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A sample of our order of worship is provided so you can know what to expect when you visit with us.

First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
Lincolnton, North Carolina

Gathering

• *Gathering Music
  
  • (The choir leads us in preparing for worship in song.)
• Welcome and Announcements
• *Passing the Peace
  
  • (When the Prelude begins, please take a seat.)



Focusing

• Prelude and Lighting of the Candles
• Call to Worship (please read the words in bold)
  (The Call to Worship, usually a responsive reading, is different each week and is printed in the bulletin.)


• Invocation


• *Hymn of Approach


• Time with the Children
  • (Children ages 0—3 usually go to nursery after Children's Time.)



Praying

• Sharing of Joys and Concerns
• Prayers of Confession and Intercession
  • (Place prayer concerns on the sheet in the foyer before worship.)
• The Lord's Prayer ("Forgive us our trespasses...")
• Prayer Response



[Note: Communion is provided every Sunday in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)]

Communion

• *Communion Hymn
• Invitation to Communion and Words of Institution
• Prayer of Preparation for the Bread                                                                                           Elder
  • (Please hold and partake together.)
• Prayer of Preparation for the Cup                                                                                               Elder
  • (Please hold and partake together.)
• Closing Prayer


• Offering
• *Doxology and Blessing



Proclaiming the Word

• Special Music


• Old Testament Reading
• New Testament Reading


• Sermon



Responding to the Word

• Invitation to Discipleship
• *Hymn of Invitation


• *Benediction and Blessing (we say together): Go out into the world in peace. Whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God through him. Amen.



*Congregation Standing







For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16






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