Sunday June 2, 2024 Worship Service
Livestream at 10:00 a.m

GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME

PRELUDE — Jazz Prelude on “Hyfrydol” — David Schack
As the prelude begins, you are invited to begin your personal preparation for worship.

SILENT MEDITATION
“Remember the sabbath day, and keep it holy.  Six days you shall labor and do all your work.  But the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God; you shall not do any work—you, your son or your daughter, your male or female slave, your livestock, or the alien resident in your towns.  For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but rested the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day and consecrated it.” – The Fourth Commandment

CALL TO WORSHIP
We come together to observe the Sabbath day and keep it holy.
       Renew us by your Spirit, Lord.
We come together to praise God with festive songs and shouts of joy!
       Renew us by your Spirit, Lord.
We come together to hear the voice of our Savior calling us to compassion.
       Renew us by your Spirit, Lord.
We come together to experience the abundance of God’s grace.
       Let us worship God!

PRAISE AND ADORATION

*HYMN #839 — Blessed Assurance, Jesus Is Mine — ASSURANCE
(*Please stand, if you are able)

CONFESSION AND PARDON

CALL TO CONFESSION

PRAYER OF CONFESSION
Lord of Life, you call us to rest, but we are too busy working. You call us to offer rest to others, but we are too busy demanding. You call us to remember that you are always at work in our lives, but we are too busy worrying. Forgive our constant striving and our obsession with work. Remind us that our value comes from you, not from anything we produce or how productive we appear to others. Teach us the rhythms of your grace, and grant us rest for our weary souls. 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 for a time with Dr. Zieman

TIME FOR YOUNG DISCIPLES

ANNOUNCEMENTS

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 — Jazz Alleluia — Craig Curry

PROCLAMATION OF GOD’S WORD

SCRIPTURE LESSON — Mark 2: 23 – 3:6 — page 814 of the pew Bible

SERMON — “52 Vacation Days a Year!” — Dr. Zieman

OUR RESPONSE TO GOD’S WORD

*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH — from A Brief Statement of Faith (1991)
In life and death we belong to God.  Through the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit, we trust in the one triune God, the Holy One of Israel, whom alone we worship and serve.

We trust in Jesus Christ, fully human, fully God.  Jesus proclaimed the reign of God:  preaching good news to the poor and release to the captives, teaching by word and deed and blessing the children, healing the sick and binding up the brokenhearted, eating with outcasts, forgiving sinners, and calling all to repent and believe the gospel.  Unjustly condemned for blasphemy and sedition, Jesus was crucified, suffering the depths of human pain and giving his life for the sins of the world.  God raised Jesus from the dead, vindicating his sinless life, breaking the power of sin and evil, delivering us from death to life eternal.

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

PRESENTATION OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS

OFFERTORY — A Little Jazz Mass — Bob Chilcott
I. Kyrie
Lord have mercy, Christ have mercy, Lord have mercy.

II. Gloria
Glory to God in the highest. And on earth peace to all those of good will. We praise you. We bless you. We worship you. We glorify you. We give thanks to you according to your great glory. Lord God, Heavenly King, God the Father almighty. Lord Jesus, the only begotten Son. Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father. You who take away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us. You who take away the sins of the world, receive our prayer. You who sit at the right hand of the Father, have mercy upon us. For You alone are holy. You alone are the Lord. You alone are the most high, Jesus Christ. With the Holy Spirit in the glory of God the Father. Amen.

III. Sanctus
Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Hosts. Heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest.

IV. Benedictus
Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.

V. Agnus Dei
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us. Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, grant us peace.

*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                                                                                                                                           
Provider God, we give you thanks for all your good gifts to us: for work and rest, for creativity and play, for this community in which to practice our faith together. Take these offerings we bring today and use them to meet the needs of those around us. May our work and witness reflect our belief in your compassionate care for us and for all you have created.  In Christ’s name we pray. Amen.

*HYMN #377 — I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light — HOUSTON

*CHARGE AND BENEDICTION

BENEDICTION RESPONSE — Benedictus — Craig Curry

POSTLUDE –Toccata in Seven — John Rutter