Sunday June 16, 2024 Worship Service
Livestream at 10:00 a.m

GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME

PRELUDE — Canzona — Andrea Gabrieli
As the prelude begins, you are invited to begin your personal preparation for worship.

SILENT MEDITATION
“As a father has compassion for his children, so the LORD has compassion for those who fear him”
Psalm 103:13

“And, fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.”
Ephesians 6:4

CALL TO WORSHIP — Psalm 92: 1-4, a Psalm for the Sabbath day
It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to your name, O Most High;
       to declare your steadfast love in the morning, and your faithfulness by night,
to the music of the lute and the harp, to the melody of the lyre.
       For you, O Lord, have made me glad by your work; at the works of your hands I sing for joy.
       Let us worship God!

PRAISE AND ADORATION

*HYMN #714 — God of the Fertile Fields — ITALIAN HYMN
(*Please stand, if you are able)

CONFESSION AND PARDON

CALL TO CONFESSION

PRAYER OF CONFESSION
Holy God, you are a blessing to all peoples yet we choose sides and pit “us” against “them.” Forgive our divisiveness, and our exclusion. Forgive the ways we fail to seek and share your abundance. Help us build the Beloved Community you desire for us, where all your children may live in peace. 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.

TIME FOR YOUNG DISCIPLES

ANNOUNCEMENTS

HYMN #293 — Loving Spirit — OMNI DIE

THE OLD TESTAMANT READING         1 Samuel 15: 34 – 16:13                    page 226 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.

PROCLAMATION OF GOD’S WORD

SCRIPTURE LESSON — Mark 4: 26-34 — page 815 of the pew Bible

SERMON — “Under New Management” — Dr. Zieman

PRAYER

RECEPTION OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS

OFFERTORY — Assurance — John Ness Beck

THE SACRAMENT OF THE LORD’S SUPPER

INVITATION TO THE LORD’S TABLE

PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING

*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)

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 ANTHEM — For the Bread — V. Earle Copes

*PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
We thank you, O God, that through Word and sacrament you have given us your Son, who is the true bread from heaven and food of eternal life.  So strengthen us in your service that our daily living may show our thanks, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen

*HYMN #684 — Faith Begins by Letting Go — LUX PRIMA

*CHARGE AND BENEDICTION

*BENEDICTION RESPONSE — The Lord Bless You and Keep You — Peter Lutkin   

POSTLUDE — Trumpet Voluntary — John Stanley