Greeting, Welcome & Announcements
Pouring of the Baptismal Water
Call to Worship
Opening Hymn of Praise
Call to Confession/Prayer of Confession/Words of Forgiveness
First Testament: Genesis 17:1-7
Gloria Patri
Gospel Reading: Mark 8:31-38
Hymn of Preparation
Message: “Again & Again: We Are Called to Listen”
Musical Interlude
Sharing Celebrations & Concerns/Silent Prayer/Pastoral Prayer
Lord’s Prayer (Maori & Polynesia)
Eternal Spirit,
Earth-maker, Pain bearer, Life-giver,
Source of all that is and that shall be,
Father and Mother of us all,
Loving God, in whom is heaven:
The hallowing of your name echo through the universe;
The way of your justice be followed by the peoples of the world;
Your heavenly will be done by all created beings;
Your commonwealth of peace and freedom
sustain our hope and come on earth.
With the bread we need for today, feed us.
In the hurts we absorb from one another, forgive us.
In times of temptation and test, strengthen us.
From trial too great to endure, spare us.
From the grip of all that is evil, free us.
For you reign in the glory of the power that is love,
now and forever. Amen.
Invitation to Give/Offering/Doxology/Prayer of Dedication
Closing Hymn
Blessing & Sending Forth