Murray
Presbyterian Church
August
30, 2009 –10:00 am
PRELUDE
The Ritual of Friendship (Red Book)
Sharing
Joys and Concerns
PREPARING
OUR HEARTS FOR WORSHIP
CALL
TO WORSHIP (Responsively):
LEADER:
O Lord God, you are very great. You
stretch out the heavens like a tent; you set the beams of your chambers upon
the waters.
CONGREGATION:
You set the earth on its foundations so that it shall never be shaken.
LEADER:
You make the streams gush forth in the valleys; they flow between the hills.
CONGREGATION:
You cause the grass to grow for the cattle, and plants for people to use.
Leader: O Lord, how manifold are your works! In wisdom you made them all.
All: Bless the Lord, O my soul. Praise the Lord!
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
(Unison): Merciful God, by whose word we are created and by whose love we are
redeemed: we confess to our sin. We have
not loved our neighbor as ourselves.
Forgive our sin. Free us from the
chains of selfishness and greed that bind us and rob us of true joy. Cleanse us by your mercy that we may love
you, serve you, and find in your service our deepest joy. In the name of Jesus Christ we pray. Amen.
ASSURANCE
OF PARDON
(Gloria Patri, Hymnal
#579)
YOUTH MESSAGE
New Testament Reading: 1 John 4:1-7 (pg. 1951)
SERMON: “The Truth Matters”
Pastor
Jeff McDonald
THE
OFFERING
Offertory: Special
Music Dave Coulby
Doxology (Hymnal
#592)
Prayer
of Thanksgiving
(Inside hymnal covers)