Watchword for the Week

“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God,

who is and who was and who is to come,

the Almighty. (Revelation 1:8)

(Moravian Daily Texts 2015)

ORGAN PRELUDE

WELCOME and CALL to WORSHIP

(Psalm 122)

I was glad when they said to me,

“Let us go to the house of the Lord.”

Our feet are standing

within your gates, O Jerusalem.

Jerusalem – built as a city

that is firmly bound together.

To it the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord,

as was decreed for Israel,

to give thanks to the name of the Lord

For there the thrones of judgement were set up,

the thrones of the house of David.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:

“May they prosper who love you.

Peace be within your walls,

and security within your towers.”

For the sake of my relatives and friends

I will say, “Peace be within you.”

For the sake of the house of the Lord

our God, I will seek your good

Hymn 83 * I rejoiced when I heard them say

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

PRAYER of ADORATION and CONFESSION

God of righteousness and peace,

grant us your peace.

When warfare and violence haunt our streets,

grant us your peace.

When anxieties haunt our minds and hearts,

grant us your peace.

For all who face the fear and violence of conflict

today: grant us your peace.

For all the people of Jerusalem and its

surrounding lands, who live in the shadow of

centuries of conflict, grant us your peace.

Turn our hearts towards the Prince of Peace,

we pray, grant us your peace.

Anoint my head with fresh oil, O God,

and your strength shall overcome my weakness.

Guide my feet into your footsteps, and I will walk

in the narrow path that leads to your house.

Until then, O God, I confess my sins, saying:

Lord God, Holy and Immortal, we confess

that we have broken your commandments,

we have sinned by selfishness, unbelief and

pride:

We have not acted justly, loved mercy,

nor walked humbly with you.

In the fullness of your mercy blot out our

misdeeds and wash away our sin.

Give us a willing spirit and enable us to

forgive others as you forgive us. Amen.

ASSURANCE of FORGIVENESS

Wondrous God, you encircle all time with your

presence; you encircle creation with your love.

You brought all things into being

and receive all things back to you.

May we find our hope, and our life, in your

enfolding grace. Thanks be to God. Amen.

CHILDREN’S TIME

SHARING GOD’S PEACE

(Children may go to the halls next door for Kids’ Church)

SCRIPTURE READINGS