Murray Presbyterian Church

August 23, 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):

LEADER: Come, let us prepare for a new arrival of God’s love and peace among us.

CONGREGATION: Once again we hear the promise of peace made real in Jesus, who became divine peace in our midst.

LEADER: Once again we see the light that God promises to enlighten our days of darkness in the world.

CONGREGATION: Once again we feel that joy that is ours, knowing the assurance of our salvation in our Lord Jesus Christ.

Passing the Peace of Christ

PRAISE HYMN: “I Could Sing of Your Love Forever” [insert]

PRAYER OF CONFESSION (Unison): O God of mercy: you sent Jesus Christ to save the lost. Judge us with love and lift the burden of our sins. We have failed in love, and have turned away from your truth. Have mercy, O God, and forgive our sin, for the sake of Jesus your Son, our Savior. 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 3:11-24 (pgs. 1208-1209)

SERMON: “Love One Another”

Pastor Jeff McDonald

RESPONDING TO THE WORD

HYMN: “I Love to Tell the Story” [insert]

PASTORAL PRAYER

THE OFFERING

Offertory

Doxology (Hymnal #592)

Prayer of Thanksgiving

CELEBRATION OF THE LORD’S SUPPER

HYMN: #485 “To God Be the Glory”

BENEDICTION

CONGREGATIONAL BENEDICTION

(Inside hymnal covers)

POSTLUDE