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WORSHIP JUNE 5 2016
11 A.M. WORSHIP
THE GATHERING James Klotz
Leader: The Lord be with you.
People: And also with you.
THE PRELUDE Toccata in E Minor Johann Pachelbel
*THE CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader: I lift up my eyes to the hills—from where will my help come? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
People: He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber; he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.
Leader: The Lord is your keeper; the Lord is your shade at your right hand. The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night.
People: The Lord will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. The Lord will keep your going out and your coming in from this time on and forevermore.
Leader: Let us worship God, who creates us, redeems us and sustains us, Amen.
-Psalm 121
*THE PROCESSIONAL HYMN 274 O God of Earth and Space LEONI
THE CALL TO CONFESSION
THE PRAYER OF CONFESSION
Eternal God, we have heard the stories of your marvelous deeds. We have been told of miracles and signs. We have read of redemption and reconciliation. There is no shortage of witness to who you are and who you would have us be in light of your revelation. Yet our discipleship often is halting, slow to start and meager once started. We need a vision of salvation that will sustain us into our uncertain futures. So we pray once more that you will forgive our sin and give us such a vision to live as you created us to live; as you redeemed us to live. We pray it in Jesus’ name, and for his sake, Amen.
A MOMENT OF SILENCE (for examination of conscience and personal prayers of confession)
THE ASSURANCE OF PARDON
Leader: Just as we have the same spirit of faith that is in accordance with Scripture— “I believed and so I spoke” —so we also believe, and so we speak, because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus from the dead will raise us also with Jesus, and will bring us with you into his presence.
People: Yes, everything is for your sake, so that grace, as it extends to more and more people, may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God.
Leader: Believe the promise of the gospel:
People: In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven. -2 Corinthians 4:13-15
*THE CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE Psalm 146 NETTLETON
Bless the Lord, give praise and honor unto God who lends me breath; may my tongue God’s greatness never cease to tell before my death, and in songs of sovereign goodness, let me sing beyond the grave; God, whose grave my life to ranson, God whose will my soul to save. (text: Michael Morgan)
*THE PEACE OF CHRIST
THE CONCERNS OF THE CHURCH
(Visitors and members are invited to sign the blue friendship register pad and pass it down the pew.)
THE RECEPTION OF NEW MEMBERS
THE FIRST LESSON Luke 7:11-17 (page 61 in the pew Bible, NT)
THE ANTHEM Kyrie (from “Missa Brevis”) Wolfgang A. Mozart
Lord, have mercy. Christ have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
Kirby Burgess, soprano; Nan Nowell, alto; John Young, tenor; Brandon Odom, bass
THE SECOND LESSON
THE SERMON Rev. Dr. Mark Douglas
*THE HYMN 276 Great is Thy Faithfulness FAITHFULNESS
THE OFFERTORY Deck Thyself, My Soul with Gladness Johannes Brahms
*THE DOXOLOGY AND PRAYER OF DEDICATION OLD HUNDREDTH
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise God, all creatures here below; Praise God above, ye heavenly host: Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
THE SACRAMENT OF THE LORD’S SUPPER
Invitation
The Great Thanksgiving
Leader: The Lord be with you.
People: And also with you.
Leader: Lift up your hearts!
People: We lift them to the Lord.
Leader: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
People: It is right to give thanks and praise.
Leader: It is truly right…
And with our loved ones, separate from us now, who yet in this mystery are close to us, we join in the song of your unending greatness.
Sanctus (Hymn 581)
Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might, heaven and earth are full of Your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest, hosanna in the highest.
Leader: You are holy, O God of majesty…Great is the mystery of faith.
People: Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again.
The Lord’s Prayer
Communion of the People
(The round wafers on the plate are provided for our members and guest with gluten intolerance.)
THE PRAYER AFTER THE MEAL
*THE HYMN 504 Draw Us in the Spirit’s Tether UNION SEMINARY
*THE CHARGE AND BENEDICTION
*THE CHORAL RESPONSE Great is Thy Faithfulness FAITHFULNESS
*THE POSTLUDE Improvisation Jonathan Crutchfield
*(The asterisk indicates parts of the worship when the congregation is invited to stand as they are able.)
