Sunday August 11, 2024 Worship Service
Livestream at 10:00 a.m.

GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME

PRELUDE — Fugue in D minor — J.S. Bach
As the prelude begins, you are invited to begin your personal preparation for worship.

SILENT MEDITATION
“We don’t live by bread alone, but we also don’t live long without it. To eat is to acknowledge our dependence – both on food and on each other. It also reminds us of other kinds of emptiness that not even the blue-plate special can touch.” — Frederick Buechner, Wishful Thinking

CALL TO WORSHIP — based on John 6:35
Jesus says, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.”
       Savior God, we come to you hungry and thirsty, grateful for the sustenance you provide.

PRAISE AND ADORATION

*HYMN #65 — Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah — CWM RHONDDA
(*Please stand, if you are able)

CONFESSION AND PARDON

CALL TO CONFESSION

PRAYER OF CONFESSION
Christ calls us to stand with the least and the last, but we cling to power and privilege. We fear worldly consequences for faithful action. We fail to follow where Christ leads, making excuses for ourselves, for our silence in the face of oppression, for our lack of action.  Forgive us, God, and help us to risk following where Christ calls us to go.  Hear this, our prayer, and hear the prayers we offer to you in silence now…

 SILENT PRAYERS OF CONFESSION AND PETITION

KYRIE ELEISON (#551) — “Lord, Have Mercy” — LAND OF REST
Lord, have mercy; Christ, have mercy; Lord, have mercy upon us.
Lord, have mercy; Christ, have mercy; Lord, have mercy upon us.

ASSURANCE OF PARDON

*GLORIA PATRI (#240) — Alleluia, Alleluia, Give Thanks! — ALLELUIA NO. 1

WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

THE SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM
Oliver Timothy McClain, born August 9, 2023 to parents Noah and Meghan McClain.

Congregation Response:  With joy and thanksgiving we welcome Oliver Timothy McClain into Christ’s church to share with us in the one ministry of Christ, for we are all one in Him.

THE OLD TESTAMANT READING — Psalm 34: 1-10 — page 441 of the pew Bible

FELLOWSHIP OF PRAYER

JOYS AND CONCERNS

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
The 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 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.

ANTHEM — This Is My Father’s World — arr. Richard Walters                                             

PROCLAMATION OF GOD’S WORD

SCRIPTURE LESSON — John 6: 35, 41-51 — page 868 of the pew Bible

SERMON — “Drawn to God” — Dr. Zieman

PRAYER

PRESENTATION OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS

OFFERTORY — Let Us Break Bread Together — arr. Richard Walters

THE SACRAMENT OF THE LORD’S SUPPER

INVITATION TO THE LORD’S TABLE

PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING FOR THE WORK OF CHRIST

*ACCLAMATION OF PRAISE — from Psalm 103:1-4; Revelation 5:12
 Praise the Lord, O my soul;
       all my inmost being, praise his holy name.
Praise the Lord, O my soul,
       and forget not all his benefits—
who forgives all your sins
       and heals all your diseases,
who redeems your life from the pit
       and crowns you with love and compassion.
Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain,
       to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and praise!

*SANCTUS (#572) — Holy, Holy, Holy — SANCTUS (Pavlechko)

WORDS OF INSTITUTION

SERVING OF THE ELEMENTS
Please come forward as directed by an usher.  All baptized Christians are encouraged to partake – by taking a piece of bread and dipping it into the cup.  Gluten-free bread is at the station closer to the pulpit. If you are unable to come forward, an elder will serve you in the pew.

COMMUNION HYMN #523 — You Satisfy the Hungry Heart — BICENTENNIAL
The soloist will sing the verses and the congregation is asked to join in on the refrain.

*PRAYER
Lord, you have put gladness in our hearts; you have satisfied our hunger with good things.  In giving all, you have not withheld from us your own dear Son.  How can we withhold anything from you, our Lord and our God?  Renew us day by day with the gift of your Spirit, that we may give ourselves completely to your service and walk with joy in the footsteps of Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.

*HYMN #299 — You Servants of God, Your Master Proclaim — HANOVER

CHARGE AND BENEDICTION

BENEDICTION RESPONSE                                                                                                       

POSTLUDE — Toccata in F Major Dietrich Buxtehude