1st Service Communion

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WORSHIP LEADER GUIDE (First Service, November 5, 2007) (Leader) WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS * Opening Songs # 17, “As We Gather” # 43, “There Shall Be Showers of Blessing” CONFESSION OF SINS Invitation to Confession Silent Prayer Prayer of Confession: Everyone: Wondrous God, who sets suns and moons above us, mountains and valleys beneath us, and friends and strangers among us: how often have we tried to hide from your presence, how seldom have we looked for your creating face and your fashioning hand! Leader: Lord, have mercy upon us. Everyone: Wondrous God, who took upon yourself flesh of our flesh in Jesus our brother, and being found in human form made the ultimate disclosure of yourself in the face of Jesus Christ: how often we have forgotten you, how seldom have we really loved and followed you! Leader: Christ, have mercy upon us. Everyone: Wondrous God, who pours out freely the Holy Spirit: how often have we ignored your promptings, how seldom have we asked for your help or accepted your gifts! Leader: Lord, have mercy upon us. Amen.

Assurance of Pardon Leader: In Jesus Christ we are forgiven. Everyone: Thanks be to God! 1

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Act of Praise * Song # 30, “Give Thanks” The Peace (Leader): As we have received peace through Christ, so let us pass the peace of Christ to one another.

(Ask people to please sign the Friendship Pad as it is passed down the row). CHILDREN’S MESSAGE (Juan) PRESENTING OUR TITHES AND OFFERINGS OLD TESTAMENT READING: GENESIS 1:26-31 (Page #??) NEW TESTAMENT READING: MATTHEW 11: 18-19 (Page #??) (JUAN) PROCLAMATION OF THE WORD: “GOD, GOODS AND GOODNESS” (Part 1) (JUAN) AFFIRMATION OF THE FAITH OF OUR CHURCH; THE APOSTLE’S CREED (TRADITIONAL VERSION. PAGE 14 OF THE HYMNAL) INVITATION TO COMMUNION COMMUNION HYMN # 5 : “COMMUNION SONG” PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE - Response… “Let that be our prayer” THE LORD’S PRAYER (Page # 16 in the Hymnbook) GREAT PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING (see page # 13 in the Hymnbook) BREAKING OF THE BREAD COMMUNION IS SERVED PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION

* Closing Song # 28, “Bind Us Together” COMMISSIONING AND BLESSING May God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 2

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who is the source of all goodness and growth, pour his blessing upon all things created, and upon you, his children, that you may use them to his glory and the welfare of all peoples.

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