Welcome to Recovery Worship

W E L C O M E! At Recovery Worship we gather each Sunday as companions in the Body of Christ. We are partners with one another on our spiritual journeys. We seek through prayer, meditation and worship to improve our conscious contact with God. We seek spiritual progress, rather than spiritual perfection, as we turn our will and our lives over to the care of God. We Greet Each Other

Meet & Greet Welcome to Recovery Worship today! A warm welcome is extended to all. Especially we welcome those who are worshiping with us for the first time or who have returned after an absence. Your presence enriches us and this time of celebration together. we re glad you re here! We Greet Each Other

Serenity Prayer All: God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference. Living one day at a time; enjoying one moment at a time; accepting hardship as the pathway to peace. Taking as He did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it. Trusting that He will make all things right if I surrender to His will, that I may be reasonably happy in this life, and supremely happy with Him forever in the next. Amen. -Reinhold Niebuhr We Greet God

We Greet God Announcements

Receive our weekly email newsletter. Sign up on the Connect Card (in the bulletin) Keep Connected Follow us on Facebook Did you check in today? facebook.com/recoveryworshipfm We Greet Each Other

Leaving Treatment? Then pick up one of packets we made for you: In the bookstore Items for spiritual support during your first days after leaving treatment. We Greet Each Other FREE!!!

Celebrations! Sobriety anniversaries and other milestones. Feel free to raise your hand and share! We Greet Each Other

We Greet God Leader: The Lord is our hope. People: We can find peace in God s constant love. Leader: When troubles comes at us, we ask the Lord for aid. People: When joys abound, we thank the Lord. Leader: Welcome this day to God s house. People: We thank and praise God for help and hope. Amen. We Greet God

Song Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee #89 Or on the screen Text: Henry Van Dyke Music: Ludwig van Beethoven; Arr. by Edward Hodges Tune: HYMN TO JOY, Meter: 87.87 D. Please stand, if you are able We Greet God

1. Joyful, joyful, we adore thee, God of glory, Lord of love; hearts unfold like flowers before thee, opening to the sun above. Melt the clouds of sin and sadness; drive the dark of doubt away. Giver of immortal gladness, fill us with the light of day! #89 We Greet God

2. All thy works with joy surround thee, earth and heaven reflect thy rays, stars and angels sing around thee, center of unbroken praise. Field and forest, vale and mountain, flowery meadow, flashing sea, chanting bird and flowing fountain, call us to rejoice in thee. #89 We Greet God

3. Thou art giving and forgiving, ever blessing, ever blest, well-spring of the joy of living, ocean depth of happy rest! Thou our Father, Christ our brother, all who live in love are thine; teach us how to love each other, l ift us to the joy divine. #89 We Greet God

4. Mortals, join the mighty chorus which the morning stars began; love divine is reigning o'er us, binding all within its span. Ever singing, march we onward, victors in the midst of strife; joyful music leads us sunward, in the triumph song of life. #89 We Greet God Text: Henry Van Dyke Music: Ludwig van Beethoven; Arr. by Edward Hodges Tune: HYMN TO JOY, Meter: 87.87 D.

Giving Back to God Offering Response please stand (as you are able) and sing: We give Thee but Thine own, Whate'er the gift may be; All that we have is Thine alone, A trust, O Lord, from Thee. We Greet God

A Reading, from God s Book We Listen to God and Each Other John 14:1, 13-14 NRSV

A Reading, from God s Book Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God, believe also in me. 13 I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 If in my name you ask me for anything, I will do it. (NRSV) Don t let this throw you. You trust God, don t you? Trust me. From now on, whatever you request along the lines of who I am and what I am doing, I ll do it. That s how the Father will be seen for who he is in the Son. I mean it. Whatever you request in this way, I ll do. (MSG) We Listen to God and Each Other

Sharing Our Experience, Strength and Hope For what have you asked God, and what did you receive as an answer? Please limit your remarks to the topic. We Listen to God and Each Other

We Listen to God and Each Other Message

We Listen to God and Each Other Into Action What to ask for in prayer Ask for Forgiveness. Ask for what corrective measures should be taken in your life. Ask God to direct your thinking. Especially that your thinking be divorced from self-pity, dishonest or self-seeking motives. Ask God for inspiration, an intuitive thought or a decision. Ask for direction through the day. Ask especially for freedom from self-will. We may ask for ourselves if others will be helped. Ask throughout the day for the right thought or action that is needed. Based on AA Big Book pages 86-88

We Listen to God and Each Other The Ask in My Name Prayer Holy God, this I ask, in your name: Please forgive me, and guide me in the positive changes needed in my life. Please direct my thinking in all things, especially keep me from the thoughts of self-pity, dishonesty and self-seeking. Please keep my motives pure as I pray. Please inspire my thoughts and decisions. Direct me today to do and live Your will. Keep me free from self-will. May anything I ask of You for myself, lead to others being helped. When needed, O God, place in my mind the right thought or action that is needed in that moment. I ask, in Your name, that Your will, not mine, be done. With a grateful heart, I pray in Your name. Amen. Prayer written by Pastor John Roberts

Seek Ye First #405 Text: Karen Lafferty, 1972 (Mt. 6:33; 7:7) Music: Karen Lafferty, 1972 Tune: SEEK YE, Meter: Irr. Please stand, if you are able We respond to God

#405 Seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you. Allelu alleluia! We respond to God

#405 Ask, and I shall be given unto you; Seek and ye shall find; Knock, and the door shall be opened unto you. Allelu, alleluia! We respond to God

Prayers of the People Please raise your hand if you have a prayer request, we respond to each request with: Leader: Lord in your mercy People: Hear our prayer. We respond to God

Holy Communion Every week at Recovery Worship we gather around the Lord s Table and share in Holy Communion. Everyone is welcome at the table, regardless of your religious tradition or age. We use wafers or bread and grape juice. We respond to God

Song During Communion One Bread, One Body #620 or on the screen We Respond to God

We respond to God Refrain: One bread, one body,one Lord of all, one cup of blessing which we bless. And we, though many, throughout the earth, we are one body in this one Lord. Verses: Gentile or Jew, servant or free, woman or man, no more. Refrain. Many the gifts, Many the works, One in the Lord of all. Refrain. Grain for the fields, Scattered and grown, Gathered to one, for all. Refrain.

We Go to Serve God and Others Encouragement Circle All: 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, the power, and the glory, forever and ever. Amen. We conclude by saying together: God be with you til we meet again!