Murray Presbyterian Church

August 9, 2009 –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) 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: “More Love, More Power” [insert]

PRAYER OF CONFESSION (Unison):

I, a poor sinner, acknowledge before you, my God and Creator, that I have terribly and in many ways sinned against you, not only outwardly, but much more with inward blindness, unbelief, doubts, impatience, pride, covetousness, envy, hatred, and other sinful affections, as you, my Lord and God, know well, and I cannot deeply enough deplore. But I repent of these things, and am sorry for them, and ask you for mercy, for the sake of your beloved Son Jesus Christ. Amen.

A TIME OF SILENT CONFESSION

ASSURANCE OF PARDON

GLORY TO THE FATHER

(Gloria Patri, Hymnal #579)

HEARING THE WORD

YOUTH MESSAGE

New Testament Reading: 1 John 1 (pg. 1207)

SERMON: “Walking in the Light”

Pastor Jeff McDonald

RESPONDING TO THE WORD

HYMN: “I’d Rather Have Jesus” [insert]

PASTORAL PRAYER

THE OFFERING

Offertory

Doxology (Hymnal #592)

Prayer of Thanksgiving

HYMN: “It Is Well with My Soul” [insert]

BENEDICTION

CONGREGATIONAL BENEDICTION

(Inside hymnal covers)

POSTLUDE