PRELUDE: Soliloquy by David Cote
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
CALL TO WORSHIP
HYMN: O Worship the King, All Glorious Above [Lyons]
PRAYER OF PRAISE
INTROIT: Keep Me Goin’, Lord by Dennis Allen
Keep me goin’, Lord, when I’m weary on the road. Keep me goin’, Lord, when my spirit’s feelin’ low. Keep me goin’, Lord, when the night is long, shine on me, keep me goin’ strong. Sometimes I feel like givin’ up, but Your help is all I need. The shadows fall, the path is dark, but I’ll follow where You lead. Sometimes the road gets rocky; there are mountains in my way. But I know You’re always with me; never will You let me stray. When trials come a-knock-in’, and I stumble in the night, Lord, I trust You to guide me, bring me back to the light! [Nan Allen]
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
ASSURANCE OF FORGIVENESS
SONG OF GRATEFUL PRAISE: Glory to God, Whose Goodness Shines On Me [Glory to God]
PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION
SCRIPTURE LESSON: Matthew 25:14-30
ANTHEM: Press On by Dan Burgess/arr. by Robert Sterling
When the valley is deep, when the mountain is steep, when the body is weary, when we stumble and fall; when the choices are hard, when we’re battered and scarred, when we’ve spent our resources, when we’ve given our all – in Jesus’ name we press on. Dear Lord, with the prize clear before our eyes, we find the strength to press on. When we long for the past, when our visions don’t last, when the future’s uncertain, when the road seems so long; when we hear a last breath, when a shadow means death, when we’re blind to the wonder, when we’re deaf to the song. Press on!
SERMON: “The Risk in Avoiding Risk”
HYMN: God Whose Giving Knows No Ending [Beach Spring]
CELEBRATION OF HOLY COMMUNION
INVITATION, WORDS OF INSTITUTION AND PRAYER
PARTAKING OF THE FEAST
PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
HYMN: I, the Lord of Sea and Sky [Here I Am]
BENEDICTION
CHORAL RESPONSE: For God Risk Everything! Armitage/by Sally Ann Morris
From hearts that hide and hoard the treasures that you send free us, till we by faith, O Lord, shall act as you intend, till we risk all for you, risk everything you give, and risking, learn what Jesus knew: by risking all, we live. [Thomas H. Troeger]
POSTLUDE: Postludio Festivo by Sigfrid Karg-Elert
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