UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST

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.