Welcome & Announcements

Minute for Mission

Prelude     “God of Wonders”    arr. C. Tornquist

Call to Worship:
On an ordinary Sunday, we come to worship God:
we come, trusting God will speak to us; we come, hoping God will surprise us.
On this day, like every other day, we seek to follow Jesus:
we follow, believing Jesus will be with us; we follow, hoping Jesus will work through us.
On this day, we lift our souls to God's Spirit:
we open our hearts, that the Spirit may fill us; we open our hands, that we might be a gift to others.

**Hymn      #401  “Gather Us In"

**Prayer of Confession
Merciful God, we confess that we have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done, and by what we have left undone. We have not loved you with our whole heart and soul and mind and strength. We have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. Hear us as we confess to you our individual failings:
(Silence is kept)
In your mercy, forgive what we have been, help us amend what we are, and direct what we shall be, so that we may delight in your will and walk in your ways, to the glory of your holy name. Amen.

**Assurance of Forgiveness

**Apostles’ Creed
I believe in God, the Father almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ his only Son, our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead and buried; he descended into hell; the third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.  I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy catholic church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting.  Amen.

Anthem (10:15)      "The Artist”     Grace Notes Choir

Time with Young Disciples (10:15)

Scripture Reading       Genesis 18: 1-15, 21: 1-7

Message       Anything but Ordinary:  A Child Promised to Abraham & Sarah

Communion
Invitation to the Table – Prayers of the People with the Lord’s Prayer

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; and lead us, not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever.  Amen.

Words of Institution - Sharing the Bread and Cup – Prayer

**Hymn       #49  “The God of Abraham Praise"

**Benediction

**Choral Blessing     (face center aisle to bless one another)
May the road rise to meet you, may the wind blow at your back,
may the sun shine warmly on your face, may the rain fall softly on your field,
and, until we meet again, until we meet again, may God hold you in the palm of God’s hand.

Postlude

**congregation standing in body or spirit
congregational responses in bold

lyrics printed with permission under One License #A-737483 and CCLI License #2545718
Call to Worship © Thom M. Shuman | lectionaryliturgies.blogspot.com