Set Our Hope on Christ

Praise Song “This is the Day That The Lord Has Made”

Welcome and Invitation to Worship

Announcements

Sharing our Joys and Concerns

Prayer for those in need

Prelude “In Christ Alone” - Michael W. Smith

Call to Worship

“I set my HOPE on Christ that we will find ourselves receptive and open to God’s Spirit today. I set my HOPE on Christ that we will find peace within ourselves, with each other, with those outside these walls and with creation. I set my HOPE on Christ that we will be blessed to be a blessing for others. I set my HOPE on Christ that we will discover our call and mission as a congregation.”

*Opening Hymn “Fairest Lord Jesus” - CCS 33

*Invocation

Prayer for Peace

Lighting the Candle of Peace

Prayer for Peace

Spirit of joyful peace, we don’t always feel joyful or peaceful. Our human brains jump from day to day in search of the path of least resistance. Yet, the path of peace is filled with resistance! We pause today to remember that You are faithful and ever-present in our striving for peace. Open our cautious spirits to Your leading Spirit, which is active joyfully each day of our lives. You are so generous with Your blessings. May we gratefully accept Your blessings and respond by following Your promptings to grow peace within our hearts, in our house, and from the hilltops of our towns. In the name of Jesus, who grants abundant peace. Amen.

Disciples’ Generous Response

We lift our voices. We lift our hands. We lift our lives up to You. We are an offering. Lord, use our voices. Lord, use our hands. Lord, use our lives, they are Yours, we are an offering. All that we have, all that we are, all that we hope to be we give to You. We lift our voices. We lift our hands. We lift our lives up to you. We are an offering.

Offering

Collection of Offering

Prayer over the Offering

Special Music “Don’t Stop Praying” Matthew West

Morning Message

*Closing Hymn “Lift Every Voice and Sing” CCS 555

*Benediction

*Sending Forth

With the hope of Christ within us, let us lavishly share our abundance and our love. Go with God.

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