Murray Presbyterian Church

January 17, 2010 –10:00 am

Please prepare your hearts for worship

PRELUDE

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):

LEADER: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ…

CONGREGATION: Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

LEADER: This is the day that the Lord has made;

CONGREGATION: let us rejoice and be glad in it.

150^TH CHURCH ANNIVERSARY PRESENTATION

Passing the Peace of Christ

PRAISE HYMN: “Above All” [insert]

PRAYER OF CONFESSION (Unison): Almighty God, we confess that we have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed. We have followed our own way and not sought after you. Have mercy upon us, we pray. Forgive our disobedience and ingratitude, remove our pride and help us to follow you each day. Help us to live according to your law of love that we might know the abundance of life to which we are called, and rejoice in the grace by which we are saved. Through Christ our Lord we pray. Amen.

A TIME OF SILENT CONFESSION

ASSURANCE OF PARDON

GLORY TO THE FATHER

(Gloria Patri, Hymnal #805)

HEARING THE WORD

YOUTH MESSAGE

New Testament Reading: Acts 9:1-19 (pg. 1734)

SERMON: “God Changes Lives”

Pastor Jeff McDonald

RESPONDING TO THE WORD

HYMN: #502 “Amazing Grace! How Sweet the Sound”

PASTORAL PRAYER

THE OFFERING

Offertory

Doxology (Hymnal #809)

Prayer of Thanksgiving

HYMN: #92 “Crown Him with Many Crowns”

BENEDICTION

CONGREGATIONAL BENEDICTION

(Inside hymnal covers)

POSTLUDE