Prelude Tina Andersen
Greeting
Let us look to Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith,
Who for the joy that was waiting endured the cross.
Sentences
Jesus came to preach the good news to the poor,
to proclaim release to the captives
and recovery of sight to the blind,
to liberate the oppressed,
and to proclaim the year of God’s favor.
Hymn There Is a Balm in Gilead BALM OF GILEAD
Refrain There is a balm in Gilead | 2 If you cannot preach like Peter, |
1 Sometimes I feel discouraged | 3 Don't ever feel discouraged, |
Confession of Sin UCC Book of Worship
Leader: As disciples of Jesus Christ, we are called to struggle against everything
that leads us away from the love of God and neighbor.
Repentance, fasting, prayer, study, and works of love help us return to that love.
I invite you, therefore, to commit yourself to love God and neighbor
by confessing your sin and by asking God for strength to persevere in the Spirit.
Let us pray.
People: Most holy and merciful God; we confess to you and to one another,
and to the whole communion of saints
that we have sinned by our own fault in thought, word, and deed,
by what we have done and what we have left undone.
Leader: We have not loved you with all our heart, and mind, and strength.
We have not loved our neighbors as ourselves.
We have not forgiven others as we have been forgiven.
People: Have mercy on us, O God.
Leader: We have been deaf to your call to serve as Christ served us.
We have not been true to the mind of Christ. We have grieved your Holy Spirit.
People: Have mercy on us, O God.
Leader: We confess to you, O God, all our past unfaithfulness.
The pride, hypocrisy, and impatience in our lives.
People: We confess to you, O God.
Leader: Our self-indulgent appetites and ways and our exploitation of other people.
People: We confess to you, O God.
Leader: Our anger at our own frustration and our envy of those more fortunate than ourselves.
People: We confess to you, O God.
Leader: Our intemperate love of worldly goods and comforts
and our dishonesty in our daily life and work.
People: We confess to you, O God.
Leader: Our negligence in prayer and worship
and our failure to commend the faith that is in us.
People: We confess to you, O God.
Leader: Accept our repentance, O God, for the wrongs we have done.
For our neglect of human need and suffering
and our indifference to injustice and cruelty.
People: Accept our repentance, O God.
Leader: For all false judgments, for uncharitable thoughts toward others
and for our prejudice and contempt for those who differ from us.
People: Accept our repentance, O God.
Leader: For our waste and pollution of your creation
and our lack of concern for those who come after us.
People: Accept our repentance, O God.
Leader: Restore us, O God, and let your anger depart from us.
People: Favorably hear us, O God, for your mercy is great. Amen
Silence
Scripture Psalm 51:1-12 (NRSV)
Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.
For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. Against you, you alone, have I sinned, and done what is evil in your sight, so that you are justified in your sentence and blameless when you pass judgment. Indeed, I was born guilty, a sinner when my mother conceived me. You desire truth in the inward being therefore teach me wisdom in my secret heart. Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones that you have crushed rejoice. Hide your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquities. Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me. Do not cast me away from your presence, and do not take your holy spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation and sustain in me a willing spirit.
Homily Rev. Timothy C. Rhodes
Hymn In the Cross of Christ I Glory RATHBUN
1 In the cross of Christ I glory, | 3 When the sun of bliss is beaming |
2 When the woes of life o’ertake me, | 4 Bane and blessing, pain and pleasure, |
Proclamation UCC Book of Worship
Leader: Almighty God does not desire the death of sinners,
but rather that they may turn from their wickedness and live.
Therefore, we implore God to grant us true repentance and the Holy Spirit,
that those things which we do this day may be pleasing to God,
that the rest of our lives may be lived faithfully,
and that at the last we may come to God’s eternal joy.
People: Thanks be to God.
Postlude Tina Andersen
Mission Statement: To live as Jesus lived: Love without Judgement. Welcome without Exception Serve with Compassion. Teach by Example. Vision Statement: God’s community of unconditional love, made real for everyone, everywhere. |
Yorkville Congregational Church
United Church of Christ
409 Center Parkway, Yorkville, IL 60560-1015
Phone: 630/553-7308 E-mail: adminasst@yorkvilleucc.org
Website: www.yorkvilleucc.org Facebook: facebook.com/yorkvilleucc
Ministers: The Congregation Pastor: Rev. Timothy C. Rhodes
Director of Christian Education: Barb Thurlby Administrative Assistant: Liz Cronshaw
Building Manger: Mary Ellen Anderson Custodian: Laurie Strong
Choir Director: Doug Trumble Children’s Choir Director: Sondra Shatters
Organist: Tina Andersen Pianist: Lori Runkle