Service for the Lord’s Day – Youth Sunday

                                                      May 9, 2010 - 10:30 a.m.

 

                                                   GATHER IN GOD’S NAME

 

IN SILENCE                                                                             Robert Munsch, Love You Forever

            I’ll love you forever, I’ll like you for always,

            As long as I’m living my baby you’ll be.

 

THE WORD BECKONS                                                                       from Deuteronomy 32:11

            God is like an eagle hovering over her nest, overshadowing her young,

                 then spreading its wings, lifting them into the air, and teaching them to fly.

 

PRELUDE                             Praise…Plugged and Unplugged                             L. Shackley

                                                  Come, Christians, Join to Sing

                                                         Down By the Riverside

 

WELCOME, ANNOUNCEMENTS, REGISTRATION

 

CHIMES & CHORAL CALL TO WORSHIP     God Bless Families                     N. Sleeth

             LIGHTING THE CHRIST CANDLE

 

*CALL TO WORSHIP                                                                    Psalm 67: 3-5 (The Message)

            God! Let people thank and enjoy you.

                 Let all people thank and enjoy you.

            Let all far-flung people become happy

            and shout their happiness because:

                 You judge them fair and square,

                 you tend the far-flung peoples.

            God! Let people thank and enjoy you.

                 Let all people thank and enjoy you.

 

*OPENING HYMN # 267                                                        All Things Bright & Beautiful

 

*CONFESSION OF WHO WE ARE

            Let us pray…

                                        (time for silent, personal confession) Amen.

 

*ASSURANCE OF WHOSE WE ARE & THE PEACE

 

            Friends, the Good News is that God loves us like a mother, and has forgiven our sins

                 through Jesus Christ:

                 Thank God!

           

            The peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.

                 The peace of the Lord be with you.

(worshipers exchange words and gestures of the peace of Christ)

 

ANTHEM                                          God Is Like a Rock                                            N. Sleeth

 

                                                   PROCLAIM GOD’S WORD

 

LESSON FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT                             Deuteronomy 32: 7-13 (NRSV)

                                                                                                                          Pew Bible p. 181

 

WORD WITH THE YOUNG

 

LESSON FROM THE GOSPEL                                                    Matthew 12: 46-50 (NRSV)

                                                                                                                            Pew Bible p. 13

 

SERMON                                                                                                “How Do They Do It?”

 

                                                 RESPOND TO GOD’S WORD

 

OFFERING OURSELVES TO GOD’S PURPOSES

     OFFERTORY                                 God Made Me!                                               M. Jothen

                                                         (Flute: Shonna Moore)

*PRAYER OF DEDICATION

 

PRAYERS THANKING AND ASKING GOD, THE LORD’S PRAYER

 

                                                        GO IN GOD’S NAME

 

*HYMN # 302                                                                                    I Danced in the Morning

 

*CHARGE & BLESSING

 

POSTLUDE                            Joshua Fit de Battle of Jericho                               L. Shackley

                                  (Note that some will be seated and others depart in joy and silence.)

 

                            WE ARE A STEPHEN MINISTRY CONGREGATION