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Warm Christian greetings to all who chose to worship together today. May the Lord accept our worship. May each of us find our burdens lighter, our hearts uplifted, and our faith enriched.
Holy Communion is open to all who confess Jesus as Lord and believe that Jesus is present in the Bread and Wine. If you desire gluten-free wafers, let the pastor know at the time of distribution. Glasses of white grape juice are available in each tray for those who do not wish to receive wine.
Wed, August 15, 1:30-4:30 pm, Palmer s Family Fun, $10 each for unlimited pass, sign up on board by August 12. Sun, August 26, 12:00-3:00 pm, Parent/Student Meeting
Tues, August 14, 12:45 4:00 pm help with carnival @ Lexington Estates Wed, August 15, 1:30-4:30 pm, Palmer s Family Fun, $10 each for unlimited pass, sign up on board by August 12. Tues, August 21, 4:00-6:00 pm, Frisbee Golf & Picnic at Teacher s Park
Tues, August 14, 12:45 4:00 pm help with carnival @ Lexington Estates Wed, August 15, 1:30-4:30 pm, Palmer s Family Fun, $10 each for unlimited pass, sign up on board by August 12
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Bible Basics Did You Know? How many books are there in the Bible? A) 55 B) 66 C) 77
Prelude A time to prepare your hearts and minds for worship
WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS
SHARING THE PEACE P: The Peace of the Lord be with you all C: And also with you.
CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS L: We confess our sins before God and one another. Pause for silence and reflection. L: Merciful God, C: Forgive us, for we have been faithless. Daily you offer us chances to serve you, and we decline them. We turn inward and ignore your world in need. We hoard time, energy and resources. Have mercy on us and bring us back into your favor. Amen. L: God is faithful, just and kind, and will not forsake us, even when we go astray. Hear the words of forgiveness offered to you, that your sins are remembered no more and your creator restores your life for the sake of Jesus, your savior. Amen.
Holy Communion is open to all who confess Jesus as Lord and believe that Jesus is present in the Bread and Wine. If you desire gluten-free wafers, let the pastor know at the time of distribution. Glasses of white grape juice are available in each tray for those who do not wish to receive wine. WORDS OF INSTITUTION
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 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 AND EVER. AMEN.
INVITATION TO COMMUNION P: You fill the hungry with good things, O Lord, and turn no one away from your table. Welcome us now as honored guests at this holy meal, that we might also show your welcome to all who share your earth with us. Come and eat!
I Give You My Heart This is my desire to honor You. Lord with all my heart I worship You All I have within me I give You praise All that I adore is in You
Lord I give You my heart, I give You my soul I live for You alone Ev ry breath that I take Ev ry moment I m awake Lord have Your way in me
This is my desire to honor You. Lord with all my heart I worship You All I have within me I give You praise All that I adore is in You
Lord I give You my heart, I give You my soul I live for You alone Ev ry breath that I take Ev ry moment I m awake Lord have Your way in me
Lord I give You my heart, I give You my soul I live for You alone Ev ry breath that I take Ev ry moment I m awake Lord have Your way in me CCLI# 1866132 1995 By Reuben Morgan Hillsong Publishing Admin. by Integrity s Hosanna Music
POST-COMMUNION BLESSING P: The body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ strengthen you and keep you in his grace. C: Amen. POST-COMMUNION PRAYER P: It is only through Your grace, O Lord, that we are able to approach Your table, C: and it is only through Your Son s mercy that we are forgiven. Empower us to share that same grace and mercy with all of creation. Amen.
READING RUTH 4:1-22 No sooner had Boaz gone up to the gate and sat down there than the next-of-kin, of whom Boaz had spoken, came passing by. So Boaz said, Come over, friend; sit down here. And he went over and sat down. Then Boaz took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit down here ; so they sat down. He then said to the next-of-kin, Naomi, who has come back from the country of Moab, is selling the parcel of land that belonged to our kinsman Elimelech. So I thought I would tell you of it, and say: Buy it in the presence of those sitting here, and in the presence of the elders of my people. If you will redeem it, redeem it; but if you will not, tell me, so that I may know;
for there is no one prior to you to redeem it, and I come after you. So he said, I will redeem it. Then Boaz said, The day you acquire the field from the hand of Naomi, you are also acquiring Ruth the Moabite, the widow of the dead man, to maintain the dead man s name on his inheritance. At this, the next-of-kin said, I cannot redeem it for myself without damaging my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption yourself, for I cannot redeem it. Now this was the custom in former times in Israel concerning redeeming and exchanging: to confirm a transaction, the one took off a sandal and gave it to the other; this was the manner of attesting in Israel. So when the next-ofkin said to Boaz, Acquire it for yourself, he took off his sandal.
