Worship Service for 8/16/2020

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You are invited to silently pray as you prepare to offer thanksgiving to God.
God of all creation, your beauty and your blessings are visible not only in our wide, sweeping plains, and unique landforms, but also wherever people gather to worship you. We, who gather here in this time and this place, come, grateful for all your blessings towards us. We offer our praise and prayer in the name of Jesus Christ.  Amen. 
 
GREETING
You are warmly welcomed this morning, and not just with the heat, but with our hearts. As we come together from our many places, I pray you know the love of God, feel the presence of our Lord near you and trust the Spirit is leading you always to the purpose God has intended for your life.  And together, we pray you embrace the joy of the saving grace of Jesus and grip our extended hands in Christian community we extend our hands in Christian community.  In the name of our Creator, Redeemer and Sustainer, welcome! 
 
PSALM OF PRAISE (Psalm 67)
May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face shine on us, so that your ways may be known on earth, your salvation among all nations.
May the peoples praise you, God; may all the peoples praise you. 
May the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you rule the peoples with equity and guide the nations of the earth.
May the peoples praise you, God; may all the peoples praise you.

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