CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER
Ever Living God, we are grateful for this glorious day, for this opportunity to commune with you and with our family of faith. Today, in this time of prayer, we shall try to remember when and how we first heard your name. Was your name whispered in the words of a loving lullaby, or in a goodnight prayer spoken to us as we were tucked safely into our beds? Where were we when we first pronounced your name? When was it that the name of Jesus first fell from our lips and echoing forth from our mouths as if it has always been there? Who was it who taught us to say that precious name? We confess, O Lord that we have not thought about our first words of faith, our first hymns, our first prayers for a long, long time. Let us never forget that these first things, second nature to us now, were taught to us by one who wanted to tell us of your love, forgiveness and mercy. Commit us to teaching our children today. Amen.
OFFERTORY THOUGHT
Fresh and Easy will give $1.00 to local schools for every $20 you spend at their stores. We are collecting these receipts at the church. Have you see the ads folks who use their American Express Cards and who gain rewards points are using their rewards points to help others. One man used his rewards points to buy building supplies to build a home for a family of 14. Sometimes it isn’t enough to think outside the box, we have to climb out of it to see all the possibilities around us.
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