Service for the Lord's Day

Praise with music
Let us praise God in every place, every language, with every people around the world!  Listen to the Lord’s Prayer sung in a contemplative style at the Taizé Community in France. 

Call to Worship    
L:  Come, let us all worship and bow down together,
P:  let us kneel together before the Lord, our maker.
L:  For he is our God,
P:  and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand.

Prayer
O God of all creation, you alone are God.  And you alone can satisfy our longing for a support that earth cannot give and that heaven will not take away.  Help us, in recognition of our common dependence on you, to acknowledge our need of one another.  Let the oneness of our worship make us one in love and service.  Amen.

Psalm 103: 1-5
1 Bless the Lord, O my soul,
    and all that is within me,
    bless his holy name.
2 Bless the Lord, O my soul,
    and do not forget all his benefits--
3 who forgives all your iniquity,
    who heals all your diseases,
4 who redeems your life from the Pit,
    who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,
5 who satisfies you with good as long as you live
    so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

Luke 11: 1-4
He was praying in a certain place, and after he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.” 2 He said to them, “When you pray, say:
Father, hallowed be your name.
    Your kingdom come.
3  Give us each day our daily bread.
4  And forgive us our sins,
      for we ourselves forgive everyone indebted to us.
      And do not bring us to the time of trial.”

Message

Music and Offering
During this time, or after our prayers, you may make an offering to John Knox by going to our homepage and scrolling to the bottom where you will see a link to online giving.  When you give this way, consider giving a little extra to defray the cost of this service.  If you prefer, you may mail you offerings to the church directly.  Even though we are far apart, the church's expenses remain the same.  We give out of pure gratitude for what God has done.

Listen to this offertory music, They’ll Know We Are Christians By Our Love, sung by Jars of Clay.

Prayers of the People
You, O God, know us and love us even before our first breath.
As a mother loves her child before she ever sees it,
and then embraces it gently from the moment of its birth,
so you love us—and we thank you.
Help us dear God to love one another in this way....
Lord hear our prayer.

You love us, O God, as we mature and seek our way,
You love us as we smile and play,
you even love us when we say no and when we begin to stray.
As a father loves his child as he sees it become proud and tall,
so you love us even when we sin and fall.
Help us dear God to love one another in this way....  
Lord hear our prayer...

We thank you God for loving us when we are unloving
for caring for us when we are uncaring,
and for calling to us when we go far away....
Help us dear God to love one another in this way...
Lord hear our prayer...

Lord hear our prayers of love this day for those around us,
for those we have held before you in our prayers this week,
and for those we have who come to mind now who are in need of your healing presence.
Lord hear our prayer....    

We ask all these things in the name of Christ Jesus,
who is our Lord and our brother.  Amen

Lord’s Prayer
And now with confidence as the children of God, let us pray as Jesus taught his disciples:  Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.  Thy kingdom come.  Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.  Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors.  Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.  For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, now and forever.  Amen.

Benediction: The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you, and bring you peace.  Amen.


Bonus Music! One more version of the Lord’s Prayer.  

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Today’s prayers are from
—Rev. Richard J. Fairchild (adapted slightly), and posted on Kir-shalom. 
http://www.rockies.net/
—The Worship Sourcebook, 2nd ed., 2013, Faith Alive Christian Resources, Grand Rapids, Michigan.