Worship Order for Sunday
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Long Green Valley Church of the Brethren
Morning Praise (9:45 am) SEEKING *Hymn
"Teresa’s
Prayer"
insert *Praise
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"God of
Wonders"
insert THIRSTING Joys and Concerns Offertory *Hymn "Joys are flowing like a river" 301 LONGING Scripture John 6:35 *Hymn
"The Wonderful
Cross" Challenge to the Congregation insert For Such a Time as This (a 7-minute video) Receive Living Water #'s are from Hymnal: A Worship Book Worship leaders - see basic guidelines |
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Call to
Worship Leader: O God, you are my God. . . People: O God, demand our focus. Shape our focus. Focus us on you, God. Leader: I seek you. . . People: Help us to see you. Enable us to look. Fill us with the courage to find you in undiscovered places. Leader: My soul thirsts for you. . . People: O God, we need you in our lives. Help us not rely on the unimportant things in our lives, like videos, clothing, and popularity, to give us meaning. Let us not seek fame, fortune, and easy living. Let us not worship things in this world: money, status, sports, power. Let us not be discouraged by disappointment in our lives. Leader: as in a dry and weary land where there is no water. People: Focus us on your life-giving power to let the good things in our lives to grow. Help us to taste the water of life pouring out onto the land. Help us to bear luscious fruit in the great bounty of your Spirit. Let our lives rest in your power. Move us to turn to you and seek your presence this day and place. by Judi
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Psalm 63:1
Reader 1 O God, you
are my God. Laura
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Individual youth share their own personal reflections on this topic.
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Materials: pitcher of water, dixie cups, theme poster Who here likes to use their imagination? When you use your imagination you can go anywhere, can you? Where do you like to go? Well, today I going to ask you to go somewhere with me. Before we leave I want to show you this picture of where we’re going. (show poster - maybe ask questions about how it makes them feel) Does this look like a fun place to go? Well, we’re going to need to go there for just a little while, so everyone close your eyes. Here we go! We are walking on hot sand- it’s so hot it’s burning our feet! And the sun is very heavy and bright. You can feel it making your face and shoulders hot. There’s nowhere to escape it - no shade or trees - just sand. So we keep on walking. I don’t know about you but I’m feeling very hot and tired. But you know what else? My mouth is really dry. I’m really thirsty!! I want a drink so bad my mouth hurts! Nice cold water would feel so good splashing down my throat.Alright, lets return from our imaginary trip. Did everyone make it back? Good. Who can tell me a time when they really want God to be with them? Do you ask for Him when you’ve had a bad dream? Do you want Him when you’re scared or hurt or in trouble? Well, the Bible tells us we don’t just want God sometimes, we need Him all the time! We seek Him and our soul thirsts for Him as in a dry and weary land where there is no water. Sound familiar? Weren’t we just there? Remember how much we wanted that water? And we don’t just want water, we NEED water to live don’t we? And just like water, we NEED God to live. He’s like water and we’re thirsty for Him. Anyone want a cup? Before I give you a drink would you pray with me?Dear God, Caitlin
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written closer to the time (if not at the moment)
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Individual youth share their own personal reflections on this topic.
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Dear Lord, You know us so well. You know the sorts of things
that people seek. We seek physical beauty and mental intelligence. We seek good
grades and good jobs, good investments and good retirement plans. We seek nice
clothes, nice cars, nice houses and nice summer vacations. (References: Psalm 63:1, Isaiah 55:1-2, Matthew 6:33) Russell
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Individual youth share their own personal reflections on this topic.
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Challenge to the Congregation In the space below, write down something that is getting in your way of receiving God’s gift of Living Water in your life. It can be a situation that you’d like God’s guidance for or a broken relationship that needs healing.
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written by a youth
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written by a youth
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©2003 Peter
L. Haynes
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