[Our Worship U service for college students and young adults is held every Sunday, 12:15 pm to 1:00 pm in our chapel. Above is a photo from yesterday's service. Below is a short video of one of the songs that was played. A complimentary lunch is provided at 11:30 am in the 1st floor lounge prior to the service. Worship U includes the same worship/sermon focus as our morning services, but offers a praise band with contemporary music along with worship graphics on a large monitor. The 12:15 pm service time is designed to attract young adults who appreciate sleeping in on Sunday mornings!]
O God, thank you for reminding us this morning that our
faith doesn’t not to be that complicated. All we need to remember is to do no
harm, do good, and stay in love with you. Help us to focus on these three
simple rules as we live out our faith.
We confess, O God that we are often quick to point out where
other people are doing harm and failing to do good while ignoring where we have
forgotten to live out these simple rules in our own day to day living. Forgive
us for where we have not been the people that you have called us to be.
Thank you for all of the good that our church has done this past
week: for the several prayer walks around our local school buildings, including
Ohio University and Hocking College; for meals served at Monday Lunch; for
visits to those who are in the nursing home, for the sharing of Holy Communion
with Kappa Phi as they begin to meet here in our church, welcoming parents who
brought their children to their first day of a new year at Growing Tree
preschool, for all the supplies that are being donated for our Festival of
Sharing kits.
For these, and so many other ways that our church has sought
to do good this past week, we give you thanks, O God, and we look forward to
all the good that we will be able to do this upcoming week. We especially pray
that our Athens First Saturday outreach will be a blessing to our community as
we gather here this Saturday morning to do all the good we can to all the
people we can.
And Lord, how can we not remember to thank you for all the
good you offer to us. Thank you for being with the young child who attended her
very first day of school this past week. Thank you for blessing us through our
small group where we have the opportunity to share our faith with each other.
Thank you for the bible verse that we needed to hear at just the right time.
Thank you for the beautiful weather and sunshine and especially for the low
humidity we had earlier in the week. But most of all, thank you for the joy,
peace, assurance, and salvation that you offer to us through the life, death,
and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Thank you for all of these ways that you are
working to do good in the world.
When you created the world, you called it “good.” And you
see the goodness in us because we were created in your image. We were created
to reflect your goodness out and into the world. Because we are your people and
you have created us for good works, help each one of us this week to remember
these three simple rules. Do no harm. Do good. And stay in love with you.
Together, we join in praying the prayer you taught your
disciples.
“Our Father, who art in heaven…”
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