PRELUDE: Take Up Your Cross (Bourbon) arr. by Wilbur Held
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
CALL TO WORSHIP
PRAYER OF PRAISE
HYMN: Come, Worship God (Psalm 95) [O Quanta Qualia]
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
ASSURANCE OF PARDON
SONG OF GRATEFUL PRAISE: Glory be to the Father [Gloria Patri]
PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION
SCRIPTURE LESSON: Matthew 16:21-26
ANTHEM: Take Up Your Cross by Thomas Keesecker
“Take up your cross,” the Savior said, “if you would my disciple be; take up your cross with willing heart, and humbly follow after me.” Take up your cross; let not its weight fill your weak spirit with alarm; Christ’s strength shall bear your spirit up, and brace your heart and nerve your arm. Take up your cross; heed not the shame, and let your foolish pride be death upon a cross on Calvary’s hill. Take up your cross and follow Christ, nor think till death to lay it down; for only those who bear the cross may hope to wear the glorious crown. Take up your cross and follow Christ. [Charles William Everest]
SERMON: “The Renunciation”
HYMN: O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go [St. Margaret]
PRAYERS OF INTERCESSION
HYMN: Will You Come and Follow Me [Kelvingrove]
BENEDICTION
POSTLUDE: Tuba Tune in D by C.S. Lang
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