Bulletin - Franklin Presbyterian Church

Prelude
Welcome and Announcements
Concerns of the Church

Call to Worship
     Leader:  Beloved of God, live as children of the light.
     People:  We clothe ourselves with faith and love, and the hope of salvation.
     Leader:  Christ died for us, so that whether we are awake or asleep, we may live with Christ.
     People: We give thanks for Christ's saving work.

Hymn of Gathering: "Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus" #349

Prayer of the Day (in unison):
Loving God, we come to worship you today. We come to sing, pray, and listen.  You always hear us. Help us to hear you. Amen.

Anthem                                            "Like a Mighty River Flowing"
                                                                        Adult Choir

Prayer of Confession
Almighty God, you have named us and claimed us and made us children of light. Yet we reside in the darkness. We settle for the seeming security and comforts of home, where our talents may be tucked away, our gifts preserved, but paralyzed. You call us to live in faith, investing in the world you made--to exercise our gifts, even at the risk of losing them. Have mercy upon us, Lord; have mercy. Help us understand your will for us. Teach us what you desire. Embolden us to steward well the gifts you have entrusted, that one day, we might fully enter your Joy.  Amen.

Assurance of Pardon
If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, Lord, who could stand? But there is forgiveness with you, so that you may be revered. O Israel, hope in the Lord! For with the Lord there is steadfast love, and with him is great power to redeem. It is he who will redeem Israel from all its iniquities.     Psalm 130:3-4, 7-8 NRSV

Children's Message                                                                                              Brian Bland

Prayers of the People and the Lord's Prayer

Offertory
Doxology
Prayer of Dedication

Hymn of Preparation:                     "O Jesus, I Have Promised"                            #307

Gospel Lesson                                   Matthew 25:14-30                               Christie Hand, Lay Reader
     Leader: The Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ
     People: We praise you, O Christ!
Old Testament Lesson                       Judges 4:1-7
     Leader: This is the Word of God!
     People: Thanks be to God!

Sermon                                              "Revenge or Grace Bent Like a Bow"                                     Rev. Hand

Affirmation of Faith                                      The Apostles' Creed

Gloria Patri
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Hymn of Sending:                                 "O Love That Will Not Let Me Go"                          #400

Charge
Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age. Matthew 28:19-20

Benediction
As you leave the sanctuary today, may you know the hope to which God has called you, experience the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and trust his imcomparably great power for us who believe. Amen.        Ephesians 1:18-19

Benediction Response
Postlude