We welcome you to our joint Thanksgiving Eve Service with Upper Buffalo. Our guest speaker is Rev. Dave Mason. Gathering Around the Word Prelude ANNOUNCEMENTS CALL TO WORSHIP Leader: Winds blow, rains fall, storms rage, People: God is our strength and sanctuary. Leader: Floods rise, waves batter, wars ravage, People: God is our strength and sanctuary. Leader: Violence threatens, hunger abounds, diseases flourish, People: God is our strength and sanctuary. All: We are safe here in this Spirit place, for God’s sustaining and nourishing Spirit surrounds and affirms us. INVOCATION Rev. Mason HYMN Come, Ye Thankful People, Come 392 CALL TO CONFESSION We turn to God in prayer. In that spirit, we offer this prayer of confession: PRAYER OF CONFESSION Dear Lord, you call us to live faithfully, to act justly and to bring peace to the earth. Instead, our lives and your church reflect much of the time our needs and worries and less of the needs and worries of all peoples. Move us beyond ourselves to hear the cry of the world and to respond with acts and deeds of kindness, mercy and justice. May your grace shine through a church that, even with its shortcomings, accepts the call of Christ to serve and care and love and bring peace. May we feel your forgiving Spirit now. Amen. ASSURANCE OF PARDON In the name of Jesus Christ, we are forgiven. In our forgiveness, may we blossom fully with purpose and resolve, so that the world will know us by our love. *Time of silent prayer. *Passing the Peace L: The peace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you. P: And also, with you. *Response – Gloria Patri CHILDREN’S MOMENT The Word of God Prayer for Illumination Scripture reading MATTHEW 6: 25-33 Do Not Worry L: The Word of the Lord P: Thanks be to God ! Sermon “ NOT TO WORRY “ Responding to the Word HYMN We Gather Together 387 *Apostles Creed (found inside the back cover of the hymnal) Presentation of our tithes and offering Offertory Doxology Prayer of dedication Concerns and Celebrations Prayers of the People Rev. Mason
The Lord’s Prayer HYMN Now Thank We All Our God 525 Benediction May God’s great Spirit empower us, to teach like Christ, to heal like Christ, to love like Christ, to forgive like Christ and to serve like Christ. May the Lord Jesus Christ go before us, equipping, empowering and supporting us, as we live out our faith each and every day. Amen. Postlude
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