Watchword for the Week

I will proclaim your name to my brothers and sisters;

in the midst of the congregation, I will praise you.

(Hebrews 2:12)

(Moravian Daily Texts 2015)

ORGAN PRELUDE

WELCOME and CALL to WORSHIP

(Psalm 126)

When the LORD brought us back to Jerusalem,

it was like a dream!

How we laughed, how we sang for joy!

Then the other nations said about us,

“The LORD did great things for them.”

Indeed he did great things for us;

How happy we were!

LORD, make us prosperous again, just as the

rain brings water back to dry riverbeds.

Let those who wept as they sowed their seed

gather the harvest with joy!

Those who wept as they went out carrying the

seed will come back singing for joy,

as they bring in the harvest.

Hymn 233 * Come, you thankful people, come

People’s Choice Hymns are marked with an asterisk (*)

PRAYER of APPROACH

Choir “Almighty God, who hast me brought”

Thomas Ford (1580-1648)

WORDS of ASSURANCE

God pours out mercy until our hearts overflow.

God’s hope is more than we can ever imagine.

Thank you, God, for wonder, for joy, for new

life, for all good gifts. Amen.

SHARING GOD’S PEACE

SCRIPTURE READINGS