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September 6, 2026 Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time 10:30 A. M
Announcements
Prelude Lighting of the Candles
Opening Scripture Sentence: Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law. Romans 13:8
*Opening Prayer Pastor
*Call to Worship Responsive Reading
Leader: Tell the whole congregation of God’s people: This is the day for new beginnings. This is a time of God’s appearing; He is among us.
All: This is our moment for faithful response. This is the hour to wake from our sleep. May the energy of God’s love fill us!
Leader: Praise God for life enriched by love and preserved by grace. With a new song, we praise Him for life made new through the blood of Christ.
All: Here we claim our identity as Christians. Here we become the church of Jesus Christ.
*The Hymn We’re Marching to Zion No. 136
(All Verses)
Call to Confession
Unison Prayer of Confession
God of Mercy, we have not been faithful to your commands. We have been more ready to condemn than to console, more eager to justify ourselves than to work for understanding. We feed the flames of dissent, instead of welcoming the freedom of forgiveness. Our sins are destroying us, Lord. Turn us around, incline our hearts to you, and revive us in your righteousness. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Silent Prayer of Confession
Assurance of Pardon Pastor
Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. God’s love dries our tears; God’s forgiveness lifts the fallen; God’s peace settles our conflict. In the name of the risen Christ, we are forgiven.
*Hymn of the Month Open Our Eyes, Lord No. 132
(Sing Twice)
Our Giving to the Lord Pastor
With gladness, let us present the offering of our life and labor to the Lord. Yours, O Lord, are grandeur and power, majesty, splendor and glory. All in the heavens and on earth is yours, and of your own we give you. (1 Chronicles 29:10,11)
*Offertory, Doxology and Offertory Prayer
*The Hymn Come, Share the Lord No. 260
(All Verses)
Sharing of Blessings and Concerns, Pastoral Prayer Pastor
Followed by The Lord’s Prayer
Old Testament Reading: Exodus 12:1-14
New Testament Readings: Matthew 18:15-20 and Romans 13:8-14
Leader: This is the Holy Word of the Lord
People: Thanks be to God for His Holy Word.
Sermon “Drawn Together in Service to Our Debt of Love”
Rev. Cindy Barton
Communion
*The Hymn When I See the Blood Insert
(All Verses)
*Benediction
*Retrieval of the Light
Leader: The Peace of Christ be with you. People: And also with you.
*Postlude