Sunday June 15, 2025 Worship Service
Livestream at 10:00 a.m.

Gathering in God’s Name

Prelude –Trumpet Tune & Pastorale — Jeffrey Blersch
from Variations on “Holy God, We Praise Your Name”
As the prelude begins, you are invited to begin your personal preparation for worship.

Silent Meditation
“When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around.  But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much he had learned in 7 years.” — Mark Twain

Call to Worship — Revelation 1: 8, Isaiah 6:3
I am the alpha and the omega says the Lord God,
       Who is, and who was, and who is to come, the almighty.
Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts;
       the whole earth is full of God’s glory.

Praise and Adoration

*Hymn #1 — Holy, Holy, Holy!  Lord, God Almighty! — NICEA
(*Please stand, if you are able)

Confession and Pardon

Call to Confession 

Prayer of Confession
Blessed God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, yours is a perfect relationship, one God in three persons, mutual and whole. We confess that our relationships are not that way. We have been too selfish; we have given too much; we have accepted too little. We have failed to love in the manner of Jesus. We have let sin drive us away from one another and from you. We long for wholeness and peace, but our sin pulls us in other directions. Forgive us and restore us. With mercy and grace, draw us back to you.

Silent Prayers of Confession

Kyrie Eleison — Lord, Have Mercy — Schubert

Assurance of Pardon                                                                                                                                             

*Congregational Response (#581) — Glory Be to the Father — GLORIA PATRI (Greatorex)

Welcome                                     
During the Welcome, children are invited to come forward.

Time for Young Disciples

Announcements

Hymn #288 — Spirit of the Living God — LIVING GOD          

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 — Take My Life, and Let It Be — Phillip Landgrave                                                                                                                                        

Proclamation of God’s Word

Scripture Lesson — John 16: 12-15 — page 879 of the pew Bible

Sermon — “The Holy Spirit:  Jesus, the Sequel” — Dr. Zieman

Our Response to God’s Word

*Affirmation of Faith — The Nicene Creed
We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen.

We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, of one Being with the Father; through him all things were made.  For us and for our salvation he came down from heaven, was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary and became truly human.  For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate; he suffered death and was buried.  On the third day he rose again in accordance with the Scriptures; he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will have no end.

We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son is worshiped and glorified, who has spoken through the prophets.  We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church.  We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.  We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.

*Sanctus (#562) — Holy, Holy, Holy —  SANCTUS (Schubert)

Presentation of Tithes and Offerings

Offertory — Come Down, O Love Divine — R. Vaughan Williams; arr. Joel Raney

 *Doxology (#607) — Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow OLD HUNDREDTH
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; praise Christ, all people here below;
praise Holy Spirit evermore; praise Triune God, whom we adore. Amen.

*Prayer of Dedication                    
We are your children, O God, called to care for those in need, around the block and around the world. Bless these gifts, that through them the hungry may be fed, the poor be cared for, suffering may be eased, and the good news of Jesus may be preached throughout the world. Amen.

*Hymn #4 — Holy God, We Praise Your Name — GROSSER GOTT, WIR LOBEN DICH

*Charge and Benediction

*Choral Benediction — The Lord Bless You and Keep You — Peter Lutkin

Postlude — Toccata and Fugue — Jeffrey Blersch
from Variations on “Holy God, We Praise Your Name”