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Worship Order for
Sunday
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Call to
Worship
Psalm 147:1-11, 20c
One - Praise the LORD!
All - How good it is
to sing praises to our God;
One - for he is gracious, and a song of praise is fitting.
All - The LORD builds
up the city; he gathers the outcasts. He heals the
brokenhearted, and binds up their wounds.
One - He determines the number of the stars; he gives to all
of them their names. Great is our Lord, and abundant in power;
his understanding is beyond measure.
All - The LORD lifts
up those who have fallen down, while those who have done the
pushing will themselves taste the dust.
One - Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; make melody to our
God on the lyre. He covers the heavens with clouds, prepares
rain for the earth, makes grass grow on the hills.
All - He gives to the
animals their food, and to the young ravens when they cry.
One - His delight is not in the strength of the horse, nor
his pleasure in the speed of a runner;
All - No, the LORD
takes pleasure in those who live in awe of his wonder, and
delights in those whose hope is grounded in his steadfast love.
One - Praise the LORD!
text
from
the New
Revised Standard Version,
copyright 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States
of America.
Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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Opening
Prayer
O God who builds and gathers and
heals and binds and
lifts up and feeds;
who names and knows and
covers and showers and grows,
We praise you!
Humbly we confess the ways in which we
tear down what you have built up,
tear apart what you have sown together,
wound those whom you love,
fail to reach out and lift up and feed
the very people you came
in Christ to save.
We have been more aware of our own needs and wants this week,
and paid more attention to the work of our own hands,
than we have to the glimpses of your glory
all around us.
Forgive us and help us to live, instead, with a sense of awe and
wonder,
hoping in your steadfast love and
faithfulness.
Keeping our eyes upon Christ Jesus,
whose name is above every name, we pray. Amen
(used previously
2/5/06)
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Pastoral Prayer
written closer to the time (if not at the
moment)
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Returning
our Tithes and Offerings
We have been paying attention,
though sometimes we are scatter-brained.
We have been listening,
though on occasion the words go in one
ear
and out the other.
We have heard these Bible stories all our lives,
though we grow forgetful.
Even so, we know in our heart
of hearts, that
the LORD is the God
who outlasts everyone and everything,
the Creator of the whole
earth,
from one end to
the other.
The LORD never runs out of steam,
and never feels like giving up.
The LORD knows the fine detail
of things we can only guess at.
When our energies are
drained,
and we are too
weak to stand,
the LORD gives new strength and energy.
Amen?
Ushers?
wording partially
adapted from
Isaiah 40::28-29,
Laughing Bird Version
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Benediction
Let me end with
the words of Isaiah we heard earlier, as paraphrased in the
Laughingbird version from our friends in Australia. Listen and
be blessed.
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When your energies are drained,
........and you
are too weak to stand,
................the
LORD gives new strength and energy.
Even the youngest and fittest have their limits;
........they too
eventually drop in their tracks.
But nothing can stop those who hang in there for the
LORD.
........Their
strength will be constantly renewed;
................they
will soar with the effortless grace of the eagle.
........They will
run and never grow weary;
................they
will walk ever onward
........................and
never grow faint.
Isaiah 40::29-31,
Laughing Bird Version |
May it be so for you as you
move on from this time and place. Amen!
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(para traducir a español, presione la bandera de España)
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