July 13, 2025

CHIMING OF THE HOUR

WELCOME

PRELUDE

SILENT PRAYER OF PREPARATION

Thanks be to you, Lord Jesus Christ, for all the benefits which you have won for us, for all the pains and insults which you have borne for us. O most merciful Redeemer and Friend, may we know you more clearly, love you more dearly and follow you more nearly, day by day. Amen

CALL TO WORSHIP

Spirit divine attend our prayers, and make this house your home

Descend with all your gracious powers. O come great Spirit come.

Come as the dove and spread your wings, the wings of peaceful love.

And let the church on earth become, blest as the church above.

*HYMN No. 305 Come Sing, O Church in Joy

*CALL TO CONFESSION

*CONFESSION OF SIN

Holy and merciful God, in your presence we confess our sinfulness, our shortcomings, and our offenses against you. You alone know how often we have sinned in wandering from your ways, in wasting your gifts, in forgetting your love, Have mercy on us, O Lord, for we are ashamed and sorry for all we have done to displease you. Forgive our sins, and help us to live in your light, and walk in your ways for the sake of Jesus Christ.

*SILENT PRAYER OF CONFESSION

*ASSURANCE OF PARDON

*RESPONSE No. 647 Give Thanks

*PEACE OF CHRIST

SPECIAL MUSIC

CHILDREN’S MESSAGE MaryLynn Diehlman

PRAYER OF ILLUMINATION Nancy Webster

SCRIPTURE Colossians 1: 1-14 Nancy Webster

SERMON Giving Thanks

*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH

This is the good news which we have received, in which we stand, and by which we are saved, if we hold it fast; that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures, that He was buried, that He was raised on the third day, and that He appeared; first to the women, then to Peter and to the Twelve and then to many faithful witnesses.

We believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God. Jesus Christ is the first and the last, the beginning and the end; he is our Lord and our God. Amen

*HYMN No. 307 God of Grace and God of Glory

PASTORAL PRAYER AND THE LORD’S PRAYER

ANNOUNCEMENTS

PRESENTATION OF OUR TITHES AND OFFERINGS

*RESPONSE No. 609 Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow

*PRAYER OF DEDICATION

*HYMN N0. 700 I’m Gonna Live So God Can Use me

*BENEDICTION AND SENDING

*POSTLUDE