Sunday August 4, 2024 Worship Service
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GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME

PRELUDE — Prelude I & II — Bob Moore
As the prelude begins, you are invited to begin your personal preparation for worship.

SILENT MEDITATION
“I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.” — C. S. Lewis

CALL TO WORSHIP — from Ephesians 4:1-6
Let us live a life worthy of the calling to which we have been called.
        Let us live with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, making every effort to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
There is one body and one Spirit,
        just as we were called to the one hope of our calling,
one Lord, one faith, one baptism,
        one God and Father of all, who is above all and through all and in all. Let us worship God!

PRAISE AND ADORATION

*HYMN #400 — I Rejoiced When I Heard Them Say — ENGLAND
(*Please stand, if you are able)

CONFESSION AND PARDON

CALL TO CONFESSION

PRAYER OF CONFESSION
Merciful God, in Jesus, we have seen your glory. Yet our sinfulness often blocks out the light of Christ. We are quick to accuse and slow to confess. We find faults easily in others while ignoring our own shortcomings. We have squandered your gifts. We have turned from your ways. We have ignored your Word. Have mercy on us, compassionate God. Pour out your Holy Spirit on our sinful lives. Wash us with your love and cleanse us with your grace, that day by day we might move closer to the people you would have us be. Amen.

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              
During the welcome, children are invited to come forward with their backpacks.

TIME FOR YOUNG DISCIPLES — The Blessing of the Backpacks

THE OLD TESTAMANT READING — Exodus 16: 2-4, 9-15 — page 55 of the pew Bible

ANNOUNCEMENTS

RECEPTION OF NEW MEMBERS — Brenda Graumann, co-Moderator of the Membership Committee
Joining PCOC today are new members Kate and Justin Gibson, Nancy Pippin, and Judy Meyer

*HYMN #767 — Together We Serve — SAN ANSELMO

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 — Prelude III — Bob Moore                                                       

PROCLAMATION OF GOD’S WORD

SCRIPTURE LESSON — John 6: 24-35 — page 867 of the pew Bible

SERMON — “Being Truly Satisfied” — Dr. Zieman

OUR RESPONSE TO GOD’S WORD

*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH — from Colossians 1:15-20
Jesus Christ is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation; in him all things in heaven and on earth were created, things visible and invisible. All things have been created through him and for him. He himself is before all things, and in him all things hold together. Jesus Christ is head of the body, the church; he is the beginning, the firstborn of the dead, so that he might come to have first place in everything. For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him God was pleased to reconcile all things, whether on earth or in heaven, by making peace through the blood of his cross. Amen.

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

PRESENTATION OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS

OFFERTORY — Prelude IV — Bob Moore

*DOXOLOGY (#609) — “Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow” — LASST UNS ERFREUEN
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow. Praise God, all creatures high and low. Alleluia, Alleluia!
Praise God, in Jesus fully known: Creator, Word, and Spirit one. Alleluia, alleluia!
alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!

*PRAYER OF DEDICATION      
O God, with faith and hope, we offer these gifts. Use them, even as you use us to accomplish your purposes in Jesus Christ, the Head of the church and the Lord of our lives. Amen.

*HYMN #81 — Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken — AUSTRIAN HYMN

CHARGE AND BENEDICTION

BENEDICTION RESPONSE — Go Now in Peace — Don Besig

POSTLUDE — The Emporer’s Fanfare — Antonio Soler