Worship on the Lord’s Day

July 27, 2008

Please stand if you are able, as indicated by the *.

 
Prelude         

Ringing of the Hour

Welcome & Announcements:                          Stacy Dean           

Call to Worship

    Leader:  Let us give thanks to God, let us call on God's name.

    People:  We will sing praises to God and we will tell of God's wonderful works.

    Leader:  Glory is God's name.  Let all who seek God's way rejoice!

    People:  We come rejoicing and praising God!                                                                                                                                                     

 Greeting

    Pastor:  The Lord be with you.               

    People:   And also with you.

Prayer of the Day                                               

(Pass prayer requests to the aisle; ushers will collect them.)

 *Hymnal:    #507                     “I Come With Joy”

 * Prayer of Confession                                          

     How many times, O God, have we separated ourselves from our families, from our neighbors, from friends, and from the world around us?  There are times when that separation is healthy and necessary for our sense of balance and even safety.  But many times have we separated ourselves from you and from the human connection, and this brings hurt to us and to others.  Forgive us, Loving God, when this happens, and enable us to be honest with ourselves, to see within our own hearts, to question our own motives, to change those things that make for unhealthy and harmful separations.    We pray this in Jesus’ name.        Amen.

 *Silent Confession

 *Declaration of Forgiveness                                                           

      Pastor: Hope is held out in God’s call to you, one Christ, one faith, one baptism, one God, parent of us all.   Friends, believe the good news.

      People:   In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven.  Amen.

 *Response:   #345       “Dear Lord and Father of Mankind”

      Dear Lord and Father of Mankind, Forgive our foolish ways;

      Reclothe us in our rightful mind, In purer lives Thy service find,

      In deeper reverence, praise.

  Children’s Message                                          

 Sacrament of Holy Baptism

 Prayer for Illumination

 Psalm 105 (Selected)                                                                       

      Leader:  O give thanks to the Lord, call on his name, make known his deeds among the peoples.   

      People:  Sing to him, sing praises to him: tell of all his wonderful works.

      Leader:  Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of all those who seek the Lord rejoice.

      People:  Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually.               

      Leader:  Remember the wonderful works he has done,

      People: His miracles and the judgments he has uttered.

      Leader:  He is the Lord, our God; his judgments are in all the earth.

      People:  He is mindful of his covenant forever, of the word that he commanded.

      Leader:  He brought his people out with joy, his chosen ones with singing,

      People:  That they might keep his statutes and observe his laws.  Praise the Lord!

Special Music                                                   Ladies Ensemble                         

 First Lesson -           Romans 8:26-39                  Page 148 (N.T.)                                 

 *Gospel Lesson -     Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52    page 14 (N.T.)              

        Leader:   The Gospel of the Lord.

        People:  Thanks Be Unto God      

 Sermon       “For Now and Always”     Rev. Dr. Wayne Adcock    

*Affirmation of Faith - H p. 14      The Apostles’ Creed  (Traditional)

 *Hymn: #281                      “Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah”

 Prayers of the People       

         Pastor:   Let us pray to the Lord,

         People:  Lord, have mercy.

 Offertory                                                            Ladies Ensemble                          

 *Doxology:  #592 “Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow”

 *Prayer of Thanksgiving

 *The Lord’s Prayer  

 *Hymn:   #285                  “God, You Spin the Whirling Planets”

 *Charge and Benediction

*Congregational Response:   #586               “Amen”                                           

*Passing of the Peace of Christ

 *Postlude