Pastor John Veenstra
WE GATHER TO WORSHIP OUR GOD
Prelude
Welcome and Call to Worship
God’s Greeting and we greet each other
Opening Song of Praise: Be Still for the Presence of the Lord
OUR NEW LIFE IN CHRIST
Confession of Sins, Assurance of Forgiveness
Commitment to Live in Gratitude
Song: From the Squalor of a Borrowed Stable
PRAYERS AND OFFERINGS
Announcements (Kelly)
Offertory Prayer and Offerings
Prayers of the People
WE HEAR GOD’S WORD
Scripture Reading: Genesis 18:1-15, Luke 1:5-38
Message: “Born into Barrenness”
Song of Response: O God Our Help in Ages Past
WE GO OUT TO SERVE
Testimony of Faith: Our World Belongs to God # 23
Remembering the promise to reconcile the world to himself,
God joined our humanity in Jesus Christ—the eternal Word made flesh.
He is the long-awaited Messiah, one with us and one with God,
fully human and fully divine, conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary.
Closing Song: Jesus Shall Reign Where’er the Sun
God’s Blessing to His People
Postlude