February 24, 2013       10:30 AM

WE ENTER INTO GOD’S PRESENCE
  Preparation for Worship – a time of music and meditation
*Call to Worship –
Leader: Come, let us worship the Lord, let us sing to Him a new
song.
People: Sing to the Lord, all the earth; sing to the Lord, praise his
name; proclaim his salvation day after day.
Leader: Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous deeds
among all peoples.
People: For great is the Lord and most worthy of praise!
Leader: Let all creation rejoice before the Lord, for he comes, he
comes to judge the earth in righteousness and the peoples
in his faithfulness.
People: The time is fulfilled! The reign of God is at hand! Let us
turn and follow the Lord!

Welcome

*Opening Hymn – 438 “When Morning Gilds the Sky,” verses 1, 2, and 5

*God Greets Us
*We Greet Others

*Continuing Praise

WE CONFESS OUR SINS

Call to Confession –
Leader: Christ himself bore our sins in his body on the tree that we might die to sins and live for righteousness.
People: By his wounds we are healed.
Leader: Let us confess our sins.

Prayer of Confession –
Leader: God of compassion, in Jesus Christ you did not disdain the company of sinners but welcomed them with love.
People: Look upon us in mercy, we pray.
Leader: Our sins are more than we can bear; our pasts enslave us; our misdeeds are beyond correcting.
People: Forgive the wrongs we cannot undo; free us from a past we cannot change; heal what we can no longer fix.
Leader: Grace our lives with your love and turn the tears of our past into the joys of new life with you.
People: Amen.

Assurance of Pardon –
Pastor: People of God, put your hope in the Lord, for with the Lord is unfailing love and with him is full redemption. He himself will redeem his people from all their sins.

*Song of Assurance – 483 “How Great Thou Art”

WE HEAR GOD’S WORD
Children’s Time
Prayer for Preparation
Scripture Reading – Psalm 96
Reader: May God bless to our understanding this reading
from his Word.

Message: “Surprised by Hope, Part II: Judgment and Hope”
Prayer

WE RESPOND WITH THANKSGIVING
*Song of Thanksgiving – “Canticle of the Turning”

WE RESPOND WITH THANKSGIVING
The Offering
Offertory Prayer
Sharing Joys and Concerns
Intercessory Prayer

WE ARE SENT TO LOVE AND SERVE
  Opportunities for Ministry and Fellowship
*Benediction

*Parting Song – 197 “The Trees of the Field”
  Postlude
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*All those who are able to are requested to stand