Choral Invocation

Opening Hymn
No. 222

My hope is built on!

 My hope is built on nothing less
Than Jesus Christ, my righteousness;
I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
But wholly lean on Jesus’ name.

On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;

All other ground is sinking sand,
All other ground is sinking sand.
When darkness veils His lovely face,
I rest on His unchanging grace;
In every high and stormy gale,
My anchor holds within the veil.

On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;

All other ground is sinking sand,
All other ground is sinking sand.
 His oath, His covenant, His blood,
Support me in the whelming flood;
When all around my soul gives way,
He then is all my hope and stay.

On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;

All other ground is sinking sand,
All other ground is sinking sand.
When He shall come with trumpet sound,
Oh, may I then in Him be found;
Dressed in his righteousness alone,
Faultless to stand before the throne.

On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;

All other ground is sinking sand,
All other ground is sinking sand.
AMEN.
Apostles Creed

Section 738
 Minister:

Let us unite in the historic confession

of our Christian faith
 Everyone:
I believe in God, the Father Almighty, maker of
heaven and earth; And in Jesus Christ his only
Son, our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy
Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under
Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried;
the third day he rose from the dead; he
ascended into heaven, and sitteth at the right
hand of God the Father Almighty;
 from thence he shall come to judge the quick
and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the
holy catholic church, the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the
body, and the life everlasting.

Amen.
 Glory be to the Father

and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost,

as it was in the beginning,

is now and ever shall be,

world without end. Amen, Amen.

Pastoral Prayer followed
by Lord’s Prayer
Holy Scripture reading

Romans 7 : 22-27
 22 For in my inner being I delight in God’s law;
23 but I see another law at work in me, waging war
against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner
of the law of sin at work within me.
24 What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me
from this body that is subject to death?
25 Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus
Christ our Lord! So then, I myself in my mind am a
slave to God’s law, but in my sinful nature a
slave to the law of sin.
New International Version
Announcements

Rev. Sharon Sawant

1 Offertory Hymn
st

No. 163
I have found a Friend!
I’ve found a Friend, oh, such a Friend!
He loved me ere I knew Him;
He drew me with the cords of love,
And thus He bound me to Him.
And round my heart still closely twine
Those ties which naught can sever,
For I am His, and He is mine,
Forever and forever.
I’ve found a Friend, oh, such a Friend!
He bled, He died to save me;
And not alone the gift of life,
But His own self He gave me.
Naught that I have my own I call,
I hold it for the Giver;
My heart, my strength, my life, my all,
Are His, and His forever.
I’ve found a Friend, oh, such a Friend!
So kind, and true, and tender,
So wise a Counsellor and Guide,
So mighty a Defender!
From Him who loves me now so well,
What power my soul can sever?
Shall life or death, or earth or hell?
No! I am His forever.
AMEN.
 We give thee but thine own,

whate'er the gift may be;

all that we have is thine alone,

a trust, O Lord, from thee.

AMEN – AMEN.
 Sermon
Topic:
The Secrets for Meaningful Prayer!

Speaker: Rev. V. V. K. Singh

 2 Offertory Hymn
nd

No. 271
Guide me, O Thou great Jehovah!
Guide me, O Thou great Jehovah,
Pilgrim through this barren land;
I am weak, but Thou art mighty,
Hold me with Thy powerful hand:
Bread of heaven, Bread of heaven,
Feed me till I want no more,
Feed me till I want no more.
 Open now the crystal fountain
Whence the healing stream doth flow;
Let the fire and cloudy pillar
Lead me all my journey through:
Strong Deliverer, strong Deliverer,
Be Thou still my strength and shield,
Be Thou still my strength and shield.
 When I tread the verge of Jordan
Bid my anxious fears subside;
Death of death, and hell's destruction,
Land me safe on Canaan's side:
Songs of praises, songs of praises,
I will ever give to Thee,
I will ever give to Thee

AMEN.
Offertory Prayer
Rev V. V. K. Singh
Bless Thou the gifts our hands have brought;

Bless Thou the work our hearts have planned;

Ours is the faith, the will, the thought;

The rest, O God, is in Thy hand.

