GATHERING MUSIC- "SHOUT HOSANNA"

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GREETING & CALL TO WORSHIP

Marianne Smith-Edge, Liturgist

PRELUDE- "BECAUSE HE LIVES (AMEN)"

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*CONGREGATIONAL HYMN - "LIFT HIGH THE CROSS"

pg. 159 all verses

*THE APOSTLES CREED #881 (traditional)

CHILDREN’S MUSIC MOMENT - "VICTORY IN JESUS"

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PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE

THE LORD’S PRAYER

SCRIPTURE READING: Jeremiah 31:31-34

Julie Gilliam, Lay Reader

OFFERTORY- "AT THE CROSS"(LOVE RAN RED)"

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*DOXOLOGY #94 & *OFFERTORY PRAYER

MUSIC MINISTRY

"THIS IS AMAZING GRACE" with "AMAZING GRACE"

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SERMON: “Remembering Who You Are"

The Rev. Mark Dickinson, senior pastor

“How blessed is God! And what a blessing he is! He’s the Father of our Master, Jesus Christ, and takes us to the high places of blessing in him. Long before he laid down earth’s foundations, he had us in mind, had settled on us as the focus of his love, to be made whole and holy by his love. Long, long ago he decided to adopt us into his family through Jesus Christ. (What pleasure he took in planning this!) He wanted us to enter into the celebration of his lavish gift-giving by the hand of his beloved Son. Because of the sacrifice of the Messiah, his blood poured out on the altar of the Cross, we’re a free people—free of penalties and punishments chalked up by all our misdeeds. And not just barely free, either. Abundantly free! He thought of everything, provided for everything we could possibly need, letting us in on the plans he took such delight in making. He set it all out before us in Christ, a long-range plan in which everything would be brought together and summed up in him, everything in deepest heaven, everything on planet earth. It’s in Christ that we find out who we are and what we are living for. Long before we first heard of Christ and got our hopes up, he had his eye on us, had designs on us for glorious living, part of the overall purpose he is working out in everything and everyone. It’s in Christ that you, once you heard the truth and believed it (this Message of your salvation), found yourselves home free signed, sealed, and delivered by the Holy Spirit. This down payment from God is the first installment on what’s coming, a reminder that we’ll get everything God has planned for us, a praising and glorious life.”

Ephesians 1:3-14

*CONGREGATIONAL HYMN - "FREELY, FREELY"

pg.389 all verses

*BENEDICTION

POSTLUDE - BAGATELLE IN F MAJOR" Powell

Chris Tolliver, Organ

*Please stand as you are able