October 27th, 2024
Call to Worship
God is good
All the time!
All the time
God is good!
Opening Scripture
You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? And if you greet only your brothers, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same? You therefore must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
Matthew 5:43-48
The Word of the Lord
Thanks be to God!
Welcome & Announcements
-Barn Dance
-Volunteers needed for Kids Min
Confession and Pardon
-Invitation
-Unison Confession:
Almighty God of the prophets,
you have called us to glorify your name
through our love for you and for one another.
We confess that our praise is more on our lips than with our lives.
We profess repentance while we resist change;
We talk of peace while we prepare for war;
We sing of love but we curse our enemies;
We pray your will be done but insist on our way.
Have mercy upon us, tender God, and cleanse and forgive our selfish ways.
May Jesus Christ, who came long ago, come once more into our lives.
Help us to be at peace with you, one another, and ourselves
as members of your kingdom,
which is now at hand—through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
-Silent prayer
-Assurance of Pardon:
Hear the word of God from Psalms:
Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven,
whose sin is covered.
Psalm 32:1 (ESV)
In Jesus Christ, you are forgiven!
Songs of Praise
How Deep the Father's Love for Us
#535 - O the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus
Praying the Old Testament
O God, you are my God;
I earnestly search for you.
My soul thirsts for you;
my whole body longs for you
in this parched and weary land
where there is no water.
I have seen you in your sanctuary
and gazed upon your power and glory.
Your unfailing love is better than life itself;
how I praise you!
I will praise you as long as I live,
lifting up my hands to you in prayer.
You satisfy me more than the richest feast.
I will praise you with songs of joy.
I lie awake thinking of you,
meditating on you through the night.
Because you are my helper,
I sing for joy in the shadow of your wings.
-Psalm 63:1–7 (NLT)
Pastoral Prayer followed by the Lord's Prayer
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread,
and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors.
Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil,
For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
-Matthew 6:9-13
Hymn of Praise
#32 - Great is Thy Faithfulness
Receiving God’s Word
Message: Love Wins
Scripture: 1 John 4:7-21
-Rev. Reuben Antvelink
-Prayer
Offering
-Invitation
-Offertory
-Doxology
-Prayer for Gifts
Communion
-Invitation to the Table
-Prayer of Consecration and the Lord’s Prayer
-Jesus’ Words at the Table
-Prayer
Affirmation of Faith
I believe in God, the Father almighty,
creator of heaven and earth and in Jesus Christ,
his only Son, our Lord,
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit
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 to heaven
and is seated at the right hand of God the Father almighty.
From there he will come to judge the living 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
Closing Hymn
King of Love