Monday -- All our joy and love

Prayer:  Holy Lord,  God of power and might, heaven and earth are full of Your glory. We praise You for Your love which is great enough to embrace the universe, yet close  enough to enter our hearts.  During our worship this Sunday,  surprise us with Your grace  that we, with the rest of the Church and the whole creation, may praise and adore you, O God, our Creator and Redeemer.  In Jesus name we pray.  Amen.  (Word and Sacrament,  PCC 1987).

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Read:  1 Peter 2

Called to Worship…..

Prayer of Adoration

Confession of Sins

Assurance of Pardon

Hymn

After the Call to Worship,  the congregation bows in prayer with the Prayer of Adoration.  This prayer expresses all our joy and love for God our Father, Protector, Creator and Healer.   The Prayer of Adoration can be said by all in unison or prayed just by the leader.   All prayers must reflect the scriptures of the day.

The Prayer of Adoration re-affirms the good news of God’s salvation amongst the peoples.   It is only through our continued prayers of gratitude that we continue to see the hope in any situation.

After the Prayer of Adoration then comes the Confession of Sins.  While God has already forgiven our sins,  we can only become whole people of God if we ask for the forgiveness of each of our sins.   We confess our sins because God has already assured us of forgiving through the sacrifice of Jesus.  After the Confession of Sins,  we pause for a moment for private prayer.  

The Minister then says the Assurance of Pardon.  These words are frequently from scripture and remind us that we are forgiven… and always forgiven. 

Then a Hymn is sung which reflects the Sunday Scripture.

Prayer:  Merciful God, in Your gracious presence we confess our sin and the sin of this world.  We are a people divided against ourselves as we cling to the values of a broken world.  We misuse your good gifts of imagination and freedom, intellect and reason, and have turned them into bonds of oppression.  Lord have mercy upon us. Heal us,  forgive us and set us free to serve You in the world as agents of Your reconciling love in Jesus Christ.  This we ask in Jesus’ name.  Amen.  (Word and Sacrament, PCC 1987).

Many blessings!