Service of Worship
Prelude – Hani
Lord, Here Am I
John Ness Beck | Arr. Anna Laura Page
© 1984 Beckenhorst Press, Inc.
Used with Permission. ONE LICENSE # A-401420
Welcome and Call to Worship
Leader: Come! Now is the time to worship!
People: We come to worship God who invites us.
Leader: When the Israelites worshiped the golden calf, God listened to Moses and chose to correct instead of destroy.
People: God persistently invites us to return to God.
Leader: Jesus tells a story of a wedding banquet where the guests dismissed the invitation and harmed the messengers, so the king invited people off the streets and welcomed all who received the invitation in earnest.
People: God persistently invites us to return to God.
Leader: Too often we turn from God’s ways, choosing our stiff-necked insistence that we know what is best instead of trusting God’s provision, love, and guidance.
People: When we turn away and our love fails, God continues to offer us opportunities to return to God and join in the celebration of God’s abundant love and life.
Leader: Come! Now is the time to worship!
People: We come to worship God who keeps inviting us for the long haul.
(Written by Dr. Lisa Hancock, Discipleship Ministries)
Opening Hymn — #140 “Great Is Thy Faithfulness”
1. Great is thy faithfulness, O God my Father;
there is no shadow of turning with thee;
thou changest not, thy compassions, they fail not;
as thou hast been, thou forever wilt be.
Refrain
Great is thy faithfulness!
Great is thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see;
all I have needed thy hand hath provided;
great is thy faithfulness,
Lord, unto me!
2. Summer and winter and springtime and harvest,
sun, moon, and stars in their courses above
join with all nature in manifold witness
to thy great faithfulness, mercy, and love.
Refrain
3. Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth,
thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide;
strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow,
blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside!
Refrain
Great Is Thy Faithfulness
Thomas Obediah Chisholm | William Marion Runyan
Public Domain
Pastor’s Time With the Children – Leah
Special Music – Rejoice Singers, accompanied by James C
Give Me Oil in My Lamp
A. Sevison | J. Paul Williams | Jospeh M. Martin
© 2015 Jubilate Music Group LLC
Used with Permission. CCLI License # 656051
Celebrating Our Laity, Joys and Concerns, Pastoral Prayer, Lord’s Prayer
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, the power, and glory forever. Amen.
For those who are called and able, gifts and tithes can still be made through online giving, by mailing them in, and by dropping them off to the office through the secure mail slot to the left of the double door entry to the church hallway.
Offertory – Rejoice Singers Trio, accompanied by James C
Oh How He Loves You and Me
Kurt Kaiser
© 1975 Curb Word Music
Used with Permission. CCLI License # 656051
Doxology
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;
praise him, all creatures here below;
praise him above, ye heavenly host;
praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow (Old 100th)
Louis Bourgeois | Thomas Ken
Public Domain
Offertory Prayer
Mighty and righteous God, as we bring our tithes and offerings to your altar, we confess we see ourselves in the stiff-necked Israelites in the wilderness. We are quick to lose sight of you, especially when our focus is turned in the direction of gold. Your anger and disappointment are so justified, and as Moses intervened for the Israelites, Jesus has advocated for us with his very life. Help us to keep our focus as you light the pathway you would have us walk. We pray this with gratitude for your love and in the name of your son, our savior. Amen.
(Exodus 32:1-14)
Scripture Readings — Revelation 6:1-8 (NRSV)
1 Then I saw the Lamb open one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures call out, as with a voice of thunder, “Come!” 2 I looked, and there was a white horse! Its rider had a bow; a crown was given to him, and he came out conquering and to conquer.
3 When he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature call out, “Come!” 4 And out camea another horse, bright red; its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people would slaughter one another; and he was given a great sword.
5 When he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature call out, “Come!” I looked, and there was a black horse! Its rider held a pair of scales in his hand, 6 and I heard what seemed to be a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, “A quart of wheat for a day’s pay,a and three quarts of barley for a day’s pay,b but do not damage the olive oil and the wine!”
7 When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature call out, “Come!” 8 I looked and there was a pale green horse! Its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed with him; they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword, famine, and pestilence, and by the wild animals of the earth.
The Word of the Lord:
Thanks be to God.
Choral Anthem — Chancel Choir
Here I Am, Lord
Daniel Schutte | Arr. Mark Hayes
© 1997 New Dawn Music | Shawnee Press
Used with Permission. ONE LICENSE # A-401420
Sermon — Scott
“That Uneasy Feeling”
Closing Hymn — #98 “To God Be the Glory”
1. To God be the glory,
great things he hath done!
So loved he the world
that he gave us his Son,
who yielded his life
an atonement for sin,
and opened the life-gate
that all may go in.
Refrain
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,
let the earth hear his voice!
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,
let the people rejoice!
O come to the Father
thru Jesus the Son,
and give him the glory,
great things he hath done!
2. O perfect redemption,
the purchase of blood,
to every believer
the promise of God;
the vilest offender
who truly believes,
that moment from Jesus
a pardon receives.
Refrain
3. Great things he hath taught us,
great things he hath done,
and great our rejoicing
thru Jesus the Son;
but purer, and higher,
and greater will be
our wonder, our transport,
when Jesus we see.
Refrain
To God Be The Glory
Fanny Jane Crosby | William Howard Doane
Public Domain
Benediction
Postlude – Hani
Trumpet Voluntary in D Major
John Stanley
Public Domain
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