First United Methodist Church Stuttgart
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
A church worth finding at the corner of 4th and Grand

Sunday's Service

 SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2012 -- 5TH SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY/HOLY COMMUNION
BOY SCOUT SUNDAY
 
SCRIPTURE LESSON:     II Chronicles 7:14-15
 
SERMON:  Prayers
 
CALL TO WORSHIP
 
     Leader:  Sing praise to God, who is gracious and good.
     People:  Sing praise to the God of love.
 
     Leader:  Hope in the Lord, who is faithful and true.
     People:  Sing praise to the God of love.
 
     Leader:  Trust in our God, who strengthens us all.
     People:  Sing praise to the God of love.
           
          
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
    God of grace and glory, we come to you in our human frailty. We come faint with exhaustion. We come downtrodden with powerlessness. We come embarrassed by our sinfulness. We come sick with fever or burdened with sorrow. Bind up our wounds, O God. Heal our broken hearts. Forgive our mistaken actions. Release our destructive thoughts. Lift us up, that we may walk in your light, forgiven and free, strengthened and renewed, to be the delight of your eyes. In hope and gratitude, we pray.
 
 
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 trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.  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 ASSURANCE
     Leader: Have you not known? Have you not heard? Has it not been told to you from the beginning of time? The everlasting God, Creator of earth and sky, is the God of grace, and glory, embracing us with forgiveness and mercy, strengthening, us with hope and courage. Lift up your eyes and see. God's love abounds in power!