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WORSHIP SEPTEMBER 4 2016
11 A.M. WORSHIP
THE GATHERING Mathew Frease
Leader: The Lord be with you.
People: And also with you.
THE PRELUDE Saraband and Interlude Herbert Sumsion
*THE CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader: Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, you are very great. You are clothed with honor and majesty, wrapped in light as with a garment.
People: You stretch out the heavens like a tent, you set the beams of your chambers on the waters, you make the clouds your chariot, you ride on the wings of the wind, you make the winds your messengers, fire and flame your ministers.
Leader: Let us worship God, our creator, redeemer and sustainer. - Psalm 104:1-4
*THE PROCESSIONAL HYMN 478 Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven LAUDA ANIMA
THE CALL TO CONFESSION
THE PRAYER OF CONFESSION
Eternal God, creator of the earth and all that is in it, you have made us to glorify you, to praise you, and make you known through all the earth. You have called us by name, made us holy and charged us with being our people. We are humbled by the trust you place in us to mediate your grace to a hurting world. And we admit that we have failed. We have not been free givers of grace. We have not lived as testimonies to your goodness. We have fallen short of the calling you have entrusted to us. So forgive us we pray, and work in us that we might learn and live as you have created us to be. In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ we pray, Amen.
A MOMENT OF SILENCE (for examination of conscience and personal prayers of confession)
THE ASSURANCE OF PARDON
Leader: From now on, therefore, we regard no one form a human point of view; even though we once knew Christ from a human point of view, we know him no longer in that way.
People: So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away, see, everything has become new.
Leader: Believe the promise of the Gospel
People: In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven! -2 Corinthians 5:1-17
*THE CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE (Number 481)
Praise the Lord, great mercies trace, Alleluia! Praise this providence and grace, Alleluia! All that God for us has done, Alleluia! All God sends us through the son. Alleluia!
*THE PEACE OF CHRIST
Leader: The peace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you all!
People: And also with you.
THE CONCERNS OF THE CHURCH
(Visitors and members are invited to sign the blue friendship register pad and pass it down the pew.)
THE OLD TESTAMENT LESSON Psalm 139:1-9;13-18 (page 545 in the pew Bible, OT)
THE ANTHEM Oh! For a Closer Walk With God Charles Villiers Standford
Oh! For a closer walk with God, a calm and heavenly frame: a light to shine upon the road that leads me to the Lamb! Return, O holy dove, return! Sweet messenger of rest, I hate the sins that made thee mourn, and drove thee from my breast. So shall my walk be close with God, calm and serene my frame; so purer light shall mark the road that leads me to the Lamb. (text: W. Cowper)
THE GOSPEL LESSON Luke 14:25-33 (page 73 in the pew Bible, NT)
THE SERMON “On and On and On” Baron Mullis
*THE HYMN 521 You Satisfy the Hungry Heart FINEST WHEAT
Congregation sings the refrain; choir sings the verses
THE OFFERTORY Contemplation Charles Callahan
*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
(To receive communion by intinction, please come forward by the center aisle, tear a generous piece of bread from the loaf, and dip it in the chalice before returning to your pew using the side aisles. Anyone unable to come forward will be served in their pew. For those unable to consume gluten, please go to the pastor’s communion station.)
THE MUSIC AT COMMUNION Improvisation Jonathan Crutchfield
THE PRAYER AFTER THE MEAL
*THE HYMN 391 Take My Life HENDON
*THE CHARGE AND BENEDICTION
*THE CHORAL RESPONSE Let Us Talents and Tongues Employ LINSTEAD
*THE POSTLUDE Improvisation Jonathan Crutchfield
*(The asterisk indicates parts of the worship when the congregation is invited to stand as they are able.)
