WORSHIP CELEBRATION Response after Confession Glory be …WORSHIP CELEBRATION MILNER MEMORIAL...

WORSHIP CELEBRATION MILNER MEMORIAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH MARCH 26, 2017 THE THIRD SUNDAY IN LENT WE GATHER TOGETHER Prelude Chiming of the Hour Welcome and Announcements Call to Worship Once we lived in darkness, Now in the Lord, we are light Jesus said, I am the light of the world. Let us live as children of the light. Prayer of the Day Holy God, why is it we look and do not see? Bring us again into your light until you become visible to us and bear fruit in us. Touch us so that we are utterly changed, a before and after, a now and then, so that we may say “one thing I do know that though I was blind, now I see.” Lord we believe, help our unbelief. In Christ’s light we pray, Amen. *Opening Hymn: The King of Love My Shepherd Is Red Hymnal, No. 802 *Call to Confession *Prayer of Confession God of great mercy we confess we have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed. WE look at outward appearances and fail to see what pleases you. We look with judgement on others and fail to see our own sin. Forgive us be your steadfast love. Open our eyes and our hearts to see as you see. Amen *The Assurance of Forgiveness *Response after Confession Glory be to the Father Red Hymnal, p. 581 WE HEAR GOD’S WORD Old Testament Reading 1 Samuel 16: 1-13 Pew Bible, p. 259-260 New Testament Reading John 9:1-41 Pew Bible, p. 102-103 Anthem Lord, I Want to Be a Christian Red Hymnal p. 729 Sermon “Seeing as God Sees” Rev. John Kidd WE RESPOND *Hymn of Response Open My Eyes, That I My See Red Hymnal, p. 451 *Affirmation of Faith Declaration of Faith of the PCUS In life and in death we belong to God. Through the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit, we trust in the one triune God, the Holy One of Israel, whom alone we worship and serve. We trust in Jesus Christ, fully human, fully God. Jesus proclaimed the reign of God: preaching good news to the poor and release to the captives, teaching by word and deed and blessing the children, healing the sick and binding up the brokenhearted, eating with outcasts, forgiving sinners, and calling all to repent and believe the gospel. Unjustly condemned for blasphemy and sedition, Jesus was crucified, suffering the depths of human pain and giving his life for the sins of the world. God raised this Jesus from the dead, vindicating his sinless life, breaking the power of sin and evil, delivering us from death to life eternal. With believers in every time and place, we rejoice that nothing in life or in death can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen Prayers of the People and the Lord’s Prayer Offering of our Gifts and Offertory – *The Doxology Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise him all creatures here below; Praise him above ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.

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WORSHIP CELEBRATION MILNER MEMORIAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

MARCH 26, 2017 THE THIRD SUNDAY IN LENT

WE GATHER TOGETHER Prelude Chiming of the Hour

Welcome and Announcements

Call to Worship

Once we lived in darkness, Now in the Lord, we are light Jesus said, I am the light of the world. Let us live as children of the light.

Prayer of the Day

Holy God, why is it we look and do not see? Bring us again into your light until you become visible to us and bear fruit in us. Touch us so that we are utterly changed, a before and after, a now and then, so that we may say “one thing I do know that though I was blind, now I see.” Lord we believe, help our unbelief. In Christ’s light we pray, Amen.

*Opening Hymn: The King of Love My Shepherd Is Red Hymnal, No. 802

*Call to Confession

*Prayer of Confession

God of great mercy we confess we have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed. WE look at outward appearances and fail to see what pleases you. We look with judgement on others and fail to see our own sin. Forgive us be your steadfast love. Open our eyes and our hearts to see as you see. Amen

*The Assurance of Forgiveness

*Response after Confession Glory be to the Father Red Hymnal, p. 581

WE HEAR GOD’S WORD

Old Testament Reading 1 Samuel 16: 1-13 Pew Bible, p. 259-260 New Testament Reading John 9:1-41 Pew Bible, p. 102-103

Anthem Lord, I Want to Be a Christian Red Hymnal p. 729 Sermon “Seeing as God Sees” Rev. John Kidd

WE RESPOND

*Hymn of Response Open My Eyes, That I My See Red Hymnal, p. 451 *Affirmation of Faith Declaration of Faith of the PCUS

In life and in death we belong to God. Through the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit, we trust in the one triune God, the Holy One of Israel, whom alone we worship and serve. We trust in Jesus Christ, fully human, fully God. Jesus proclaimed the reign of God: preaching good news to the poor and release to the captives, teaching by word and deed and blessing the children, healing the sick and binding up the brokenhearted, eating with outcasts, forgiving sinners, and calling all to repent and believe the gospel. Unjustly condemned for blasphemy and sedition, Jesus was crucified, suffering the depths of human pain and giving his life for the sins of the world. God raised this Jesus from the dead, vindicating his sinless life, breaking the power of sin and evil, delivering us from death to life eternal. With believers in every time and place, we rejoice that nothing in life or in death can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen

Prayers of the People and the Lord’s Prayer Offering of our Gifts and Offertory – *The Doxology

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise him all creatures here below; Praise him above ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.