The Places We Call Home

June 11, 2023
Pastor Jacob Lee
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Service of Worship

Nocturne in E minor
F. Chopin
Public Domain

Leader: Come! Now is the time to worship! 
People: Come! Now is the time to worship!
Leader: We gather today as people God calls to go and share the good news. 
People: We gather as God’s sent-out people.
Leader: We gather to listen and share God’s work in our lives, our families, and our neighborhoods.
 People: We proclaim the goodness of God’s love together.
Leader: We gather to respond to God’s grace as we continue on the path of discipleship. 
People: We hear God’s call and learn to say “yes” to God together.
Leader: We gather to again hear God’s call to “Go!” as God commissions us to love God and neighbor in everything that we do. 
People: We go knowing that as God’s called, gathered, and sent-out people, we are not alone as we carry the weight of God’s call into the world together. Amen.

(Written by Dr. Lisa Hancock, Discipleship Ministries)

Opening 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

Pastor’s Time With the Children – Rev. Jacob Lee

Recognition of Graduates and Blessings
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 – Josh

Kiss The Rain
Yirma
© 2003 Sony/ATV Music Publishing

This music is under copyright. No permission has been granted to record or stream.

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

God of eternity and God of the next moment: we offer our gifts today having heard your call through Jesus to follow. Remind us again this day that being a follower doesn’t end at the offering plate. There is a weight to this call – one that demands we not only say “yes” to following but that we also say “no” to thousands of things that will lead us away from the discipleship path. Guide us that we might not wander off that road. In Christ, we pray. Amen.

(Matthew 9:9-13; 18-26)

Scripture Readings — Psalm 23 (NRSV)

1 The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want.
2 He makes me lie down in green pastures;
he leads me beside still waters;
3 he restores my soul.
He leads me in right paths
for his name’s sake.

4 Even though I walk through the darkest valley,
I fear no evil;
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff—
they comfort me.

5 You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies;
you anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.
6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
all the days of my life,
and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD
my whole life long.

Response
The Word of the Lord:
Thanks be to God.

Choral Anthem — Chancel Choir

Let there Be Singing
Dale Wood
© 1995 The Sacred Music Press / The Lorenz Corporation
Used with Permission. ONE LICENSE # A-401420

Sermon — Rev. Jacob S. Lee
“The Places We Call Home”

Closing Hymn — #133 “Leaning on the Everlasting Arms”

1. What a fellowship,
what a joy divine,
leaning on the everlasting arms;
what a blessedness,
what a peace is mine,
leaning on the everlasting arms.

Refrain
Leaning, leaning,
safe and secure from all alarms;
leaning, leaning,
leaning on the everlasting arms.

2. O how sweet to walk
in this pilgrim way,
leaning on the everlasting arms;
O how bright the path
grows from day to day,
leaning on the everlasting arms.

Refrain

3. What have I to dread,
what have I to fear,
leaning on the everlasting arms?
I have blessed peace
with my Lord so near,
leaning on the everlasting arms.

Refrain

Leaning On The Everlasting Arms
Anthony Johnson Showalter | Elisha Albright Hoffman
Public Domain

Benediction

Postlude – Hani