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Hymns
Hymn GTG #366, “Love Divine, All Loves Excelling”
Hymn GTG #693, “Though I May Speak”
Hymn GTG #546, “Lord, Dismiss Us with Your Blessing”
Call to Worship (based on Philippians 1:2-5)
Leader: May the grace and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ be with you!
People: And also with you!
Leader: Lift up your prayers of thanksgiving and joy!
People: We lift them up to the Lord!
Leader: We are glad to gather as partners in ministry.
People: Let us worship the Lord!
Call to Confession (based on Philippians 1:6)
Leader: Regardless of your wrongdoing, God is still at work in you, and will stay with you until that work is completed. Therefore, let us boldly confess our sin, trusting that even it cannot separate us from God.
Prayer of Confession (based on Philippians 1:15-17, 2:5)
You are invited to speak a word or short phrase that describes a personal or collective sin of which you repent and seek forgiveness.
When the gathered community is finished sharing, we pray together:
People: Holy Guide and Guardian, we willingly accept your call to preach the Good News, but our motives are not always pure. Sometimes, we are motivated by self-righteousness - the conviction that we are better than others. Sometimes, we are motivated by ambition - the desire to succeed by the world’s standards. Sometimes, we are motivated by spite - the drive to defeat our spiritual rivals. But none of this reflects the God of love that you have proven yourself to be. Forgive us, we pray, for all the times that our own desires have obscured your gospel. Grant us the same servant heart which was also in Jesus Christ, so that his love might always direct our path. In your mercy, hear our prayers…
(Silent prayers of personal confession)
Declaration of Forgiveness (based on Philippians 1:11)
Leader: Our own works cannot sanctify us. The fruit of righteousness comes from Jesus Christ alone. It is in his name, therefore, that I proclaim to you now that we are all forgiven!
People: Thanks be to God!
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