5Ws - Worship

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Pastor:  O God, our Father, today we thank You for everything You have been to us at (name of church) in the days that are past:  for every time we have come to Church depressed and discouraged, and have gone out again with the lights of hope in our eyes; for every time we have come to Church in sorrow, and found comfort for the wounds upon our heart; for every time we have come to Church in temptation, and found the grace which alone can keep us clean.

ALL:  We thank You, O God.

Women:  For every sermon that has been preached from the pulpit; for every visit that has been made in the home of this congregation; for all those who in the day of darkness have been pointed to the light that never fades, and who in the days of sorrow have found the joy that no one takes from them; for every time when we have knelt at the table of our Lord and taken the bread and the cup of His love in our hands and upon our lips.

ALL:  We thank You, O God.

Men:  For all who in this Your Church have pledged their faith in marriage; for every baby born to one of our families; for all those who in childhood and youth were taught and trained in the faith until they publicly confessed their faith and were baptised into the Lord Jesus Christ.

ALL:  We thank You, O God.

Pastor:  For all who in this Your Church have served You nobly and served You well and have gone to their rest; for the blessed dead who rest from their labours; for the unseen cloud of witnesses who compass us about.

ALL:  We thank You, O God.

Men:  O Lord, bless this Your Church in its …. year. Grant that this may be a place where boys and girls find Jesus as their Friend; where young men and women glimpse the vision splendid; where those in the middle years find strength for the long haul and the steep climb; where those whose day is ending find light at eventide.

ALL:  Hear our prayer, O God.

Women:  Grant that the sorrowing may find comfort and the weary rest; that the doubting may find certainty and the tempted strength; that the seeker may find truth and the sinner forgiveness; that the lonely may find Your friendship and the friendship of their fellow human beings so that all loneliness may be taken away.

ALL:  Hear our prayer, O God.

Pastor:  O God, we thank You for Jesus Christ, who is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

ALL:  Help us to accept Jesus as our Saviour, to know Him as our Friend, and to serve Him as our Lord. Amen.