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LITURGY

BIBLE SENTENCE:
1 The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord. 2 All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the spirit. 3 Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established. 4 The Lord has made everything for its purpose, even the wicked for the day of trouble. (Proverbs 16:1-4)

CALL TO WORSHIP:
“Oh come, let us sing to the Lord; let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation! Let us come into His presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to Him with songs of praise!” (Psalm 95:1-2)
“Oh come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker! For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, and the sheep of His hand.” (Psalm 95:6-7)
“Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth! Serve the Lord with gladness! Come into His presence with singing! Know that the Lord, He is God! It is He who made us, and we are His; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.” (Psalm 100:1-3)
“Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise! Give thanks to Him; bless His name! For the Lord is good; His steadfast love endures forever, and His faithfulness to all generations.” (Psalm 100:4-5)
“Ascribe to the Lord the glory due His name; worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness.” (Psalm 29:2)
“Delight yourself in the Lord!” (Psalm 37:4a)

SONG OF PRAISE: “God of Grace and God of Glory”

INVOCATION:
God of our life, there are days when the burdens we carry chafe our shoulders and weigh us down; when the road seems dreary and endless, the skies gray and threatening; when our lives have no music in them, and our hearts are lonely, and our souls have lost their courage. Flood the path with light, run our eyes to where the skies are full of promise; tune our hearts to brave music; give us the sense of comradeship with heroes and saints of every age; and so quicken our spirits that we may be able to encourage the souls of all who journey with us on the road of life, to Your honor and glory. Saint Augustine

HYMN OF WORSHIP: “Blessed Assurance”

CONFESSING OUR SIN:
Father, You are the God of all hope, yet we frequently wallow in hopelessness! Too often we focus on temporal things, rather than fixing our gaze on You and Your Son, Jesus Christ. Help us to rest our hope on the gift You gave, Your Son, the gentle shepherd who came into this world and who alone can bring us real hope. We ask this in Jesus’ Name and for His honor and glory. Amen Use the next few moments for quiet confession of sins to God.

WORDS OF COMFORT:
I sought the Lord, and He answered me and delivered me from all my fears. Through faith and confession, we are forgiven. (Adapted from Psalm 34)

THE READING OF GOD’S WORD: Ruth 1:6-18
Ruth’s Loyalty to Naomi
Then she arose with her daughters-in-law to return from the country of Moab, for she had heard in the fields of Moab that the Lord had visited his people and given them food. So she set out from the place where she was with her two daughters-in-law, and they went on the way to return to the land of Judah. But Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go, return each of you to her mother’s house. May the Lord deal kindly with you, as you have dealt with the dead and with me. The Lord grant that you may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband!” Then she kissed them, and they lifted up their voices and wept. And they said to her, “No, we will return with you to your people.” But Naomi said, “Turn back, my daughters; why will you go with me? Have I yet sons in my womb that they may become your husbands? Turn back, my daughters; go your way, for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say I have hope, even if I should have a husband this night and should bear sons, would you therefore wait till they were grown? Would you therefore refrain from marrying? No, my daughters, for it is exceedingly bitter to me for your sake that the hand of the Lord has gone out against me.” Then they lifted up their voices and wept again. And Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her.

And she said, “See, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods; return after your sister-in-law.” But Ruth said, “Do not urge me to leave you or to return from following you. For where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God my God. Where you die I will die, and there will I be buried. May the Lord do so to me and more also if anything but death parts me from you.” And when Naomi saw that she was determined to go with her, she said no more. (Ruth 1:6-18)

OFFERING OF OUR GIFTS TO GOD FOR RPC MINISTRY & MISSION:
Those wanting to continue their tithes and offerings during this government-mandated closure may mail their checks to: Roslyn Presbyterian Church, PO Box 247, Roslyn, WA 98941.

HYMN OF ADORATION: “All the Way My Savior Leads Me”