Grace Presbyterian Church
Serving people, through Christ, to meet the spiritual, physical, and emotional needs of the community and the world around us.
Welcome and Announcements
Prelude “Praeludium from Partita No. 1 in Bb” J.S. Bach
Responsive Call to Worship (Response in Bold)
One: Come, come, whoever you are.
Wanderer, worshiper, lover of leaving.
It doesn’t matter.
All: Ours is not a caravan of despair.
One: Come, even if you have broken your vows a thousand times. Come, yet again, come, come.
Hymn 467* “How Great Thou Art”
Prayer for Illumination
Scripture Lesson (In Unison) Psalm 103: 8-13
The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love He will not always accuse, nor will he keep his anger forever. He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities. For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far he removes our transgressions from us. As a father has compassion for his children, so the LORD has compassion for those who fear him.
Time with Children
Hymn 304 v. 1* “Jesus Loves Me!”
Call to Confession
Unison Prayer of Confession followed by Silent Personal Confession
Forgive us our hard-heartedness, when forgiveness is resisted, denied, and bitterness takes hold.
Assurance of Pardon
Gloria Patri
Passing of the Peace
Scripture Reading Matthew 18:21-35
Message: Forgiveness = Freedom The Rev. Robin Miller Currás
Hymn 347* “Forgive Our Sins as We Forgive”
Affirmation of Faith (in unison) from Book of Common Worship
We believe there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus; for we know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to God’s purpose. We are convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen.