Service for the Lord’s Day
Park Presbyterian Church
March 22, 2020
Gathering
Welcome & Announcements
Opening Sentences
Our help is in the name of the Lord, Ps. 124:8
maker of heaven and earth.
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ 2 Thess. 3:18
be with you all as we worship God in many places,
yet in one Spirit
Gathering Prayer
Hymn Great Is Thy Faithfulness
Confession and Pardon
Merciful God, we confess that we have sinned against you
in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done,
and by what we have left undone.
We have not loved you with our whole heart and mind and strength.
We have not loved our neighbors as ourselves.
In your mercy, forgive what we have been, help us amend what we are,
and direct what we shall be, that we may delight in your will
and walk in your ways to the glory of your holy name. Silence is Kept
Words of Assurance.
Word
Prayer for Illumination
Pour out your Holy Spirit, O God, and prepare our hearts to accept your word.
Silence in us any voice but your own, that, hearing, we may grow in grace and
live in love, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Hear the word of the Lord.
Scripture
First Scripture lesson: Psalm 23
The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
Children’s Chat
Special Music Organ solo: “The Lord’s My Shepherd”
Second Scripture Lesson: 1 Samuel 16:1-13
The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
Sermon
Responding
Prayers of the People and the Lord’s Prayer
“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.”
Sending
Words about the Book Mobile, caring for others in these days, offers of help
Elliott, Matt , Tim, Ann, and the Deacons,
Making phone calls to our home bound
Staying spiritually and socially connected while Physically apart.
Hymn
Benediction and Blessing