Bulletin for July 9, 2023 Worship Service
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GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME

PRELUDE
“Fantasia” DuMage
(17th-18th c. French)
As the prelude begins, you are invited to begin your personal preparation for worship.

SILENT MEDITATION
“Christ has no body now on earth but yours, no hands but yours, no feet but yours; yours are the eyes through which Christ’s compassion looks out on the world, yours are the feet with which He is to go about doing good and yours are the hands with which He is to bless us now.” Teresa of Avila

“We do not draw people to Christ by loudly discrediting what they believe, by telling them how wrong they are and how right we are, but by showing them a light that is so lovely that they want with all their hearts to know the source of it.” Madeleine L’Engle

CALL TO WORSHIP – PSALM 13:5–6 ADAPTED
We trust in your steadfast love, O Lord.
Help us to trust you, in times of joy and times of challenge.
Our hearts rejoice in your salvation.
We lift up our hearts. We cling to your grace.
Sing to the Lord because God has been good to us.
We sing to you, O God. We join together to sing your praise.
Let us worship God together. 

PRAISE AND ADORATION

*HYMN OF PRAISE
624 I Greet Thee, Who My Sure Redeemer Art TOULON
(*Please stand, if you are able.)

CALL TO CONFESSION

PRAYER OF CONFESSION
Merciful God, we confess that we have not followed your way. You lavish your love upon us, yet we let our hearts grow cold. You wash us clean in your mercy, yet we defile ourselves in sin. Forgive us, God of grace. Give us a new religion: to love you and one another even as you have loved us; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

SILENT PRAYERS OF CONFESSION

KYRIE ELEISON
“Lord, Have Mercy” Schubert

ASSURANCE OF PARDON

*GLORIA PATRI
(#581) “Glory Be to the Father” GLORIA PATRI

WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

RECEPTION OF NEW MEMBERS
Amy Boesen, Co-Moderator of the Membership Committee
Judy Meyer

OLD TESTAMENT READING
Psalm 145: 8-14 page 506 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
”Amazing Grace“ arr. Kevin McKee

PROCLAMATION OF GOD’S WORD

SCRIPTURE READING
Matthew 11: 25-30 page 792 of the pew Bible

Pastor: This is the Word of the Lord.
People: Thanks be to God.

SERMON
“Rest for Your Soul” Dr. Zieman

PRAYER

RECEPTION OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS

OFFERTORY
“Come Down, O Love Divine” arr. Howard Helvey

THE SACRAMENT OF THE LORD’S SUPPER

INVITATION TO THE LORD’S TABLE

*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH from the PC(USA) Declaration of Faith

Jesus Christ stands at the center of the biblical record. The Bible is the account of God’s word and action in history, together with his people’s response in faith. It tells how the Lord has moved with Israel and the church towards the kingdom of God, his just and loving rule over all. It is the story of the one God, who is the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. That story is still unfolding, and in faith, we make it our own. It forms our memory and our hope. It tells us who we are and what we are to do. To retell it is to declare what we believe.

*SANCTUS
“Holy, Holy, Holy” SANCTUS (Schubert)

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.

*PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
Almighty God, you provide the true bread from heaven, your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Grant that we who have received the Sacrament of his body and blood may abide in him and he in us, that we may be strengthened in our faith and filled with the power of his endless life, now and forever. Amen.

*HYMN OF DEDICATION
#504 We Come as Guests Invited WIE LIEBLICH IST DER MAIEN

*CHARGE AND BENEDICTION

*BENEDICTION RESPONSE
“Go Now In Peace” Don Besig

POSTLUDE
“In Thee Is Gladness” J.S. Bach

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