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Ascension Sunday 5.24.20



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Welcome to First Presbyterian Sterling Online!

*Prelude with Emma

Prelude Pondering
“Waiting is the hardest work of hope.” —Lewis B. Smedes

*Welcome with Aaron


*Call to Worship with Jodi

Leader: Clap your hands, all you peoples; shout to God with songs of joy. Lift up your hearts.
People: We lift them to the Lord.
Leader: God has gone up with a shout, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet. Lift up your hearts.
People: We lift them to the Lord.
Leader: God is ruler over all the earth; the Lord reigns on a holy throne. Lift up your hearts.
People: We lift them to the Lord.
Leader: God put this power to work in Christ, raising him from the dead. Lift up your hearts.
People: We lift them to the Lord.
Leader: God has highly exalted him, giving him the name above all names. Lift up your hearts.
People: We lift them to the Lord.
Leader: Jesus Christ is Lord! Glory to God in the highest. Lift up your hearts.
People: We lift them to the Lord.
Leader: May we be drawn into God’s holy presence as our lives proclaim Christ’s life.
People: Let us worship our God.

*Opening Song - Come and Find the Quiet Center


*Prayer of Confession & Assurance of Pardon with Jodi and Christina

Let us come before God in humility, with all our anxieties, with all our fears and worries. We come before our God, who cares for us and yearns for us to join in work that builds God’s Kingdom. Trusting in God’s grace, let us confess our wrong-doings and the ways we fall short.

Almighty God, you have raised Jesus from death to life, and crowned him Lord of all. We confess that we have not bowed before him, or acknowledged his rule in our lives. We have gone along with the ways of the world, and failed to give him glory. Forgive us, and raise us from sin, that we may be your faithful people, obeying the commands of our Lord Jesus Christ, who rules the world and is head of the church.

(Silence is kept)

Leader: The God of all grace, who calls us to eternal glory in Jesus Christ, will restore, support, and strengthen us. In the name of Jesus Christ, we are forgiven.
People: Thanks be to God. Amen.

*Response - Glory to God


*Sharing the Peace of Christ & Peace Song


*Children's Time with Nan


*Prayer for Illumination, Scripture - Acts 1:1-14, and Sermon


*Offering -  One Day

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*Prayer of Dedication, Pastoral Prayer, & The Lord's Prayer


*Closing Song - God Will Make a Way


*Benediction

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