AN ORDER FOR
MORNING PRAISE AND PRAYER
(adapted from The United Methodist Hymnal 876)
- CALL TO PRAISE AND PRAYER
- O Lord, open my lips.
- And I shall declare your praise.
- MORNING HYMN
- CONFESSION OF SIN
- Most merciful God,
- I confess that I have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed,
- by what I have done, and by what I have left undone.
- I have not loved you with my whole heart;
- I have not loved my neighbors as myself.
- I am truly sorry and I humbly repent.
- For the sake of your Son Jesus Christ,
- have mercy on me and forgive me;
- that I may delight in your will, and walk in your ways,
- to the glory of your Name. Amen.
- SCRIPTURE
- Psalter
- Old Testament lesson
- New Testament lesson
- Gospel lesson
- SILENCE
- AFFIRMATION OF FAITH
- I believe in God the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth;
- And in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord:
- who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary,
- suffered under Pontius Pilate,was crucified, dead, and buried;
- the third day he rose from the dead; he ascended into heaven,
- and sitteth at the right hand of the God the Father Almighty;
- from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.
- I believe in the Holy Spirit,
- the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints,
- the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body,
- and the life everlasting. Amen.
- INTERCESSORY PRAYERS
- Loving Heavenly Father, I pray today...
- for Robyn... for Christian, Kate, Claire, & Elliot...
- for our family...
- for Jefferson UMC, her mission, and her people...
- for Pittsburgh District and the Scandrols...
- for Bryan UMC and her people...for Cochran Memorial UMC and her people...
- for Vanderbilt UMC and her people...for Greensburg: 1st UMC and her people...
- for the Albion & Big Run churches and their people...
- for Indiana: Trinity UMC and her people...for Westmont UMC and her people...
- for the Mix family & Dubois: Mt. Zion UMC...for the Larsens & Baldwin: Community UMC...
- for the Costolos & the Hopwood/Brownfield UM Charge...
- for the Lawtons & the Ardora/Dunkineely churches in Ireland...
- for the Lohrs & West Washington UMC...for the Proberts & Cornerstone UMC...
- for the Kindles & Concord UMC...for the Vanderhoffs & Johnstown: Bethany UMC...
- for the Zilhavers & Lakeside UMC...for the Baileys & the Brush Run/Freedom UM Charge...
- for the Raygors & Somerset: Grace UMC...for the Whiteheads & Charter Oak UMC...
- for our Conference, the Cabinet, and Bishop & Mrs. Bickerton...
- for The United Methodist Church...
- for Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and all who work and learn there...
- for the United States and its leaders...for the world and all its peoples...
- for your holy Church around the world, her mission and her unity...
- for the lost...for those who suffer for Jesus Christ...
- for myself and your ministry through me...
- in communion with all of your saints...
- I do not ask these things on my own authority, for before you I have none,
- but in the name of your only begotten Son Jesus Christ,
- who lives and reigns with you in your glory,
- in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.
- THE LORD'S PRAYER
- THE BENEDICTUS
- Luke 1:68-79
- THE MORNING COLLECT
- Lord God, almighty and everlasting Father,
- you have brought me in safety to this new day:
- Preserve me with your mighty power,
- that I may not fall into sin, nor be overcome by adversity;
- and in all I do, direct me to the fulfilling of your purpose,
- by the power of the Holy Spirit;
- through Jesus Christ my Lord. Amen.
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