January 8, 2012       10:30 AM

WE ENTER INTO GOD’S PRESENCE
  Preparation for Worship – a time of music and meditation
*Call to Worship
Leader:  Everlasting God, you brought the nations to your light and kings to the brightness of your rising.
People:  Fill the world with your glory, and show yourself to all  nations, through him who is the true light and the bright morning star, Jesus Christ, you Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.  Amen
*Opening Praise –  TBD
*God Greets Us
*We Greet Others
*Continuing Praise - TBD
 
Call to Confession
  Leader:   The light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil.  Let us confess our sin to God.
  Prayer of Confession
  People:  Almighty and merciful God, we confess that we have sinned against you and one another in both our actions and our inactions.  We recognize that in Jesus Christ our light has come, yet often we choose to walk in shadows and ignore the light.  Gracious God, forgive our sins and remove from us the veil of darkness that shrouds our lives.  Illumined by your Word and sacrament, may we rise to the radiance of Christ’s glory.  Amen
  Assurance of Pardon – I John 1:5-7

*Song of Assurance – TBD
WE HEAR GOD’S WORD
  Children’s Time
  Prayer of Preparation
  Scripture Reading – Matthew 9:35-38
  Message – TBD-Jonathan will provide by Wed, Jan 4th
  Prayer
WE RESPOND WITH THANKSGIVING
*The Lords Supper
*Leader:  Lift up your hearts.
*People:  We lift them up to the Lord.
*Leader:  Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
*People:  It is right for us to give thanks and praise.
*Leader:  With joy we praise you, gracious God, for you have created heaven and earth, made us in your image, and kept covenant with us—even when we fell into sin.  We give you thanks for Jesus Christ, our Lord, who by his life, death, and resurrection opened to us the way of everlasting life.  Therefore we join our voices with all the saints and angels and the whole creation to proclaim the glory of your name.
[The people are seated]
Leader:  We give thanks to God the Father that our Savior, Jesus Christ, before he suffered, gave us this memorial of his sacrifice, until he comes again.  At his last supper, the Lord Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.”  In the same way, he took the cup after supper and said, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this in remembrance of me.”  For whenever we eat this bread and drink this cup, we proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.  Therefore we proclaim our faith as signed and sealed in this sacrament:
People:  Christ has died.  Christ is risen.  Christ will come again.
Leader:  Lord, our God, send your Holy Spirit so that this bread and cup may be for us the body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ.  May we and all your saints be united with Christ and remain faithful in hope and love.  Gather your whole Church, O Lord, into the glory of your kingdom.  We pray in the name of Jesus, who taught us to pray,
All:  “Our Father……………..Amen”
Leader:  The bread that we break is a sharing in the body of Christ
People:  We who are many are one body, for we all share the same loaf.
Leader:  The cup for which we give thanks is a sharing in the blood of Christ.
People:  The cup that we drink is our participation in the blood of Christ.
Leader:  The gifts of God for the people of God
  The body of Christ, given for you
People:  Thanks be to God
Leader:  The blood of Christ, shed for you.
People:  Thanks be to God
*Song of Thanksgiving – TBD
  The Offerings – First:  General Fund
           Second:  see deacons list, if any
  Offertory Prayer
  Sharing Joys and Concerns
  Intercessory Prayer
WE ARE SENT TO LOVE AND SERVE
  Opportunities for Ministry and Fellowship
*Closing Prayer
  Leader: Go in peace, in the knowledge of God’s power.
Go in confidence, in the knowledge of God’s strength.
Go in joy, in the knowledge of God’s love.
  People:     Amen.
*God Blesses Us
  Leader:    Father we pray  the grace of Christ, which daily renews us,
and the love of God, which enables us to love all,
and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, which unites us in one body,
make us eager to obey the will of God until we meet again,
through Jesus Christ, our Lord. 
People:   Amen.
*Parting Song – TBD
  Postlude
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*All those who are able to are requested to stand