AMEN.
 Holy Communion
English Hymnal Section 832
 Ye that do truly and earnestly
repent of your sins and are in love and
charity with your neighbors and intend to
lead a new life following the
commandments of God and walking from
henceforth in his holy ways. Draw near
with faith and take this holy sacrament to
your comfort and make your
humble confession to almighty God.
 Congregation:

Almighty God Father of our Lord Jesus Christ maker

of all things judge of all men: We acknowledge and
bewail our manifold sins and wickedness which we
from time to time most grievously have committed
by thought word and deed against thy divine
majesty. We do earnestly repent and are heartily
sorry for these our misdoings, the
Remembrance of them is grievous unto us.
 Have mercy upon us, have mercy upon us, most
merciful Father. For thy Son, our Lord Jesus Christ’s
sake, forgive us all that is past and grant that we
may ever hereafter serve and please thee in
newness of life to the honor and glory of thy name
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.
Almighty God our heavenly Father who of thy great
mercy hast promised forgiveness of sins to all of
them that with hearty repentance and true faith
turn to thee: Have mercy upon us pardon and
deliver us from all our sins confirm and strengthen
us in all goodness and bring us to everlasting life
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.
 - Come to me, all who labor and are heavy-
laden and I will give you rest.

- God so loved the world that he gave his only

Son, that whoever believes in him should not
perish but have eternal life.

- The saying is sure and worthy of full

acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the
world to save sinners.
 - If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just
and will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all
unrighteousness.

- If any one sins, we have an advocate with the

Father Jesus Christ, the righteous; He is the
expiation for our sins, and not for ours only but
also for the sins of the whole world.
Almighty God our heavenly Father who of thy tender
mercy didst give thine only Son Jesus Christ to
suffer death upon the cross for our redemption
who made there by the one offering of himself a
full perfect and sufficient sacrifice for the sins of the
whole world and did institute and in his holy Gospel
command us to continue a perpetual memory of his
precious death until his coming again:
 Hear us O merciful Father we most humbly beseech
thee and grant that we receiving these thy
creatures of bread and wine according to thy Son
our Savior Jesus Christ’s holy institution in
remembrance of his passion death and resurrection
may be partakers of the divine nature through him: Who
in the same night that he was betrayed took
bread and when he had given thanks he broke it
and gave it to his disciples
saying take eat this is my body which is given for you do
this in remembrance of me. Likewise after supper he
took the cup and when he had given thanks he gave it to
them saying drink ye all of this for this is my blood of my
new covenant which is shed for you and for many for the
forgiveness of sins do this as oft as ye shall drink it in
remembrance of me.

Amen.
 Congregation:

We do not presume to come to this thy table O

merciful Lord trusting in our own righteousness but
in thy manifold and great mercies. We are not
worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under
thy table. But thou art the same Lord whose
property is always to have mercy. Grant us
therefore gracious Lord so to partake
of this sacrament of thy Son Jesus Christ that we may
walk in newness of life may grow into his likeness
and may evermore dwell in him and he in us.

Amen.
 Congregation:

O Lord our heavenly Father we thy humble servants

desire thy fatherly goodness mercifully to accept
this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving most
humbly beseeching thee to grant that by the merits
and death of thy Son Jesus Christ and through faith
in his blood we and thy whole church may obtain
forgiveness of our sins and all other benefits
of his passion.
 And here we offer and present unto thee O
Lord ourselves, our souls and bodies to be a
reasonable holy and lively sacrifice unto thee
humbly beseeching thee that all we who are
partakers of this holy communion may be filled with
thy grace and heavenly benediction and
although be unworthy through our manifolds sins
to offer unto thee any sacrifice yet we beseech
thee to accept this our bounden duty
and service not
 weighing our merits but pardoning our offences
through Jesus Christ our Lord by whom and with
whom in the unity of his Holy Spirit all honor and
glory be unto thee O Father Almighty world
without end.

Amen.
Closing Prayer and Benediction

Rev. V. V. K. Singh