Welcome & Announcements
Greeting
Leader. Lord you have been our dwelling place in all generations
People. From everlasting to everlasting, you are God
Leader. The Grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you
People. The Risen Christ is with us
ALL: Praise the Lord
Opening Prayer (Unison) Rev. Jason Elmore
O God, searcher of all our hearts, you have formed us as a people and claimed us for your own. As we come to acknowledge your sovereignty and grace, and to enter anew into covenant with you. Reveal any reluctance or falsehood within us. Let your Spirit impress your truth on our inmost being and receive us in mercy, for the sake of our Mediator, Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, One God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Hymn UMH #606 Come, Let Us Use the Grace Divine
Offering & Doxology UMH #95
Litany of Thanksgiving
Prayer of Illumination
Scripture—2 Kings 23:1 – 3
Proclamation
Hymn UMH #117 O God, Our Help in Ages Past (vs 1, 3, 4, 6)
Scripture—Jerimiah 31:31–34
Invitation
Hymn UMH #419 I Am Thine, O Lord (vs. 1-2)
Scripture—Matthew 25:14-30
Hymn UMH #396 O Jesus, I Have Promised (vs 1, 4)
Scripture—Matthew 25:31-46
Covenant Prayer
Scripture—John 15:1-8
Pastoral Prayer / Lord’s Prayer
Hymn UMH #415 Take Up Thy Cross
Dismissal with Blessing