Murray
Presbyterian Church
January
3, 2010 –10:00 am
Please prepare your hearts for worship
PRELUDE: “Five Noels” Cesar Franck
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) Ephesians
1
LEADER:
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in
Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places.
CONGREGATION:
In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our sin,
according to the riches of his grace.
LEADER: He has made known to us the mystery of
his will, as a plan for the fullness of time, to gather up all things in
Christ.
CONGREGATION:
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in
Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places.
Passing the Peace of Christ
PRAISE HYMN: “Come, Now Is The Time To Worship”
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PRAYER
OF CONFESSION (Unison): Father of mercies, we confess that we have sinned
against you. By your Holy Spirit, come
and work repentance into our hearts.
Help us to see you as you are: with outstretched arms, a loving heart,
and power to save. Help us to see Jesus,
the friend of sinners, and to follow him more faithfully. As we have received him, so strengthen us to
walk in him, depend on him, commune with him, and be conformed to him. Give us an experience of your grace that
makes us bold for others, that we might joyfully tell our friends and neighbors
of your saving mercy. Amen.
A
TIME OF SILENT CONFESSION
GLORY TO THE FATHER
(Gloria Patri, Hymnal
#805)
HEARING
THE WORD
New Testament Reading: 2 Kings 19:9-37 (pgs.
621-624)
SERMON:
“A Promise For The Future”
Dr.
Marlin Schiach
RESPONDING
TO THE WORD
HYMN: #229 “Lift High the Cross”
THE
OFFERING
Offertory: “Go, Tell It on The Mountains”
Doxology (Hymnal #809)
HYMN: #634 “Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah”
BENEDICTION
CONGREGATIONAL BENEDICTION
(Inside hymnal covers)
POSTLUDE: “Shout the Glad Tidings” old hymn