PRAYER OF THE DAY In the deep darkness, in the void, you made us, Lord. in the deep darkness, in the void, You are there. in the deep darkness, in the void, we can find you, Lord. Creating again. Handing us a paintbrush. Forgive us for avoiding deep darkness forgive us for filling any pocket within us that feels void. Forgive us as we search for you now. Amen.
WORDS OF FORGIVENESS God doesn’t need us. God loves us. Know this truth: Because of Jesus, we are forgiven, all our sins. We can be at peace. Amen.
SONGS OF WORSHIP Gloria Patri Leaning On The Everlasting Arms
HOLY INTERRUPTION
SCRIPTURE READING | Acts 17:22-27
Then Paul stood in front of the Areopagus and said, ‘Athenians, I see how extremely religious you are in every way. For as I went through the city and looked carefully at the objects of your worship, I found among them an altar with the inscription, “To an unknown god.” What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you. The God who made the world and everything in it, he who is Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in shrines made by human hands, nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mortals life and breath and all things. From one ancestor* he made all nations to inhabit the whole earth, and he allotted the times of their existence and the boundaries of the places where they would live, so that they would search for God* and perhaps grope for him and find him—though indeed he is not far from each one of us.
The word of God for the people of God. Thanks be to God.
SERMON + RESPONSE | Gold
PRAYERS FOR ALL PEOPLE & 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
AFFIRMATION OF FAITH | The Apostle’s Creed I believe in God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord: Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; he descended into hell. The third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy catholic church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. Amen.
