ORDER OF WORSHIP
JULY 14, 2024 10:30 AM
EIGHTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
If you have individual prayer requests, please write them on prayer cards in the pews and bring them up or give them to an usher during the prelude.
**Kindly stand if you are able
PRELUDE “To a Wild Rose” MacDowell Jean MacDonald, Piano
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
CALL TO WORSHIP (adapted from Psalm 24)
Leader: The earth is the LORD’s and all that is in it, the world, and those who live in it;
PEOPLE: for he has founded it on the seas and established it on the rivers.
Leader: Who shall ascend the hill of the LORD? And who shall stand in his holy place?
PEOPLE: Those who have clean hands and pure hearts, who do not lift up their
souls to what is false, and do not swear deceitfully.
Leader: They will receive blessing from the LORD, and vindication from the God of their
salvation.
PEOPLE: Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he is the King of glory.
INVOCATION
We thank you, Lord for your gifts of salvation and redemption. The waters of life are for all who thirst and eternal life is for all who believe. Let us welcome our neighbors close and far into your kingdom. In Jesus name we pray, Amen.
**OPENING HYMN “Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing” Red #45
CALL TO CONFESSION
No matter the words of the Gospels, we still fear others and look to hold earthly power rather than listening to the teachings of Jesus. Let us come together as we seek a greater understanding of our Lord and Creation.
PRAYER OF UNDERSTANDING
God of all people, please help us to see the humanity and divine grace in each one of us. Help us shed our desire for power and dominance and instead help us to understand the power of acceptance. Help us to know that we are one people. Help us to renounce any desire to separate us from one another and from you. Amen.
(a moment for silent personal confession)
ASSURANCE OF FORGIVENESS
God protects weak. God shelters the wanderer. God feeds the hungry. God forgives everyone. By the grace of Jesus we are forgiven, Amen.
**GLORIA PATRI Red #805
**PASSING OF THE PEACE
**AFFIRMATION OF FAITH - APOSTLES CREED - Traditional
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 Ghost, 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 sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost; The Holy catholic Church, the Communion of Saints; The Forgiveness of sins; The Resurrection of the body, And the Life everlasting. Amen.
**HYMN OF PRAISE “To God Be the Glory” Red #72
PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION
God of all, we seek to understand your will through your word. We ask for understanding and illumination through your scripture. Amen.
SCRIPTURE READINGS
OLD TESTAMENT READING 2 Samuel 6: 1-5, 12b-19 Mary Whidden
NEW TESTAMENT READING Ephesians 1: 3-14
GOSPEL READING Mark 6: 14-29
SERMON: Paganizing Christianity James Philips
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE AND THE LORD’S PRAYER
Gracious God, keep in our hearts all those whose names you already know and who ask for healing in their own quiet ways, let us pray together as our redeemer taught us, saying:
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 debts, as we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen
OUR TITHES AND OFFERINGS
It is right to share our abundance with those who have less or need more. May what we offer here help to be the answer of the prayers of others in the name of Jesus, Amen.
OFFERTORY “Andante – Op. 36, No.1” Clementi
**DOXOLOGY Traditional Red #809
**PRAYER OF THANKS
Gracious God, accept our gifts that they may be used wisely in your service for those who hunger, or thirst, or merely seek a greater understanding of your love. This we gratefully pray in Jesus’ name, Amen.
**HYMN OF PARTING “God Be With You” (Verses 1 & 3) Red #840
BENEDICTION
POSTLUDE “Miniature in C Minor” Kirchner Jean MacDonald, Piano
Blessings!
James Philips
John Redman, CRE
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