
FOR ALL WHO PROCLAIM THE GOSPEL,
AND ALL WHO SEEK THE TRUTH.
LEADER:
FOR SUE AND RON OUR BISHOPS, AND
FOR ALL BISHOPS AND OTHER MINISTERS;
ALL:
FOR ALL WHO SERVE GOD
IN THE CHURCH.
LEADER:
FOR OUR OWN NEEDS
AND THOSE OF OTHERS.
SILENCE.
THE PEOPLE MAY ADD THEIR OWN PETITIONS.
LEADER:
HEAR US, LORD;
ALL:
FOR YOUR MERCY IS GREAT.
LEADER:
WE THANK YOU, LORD,
FOR ALL THE BLESSINGS OF THIS LIFE.
SILENCE.
THE PEOPLE MAY ADD THEIR OWN THANKSGIVINGS.
LEADER:
WE WILL EXALT YOU, O GOD OUR KING
ALL:
AND PRAISE YOUR NAME
FOR EVER AND EVER.
LEADER:
WE PRAY FOR ALL THOSE WHO HAVE DIED
IN THE PEACE OF CHRIST,
AND FOR THOSE WHOSE FAITH IS
KNOWN TO YOU ALONE,
THAT THEY MAY HAVE A PLACE IN YOUR
ETERNAL KINGDOM.
SILENCE.
THE PEOPLE MAY ADD THEIR OWN PETITIONS.
LEADER:
LORD, LET YOUR LOVING KINDNESS BE
UPON THEM;
ALL:
WHO PUT THEIR TRUST IN YOU.
LEADER:
AND NOW, AS OUR SAVIOUR CHRIST
HAS TAUGHT US, WE ARE BOLD TO SAY,
ALL: 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.
AND LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION,
BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL.
FOR THINE IS THE KINGDOM,
THE POWER, AND THE GLORY,
FOR EVER AND EVER. AMEN.
SILENCE
LEADER:
ALL:
AS WE GO OUT TO DO YOUR WORK,
TO YOUR CARE AND PROTECTION,
O LORD, WE NOW COMMIT OURSELVES.
OF YOUR GOODNESS FORGIVE US;
WITH YOUR LOVE INSPIRE US;
BY YOUR SPIRIT GUIDE US;
AND IN YOUR MERCY KEEP
US NEAR YOU,
FOLLOWING THE WAY
OF JESUS YOU SON,
NOW AND ALWAYS.
AMEN.
LEADER:
ALL OVER THE WORLD, PEOPLE ARE
DECIDING TO FOLLOW JESUS. I
LEARNED TO SING THIS SONG IN
SPANISH THIS PAST SPRING IN THE
DESPERATELY POOR REFUGEE VILLAGE
OF SAN ANTONIO, GUATEMALA. THE
SPANISH VERSE IS PRONOUNCE …
PLEASE JOIN ME IN SINGING.
CLOSING HYMN:
I HAVE DECIDED TO FOLLOW JESUS, (3X)
NO TURNING BACK, NO TURNING BACK.
THE WORLD BEHIND ME,
THE CROSS BEFORE ME, (3X)
NO TURNING BACK, NO TURNING BACK.
YOU ALL COME WITH ME,
AND WE WILL FOLLOW, (3X)
NO TURNING BACK, NO TURNING BACK.
HE DECIDIDO SEGUIR A CRISTO, (3X)
NO VUELVO ATRAS, NO VUELVO ATRAS.
I HAVE DECIDED TO FOLLOW JESUS, (3X)
NO TURNING BACK, NO TURNING BACK.