PRELUDE: Prelude on “Sweet Hour of Prayer” by Robert Hughes
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
CALL TO WORSHIP AND OPENING PRAYER
HYMN: Brethren, We Have Met to Worship [Holy Manna]
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
ASSURANCE OF PARDON
SONG OF GRATEFUL PRAISE: Create in Me a Clean Heart [Create in Me]
PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION
SCRIPTURE LESSON: 1 Thessalonians 5:16 and Colossians 4:2
ANTHEM: The Secret of Christ by Richard Shepherd; Maria Schafer, soprano solo
For a long time I have held my peace, but now will I speak. I will lead the blind in a way they know not; in paths that they have not known, I will guide them. I will turn their darkness into light, and I will not forsake them. [based on Isaiah 42:14-16] And he showed me a pure river of the water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of Go; and on either side of the river, there was a tree of life, and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. [based on Revelation 22:1-3] Help us, Lord, to persevere in prayer with minds awake and thankful hearts, that we may share the secret of Christ with those we meet on our earthly pilgrimage, following in the steps of Jesus, our Master and our Friend. Amen. [the Pilgrim Prayer based on Colossians 4:2-4 by the Rev. Canon Derrick Walters]
SERMON: “What is the Point of Praying?”
HYMN: Somebody’s Knocking at Your Door [Somebody’s Knockin’]
PRAYERS OF INTERCESSION
HYMN: What a Friend We Have in Jesus [Converse]
BENEDICTION
POSTLUDE: Toccata (from “Gothic Suite”) by Leon Boёllmann
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