608 E 6th Street
Prairie City, Iowa 50228
Phone - (515) 994-2184
email - prairiecitycrc@gmail.com
Worship service is currently inside, until further notice. The mask restriction has been lifted but if you feel more comfortable wearing a mask please do so. We also have seating upstairs if you are looking to social distance as well.
3-26-2023
MORNING WORSHIP SERVICE
9:30 am
Welcome
Announcements
Offering Cadets - Local
Birthday
28 Marvin DG
29 Charles S, Justin VL
30 Caleb G, Marcus S
31 Jim DV
Anniversary
* God’s Greeting
* Greeting of one another
* Opening Time of Singing
What A Friend
Verse 1
Everybody has trials and temptations
Everybody knows heart break isolation
But we can lay our burdens down
Lay our burdens down
Chorus
What a friend we have in Jesus
East to west my sins are gone
I see grace on every horizon
And forever and ever His heart is my home
Verse 2
Everybody has fears everybody got worries
Everybody knows sorrow devastation
But we can lay our burdens down
Lay our burdens down
Bridge
No more betrayal for He is faithful
He fills me up and my cup runneth over
No more betrayal for He is faithful
How He has proven it over and over (over and oh)
My Story
Verse 1
If I told you my story
You would hear hope that wouldn't let go
And if I told you my story
You would hear love that never gave up
And if I told you my story
You would hear life but it wasn't mine
Pre-Chorus
If I should speak
Then let it be of
Chorus
(For) The grace that is greater
Than all my sin
Of when justice was served
And when mercy wins
Of the kindness of Jesus that draws me in
Oh to tell you my story is to tell (of Him)
Verse 2
If I told you my story
You would hear victr'y over the enemy
And if I told you my story
You would hear freedom that was won for me
And if I told you my story
You would hear life overcome the grave
Bridge
This is my story this is my song
Praising my Savior all the day long
O Lord My Rock And My Redeemer
Verse 1
O Lord my Rock and my Redeemer
Greatest treasure of my longing soul
My God like You there is no other
True delight is found in You alone
Your grace a well too deep to fathom
Your love exceeds the heavens' reach
Your truth a fount of perfect wisdom
My highest good and my unending need
Verse 2
O Lord my Rock and my Redeemer
Strong defender of my weary heart
My sword to fight the cruel deceiver
And my shield against his hateful darts
My song when enemies surround me
My hope when tides of sorrow rise
My joy when trials are abounding
Your faithfulness my refuge in the night
Verse 3
O Lord my Rock and my Redeemer
Gracious Savior of my ruined life
My guilt and cross laid on Your shoulders
In my place You suffered bled and died
You rose the grave and death are conquered
You broke my bonds of sin and shame
O Lord my Rock and my Redeemer
May all my days bring glory to Your Name
Guide for Living: (From More Children’s Liturgies, ed. Maria Bruck)
Leader: Father, we are sorry for the many times we have left you and chosen to satisfy our own selfish desires. For the times we have hurt the members of our families by refusing to do our share of the family tasks.
Congregation: Father, we have sinned. Forgive us.
Leader: For the times we were unkind and impatient with those who needed our time and concern.
Congregation: Father, we have sinned. Forgive us.
Leader: For the times we were too weak to stand up for what was right and allowed others to suffer because of our cowardice.
Congregation: Father, we have sinned forgive us.
Leader: For the times we refused to forgive others.
Congregation; Father, we have sinned. Forgive us.
Assurance of Pardon: Romans 8:31-34, 37-39 (CSB)
31 What, then, are we to say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us? 32 He did not even spare his own Son but gave him up for us all. How will he not also with him grant us everything? 33 Who can bring an accusation against God’s elect? God is the one who justifies. 34 Who is the one who condemns? Christ Jesus is the one who died, but even more, has been raised; he also is at the right hand of God and intercedes for us. 35 Who can separate us from the love of Christ? Can affliction or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?
37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.b 38 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2020), Ro 8:31–35, 37-39.
Congregational Prayer
Children’s Sermon (OPTIONAL) YES
Bible Reading: Luke 15:11-32
11 Jesus continued: “There was a man who had two sons. 12 The younger one said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them.
13 “Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth in wild living. 14 After he had spent everything, there was a severe famine in that whole country, and he began to be in need. 15 So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs. 16 He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.
17 “When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired men have food to spare, and here I am starving to death! 18 I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. 19 I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired men.’ 20 So he got up and went to his father.
“But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him.
21 “The son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’
22 “But the father said to his servants, ‘Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. 23 Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let’s have a feast and celebrate. 24 For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ So they began to celebrate.
25 “Meanwhile, the older son was in the field. When he came near the house, he heard music and dancing. 26 So he called one of the servants and asked him what was going on. 27 ‘Your brother has come,’ he replied, ‘and your father has killed the fattened calf because he has him back safe and sound.’
28 “The older brother became angry and refused to go in. So his father went out and pleaded with him. 29 But he answered his father, ‘Look! All these years I’ve been slaving for you and never disobeyed your orders. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends. 30 But when this son of yours who has squandered your property with prostitutes comes home, you kill the fattened calf for him!’
31 “ ‘My son,’ the father said, ‘you are always with me, and everything I have is yours. 32 But we had to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ ”
The Holy Bible: New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1984), Lk 15:11–32.
