Sunday May 26, 2024 Worship Service
Livestream at 10:00 a.m

GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME

PRELUDE — The Strife Is O’er, the Battle Done — Richard Proulx
As the prelude begins, you are invited to begin your personal preparation for worship.

SILENT MEDITATION
On this Memorial Day Sunday, begin your time of worship with a moment of remembrance, remembering fallen soldiers, and the sacrifice they made for the sake of others.  Begin your time of worship with a moment of thanksgiving, thanking God for brave men and women who have given their lives so that we may worship without fear.  Begin your time of worship with a moment of silence in your heart; striving to honor the fallen by becoming the kind of citizen Jesus desires you to be.

CALL TO WORSHIP
Let the peoples praise you, O God;
       let all the peoples praise you.
Let the nations be glad and sing for joy,
       for you rule the world with justice.
With fairness you rule the peoples,
       and guide all the nations upon earth.
Let the people praise you, O God;
       let all the peoples praise you.

PRAISE AND ADORATION

*HYMN #8 — Eternal Father, Strong to Save — MELITA
(*Please stand, if you are able)

CONFESSION AND PARDON

CALL TO CONFESSION

PRAYER OF CONFESSION
For times we embrace war when you call for peace.
       Forgive us.
For times we dehumanize our neighbor instead of loving them.
       Forgive us.
For times we serve powers and principalities rather than you, our Servant Savior.
       Forgive us.
For selectively hearing your good news of grace for us without considering the same for others.
       Forgive us.
For seeing ourselves less than the full person you created in beauty with delight.
       Forgive us and grant us peace.

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

COMMISSIONING OF SUMMER YOUTH MISSION TRIPS                                   
JHF to Kansas City
SHF to Minnesota

*HYMN #450 — Be Thou My Vision  — SLANE

ANNOUNCEMENTS

A REPORT FROM THE ASSOCIATE PASTOR NOMINATING COMMITTEE
Sheri Sessions, co-Moderator of the APNC

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 — My Lord, What a Morning — Spiritual arr. Sue Ellen Page

PROCLAMATION OF GOD’S WORD

SCRIPTURE LESSON — Romans 8: 9-19 — page 919 of the pew Bible

SERMON — “You Really Are God’s Child” — Dr. Zieman

OUR RESPONSE TO GOD’S WORD

*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH — from the Heidelberg Catechism
Q. What is your only comfort in life and in death?

A. That I belong – body and soul, in life and in death – not to myself but to my faithful Savior, Jesus Christ, who at the cost of his own blood has fully paid for all my sins and has completely freed me from the dominion of the devil; that he protects me so well that without the will of my Father in heaven not a hair can fall from my head; indeed, that everything must fit his purpose for my salvation. Therefore, by his Holy Spirit, he also assures me of eternal life, and makes me wholeheartedly willing and ready from now on to live for Him.

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

PRESENTATION OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS

OFFERTORY — Sh’ma Yisrael — Barbara Wolfman
Hear, or Israel, the Lord Our God, the Lord is One. Blessed is His glorious kingdom in all the world forever.

*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                                                                                                                                           
Teach us to give our whole lives to you, Loving Lord.  May our treasure become not the money gathered here but the mission of your love in the world expressed through our lives.  For the privilege of giving, and of receiving, we give you thanks and praise.  Amen.

*HYMN #340 — This Is My Song — FINLANDIA

*CHARGE AND BENEDICTION

BENEDICTION RESPONSE — Irish Blessing — Linda Spevacek

POSTLUDE — Memorial Trumpet Tune — Robert Wetzler