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Call to Worship – Ecclesiastes 12 Remember your Creator, in the days of your youth

“Praise to the Lord” UMH 139

“Come Thou Fount” UMH 400

Statement of Faith – The Apostles’ Creed UMH 881 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 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.

SHARING OUR PRAISES AND CONCERNS PRAYERS TO GOD THE LORD’S PRAYER Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, for Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever. Amen.

“In the Garden” UMH 314

Offering INVITATION TO OFFER TO GOD PRAYER OF THANKS TO GOD At PRP Church we want everyone to feel comfortable with their financial support of the church. A box is provided in the back of the sanctuary to use for your financial support of the ministries of the church.

Children’s Church

Ecclesiastes Remember your Creator, in the days of your youth, before the days of trouble come and the years approach when you will say, “I find no pleasure in them” – before the sun and the light and the moon and the stars grow dark, and the clouds return after the rain;

when the pillars of the house tremble, and the strong men stoop, when the grinders cease because they are few, and those looking through the windows grow dim; when the doors to the street are closed and the sound of grinding fades; when people rise up at the sound of birds, but all their songs grow faint; when people are afraid of heights and of dangers in the streets;

when the almond tree blossoms and the grasshopper drags itself along and desire no longer is stirred. Then people go to their eternal home and mourners go about the streets. Remember him – before the silver cord is severed, and the golden bowl is broken; before the pitcher is shattered at the spring, and the wheel broken at the well, and the dust returns to the ground it came from, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

“ Meaningless! Meaningless!” says the Teacher. “Everything is meaningless!”

“My Hope Is Built” UMH 368