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FIRST WORSHIP September 6, 2020 | 9:00 AM welcome song Leave All Your Burdens - Edem Soul Music bible illumination 1 John 4:7-12 children’s moment message The Lens of Love song When I Fall - Edem Soul Music communion Please see insert for Communion Liturgy . benediction worship leaders Patrick Messer, Jim Keck, Hollie Schmidt, Lisa Borchardt, and Edem Soul Music firstplymouth.org

scripture 1 John 4:7-12 Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God; everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love. God’s love was revealed among us in this way: God sent God’s only Son into the world so that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we loved God but that God loved us and sent a Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins. Beloved, since God loved us so much, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God lives in us, and God’s love is perfected in us. communion liturgy Beloved in Christ, the Gospel tells us that on the first day of the week Jesus Christ was raised from death, and on that same day appeared to two of the disciples, sat at the table with them, and was made known to them in thebreaking of bread. This is the joyful feast for all people of God. This table is for all who wish to receive the presence of Christ and participate inthe community of God’s people. Let us give thanks to God! We thank you for your continual love and care for every creature. We praise you for forming us in your image and calling us to be your people. We give thanks for the gift of Jesus, who is the way, the truth, and the life. We thank you for the Holy Spirit, who leads us into truth, defends us in adversity, and unites us in one holy church. Therefore, with the entire company of saints in heaven and on earth, we glorify you, God Most Holy. The Sanctus is sung.

communion liturgy continued At the last supper, Jesus took bread, and after giving thanks to God, broke thebread and gave it to the disciples and said, “Take, eat. Do this in remembrance of me.”In the same way also after supper, Jesus took the cup, and after giving thanksto God, gave it to them and said, “Drink this, all of you. Do this in remembrance of me. Therefore, let us proclaim the mystery of faith. The Memorial Acclamation is sung. the lord’s prayer Let us pray, as Christ our Savior has taught us: 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 debts, As we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, And the glory forever. Amen. You may return to the bulletin for the remainder of the worship order.