Join us this Sunday, Oct 13, 2024 for worship !
Pastor Robert Datema will be leading us in the 10:00 am service.
WORSHIP SERVICE ~ 10:00 AM
GATHERING
Welcome and Announcements
* Opening Song: LUYH #560 – We Praise You, O God
* Call to Worship
Leader: Our help is in the name of our God, who made heaven and earth.
People: Amen.
Leader: Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving. Make music upon the harp. How good it is to celebrate God's presence and sing praise throughout each day!
People: How good it is to sing praise and give honor to our God!
Leader: Our God rebuilds the people of earth. The wandering ones are gathered together, the brokenhearted are healed, the hungry are fed, the prisoners are freed, the blind are given sight, the lonely are befriended.
People: How good it is to sing praise and give honor to our God!
Leader: All of nature sings aloud God's goodness—clouds, rain, grass, creatures great and small. Our God creates and sustains our world with his ever-growing, never-ending love.
People: How good it is to sing praise and give honor to our God! (Psalm 147)
* God’s Greeting
Leader: Grace and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of God and of Christ Jesus our Lord.
People: Amen.
* Song: LUYH #473 – Come, You Thankful People, Come
KNOWING GOD’S GRACE
Call to Confession
Prayer of Confession
Assurance of Pardon
* Song: LUYH #398 – Sing to the Lord of Harvest
* Profession of Faith - Apostles' Creed (in unison)
RESPONDING WITH THANKFUL GIVING
Offertory Prayer
Offering: (1) Church (2) Salvation Army Food Bank
HEARING GOD’S WORD
Children’s Time (children, age 3 – Grade 1)
Prayer of Illumination
Scripture Reading: Ephesians 5:1-20 (Text: 18-20)
Message: “Give Thanks Always and for Everything”
Prayer (optional)
* Song of Response: LUYH #543 – Now Thank We All Our God
RESPONDING WITH PRAYER
Prayers for God’s People and World
* Song: LUYH #396 – For the Fruit of All Creation
GOING WITH GOD’S BLESSING
* Benediction
* Doxology Song: LUYH #5 – Let All Things Now Living
