Sample Worship

United Protestant Church

SERVICE OF WORSHIP ON THE LORD'S DAY

March 30, 2003                                                                      11:00am

Gathering Music                                                                              

Greetings and Announcements                                                             

Introit                 "Make Me a Channel of Your Peace”    
(Prayer of St.Francis)/S. Temple

Call to Worship & Invocation

~Hymn                   Love Divine, All Loves Excelling                 #376

~Prayer of Confession

     Gracious God, our sins are too heavy to carry, too real to hide, and too deep to undo.  Forgive what our lips tremble to name, what our hearts can no longer bear, and what has become for us a consuming judgement.  Set us free from a past that we cannot change; open to us a future in which we can be changed; and grant us grace to grow more in your likeness and image; through Jesus Christ, the Light of the World.  Amen.

~ Assurance of Pardon                                                                         

w      Gloria Patri                                                                                     

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, s now, and ever shall be, world without end.  Amen.  Amen.

Children's Message                                                                              

Hymn                  Hear the Good News of Salvation                   #355

Prayers of the People and 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.  And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever.  Amen.

      Choral Resonse                     "Hear Us, O God"        B. Hurd 

      Anthem   "O That I Had A Thousand Voices”   Jay Althouse

Scripture Lessons: 

            Isaiah 43:18-25

            Mark 2:13-22

2 Corinthians 1:18-22

Sermon            "The Deserts Shall Rejoice"         Tim Carrick

        Service of Tithes and Offerings                                                              

        Tithes and Offerings Received

       ~Doxology                                                                                   

Praise God from whom all blessings flow; Praise Him, all creatures here below; Praise Him above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.  Amen.

       ~ Prayer of Dedication                                                                    

~Hymn                    What Wondrous Love Is This                       #85

  ~ Charge & Benediction                                                                         

w Congregational Hymn of Response

My peace I give unto you

It's a  peace that the world cannot give:

It's a peace that the world cannot understand

Peace to know; peace to live,

My peace I give unto you.

My love I give unto you

It's a love that the world cannot give:

It's a love that the world cannot understand,

Love to know, love to live,

My love I give unto you.

      Postlude                                                                              

(~ Those who are able may stand.)