† CALL TO WORSHIP
One: Come! Let us give thanks to the Lord with whole hearts.
Many: Fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.
One: Glory be to the One whose wonders are to be remembered.
Many: The Lord is gracious and full of compassion.
One: The Lord feeds the righteous with truth.
Many: Come! Let us give thanks to the Lord!
† PRAYER OF THE DAY
† PRAYER OF CONFESSION Rev. Drumheller
Merciful God, in Jesus, we have seen your glory. Yet our sinfulness often blocks out the light of Christ. We are quick to accuse and slow to confess. We find faults easily in others while ignoring our own shortcomings. We have squandered your gifts. We have turned from your ways. We have ignored your Word. Have mercy on us, compassionate God. Pour out your Holy Spirit on our sinful lives. Wash us with your love and cleanse us with your grace that day by day we might move closer to the people you would want us be.
SILENCE FOR PERSONAL CONFESSION
† ASSURANCE OF PARDON
One: In the name of Jesus Christ, we are forgiven. Many: Thanks be to God. Amen.
† GLORIA GLORIA PATRI
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen, Amen.
R EADING AND H EARING THE W ORD
PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION
FIRST LESSON Deuteronomy 18:15-20
One: The Word of the Lord.
Many: Thanks be to God.
Anna Hall
Old Testament Page 174
† HYMN 755 Alleluia! Laud and Blessing WEISSE FLAGGEN
SECOND LESSON 1 Corinthians 8:1-13
THIRD LESSON Mark 1: 21-28
New Testament Page 171
New Testament Page 35
SERMON “On Whose Authority” Rev. Drumheller
† AFFIRMATION OF FAITH
The Apostles’ Creed I believe in God, the Father almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ his only Son, our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; he descended into hell; the third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy catholic church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. Amen.
† THE PEACE
One: The peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Many: And also with you.
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ANTHEM With What Shall I Come Before the Lord Philip Young
With what shall I come before the Lord and bow myself to God most high? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old? Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams or with ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgressions or that fruit of my body for the sins of my soul? God has shown you what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do what is just to love mercy, to walk humbly with your God. To do what is just, to love mercy, to walk, to walk humbly with your God.
† PRESENTATION OF THE GIFTS
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; praise Christ, all people here below; Praise Holy Spirit evermore; praise triune God, whom we adore. Amen. † PRAYER OF DEDICATION
