Hope United Presbyterian Church
The
Gathering
Call to Worship from Psalm 63
Leader: O God, you are my God, I seek you, my soul thirsts for you.
People: So
I have looked upon you in the sanctuary, beholding your power and
glory.
Leader: Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you.
People: So
I will bless you as long as I live; I will lift up my hands and call on
your name.
*Hymn 261 “God of Compassion, in Mercy Befriend Us”
Patient God, how trying we must be. You have told us, you have shown us, you have
come among us. Still, we look away,
ignoring, forgetting, rejecting your purpose for us. Have mercy on us. Forgive us for what we have done, and for
what we have not done. Tell us again.
Show us again. Come among us again. With
grace anew, come among us again, so that we might start fresh, and receive the
life you have given us in Jesus Christ.
Amen.
*The Peace
PEOPLE: And also with you.
*Hymn 579 “Glory Be To The Father”
Proclaiming
The Word
*Hymn 244 “Let Us with a Gladsome Mind”
*Affirmation of Faith – UNISON
Apostles’ Creed (traditional) The Presbyterian Hymnal, p. 14
Prayers of Intercession and the Lord’s Prayer
*Hymn 592 “Praise God, From Whom All Blessings Flow”
Holy God, we join with the hosts who have
gone before us, pilgrims on a journey toward your promised land. We pause on
the way to give you our offerings, and dedicate ourselves anew to your faithful
mission. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.
*Hymn 386 “O for a World”
*Charge and Benediction