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SILENT PRAYER AND MEDITATION

PRELUDE

SHARING AND CARING

Welcome and Passing the Peace

Sharing of Joys and Concerns

*CALL TO WORSHIP                                                  Inspired by Psalm 25

Leader:   The Lord be with you!

People:   And also with you!

Leader:   To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul.

People:   O my God, in you I trust; do not let me be put to shame.

Leader:   Make me to know your ways; O Lord, teach me your paths.

  People:  Lead me in your truth, O God, for you are my salvation.

Leader:   Let us worship God!

*OPENING HYMN: #143                   This Is My Father’s World

*PRAYER OF CONFESSION: (unison)                                         from “When We Gather”

Have mercy upon us and hear our prayer, O God. We have failed to live in the light of your covenant. You set your rainbow above us, yet clouds of unbelief darken our days. Distrust wells within us; fear, not hope, is our watchword. Your beloved bids us follow, but we are slow to obey. Without your grace, we are fruitless and inert. In mercy renew us and bring us to life, through Jesus Christ.

*ASSURANCE OF FORGIVENESS                                        Psalm 103:17

Leader: The mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting. I declare to you, in the name of Jesus Christ, we are forgiven!

People: Thanks be to God.

*PRAYER RESPONSE: #813 Glory Be to the Father

MORNING PRAYER AND THE LORD’S PRAYER          (Unison)

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

CHILDREN’S MOMENT:       “Purple People”                       Pastor Steve

(Children look to the pastor as we listen to Hymn #185 Jesus Loves Me)

PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION

OLD TESTAMENT LESSON:                         Genesis 9:8-17

NEW TESTAMENT LESSON:                         Mark 1:9-15                

SERMON:                    “Rebuilding Trust”               Rev. Stephen L. Hodges

*HYMN OF RESPONSE: #585           Be Still and Know

AFFIRMATION OF FAITH                          Nicene Creed (Jesus Christ)

Let us confess our faith.

We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, of one Being with the Father; through him all things were made. For us and for our salvation he came down from heaven, was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary and became truly human. For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate; he suffered death and was buried. On the third day he rose again in accordance with the Scriptures; he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will have no end.

PRESENTATION OF TITHES, GIFTS AND OFFERINGS

OFFERTORY

*RESPONSE: #815                              Doxology

*CLOSING HYMN: #586                   He’s Got the Whole World

*BENEDICTION

* POSTLUDE

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* All who are able, please, stand in body or in spirit. ** Social distancing and masks required

Please mute cell phones, pagers, alarms and other instruments which may distract from worship. Thank you!

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PASTOR: Rev. Stephen L. Hodges                                                                MUSIC DIRECTOR: Cindy Snyder

SECRETARY: vacant                                                                  BOOKKEEPER: Fred Vey, Jr.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Terry Kenneweg (2/12); John Anke (2/15); Shari Crookham (2/27); Kellie Kenneweg (2/28)

This Is My Father’s World #143

This is my Father’s world, And to my list’ning ears

All nature sings, and round me rings

The music of the spheres.

This is my Father’s world, I rest me in the thought

Of rocks and trees, of skies and seas –

His hand the wonders wrought.

Be Still and Know #585

Be still and know that I am God. (3x)

I am the Lord that healeth thee. (3x)

My boundless mercy shall endure. (3x)

I love you with a steadfast love. (3x)

In Thee, O Lord, I put my trust. (3x)

He’s God the Whole World in His Hands #586

He’s got the whole world in His hands, (3x)

He’s got the wind and the rain in His hands, (3x)

He’s got the tiny little baby in His hands, (3x)

He’s got you and me, brother/sister, in His hands, (3x)

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He’s got the whole world in His hands.

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Pastor Steve can be reached at

(724) 256-5173 (home) or pastorstevehodges@gmail.com

MOUNT PLEASANT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

WEXFORD, PA

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