The Wisdom of Solomon

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Service of Worship

Andante D Major (1823)
F. Mendelssohn
Public Domain

Opening Prayer
WELCOME AND CALL TO WORSHIP
Come and worship!
Be still and aware of God’s presence
within and around you.

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Come and worship!
Be still and aware of Jesus’ presence
within and around you.

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Come and worship!
Be still and aware of the Spirit’s presence
within and around you.

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Be still and know the presence of the Triune God,
the Father to whom we come,
the Son through whom we come,
the Spirit by whom we come.

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Hear his word:
Be STILL and know that I am God.

Opening Hymn — #57 O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing (v. 1-3)

1. O for a thousand tongues to sing
my great Redeemer’s praise,
the glories of my God and King
The triumphs of his grace!

2. My gracious Master and my God,
assist me to proclaim,
to spread thru all the earth abroad
the honors of thy name.

3. Jesus! the name that charms our fears,
that bids our sorrows cease;
’tis music in the sinner’s ears,
’tis life, and health, and peace.

O For A Thousand Tongues To Sing (Azmon)
Carl Gotthelf Glaser | Charles Wesley
Public Domain

Scripture Reading — 1 Kings 3:16-28 (NRSV)

16 Later, two women who were prostitutes came to the king and stood before him. 17 The one woman said, “Please, my lord, this woman and I live in the same house; and I gave birth while she was in the house. 18 Then on the third day after I gave birth, this woman also gave birth. We were together; there was no one else with us in the house, only the two of us were in the house. 19 Then this woman’s son died in the night, because she lay on him. 20 She got up in the middle of the night and took my son from beside me while your servant slept. She laid him at her breast, and laid her dead son at my breast. 21 When I rose in the morning to nurse my son, I saw that he was dead; but when I looked at him closely in the morning, clearly it was not the son I had borne.” 22 But the other woman said, “No, the living son is mine, and the dead son is yours.” The first said, “No, the dead son is yours, and the living son is mine.” So they argued before the king.

23 Then the king said, “The one says, ‘This is my son that is alive, and your son is dead’; while the other says, ‘Not so! Your son is dead, and my son is the living one.’” 24 So the king said, “Bring me a sword,” and they brought a sword before the king. 25 The king said, “Divide the living boy in two; then give half to the one, and half to the other.” 26 But the woman whose son was alive said to the king—because compassion for her son burned within her—“Please, my lord, give her the living boy; certainly do not kill him!” The other said, “It shall be neither mine nor yours; divide it.” 27 Then the king responded: “Give the first woman the living boy; do not kill him. She is his mother.” 28 All Israel heard of the judgment that the king had rendered; and they stood in awe of the king, because they perceived that the wisdom of God was in him, to execute justice.

Children’s Time with Ms Becky

Announcements, Joys and Concerns, and Pastoral Prayer

Pastoral Prayer
Thank you, Lord, for all who care
Bless them with your love
Thanks for mothers everywhere
Bless them with your love
For those who brighten up our day
Bless them with your love
Who always have the right words to say
Bless them with your love
Thanks for hugs, and love and smiles
Bless them with your love
Thanks for all those extra miles
Bless them with your love
And when they feel they’re not enough
Bless them, bless them, with your love.
Amen.

Offering Our Gifts to the Lord
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Offertory — Annalise and Bethany

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 unimaginable love, we have known of your caring since we were babies in our mother’s arms. We have been told the stories of your love, and we have sung songs about your love. These things bring us comfort. What challenges us is the command of Jesus, “As I have loved you, so you should love one another” – not just those who think as we do, pray as we do, and look the way that we do. Help us, through our giving, our living and our loving, to live up to the challenge of loving as you would have us love. In the name of our risen Savior, we pray. Amen.

Sermon – Pastor Stacy Dickson
The Wisdom of Solomon

Closing Hymn — #526 What a Friend We Have in Jesus

1. What a friend we have in Jesus,
all our sins and griefs to bear!
What a privilege to carry
everything to God in prayer!
O what peace we often forfeit,
O what needless pain we bear,
all because we do not carry
everything to God in prayer.

2. Have we trials and temptations?
Is there trouble anywhere?
We should never be discouraged;
take it to the Lord in prayer.
Can we find a friend so faithful
who will all our sorrows share?
Jesus knows our every weakness;
take it to the Lord in prayer.

3. Are we weak and heavy laden,
cumbered with a load of care?
Precious Savior, still our refuge;
take it to the Lord in prayer.
Do thy friends despise, forsake thee?
Take it to the Lord in prayer!
In his arms he’ll take and shield thee;
thou wilt find a solace there.

What A Friend We Have In Jesus (Converse)
Charles Crozat Converse | Joseph Medlicott Scriven
Public Domain

Benediction

Postlude – Hani

Hornpipe
G.F. Handel
Public Domain