Then Boaz said to the elders and all the people, Today you are witnesses that I have acquired from the hand of Naomi all that belonged to Elimelech and all that belonged to Chilion and Mahlon. I have also acquired Ruth the Moabite, the wife of Mahlon, to be my wife, to maintain the dead man s name on his inheritance, in order that the name of the dead may not be cut off from his kindred and from the gate of his native place; today you are witnesses. Then all the people who were at the gate, along with the elders, said, We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman who is coming into your house like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you produce children in Ephrathah and bestow a name in Bethlehem;
and, through the children that the Lord will give you by this young woman, may your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah. So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife. When they came together, the Lord made her conceive, and she bore a son. Then the women said to Naomi, Blessed be the Lord, who has not left you this day without next-of-kin; and may his name be renowned in Israel! He shall be to you a restorer of life and a nourisher of your old age; for your daughter-in-law who loves you, who is more to you than seven sons, has borne him. Then Naomi took the child and laid him in her bosom, and became his nurse. The women of the neighborhood gave him a name, saying, A son has been born to Naomi.
They named him Obed; he became the father of Jesse, the father of David. Now these are the descendants of Perez: Perez became the father of Hezron, Hezron of Ram, Ram of Amminadab, Amminadab of Nahshon, Nahshon of Salmon, Salmon of Boaz, Boaz of Obed, Obed of Jesse, and Jesse of David. L: THE WORD OF THE LORD. C: THANKS BE TO GOD.
In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes. Judges 21:25
When people do what is right in their own eyes it is not always the right thing they do.
Where is God in this story?
God is in the hope of the future
God is in the hope of his people
God is in the redeemer
God is in the redeeming
God is in the redeeming Redeeming brings new life
God is in the Redeemer
God is the Redeemer
God is the Redeemer He s always up to something
Amazing Grace (My Chains are Gone) Amazing grace, how sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me I once was lost, but now I m found Was blind, but now I see
T'was grace that taught my heart to fear, And grace my fears relieved, How precious did that grace appear, The hour I first believed
My chains are gone I ve been set free My God my Savior Has ransomed me
And like a flood His mercy reigns Unending love Amazing grace
The Lord has promised good to me His word my hope secures He will my shield and portion be As long as life endures
My chains are gone I ve been set free My God my Savior Has ransomed me
And like a flood His mercy reigns Unending love Amazing grace
My chains are gone I ve been set free My God my Savior Has ransomed me
And like a flood His mercy reigns Unending love Amazing grace
The Earth will soon dissolve like snow The sun forbid to shine But God who calls me here below Will be forever mine Will be forever mine You are forever mine CCLI song #4768151 Copyright 2006 worshiptogether.com songs (Admin. by EMI Christian Music Publishing) sixsteps Music (Admin. by EMI Christian Music Publishing) Vamos Publishing (Admin. by EMI Christian Music Publishing)
Hope of the Nations Jesus, hope of the nations Jesus, comfort for all who mourn You are the source For heaven s hope on earth
Jesus, light in the darkness Jesus, truth in each circumstance You are the source For heaven s light on earth
In history You lived and died You broke the chains You rose to life
You are the hope Living in us You are the Rock In whom we trust You are the light Shining for all the world to see
You rose from the dead Conquering fear Our Prince of Peace Drawing us near Jesus, our hope Living for all who will receive Lord we believe
Jesus, hope of the nations Jesus, comfort for all who mourn You are the source For heaven s hope on earth
Jesus, light in the darkness Jesus, truth in each circumstance You are the source For heaven s light on earth
In history You lived and died You broke the chains You rose to life
You are the hope Living in us You are the Rock In whom we trust You are the light Shining for all the world to see
You rose from the dead Conquering fear Our Prince of Peace Drawing us near Jesus, our hope Living for all who will receive
Lord we believe Lord we believe Lord we believe CCLI song# 3540703 Copyright 2002 Integrity s Hosanna! Music
How Great Is Our God The splendor of the King Clothed in majesty Let all the earth rejoice, All the earth rejoice
He wraps himself in light And darkness tries to hide And trembles at His voice Trembles at His voice
How great is our God Sing with me, how great is our God And all will see how great How great is our God
Age to age He stands And time is in His hands Beginning and the end Beginning and the end
The God-head, three in one Father, Spirit, Son The lion and the lamb The lion and the lamb
How great is our God Sing with me, how great is our God And all will see how great How great is our God
Name above all names Worthy of all praise My heart will sing How great is our God
Name above all names Worthy of all praise My heart will sing How great is our God
How great is our God Sing with me, how great is our God And all will see how great How great is our God
How great is our God Sing with me, how great is our God And all will see how great How great is our God How Great is Our God,2004,Tomlin, Reeves & Cash,CCLI#4348399
BLESSING P: Almighty God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, bless you now and forever. C: Amen! DISMISSAL P: God is good C: all the time! P: All the time C: God is good! P: And all God s people said C: Amen!
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