Sermon: Prodigious
Prayer
God’s Blessing
24 “May the Lord bless you and protect you;
25 may the Lord make his face shine on you
and be gracious to you;
26 may the Lord look with favor on youA
and give you peace.” ’
* Song of Going Out
Living For Jesus
Chorus
O Jesus Lord and Savior
I give myself to Thee
For Thou in Thy atonement
Didst give Thyself for me
I own no other master
My heart shall be Thy throne
My life I give henceforth to live
O Christ for Thee alone
Verse 1
Living for Jesus a life that is true
Striving to please Him in all that I do
Yielding allegiance glad-hearted and free
This is the pathway of blessing for me
Verse 2
Living for Jesus who died in my place
Bearing on Calvary my sin and disgrace
Such love constrains me to answer His call
Follow His leading and give Him my all
Verse 3
Living for Jesus wherever I am
Doing each duty in His holy name
Willing to suffer affliction or loss
Deeming each trial a part of my cross
Verse 4
Living for Jesus through earth's little while
My dearest treasure the light of His smile
Seeking the lost ones He died to redeem
Bringing the weary to find rest in Him
Postlude
4-2-2023
MORNING WORSHIP SERVICE
9:30 am
Welcome
Announcements
Offering World Renew - DRS
Birthday
Anniversary
4-4-09 Andy & Carol DV
4-7-01 Darin & Emily G
* God’s Greeting
* Greeting of one another
* Opening Time of Singing
Preparation for Communion:
Minister: As we prepare to celebrate Holy Communion, let us remember that Scripture calls us to examine ourselves before God. We are taught
that eating and drinking unworthily brings judgment upon ourselves (I Cor. 11:28-29). Let us therefore ask God for the proper spirit in which to
celebrate the sacrament.
Almighty God, before whom can be neither secret thought nor hidden deed, grant us your Spirit that we may know our hearts, our lives, and our inmost thoughts as you know them.
Grant us your grace that we may repent sincerely of all sin, find peace with you through our Lord Jesus Christ, and grow in assurance of salvation
in him.
May the celebration of our Savior’s infinite love in his redeeming death bring joy to us and glory to you.
All: We thank you, heavenly Father, for the atoning power of our Savior’s death and for our share in his victory over sin. Open our hearts as we prepare for this celebration, that it may strengthen us in our faith, establish us in our hope, and confirm us in our love. In his name, Amen.
Minister: Brothers and sisters, let us first examine our faith. We all confess the truth of God as taught by Scripture and summarized in the creeds
of the church. By this faith we take to ourselves Christ and all his benefits, so that for us to live is Christ.
All: Lord God, author and finisher of all true believing, confirm our faith as we prepare for the holy sacrament.
Minister: Let us, further, examine our hope. All Christian hope rests upon the finished work of Christ as Savior. The holy gospel teaches that all our righteousness is in him alone.
God’s children rely wholly upon the merits of Christ, find in him their strength and victory, and confidently expect his return in glory. They look
forward to celebrating this holy supper anew with him in the kingdom. They will surely be received by God at his table.
All: Most merciful Father, fill us with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit we may abound in hope.
Minister: Let us also examine our love, both for God and our neighbors. Remember the great and first commandment to love the Lord our God
with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength. Let us consciously determine to live a life of loving service to him, through Christ our Lord.
Let us also search ourselves to determine whether we love our neighbors as Christ commands. Do we unselfishly live for the welfare of others?
Do our lives reflect the godly virtues of obedience, fidelity, integrity, justice, humility, and contentment? Do we seek reconciliation with our
neighbors in all cases of offense?
All: Dear Father, daily increase in us the greatest gift of all, our Christian love.
Minister: If these marks of spiritual life are not evident in us, we may not presume to approach his table. Those, therefore, who live in self-righteousness, who hope in works or virtues of their own, and who do not show love to God and neighbor, have no true place at the Lord’s
supper.
Yet we should not be deterred by any sin lingering within against our will. As we find faith, hope and love within us, we ought gladly to obey our Lord’s command and come with full expectation to God’s open house of mercy.
All: Gracious God, we love and adore you in Christ our Lord. We thank you for reconciling us to yourself in him. We rejoice in being received as your children.Prepare us by your Holy Spirit for the sacrament. Help us to come in the assurance that by it we shall be spiritually revived, and strengthened in faith, hope, and love, through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Assurance of Pardon: Romans 8:31-34, 37-39 (CSB)
31 What, then, are we to say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us? 32 He did not even spare his own Son but gave him up
for us all. How will he not also with him grant us everything? 33 Who can bring an accusation against God’s elect? God is the one who justifies. 34 Who is the one who condemns? Christ Jesus is the one who died, but even more, has been raised; he also is at the right hand of God and intercedes for us. 35 Who can separate us from the love of Christ? Can affliction or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? 37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.b 38 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life,
nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2020), Ro 8:31–35, 37-39.
Congregational Prayer: prayer for one another
Children Wave Palm branches
Bible Reading: Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29)
Sermon: Procession
Prayer
*God’s Blessing
May the God who did not spare his own Son but gave him to hear our sins on the cross always remind you of these things, even, though you
know them, so that you are firmly established in the truth you now have.
* Song of Going Out
Postlude
Parking - Handicapped accessibility
Nursery
Cross Training - 10:45 - 11:30am
Ages 3yrs - Adult, September - April
Praise Teams
Greeter Schedule
