PREPARATION FOR THE WORD OF GOD

 

PRELUDE                            Prelude and Fugue in F                                         J. S. Bach

WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

INTROIT                              

*CALL TO WORSHIP                     Based on Ephesians 2:8                Dean Southworth

Leader:  By grace we have been saved through faith,

People:  And this is not our own doing;

Leader:  It is the gift of God.

People:  Thanks be to God.

Leader:  Let us worship God.

*HYMN OF PRAISE                                   142        All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name!

CALL TO CONFESSION                                                                         

PRAYER OF CONFESSION    (Unison)                                                  

Gracious Lord, none of us here are righteous.  Not a single one of us is without sin.  We have all fallen astray.  We have failed to love You.  We have failed to love one another.  But Your Holy Spirit draws us to be restless, giving us a desire to find our rest in You.  So we turn to You and ask You to forgive us, free us from our sins, and fill us with Your Spirit.  In the name of Christ we pray, Amen.

 ASSURANCE OF Pardon                                                               From Romans 5   

*GLORIA PATRI   

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost;

As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end.  Amen, Amen.

 

proclamation of the word of god

 Anthem:                                          Our God Reigns                                    L. Smith, Jr.  

CHILDREN’S DEVOTIONAL                                                                      

 

Old Testament Lesson                                                               Genesis 18:23-33

New Testament lesson                                                                         Romans 4

Leader:  This is the Word of the Lord.

People:  Thanks be to God.

 

 SERMON             “Counting the Righteous”            The Rev. Dr. Maynard Pittendreigh

 

THE LORD’S PRAYER

Our Father in Heaven, holy is Your name.

Your kingdom come, Your will be done

On earth as it is in heaven.

Give us today our daily bread.

Forgive us our sins, as we forgive others.

Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

For Yours is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory.  Amen

 

 

RESPONSE TO THE WORD OF GOD

 *affIRMATION OF FAITH (Unison)                                            The Apostles’ Creed

I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth; and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord, Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried. He descended into hell; the third day He rose again from the dead, He ascended into heaven, and sits on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence He shall come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit; the holy catholic church, the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. Amen.

 

*HYMN OF MEDITATION                441                                          I Love Thy Kingdom, Lord

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE

OFFERING/ OFFERTORY           Jesu, Meine Freude                                    J. S. Bach

*DOXOLOGY

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise God, all creatures here below;

Praise God above, ye heavenly hosts; praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.

*PRAYER OF DEDICATION      

 *HYMN OF DEDICATION                       538        Lord, Dismiss Us with Thy Blessing

  *BENEDICTION                                        

  *CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE       438                      Blest Be the Tie That Binds

Blest be the tie that binds our hearts in Christian love:

The fellowship of kindred minds is like to that above.

 

*PLEASE STAND IN BODY OR SPIRIT, AS YOU ARE ABLE.

          USHERS MAY SEAT WORSHIPERS AT ANYTIME EXCEPT DURING PRAYERS.

 

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Today’s flowers are given by:            Dorothy Baker  In Memory of   her husband Floyd D. Baker 

SERVICE for WHOLENESS: TODAY, immediately following the worship service, there will be a short service which includes prayer and intercessions for healing.  Physical, psychological, mental, spiritual, and relational problems all need to be healed in order to find wholeness and fully respond to God’s love for us.  If you don’t need special prayer, you may stay and pray for others.

 THE SEW & SEWS will meet the next two Thursdays, July 22 and 29.  They will not be meeting in the month of August.

 WE WELCOME PASTOR MAYNARD back to the pulpit today. Hopefully he had a relaxing vacation and an enlightening time at Presbyterian General Assembly while he was away.

 TERMITE “EVIDENCE” was found again in our Sanctuary this week. Treatment for these unique creatures of God is on on-going (and expensive) process here at Chapel.