God Gathers Us
Call to Worship - I Peter 2:9-10
To be read aloud by someone in your home:
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
Opening Prayer
Here Peter reminds us of our identity as the people of God - and what a wonderful identity it is. Consider what Peter says about us. What did we used to be? What are we now?
Now take a moment to pray, thanking God for His work in our lives.
God Saves Us
Penney Families - Question #12
Congregational Singing
We encourage you to sing - make a joyful noise! If you play an instrument, play! If you have some favorite hymns or choruses, pick one or two and sing! Or make use of other technology to play some music, and listen and sing along.
Below are some hymns you can make use of if these would be a help to you:
Congregational Prayer
When Jesus taught His disciples to pray, His model prayer (what we call the Lord’s Prayer) included this request: “Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors”. Jesus was not speaking of monetary debts, but rather those wrongs that we have committed against God and against others.
In other words, Jesus taught us to regularly consider how we have been living and confess our sins to God, asking for His forgiveness. AND Jesus taught us that in light of God’s forgiveness of us, we should forgive others.
If you are able (in light of the children you may have with you!), take a few moments of silence, considering your week and asking God to show you any area of sin you need to confess to Him, or any actions you need to take to make things right with others.
Then, pray asking for God’s forgiveness, and thanking God for His promise to forgive us when we ask.
1 John 1:9 “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.”
Offering
During this time when we can't gather on Sundays, we can still receive your offerings a couple of ways:
You can drop your offering in the locked mailbox outside the church office entrance
Or, you can mail them to the church at 393 Water Street, Augusta ME 04330.
Thank you for your continued support of Penney and its ministries!
Scripture Reading - John 4:19-42
This morning’s Scripture reader is Steve Hayes