Prelude / Silent Meditation

Sean Amoranto

(The Lord is in His holy temple, let all the earth be silent before Him.)

Call to Worship

Nick Untalan

Leader: With a heart as soft as a baby’s skin,
People: With wonder as holy as the depth of an infant’s eyes,
Leader: We come to worship.
People: With joy as abundant as a toddler’s giggle,
Leader: With excitement as contagious as a child’s first steps,
People: We come to worship.
Leader: With hope as wondrous as a teenager’s years,
People: With praise as awesome as a youth praise team,
ALL: We come to sing and pray. We gather to be blessed and encouraged.

Opening Hymn #272

“God of the Sparrow”

Invocation *

Prayer of Confession

Eternal God, we, your children, have not accorded you the honor due a parent or the respect owes the one who is served. We have polluted your name with our pretenses of goodness, for we do not practice what we preach. Others observe us and are turned away from Christ by what they see. We have cheated you and others by withholding our best for ourselves.

Heavenly Father forgive us for we covet positions of honor and chase after public recognition. Our good deeds are designed more to impress the right people than to help needy ones. We have been faithless to one another, eating the bread of anxious toil. O God, we are repentant that we have caused others to stumble. We beg you to pardon us and restore us to your service. In Jesus’ name we pray, Amen.

(A time of silence for personal reflection, to be ended with the ringing of the bell.)

Assurance of Pardon

Pastor Ed Ramos

Praise and Worship *

Youth Praise Team with Sean Amoranto

Life of the Congregation

Nick Untalan

Sharing of the Peace *

May the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times and in every way.
The Lord be with all of you. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.

Scripture Lesson

OT: Proverb 1: 1-7/ Madeleine Untalan
NT: Philippians 4: 8-9 / Julia Amoranto

Gloria Patri #567

“Glory Be to the Father”

Prayer of the People / The Lord’s Prayer

Pastor Ed Ramos

Prayer Response

Before our Father’s throne we pour our ardent prayers;
our fears, our hopes, our aims are one, our comforts and our cares.

Anthem

Jaela Manuel

Meditation from the Word of God

PROVERBS: LIFE SKILLS FROM GOD
Elder Mark Jardiniano & CPYF

Affirmation of Faith

Rooted in God’s grace and growing together in love and wisdom, we believe that we have been chosen even before the foundation of world to be holy and blameless in His sight. In love God predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will - to the praise of His glorious grace.

We believe that in Him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace.

We believe that given this assurance of our salvation in Jesus Christ, even before the world was made, we will love God more, serve God’s people with all our best intentions, teat each other befitting of God’s sons and daughters. This we believe and so we live, Amen.

(from Ephesians 1)

Offertory

Jed Prado

Doxology Hymn #592 *

“Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow”

Prayer of Dedication

Closing Hymn #422 *

“God, Whose Giving Knows No Ending”

Closing Prayer and Benediction

Pastor Ed Ramos

Postlude / Moment of Silence

Marie Jardiniano and Jaemee Manuel