Welcome & Greetings:
Praise Songs/Choruses Praise Team
* Call to Worship:
L: Rend your hearts and not your clothing. Return to the Lord, your God,
C: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love, and relents from punishing.
* Opening Hymn Great is Thy Faithfulness 140
Opening Prayer (Unison)
O Lord our God, you have led us apart from the busy world into the quiet of your house. Grant us grace to worship you in Spirit and in truth, to the comfort of our souls and the upbuilding of every good purpose and holy desire. Enable us to do more perfectly the work to which you have called us, that we may not fear the coming of night, when we shall resign into your hands the tasks which you have committed to us. So we may worship you not with our lips at this hour, but in word and deed all the days of our lives; through Jesus Christ our Savior. Amen.
Old Testament Lesson: Isaiah 61: 1-11
Epistle Testament Lesson: Romans 13: 8-14
*Affirmation of Faith: The Apostles' Creed
Prayers for the Day:
The Lord's Prayer: Our Father.......
Offertory
Special Song BUSHIs
* Doxology “Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow”
Prayer of Dedication
Gospel Lesson: Matthew 22: 1-14
Sermon: “A Wedding Story” Rev. Dr. David Ravinder
Service of Holy Communion
* Closing Hymn: My Faith Looks Up to Thee 452
* Closing Prayer & Benediction
ANNOUNCEMENTS
- We thank Rev. David Ravinder for sharing the word of God toady.
- Next week Rev Sunil Balasundaram will preach to us.
- Board of Trustees meeting will be held after the Worship Service.
- Thanks to RAOs for hosting the Third Lenten Cottage Prayer Meeting last Friday.
- The Fourth Lenten Cottage Prayer Meeting will be held on next Friday (3/28/03) at 7:30 P.M. at PILLIs home. Rev David Ravinder will bring the Lent Message. For directions, please call Saritha or Syam at 732-525-9556.
- Last Sunday’s (3/16/03) offering was $496.00.A donation of $150.00 was given to Aradhana Gospel Music Ministries.
- Please bring canned food to be shared during the Lenten season at the Somerset Community Food Bank.
- Please join the Coffee Hour sponsored by RAOs.
Birthday in coming week:
Vinod Nakka 28th March