Murray
Presbyterian Church
November
29, 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: from 2 Cor. 1:3-11, Isaiah 40:27-31
LEADER: Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ, the father of mercies and the God of all consolation.
CONGREGATION:
God consoles us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to console those
who are also afflicted.
LEADER: Our way is not hidden from the Lord; he gives
power to the faint and strengthens the powerless.
ALL:
Those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up
with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and
not faint.
Passing the Peace of Christ
PRAISE HYMN: “You Are My King”
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.
A
TIME OF SILENT CONFESSION
GLORY TO THE FATHER
(Gloria Patri, Hymnal #579)
HEARING
THE WORD
SPECIAL MUSIC:
Samantha Cook & Elizabeth Coulby
YOUTH MESSAGE
New Testament Reading: Acts 6:1-7 (pgs. 1727-1728)
SERMON: “Being
Unified in Christ”
Pastor Jeff McDonald
RESPONDING
TO THE WORD
HYMN: #748
“Onward, Christian Soldiers”
THE
OFFERING
Offertory
Doxology (Hymnal
#592)
HYMN: #509 “O, How I Love Jesus”
BENEDICTION
CONGREGATIONAL BENEDICTION
(Inside hymnal covers)