May 12, 2024
Join us for worship on Sunday, May 12, 2024. The sermon is by Dr. Marshall Zieman, based on John 15: 9-17 Our music is provided by the Alleluia Singers; Mark Kanitz, organ. If you have issues during the livestream, please use the online friendship pad to let us know of any issues you have during the service.. If you have issues during the livestream, please use the online friendship pad to let us know of any issues you have during the service.
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Sunday May 12, 2024 Worship Service
Livestream at 11:10 a.m
GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME
PRELUDE — “Allegretto” from Sonata no. 4 in B flat — Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
As the prelude begins, you are invited to begin your personal preparation for worship.
SILENT MEDITATION
“I learned more about Christianity from my mother than from all the theologians of England.” — John Wesley
“Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.” — William Makepeace Thackeray
CALL TO WORSHIP — based on Psalm 1
Happy are those who do not follow the advice of the wicked.
We delight in God’s Word, we meditate on God day and night.
Our worship grounds us in God, like trees planted by streams of water.
God helps us yield good fruit. We do not wither when we spend time in God’s presence.
PRAISE AND ADORATION
*HYMN #14 — For the Beauty of the Earth — DIX
(*Please stand, if you are able)
CONFESSION AND PARDON
CALL TO CONFESSION
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
Savior God, we invite you into our lives for a season, only to forget and neglect you once again. You beckon us, calling for our attention, but we are distracted and busy taking care of other priorities. Remind us, Holy God, that you are the source of our flourishing. You are the living water by which we have been planted. Forgive our neglect. Forgive our unfaithfulness. Focus us on you, your Word, and all that your Spirit provides. 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
OLD TESTAMENT LESSON — Proverbs 6: 20-23 — page 513 of the pew Bible
*HYMN #435 — There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy — IN BABILONE
ANNOUNCEMENTS
MOMENT FOR MISSION — Sheri Sessions, for our PCOC Hosting Committee
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 — City Called Heaven — Josephine Poelinitz
PROCLAMATION OF GOD’S WORD
NEW TESTAMENT LESSON — John 15: 9-17 — page 878 of the pew Bible
SERMON — “Words + Deeds = Love” — Dr. Zieman
OUR RESPONSE TO GOD’S WORD
*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH — from A Brief Statement of Faith, 1991
Yet God acts with justice and mercy to redeem creation. In everlasting love, the God of Abraham and Sarah chose a covenant people to bless all families of the earth. Hearing their cry, God delivered the children of Israel from the house of bondage. Loving us still, God makes us heirs with Christ of the covenant. Like a mother who will not forsake her nursing child, like a father who runs to welcome the prodigal home, God is faithful still.
*SANCTUS (#572) — Holy, Holy, Holy — SANCTUS (Pavlechko)
PRESENTATION OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS
OFFERTORY — Down in the River to Pray — arr. Eric Nelson
*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
O God, our Maker and Provider, you have blessed us with many gifts. Use us, and what we have gathered, to feed the world through your love; through the one who gave himself for us, Jesus Christ our Savior. Amen.
*HYMN OF DEDICATION #324 — For All the Faithful Women — NYLAND
*CHARGE AND BENEDICTION
BENEDICTION RESPONSE — God Be with You Till We Meet Again — arr. Joseph Graham
POSTLUDE — In You Is Gladness setting by Kevin Hildebrand