Bulletin for July 11, 2010. Click below to read more.

WORSHIP JULY 11, 2010
15TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

THE GATHERING Mary Miller Brueggemann
Leader: The Lord be with you.
People: And also with you.

THE PRELUDE Walter Huff, organist

* THE CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader: This is the day that the Lord has made.
People: Let us rejoice and be glad in it.
Leader: We have come to this hour to rekindle the gift from God.
People: God has given us a spirit of love and power in his name.
Leader: Grace was given to us in Christ Jesus before the ages began.
People: With God's holy calling, let us begin our worship with open hearts
and minds. -from 2 Timothy 1

* THE PROCESSIONAL HYMN 327 O Word of God Incarnate

THE CALL TO CONFESSION

THE PRAYER OF CONFESSION
Forgive our faithlessness, O faithful God! See beyond our apathy, our thoughtlessness,
our self-centeredness, our wrong choices. See into our hearts. Forgive
us we pray. Free us for joyful obedience. Through Jesus Christ, our Lord.
Amen.

A MOMENT OF SILENCE (for examination of conscience and personal prayers of confession)

THE ASSURANCE OF PARDON

* THE CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE (Hymn 341)
This is my story, this is my song, praising my Savior all the day long;
This is my story, this is my song, praising my Savior all the day long.

* THE PEACE OF CHRIST
(Children ages 2-11 are invited to leave after the Peace of Christ for special classes. Three-year-olds are in
Room 208; Pre-K in 011; K - 2nd grade in 001; 3rd - 6th grade in 005.)

THE CONCERNS OF THE CHURCH
(Visitors and members are invited to sign the blue friendship register pad and pass it down the pew.)

THE FIRST LESSON Luke 9:23-26 (page 65 in the pew Bible)

THE ANTHEM Hearken, Stay Close to Jesus Christ David Michael
(from the archives of the Moravian Church, Winston-Salem, NC)
Hearken! Stay close to Jesus Christ. Let His spirit lead you; know that He is ever with you, that His loving
care never faileth. For this He came from heaven and took upon Him our flesh and blood; for our salvation
became man and suffered death. His saving power blesses all the world. No one is outside His mercy;
He redeems us from all our sins and makes us one with God, to share with Him eternal life.

THE SECOND LESSON Romans 1:16-17 (page 142 in the pew Bible)

THE SERMON  "Not Ashamed of the Gospel" Christopher Henry
For I am not ashamed of the gospel: It is the power of God
for salvation to everyone who has faith... Romans 1: 16a

* THE HYMN 329 Break Thou the Bread of Life

* THE AFFIRMATION OF FAITH from The Confession of 1967, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
The one sufficient revelation of God is Jesus Christ, the Word of God incarnate,
to whom the Holy Spirit bears unique and authoritative witness through
the Holy Scriptures, which are received and obeyed as the word of God written.
The Scriptures are not a witness among others, but the witness without
parallel. God's word is spoken to his church today where the Scriptures are
faithfully preached and attentively read in dependence on the illumination of
the Holy Spirit and with readiness to receive their truth and direction.
THE OFFERTORY Jesus, Thou Joy of Loving Hearts Murray

* THE DOXOLOGY AND PRAYER OF DEDICATION (Hymn 592)

THE SACRAMENT OF THE LORD'S SUPPER
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.
Sanctus: Holy, holy, holy, Lord, God of power and might, (Hymn 581)
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.

Communion of the People

Prayer after the Meal

* THE HYMN 145 Rejoice, Ye Pure in Heart!

* THE CHARGE AND BENEDICTION

* THE CHORAL RESPONSE To Him Be The Glory Harrah
To Him be the glory forever and forever; to Him be all power, dominion, authority. Amen.