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Blended Worship

Our worship style is a blended mix of traditional with some contemporary music mixed in with a lot of bluegrass and county influence. If you play an instrument and wish to join in, then come to our 8:30 musician’s practice on Sunday Morning. We also have a choir that that you  are welcome to join. They practice on Wednesday at 8:00 PM following our 7:00 PM prayer service

We have intercessory prayer where you can bring your prayer request or your friends needs before the congregation. We always close with the Lord’s prayer.

Expect to hear a lot of Scripture Readings read by one of our Ruling Elders during the service.

We serve communion on the first Sunday of each month. All confessing Christians of any denomination in good standing are invited to the table.

Most importantly, expect to be greeted by some of the most loving people you have ever met.

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SERVICE OF WORSHIP, September 22, 2024

“Knowing Christ and Making Him Known”

Welcome and good morning! 

  On this Sunday, as you prepare for worship, please mediate on our memory verse from 1 John 3:7 (NKJ)

“Little children, let no one deceive you. He who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous.”

Welcome and Announcements             

WE WORSHIP THE GOD WHO PURIFIES US

Prelude:   Caroline Cleaveland

Special Music: Gail Parker & Choir

Call to Worship from the Book of Common Prayer:

L: Show us your mercy, O Lord;

A: And grant us your salvation.

L: Clothe your ministers with righteousness;

A: Let your people sing with joy.

L: Give peace, O Lord, in all the world;

A: For only in you can we live in safety.

L: Lord, keep this nation under your care;

A: And guide us in the way of justice and truth.

L: Let your way be known upon earth;

A: Your saving health among all nations.

L: Let not the needy, O Lord, be forgotten;

A: Nor the hope of the poor be taken away.

L: Create in us clean hearts, O God;

A: And sustain us with your Holy Spirit.

 Chorus of Worship #107 Lord I Lift Your Name on High

Prayer of Confession and Invocation

Assurance of Pardon from: Isaiah 55:7

“Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the Lord, and He will have mercy on him; and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon.”

Confession of Faith: Westminster Larger Catechism #77:

Q: Wherein do justification and sanctification differ?

A: “Although sanctification be inseparably joined with justification, yet they differ, in that God in justification imputeth the righteousness of Christ; in sanctification his Spirit infuseth grace, and enableth to the exercise thereof; in the former, sin is pardoned; in the other, it is subdued; the one doth equally free all believers from the revenging wrath of God, and that perfectly in this life, that they never fall into condemnation; the other is neither equal in all, nor in this life perfect in any, but growing up to perfection.”

Hymn of Worship: #3 Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty

WE PRAY TO THE GOD WHO PURIFIES US

Sharing of Praises and Prayer Requests

Pastoral Prayer

The Lord’s Prayer from Matthew 6:9–13 (KJV)

“Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom comes. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil: For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.”     

WE LISTEN TO THE GOD WHO PURIFIES US

Memory Verse for today, from 1 John 3:7 (NKJ)

“Little children, let no one deceive you. He who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous.”

Memory Verse for Homecoming Sunday September 29 from

Song of Praise: #338 Wonderful Grace of Jesus

Tithes and Offerings                                               Offertory

WE LEARN FROM THE GOD WHO PURIFIES US

Children’s Bible Chat:                                                     

After the chat, children 7 and under are invited to attend the Children’s Church by leaving through the door next to the organ.

Sermon from: 1 John 3:4-10 “You Are What You Practice”

WE COMMIT TO THE GOD WHO PURIFIES US

Hymn of Commitment #496 No One Ever Cared for Me like Jesus

COMMITMENT VERSE FOR REFLECTION: Proverbs 20:7

“The righteous man walks in his integrity; His children are blessed after him.”

BENEDICTION FROM: 1 Thessalonians 5:23

“Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.”