Theme: We challenge ourselves to look for God in "unlabelled" places, outside our conventional understanding as we reflect on the sacrifices made in war time and the ministry to which we are called.
Scripture: Acts 17:22-31
17:22 Then Paul stood in front of the Areopagus and said, "Athenians, I see how extremely religious you are in every way.
17:23 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.
17:24 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,
17:25 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.
17:26 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,
17:27 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.
17:28 For 'In him we live and move and have our being'; as even some of your own poets have said, 'For we too are his offspring.'
17:29 Since we are God's offspring, we ought not to think that the deity is like gold, or silver, or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of mortals.
17:30 While God has overlooked the times of human ignorance, now he commands all people everywhere to repent,
17:31 because he has fixed a day on which he will have the world judged in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed, and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead."
Service Order:
Scripture: Acts 17:22-31
17:22 Then Paul stood in front of the Areopagus and said, "Athenians, I see how extremely religious you are in every way.
17:23 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.
17:24 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,
17:25 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.
17:26 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,
17:27 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.
17:28 For 'In him we live and move and have our being'; as even some of your own poets have said, 'For we too are his offspring.'
17:29 Since we are God's offspring, we ought not to think that the deity is like gold, or silver, or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of mortals.
17:30 While God has overlooked the times of human ignorance, now he commands all people everywhere to repent,
17:31 because he has fixed a day on which he will have the world judged in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed, and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead."
Service Order:
Preparing for Worship
Chimes
Welcome & Announcements
Prelude
Words of Preparation
Hymn of Praise:Blue #14 "Shine, Jesus, Shine" ALL
Call to Worship:
On this day of memory we gather to tell stories, to sing and to pray,
We remember the past and look to
the future.
On this day of reflection, we consider a past filled with conflict,
We come before you God, seeking
Your peace.
On this day of remembrance, in story, song, and prayer,
May we be re-committed to being
people of Peace, true peace.
Invocation
The Lord's Prayer
Gloria Patri
A Time for Offering
Call to Offering
Offering Meditation
The Doxology
Prayer of Dedication
We Join in Prayer
Prayer Concerns & Celebrations
Morning Prayer
Time of Remembrance with the Air Force Hymn played softly in background
Hymn of Faith: Red # 575 "Eternal Father, Strong to Save" ALL
Time of Remembrance with the Air Force Hymn played softly in background
Hymn of Faith: Red # 575 "Eternal Father, Strong to Save" ALL
We Contemplate & Live God's Word
Children's Sermon:
Special Music:
Scripture:
Scripture:
Sermon:
Invitation to Discipleship
Hymn of Invitation: Blue # 342 "Let There Be Peace on Earth"
Gathering at the Lord's Table
Call to Communion
Hymn of Communion: Red # 451 "O Master, Let Me Walk with Thee" 1, 3, 4
Prayers of Thanksgiving
Words of Institution
Breaking Bread & Pouring the Cup
Musical Meditation
Partaking of the Lord's Supper
We Depart to Serve
Benediction
Parting Hymn: Red #573 "God of Our Fathers" st. 1, 4
Postlude
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