Murray Presbyterian Church

April 19, 2009 –10:00 am

         

 

Please prepare your hearts for worship

PRELUDE:  Andante Religioso    Thome             

                                   

CONGREGATIONAL LIFE AND NURTURE
          Welcome Visitors/Announcements

          The Ritual of Friendship (Red Book)

          Prayer Request Cards

          Sharing Joys and Concerns

TOLLING OF THE CHURCH BELL

 

PREPARING OUR HEARTS FOR WORSHIP

CALL TO WORSHIP:  (responsively) 1 Peter 1:3-4

Leader: Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ!

Congregation: By his great mercy we have been born anew to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled and unfading, kept in heaven for us.

Leader: The Grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

Congregation: And also with you.

 

Passing the Peace of Christ
 
PRAISE HYMN:  “There is No Other Name”  [insert] 

 

PRAYER OF CONFESSION: The Lord’s Prayer  

(Unison)

 
A TIME OF SILENT CONFESSION

          ASSURANCE OF PARDON

          GLORY TO THE FATHER

(Gloria Patri, Hymnal #579)

 

 

HEARING THE WORD

YOUTH MESSAGE

 
New Testament Reading:  Galatians 6:1-18 (p. 1151)

 

SERMON: “Living Out Our Faith”

Pastor Jeff McDonald

 

RESPONDING TO THE WORD

HYMN:  “What a Friend We Have in Jesus” [insert]

 

PASTORAL PRAYER

  THE OFFERING   

Offertory:   How Good, O Lord, to Be Here  Hymn Tune

Doxology (Hymnal #592)

   Prayer of Thanksgiving

 

HYMN:  #391  “Take My Life”

 

BENEDICTION

CONGREGATIONAL BENEDICTION

(Inside hymnal covers)

POSTLUDE: Trumpet Tune     Fischer