Worship Service for September 8, 2024 at 11 AM

Welcome

Pray for the Food – People get food

Invocation (stand)

Confession and Forgiveness: (stand)

P: As we gather, today, let us cleanse our hearts and our consciences by confessing our sin to God.

(Time of silence for reflection and confession)

C: Heavenly Father, we confess that we are sinful and unclean. We have sinned against you and against our neighbor in our thoughts, words, and actions.  We are truly sorry for our sins and sincerely repent of them. We ask for Your mercy. For the sake of Jesus Christ’s bitter suffering and death, please forgive us and renew us that we may walk in Your Spirit to the glory of Your holy name. Amen

P: The Lord has heard your confession. Therefore, as a called and ordained servant of the Lord, in the stead and by the command of my Lord, Jesus Christ, I forgive you all your sins in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
C: Amen 

Songs of Praise and Thanksgiving – Our God/All Hail the Power of Jesus Name

Our God – Verse 1:

Water You turned into wine, opened the eyes of the blind.

There’s no one like You, none like You.

Our God – Verse 2:
Into the darkness You shine. Out of the ashes we rise.
There’s no one like You, none like You. 

Our God – Chorus:

Our God is greater. Our God is stronger.

God, You are higher than any other.

Our God is healer, awesome in power, our God, our God.

Crown Him – Verse 1:

All hail the pow’r of Je- sus’ name! Let angels prostrate fall;

Bring forth the royal diadem and crown Him Lord of all!

Bring forth the royal diadem and crown Him Lord of all!

Crown Him – Verse 3:

Ye seed of Israel’s chosen race, Ye ransomed from the fall,

Hail Him who saves you by His grace and crown Him Lord of all!

Hail Him who saves you by His grace and crown Him Lord of all!

(Our God – Verse 2)

(Our God – Chorus)

Our God – Bridge:
And if our God is for us, then who could ever stop us? 
And if our God is with us, then what could stand against?
(Repeat)

Then what could stand against? Then what could stand against?

Crown Him – Verse 6:

Let ev’ry kindred, ev’ry tribe, On this terrestrial ball,

To Him all majesty ascribe and crown Him Lord of all!

To Him all majesty ascribe and crown Him Lord of all!

Our God – Chorus:
Our God is greater. Our God is stronger.
God, You are higher than any other.
Our God is healer, awesome in power, our God, our God.
We crown Him Lord of all!                                                    © Public Domain

Old Testament Reading: Psalm 146

Praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord, O my soul!
I will praise the Lord as long as I live;
    I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.

Put not your trust in princes,
    in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation.
When his breath departs, he returns to the earth;
    on that very day his plans perish.

Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob,
    whose hope is in the Lord his God,
who made heaven and earth,
    the sea, and all that is in them,
who keeps faith forever;
    who executes justice for the oppressed,
    who gives food to the hungry.

The Lord sets the prisoners free;
    the Lord opens the eyes of the blind.
The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down;
    the Lord loves the righteous.
The Lord watches over the sojourners;
    he upholds the widow and the fatherless,
    but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.

The Lord will reign forever,
    your God, O Zion, to all generations.
Praise the Lord!

Reader: This is the Word of the Lord.
C: Thanks be to God.

Gospel Reading – Mark 7:31-37

Then he returned from the region of Tyre and went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, in the region of the Decapolis. And they brought to him a man who was deaf and had a speech impediment, and they begged him to lay his hand on him. And taking him aside from the crowd privately, he put his fingers into his ears, and after spitting touched his tongue. And looking up to heaven, he sighed and said to him, “Ephphatha,” that is, “Be opened.” And his ears were opened, his tongue was released, and he spoke plainly. And Jesus charged them to tell no one. But the more he charged them, the more zealously they proclaimed it. And they were astonished beyond measure, saying, “He has done all things well. He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.”

P: This is the Gospel of the Lord.
C: Praise be to You, O Christ. 

Sermon Song – Sing To The King

Verse 1:
Sing to the King who is coming to reign.
Glory to Jesus, the Lamb that was slain.
Life and salvation His empire shall bring,
And joy to the nations when Jesus is King. 

Chorus:
Come, let us sing a song, a song declaring that we belong to Jesus.
He’s all we need.
Lift up a heart of praise. Sing now with voices raised to Jesus.
Sing to the King. 

Verse 2:
For His returning we watch and we pray.
We will be ready the dawn of that day.
We’ll join in singing with all the redeemed,
‘Cause Satan is vanquished and Jesus is King. 

(Chorus 2x)                                                                                 © Public Domain

Sermon/Discussion – “Trusting in Politicians”

Prayers

Apostles’ Creed (stand)

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 Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died and was buried. He descended into hell.
The third day he rose again from the dead.
He ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of God
the Father almighty.
From there he will come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Christian Church,
the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen. 

The Lord’s Prayer (stand)

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 and ever.  Amen

Offering

Benediction – The online service ends. The closing hymn video is on the Livestream page bulletin at FaithWesleyChapel.com with lyrics below. See announcements below as well.

Closing Song: Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow (stand)

 

Praise God from Whom all blessings flow.
Praise Him all creatures here below.
Praise Him above, ye heavenly hosts.
Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
Amen