Welcome to our Service
Sunday, July 21, 2024, 10:30 a.m.
Worship Leader: Shirley Derksen
Pianist: Rod Epp
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
CALL TO WORSHIP:
L: Come, all who are weary and need rest.
P: Come, all who thirst for the springs that well up to eternal life.
L: Come, all who hunger and thirst for righteousness.
P: Lift up your prayers to our shepherd –
the one who leads us through the shadow of death.
L: The one who leads us into fullness of life.
OPENING PRAYER
O God, author of eternal light, lead us in our worshipping this day:
that our lips may praise you, our lives may bless you,
and our meditations glorify you, through Christ our Lord. AMEN.
HYMNS: Holy God, we praise your name – HWB #121
Praise, I will praise you, Lord – HWB #76
CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER
SPECIAL MUSIC Rod Epp
SCRIPTURE READING: Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23
SERMON: Where are your roots? Hearing the word of the kingdom Pastor Larry Epp
HYMN: My hope is built on nothing less – HWB #343
BLESSING: 24 Now to him who is able to keep you from falling, and to make you stand without blemish in the presence of his glory with rejoicing, 25to the only God our Saviour, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, power, and authority, before all time and now and for ever. Amen.
Jude: 24, 25
SENDING HYMN: What a friend we have in Jesus –HWB #573
