Leader: Sing and bless God’s name;People:tell the glad news of salvation from day to day.Leader:Proclaim God’s glory to the nations,People:God’s marvelous deeds to all peoples.*HYMNFor the Beauty of the EarthFor the beauty of the earth For the glory of the skiesFor the love which from our birth Over and around us lies Lord of all to Thee we raise This our hymn of grateful praiseFor the wonder of each hour Of the day and of the nightHill and vale and tree and flower Sun and moon and stars of lightLord of all to Thee we raise This our hymn of grateful praiseFor the joy of ear and eye For the heart and mind's delightFor the mystic harmony Linking sense to sound and sightLord of all to Thee we raise This our hymn of grateful praiseFor the joy of human love Brother sister parent childFriends on earth and friends above For all gentle thoughts and mildLord of all to Thee we raise This our hymn of grateful praisePRAYER OF CONFESSIONMerciful God, we confess that we have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed. We have sinned by what we have done and by what we have failed to do. We have not loved you enough to obey your command to love one another as Jesus showed his love for us. In your mercy, forgive what we have been, help us to improve what we are, and guide us to be better disciples. Fill us with your Spirit that we will delight in your will and walk in your ways.ASSURANCE OF PARDONLeader:Good friends, the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting;People:In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven! Amen!PRAYER OF ILLUMINATIONLord, open our heart s and minds by the power of your Holy Spirit, that as the Scriptures are read and your word is declared, we may hear with joy what you are saying to us today.OLD TESTAMENT LESSON: Psalm 2 NEW TESTAMENT LESSON: Matthew 28:16 – 20John 13.31 - 38SERMON*AFFIRMATION OF FAITHWe trust in Jesus Christ, fully human and fully God. Jesus proclaimed the reign of God: preaching good news to the poor and release to the captives, teaching by word and deed, healing the sick and binding up the brokenhearted, eating with outcasts, forgiving sinners, and calling all to repent and believe the gospel.Unjustly condemned for blasphemy and sedition, Jesus was crucified, suffering the depths of human pain and giving his life for the sins of the world. God raised this Jesus from the dead, vindicating his sinless life, breaking the power of sin and death, and delivering us from death to eternal life.PASTORAL PRAYER and the LORD’S PRAYER*HYMNLove Devine, All Love Excelling Love divine all loves excellingJoy of heaven to earth come downFix in us Thy humble dwellingAll Thy faithful mercies crownJesus Thou art all compassionPure unbounded love Thou artVisit us with Thy salvationEnter every trembling heartBreathe O breathe Thy loving SpiritInto every troubled breastLet us all in Thee inheritLet us find Thy promised restTake away the love of sinningAlpha and Omega beEnd of faith as its beginningSet our hearts at libertyCome Almighty to deliverLet us all Thy life receiveSuddenly return and neverNevermore Thy temples leaveThee we would be always blessingServe Thee as Thy hosts abovePray and praise Thee without ceasingGlory in Thy perfect loveFinish then Thy new creationPure and spotless let us beLet us see Thy great salvationPerfectly restored in TheeChanged from glory into gloryTill in heaven we take our placeTill we cast our crowns before TheeLost in wonder love and praiseBENEDICTIONPOSTLUDE