PRE SERVICE SONG: BE STILL AND KNOW
CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader: ‘Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.’ Col 3:1
All: Father God, be with us in our worship, in our prayers and in our reading of your word. Be with us in our fellowship one with another. Be with us in our agreement and disagreement. Be with us in our unity and diversity. Be with us as we grow together, born again and joined together into your heavenly family.
Leader: For God so loved the world
All: that he gave his one and only Son
Leader: that whoever believes in him shall not perish
All: but have eternal life.
OPENING HYMN: ALL HEAVEN DECLARES
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
Leader: ‘Set your minds on things above, and not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you will also appear with him in glory’ (Col 3:3).
For those times when our eyes have been short-sighted, when we have failed to see your vision for our lives,
All: forgive us Lord and help us focus on you.
Leader: For those times when we choose not to give, but to store up treasures for our own use,
All: forgive us Lord and help us focus on you.
Leader: For those times when your sacrificial love has meant less than it should,
All: forgive us Lord and help us focus on you.
Leader: For those times when our feet have stayed firmly in this world, rather than walking in your footsteps,
All: forgive us Lord and help us focus on you.
Leader: For all those times when we have failed to acknowledge in our own hearts that we are a new creation, raised to life with Christ,
All: Father, forgive.
TIME OF SILENT CONFESSION
Leader: ‘Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourself with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another, forgive as the Lord forgave you. And above all this put on love
All: which binds all these in perfect unity.’
STATEMENT OF FAITH
Leader: We say the Creed together:
All: I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord. He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried. He descended to the dead. On the third day he rose again. He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting.
Amen.
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PRAYER BEFORE READING
All: Gracious God, we do not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from your mouth. Make us hungry for this heavenly food, that it may nourish us today in the ways of eternal life; through Jesus Christ, the bread of heaven.
Amen.
MARK 8:34-36
read by Stella Allberry
If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me and the gospel will save it.
What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?
SONG BEFORE SERMON: LORD YOU HAVE SEARCHED ME AND KNOW ME
SERMON: 2 QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER
HYMN: ALL I HAVE IS CHRIST
PRAYERS OF INTERCESSION
Leader: Father, we pray for the nations of the world, and for their leaders. We pray especially for our own country, Zimbabwe, for all who have authority or influence.
(open prayers)
Leader: Lord in your mercy,
Hear our prayer.
Leader: Father, we pray for your church throughout the world. We pray especially for your church that meets here at Whitestone Chapel.
(open prayers)
Leader: Lord in your mercy,
Hear our prayer.
Leader: Father, we pray for all those who are in any kind of sickness, trouble or distress. We pray especially for those known to us.
(open prayers)
Leader: Lord in your mercy,
Hear our prayer. Amen.
THE LORD’S PRAYER
Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name: your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread, and forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us. Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power and the glory are yours, now and forever.
Amen.
BENEDICTION
Leader: Eternal God, Maker of all things and our gracious Father:
All: We praise You for Your fatherly love which has cherished man throughout the centuries, suffered his follies, rebuked his failures and spared no sacrifice to save him from ignorance, sin and death of the soul.
We thank and praise You for caring for our souls, which placed us within the family of believers, sheltered us in the church, nourished us on Your word and sacraments, and gave us a perfect revelation of Yourself in Jesus Christ Your Son. To You, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit be the glory now and forever.
Amen.
CLOSING HYMN: LIKE A RIVER GLORIOUS IS GOD’S PERFECT LOVE
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