Neillsville,
Wisconsin
Pastor Jacoba Koppert
Church 715-743-2147
Pastor's Office
715-743-2117
www.uccneillsville.org
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July 28, 2019 9:00
a.m.
The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
All who are
comfortably able are invited to stand at those
places in the
service indicated by an asterisk*
We ask you to
please turn off all telephones and electronic devices.
We Gather to Worship God
PRELUDE Vicente Cortez
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
We would like to welcome
all of you who have gathered with us today for worship. We come from many
places to this time and place. From our varied and hectic lives, we gather in
this sacred space, as a community to be challenged, to give thanks and to worship.
No matter who you are or where you are on lifeÕs journey you are welcome here.
CALL
TO WORSHIP
Leader: There are a variety of roads that have brought us to this place in our lives.
People: No matter who you are or
where you are on lifeÕs journey, all are welcome here.
Leader: May our paths lead us to God whose ways are faithful and loving.
People:
GodÕs ways cause us to love the Lord our God with all our heart, with all
our being, with all our strength and with all our mind, and to love our
neighbors as ourselves.
Leader: Let us sit at the feet of Jesus and listen for the words God speaks to us through the power of the Holy Spirit.
*HYMN ÒHoly,
Holy, Holy! Lord God AlmightyÓ (Insert)
We Confess Our Sin and Seek
GodÕs Forgiveness
*CALL TO CONFESSION
*PRAYER OF CONFESSION
God, when we neglect to pray with Jesus,
Have mercy on us.
God, when we fail to trust you,
Have mercy on us.
God, when we ask for your forgiveness but are unwilling to forgive
others,
Have mercy on us.
God, remind us,
That when we ask, you will give; when we seek, you will help us find;
when we knock – the door will be opened for us.
Let us ask Jesus for help as we each confess our sin to God.
*SILENCE AS WE CONFESS OUR PERSONAL SINS
*ASSURANCE OF FORGIVENESS
*PASSING THE PEACE
When we gather for worship, we turn to God
with all our heart, soul,
strength, and mind and we practice loving our neighbor as ourselves.
We want to lead lives worthy of the Lord,
fully pleasing to God, as we bear fruit in every good work and as we grow in
the knowledge of God.
Leading this kind of life, leads to the peace
of Christ. May we uncover this
peace in our lives. The peace of Christ be with you.
(All are
invited to greet others with handshakes or hugs while saying to them "the peace of Christ be with you"
and responding " and also with
you.")
SONG OF PRAISE ÒTheyÕll
Know We Are ChristiansÓ
All praise to the Father,
from whom all things come
And
all praise to the Spirit, who makes us one:
And
theyÕll know we are Christians by our love, by our love,
Yes, theyÕll know we are Christians by our love.
We Listen for Words that Encourage and
Challenge Us
As Jesus Followers
CHILDRENÕS
TIME ÒPraying with JesusÓ
SPECIAL MUSIC Vicente Cortez
SCRIPTURE READING Luke 11:1-13
11:1 He was praying in a certain place, and after
he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to
pray, as John taught his disciples."
11:2 He said to them, "When you pray, say: Father, hallowed be your
name. Your kingdom come.
11:3 Give us each day our daily bread.
11:4 And forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive everyone indebted
to us. And do not bring us to the time of trial."
11:5 And he said to them, "Suppose one of you has a friend, and you
go to him at midnight and say to him, 'Friend, lend me three loaves of bread;
11:6 for a friend of mine has
arrived, and I have nothing to set before him.'
11:7 And he answers from within, 'Do not bother me; the door has already
been locked, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot get up and give you
anything.'
11:8 I tell you, even though he will not get up and give him anything
because he is his friend, at least because of his persistence he will get up
and give him whatever he needs.
11:9 "So I say to you, Ask, and it will be given you; search, and you
will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you.
11:10 For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who searches finds, and
for everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.
11:11 Is there anyone among you who, if your child asks for a fish, will
give a snake instead of a fish?
11:12 Or if the child asks for an egg, will give a scorpion?
11:13 If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your
children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those
who ask him!"
SERMON "Praying BravelyÓ Pastor Jacoba Koppert
We Respond in Faith to GodÕs Love for the World
*HYMN ÒSweet Hour of PrayerÓ (Insert)
*THE APOSTLEÕS CREED
I believe in God, the Father almighty,
maker of heaven and earth.
I believe 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, dead, and buried;
he descended into hell.
On the third day he rose again from the dead;
he ascended into heaven, and sitteth at the
right
hand of God the Father Almighty,
from thence he shall come again to judge
the quick and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the one holy universal Christian Church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting. Amen.
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
PRAYER OF OUR SAVIOR
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 debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but
deliver us from evil. For Thine is
the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.
INVITATION TO OFFERING
THE OFFERTORY Vicente Cortez
*THE DOXOLOGY
Praise
God from whom all blessings flow;
Praise
God, all creatures here below;
Praise
God for all that love has done;
Creator,
Christ and Spirit One. Amen.
*PRAYER OF DEDICATION
*HYMN ÒI Need You Every HourÓ
*THE
BENEDICTION
*CHORAL RESPONSE ÒBlest
Be the Tie That BindsÓ
Blest be the tie that binds
Our
hearts in Christian love;
The
fellowship of kindred minds
Is
like to that above.
*POSTLUDE Vicente Cortez
The Light of Christ Leads Us into the
Word
to Enact the Love of Jesus
Announcements
Following
our worship service, you are invited to join us for coffee/lemonade and refreshments.
We thank you for coming to our Outdoor Service.
Radio Broadcast Sponsors – Today the radio broadcast portion of our worship service is sponsored by Glenna Rhoades Marg in honor of the Rhoades girls and their families.
Calendar
Monday, July 29 – Nar-Anon.
Next Sunday, August 4 – 9 a.m. Worship;
Communion (pews)
3 p.m. Communion served at Neillsville Retirement
Community.
Thank you to all that helped in anyway with our
outdoor service and for the donation of bars/cookies.