Sunday June 23, 2024 Worship Service
Livestream at 10:00 a.m

GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME

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

SILENT MEDITATION
Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance.  The only thing it cannot be is moderately important. –C.S. Lewis

CALL TO WORSHIP
O God, we joyously come together to worship, realizing we need not summon you into our midst, for you are here.
       We need not call you into the secret places of our hearts, for you are there.
We need our eyes of faith to be opened, that we may see you;
       our ears to be unstopped, that we may hear you;
our minds to be sensitive, that we may know you;
       our hearts to be tender, that we may receive you.
       Grant each one a blessing, O Lord, as each has need, as we worship you this day.

PRAISE AND ADORATION

*HYMN #4 — Holy God, We Praise Your Name — GROSSER GOTT, WIR LOBEN DICH
(*Please stand, if you are able)

CONFESSION AND PARDON

CALL TO CONFESSION

PRAYER OF CONFESSION
Lord, we have sinned, without considering how much you love us.  You see our sins more clearly than we can ourselves.  Lord, you know when we are indifferent to your Word, the Bible; how often we forget to pray; the times we come unwillingly to worship; and yet we turn to you when we are in trouble.  Lord, you know when we are untruthful and when we think evil of others.  You see our anger and unfairness to our friends.  You know how hard it is for us to forgive.  Forgive us and make us clean, so that we can obey your call to forgive others.  Hear this our prayer, and hear us now as we pray to you in silence. 

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 Piper and Libby.

TIME FOR YOUNG DISCIPLES — Piper Smith and Libby Whitlow

*HYMN #693 — Though I May Speak — GIFT OF LOVE

THE OLD TESTAMANT READING — Job 38: 1-11 — page 420 of the pew Bible

ANNOUNCEMENTS

MOMENT FOR MISSION — Juliet Summers, Executive Director of Voices for Children

FELLOWSHIP OF PRAYER

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 — Love for Jesus Medley — arr. Jim Hammerly
(O the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus/My Jesus, I Love Thee/I Love You, Lord)

PROCLAMATION OF GOD’S WORD

SCRIPTURE LESSON — Mark 4: 35-41 — page 816 of the pew Bible

SERMON — “Perfect Chaos/Perfect Power” — Dr. Scott Christiansen

OUR RESPONSE TO GOD’S WORD

*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH — from A Brief Statement of Faith, 1991
We trust in God the Holy Spirit, everywhere the giver and renewer of life.  The Spirit justifies us by grace through faith, sets us free to accept ourselves and to love God and neighbor, and binds us together with all believers in the one body of Christ, the church.  The same Spirit who inspired the prophets and apostles rules our faith and life in Christ through Scripture, engages us through the Word proclaimed, claims us in the waters of baptism, feeds us with the bread of life and the cup of salvation, and calls women and men to all ministries of the church.

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

PRESENTATION OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS

OFFERTORY — Surely the Presence of the Lord Is in This Place — arr. Mark Hayes
Spirit of God, Descend Upon My Heart  — arr. Lloyd Larson

*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      
You call us, O God, to live for you and to follow Jesus even when it is uncomfortable or challenging. As we share this offering with you, we ask that you would bless us in ways that allow us to be even more generous with our time and with the gifts you have given us. In the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

*HYMN #463 — How Firm a Foundation — FOUNDATION

*CHARGE AND BENEDICTION

*BENEDICTION RESPONSE — Go Now in Peace — Don Besig    

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