September 17, 2023

Pastor John Veenstra

WE GATHER TO WORSHIP OUR GOD

Prelude: Ted
Welcome and Call to Worship
Opening songs: Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus; All I Have Is Christ
God’s Greeting and Greeting One Another

OUR NEW LIFE IN CHRIST
Prayer of Confession
We rejoice in God’s Forgiveness and Commit to live in gratitude.
Song of Response: I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light

PRAYERS AND OFFERINGS
Announcements and Offerings
Sunday School Children are dismissed with God’s blessing
Prayers of the People

WE HEAR GOD’S WORD
Scripture Reading: Isaiah 56:1-8, Acts 8:4-8, 14-17, 26-40
Message: “Philip, Agent of Change”
Song of Response: Make Me A Channel of Your Peace

WE GO OUT TO SERVE
Testimony of Faith: Our World Belongs to God #30

The Spirit gathers people from every tongue, tribe, and nation into the unity of the body of Christ.
Anointed and sent by the Spirit, the church is thrust into the world, ambassadors of God’s peace, announcing forgiveness and reconciliation, proclaiming the good news of grace.
Going before them and with them, the Spirit convinces the world of sin and pleads the cause of Christ.
Men and women, impelled by the Spirit, go next door and far away into science and art, media and marketplace—
every area of life, pointing to the reign of God with what they do and say.

Closing Song: Here I Am, Lord
God’s Blessing to His People
Postlude