1. 2016 thursday opening worship

Thursday, June 16, 2016 | 10:30 a.m.Opening Worship & Communion

Leader: We are called to be the children of light.

People: We come to worship to berenewed in our faith that our light might ever shine.

Leader:The light of Christ is found in all that is good and right and true.People: We gather for worship that we might do what is good and right and true to Christ.

All: We come to worship to celebrate and give thanks to God. Let us lift our voices in praise!

Praise to the Lord, the Almighty

Words: Joachim Neander, 1880;Music: Erneurten Gesangbuck 1885.

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Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of Creation!O my soul praise him, for he is thy health and salvation!

All ye who hear, now to his temple draw near;join me in glad adoration.

Praise to the Lord, who o’er all things so wondrously reigningbears thee on eagle’s wings, e’er in his keeping maintaining.

God’s care enfolds all, whose true good he upholds.Hast thou not known his sustaining?

Praise to the Lord, who doth prosper thy work and defend thee;surely his goodness and mercy here daily attend thee.

Ponder anew what the Almighty can do,who with his love doth befriend thee.

Praise to the Lord, who doth nourish thy life and restore thee, fitting thee well for the tasks that are ever before thee.

Then to thy need God as a mother doth speed,spreading the wings of grace o’er thee.

Praise to the Lord! O let all that is in me adore him!All that hath life and breath, come now with praises before him!

Let the amen sound from his people again;Gladly forever adore him.

Two Videos: 1. Go Light Your World

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2. Opening Prayer is a video

“Prayer by Rev. Joe Melton”

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Gospel& Old Testament Lessons

”Go Light Your World”

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Leader:The Lord be with you.

People:And also with you.

Leader:Let us pray…

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The Apostle’s Creed

Leader: Do you believe in God?People:I believe in God, the Father Almighty,maker of heaven and earth;

Leader: Do you believe in Jesus Christ?

People:And in Jesus Christ his only Son, our Lord;who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,

born of the Virgin Mary,suffered under Pontius Pilate,was crucified, dead, and buried;*

the third day he rose from the dead;he ascended into heaven,and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty;from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. 

Leader: Do you believe in the Holy Spirit?

People:I believe in the Holy Spirit,the holy catholic church,the communion of saints,the forgiveness of sins,the resurrection of the body,and the life everlasting. Amen.

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DoxologyWords: Thomas Ken, 1674; Music: Attr. To Louis Bourgeois, 1551. Old 100th. All rights reserved.

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.

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the liturgyFlash responses only

People: Merciful God,We confess that we have not loved you with our whole heart.We have failed to be an obedient church.

We have not done your will,we have broken your law,we have rebelled against your love,we have not loved our neighbors,

and we have not heard the cry of the needy.Forgive us, we pray.Free us for joyful obedience, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

People to Leader:

In the name of Jesus Christ, you are forgiven. All: Glory to God!

The Great ThanksgivingLeader: The Lord be with you.

All: And also with you.

Leader: Lift up your hearts.

All: We lift them up to the Lord.

All: It is right to give our thanks and praise.

All: Holy, holy, holy Lord,

God of power and might,Heaven and earth are

full of your glory.Hosanna in the highest.Blessed is he who comes

in the name of the Lord.Hosanna in the highest.

All: Christ has died; Christ is risen;Christ will come again.

In Unison: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 trespasses,

as we forgive those who trespass against us.

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.

Go live until thePrayer following Communion

In Unison:Eternal God, we give you thanks for this holy mystery in which you have given yourself to us.

Grant that we may go into the world in the strength of your Spirit, to give ourselves for others, in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Lord, You Have Come to the Lakeshore

Words: Cesareo Gabaraín; trans. by Gertrude C. Suppe, George Lockwood, and Rachel Gutiérrez-Achon, 1987 (Mt. 4:18-22, Mt. 1:16-20, Lk. 5:1-11); Music: Gabaraín; harm. Skinner Chaven-Melo, 1987 © 1979 Ediciones Paulinas; trans. © 1989 The United Methodist Publishing House; harm. © 1987 Skinner Chávez-Melo. OneLicense.net E-801569. All rights reserved.

Lord, you have come to the lakeshorelooking neither for wealthy nor wise ones.you only asked me to follow humbly.

O Lord, with your eyes you have searched me,

and while smiling have spoken my name;

now my boats left on the shoreline behind me;

by your side I will seek other seas.

You know so well my possessions;

my boat carries no gold and no weapons.

you will find there my nets and labor.

O Lord, with your eyes you have searched me,

and while smiling have spoken my name;

now my boat’s left on the shoreline behind me;

by your side I will seek other seas.

You need my hands, full of caring

through my labors to give others rest

and constant love, that keeps on loving.

O Lord, with your eyes you have searched me,

and while smiling have spoken my name;

now my boat’s left on the shoreline behind me;

by your side I will seek other seas.

You, who have fished other oceans

ever longed for by souls who are waiting,

my loving friend, as thus you call me.

O Lord, with your eyes you have searched me,

and while smiling have spoken my name;

now my boat’s left on the shoreline behind me;

by your side I will seek other seas.