Sunday July 28, 2024 Worship Service
Livestream at 10:00 a.m.

GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME

PRELUDE — Sanctify Us by Thy Goodness — J.S. Bach
As the prelude begins, you are invited to begin your personal preparation for worship.

SILENT MEDITATION
“Christians don’t simply learn or study or use Scripture; we assimilate it, take it into our lives in such a way that it gets metabolized into acts of love, cups of cold water, mission into all the world, healing and evangelism and justice in Jesus’ name.” — Eugene Peterson

CALL TO WORSHIP — from Psalm 145:10-18
All your works shall give thanks to you, O Lord,
       and all your faithful shall bless you.
The Lord upholds all who are falling
       and raises up all who are bowed down.
You open your hand,
       satisfying the desire of every living thing.
The Lord is just and kind,
       The Lord is near to all who call on God.

PRAISE AND ADORATION

*HYMN #393 — O Day of Rest and Gladness — ES FLOG EIN KLEINS WALDVOGELEIN
(*Please stand, if you are able)

CONFESSION AND PARDON

CALL TO CONFESSION

PRAYER OF CONFESSION
Merciful God, you have commanded us to love you above all and to have no other gods. You have called us to love others as you love them. But we are personally and socially prejudiced by the love of other “gods” — the false gods of prosperity and materialism, of racial and ethnic privilege, and of excessive triumphalism.  Forgive us our sins and transform us by your Spirit that we might learn to love as you love and to live as people who have been baptized as your own children.  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 AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

MOMENT FOR MISSION — Patty Ritchie, for Agape for All

THE SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM
Audrey Amelia Florent, born July 14, 2023 to parents Daniel and Molly Florent

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

HYMN 486 — Child of Blessing, Child of Promise — KINGDOM

RECEPTION OF NEW MEMBERS
Brenda Graumann, co-Moderator of the Membership Committee
Joining PCOC today are new members:
Dorothy Bellus, Frederick Crum, Kim Crum, Gene Dupue, Linda Hulsey, and Nancy Pippin

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 — Allemande — J.S. Bach                                                          

PROCLAMATION OF GOD’S WORD

SCRIPTURE LESSON — John 6: 1-21 — page 867 of the pew Bible

SERMON — “Unmistakably Miraculous”

OUR RESPONSE TO GOD’S WORD

*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH — 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 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.

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

PRESENTATION OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS

OFFERTORY  — Cello Sonata No. 3, Op. 69 — Ludvig von Beethoven

*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, may these gifts be used as a witness to your love, peace and justice at work in the world, renewing the face of the earth.  May our lives be used in a similar way – to bring about your kingdom, on earth as it is in heaven.  Amen.

*HYMN #634 — To God Be the Glory — TO GOD BE THE GLORY

CHARGE AND BENEDICTION

BENEDICTION RESPONSE — Go Now in Peace — Don Besig          

POSTLUDE — Ite Missa Est (Go, the Mass Is Ended) — Craig Phillips

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

POSTLUDE                                      Ite Missa Est (Go, the Mass Is Ended)      Craig Phillips