Scout Sunday

January 31, 1999

   

DISTRIBUTE BULLETINS (4 Cub Scouts)

PRESENTATION OF THE COLORS (2 to 3 Boy Scouts)

CALL TO WORSHIP (1 Boy Scout)

• Leader: God brings us together to worship this morning, to be a community of faith joined in heart and mind, praising and rejoicing that we are called the people of God. Let us hear God's call in the words of Jesus who says, "I am the Way."
• People: And so we come to follow Christ.
• Leader: Jesus says, "I am the Truth."
• People: And so we come to dwell in the light.
• Leader: Jesus says, "I am the Life."
• People: And so we come, leaving all else.
• Leader: Let us worship God.

PROCESSIONAL HYMN

PRAYER OF INVOCATION AND THE LORD’S PRAYER (1 Boy Scout)

CHORAL AMEN

PRAYER OF CONFESSION (In Unison) O God, we confess that our lives in the world are broken by our own sin. We are worn and tired and have turned hard hearts to neighbors and the world. We have ignored the joy and freedom offered by your Holy Spirit and are in need of forgiveness and love. Hear our prayer, O God, and look on us who stand before you.

SILENT PRAYER

DECLARATION OF PARDON

Leader: God pronounces pardon through the love of Jesus Christ the Son. We are free to begin life anew!
People: Thanks be to God!

GLORIA OR HYMN OF THANKSGIVING OR PRAISE

TELL US OUR STORY/RITUAL OF FRIENDSHIP/CONCERNS OF THE CONGREGATION

GOD AND COUNTRY RECOGNITION (Rob Schenck and Chris Price)

RESPONSIVE READING (1 Boy Scout)

• Leader: All the paths of the Lord are steadfast love and faithfulness, for those who keep his covenant and testimonies.
• Scouts: On my honor I will do my best to do my duty to God and my Country.
• Leader: Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord the people whom he has chosen as his inheritance.
• Scouts: On my honor I will do my best to obey the Scout Law -- and that Law is this: A Scout is Trustworthy, Loyal, Helpful, Friendly, Courteous, Kind, Obedient, Cheerful, Thrifty, Brave, Clean, and Reverent.
• Leader: And he said to him, "You shall love the Lord Your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself."
• Scouts: On my honor I will do my best to help other people at all times.
• Leader: Remember the Golden Rule: And as you wish that other would do to you, do so to them.
  Do you know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you? If any one destroys God's temple, God will destroy that one. For God's temple is holy and that temple you are.
• Scouts: On my honor, I will do my best to keep myself mentally awake.
  Leader: Wisdom is the principal thing: do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth. Get wisdom, get insight.
• We pray that God will be with our Scouts as they continue to develop character, devotion to Jesus Christ and a commitment to others in this world.

HYMN

MORNING PRAYER (1 Boy Scout)

POSSIBLE SCRIPTURE READINGS: (2 Boy Scouts)

Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37)
Parable of Sower (Matthew 13:1-9)
Salt of the Earth (Matthew 5:13-16)

SERMON

OFFERTORY SENTENCE (1 Boy Scout)
Bless, O God, the gifts that we bring this day, that they may be a sign of our commitment to your Kingdom, and a pledge of our love for You and Your world. Multiply the work done by our time, treasures, and talents, that your presence and compassion may be known in all the earth.

OFFERING (4 Cub Scouts)

APOSTLE’S CREED (1 Boy Scout)

SUGGESTED RECESSIONAL HYMNS:

For the Beauty of the Earth
All Glory, Laud and Honor
All Creatures of Our God and King
America the Beautiful
Oh Servants of God

BENEDICTION
And now may the God of Hope fill us with all joy and peace in believing that we may abound in hope in the power of the Holy Spirit. And may the grace of our Lord, Jesus Christ, the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with us now and forever. Amen.