Ten fifteen o’clock                                                                                                             July 20, 2008

 

Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

 

The opening voluntaries call us to silent, personal preparation for the worship of God.

“Be still and know that I am God.”

 

 Opening Voluntaries    Pavana                                                                                     William Byrd

                                       Pasticcio                                                                                 Jean Langlais

 

Welcome and Concerns    Let all worshipers sign the Fellowship Register so you may greet one another   following the service.

                                        (Visitors please include your address and telephone number.)

 

Call to Worship    (Responsive)                                                                                                                       Charles Rohm

We worship God who created the universe and sustains it in love.

We worship Jesus Christ in whom God’s truth

and power became a human being and lived our life.

We welcome the Holy Spirit in whom God’s truth and power still come to us.

 

*Hymn 483    Sing Praise to God, Who Reigns Above                                           MIT FREUDEN ZART

 

 Call to Confession

Prayer of Confession   (in unison)

Lord, hear our prayer:

        for the Holy Church of Christ in all its traditions and

for its sacred calling to worship and to proclaim, to live the life of the coming kingdom;

        for the saints of today, our brothers and sisters, fellow travelers

without whom the Gospel Road would be impossible to walk;

        for God’s guidance in our understanding of creation

that we may relate to created things with the respect of those who share the same hope of final redemption;

        for those in special need, for those with special cause to rejoice;

and all those we name in our hearts before you.

    Amen.

 

Words of Assurance  

 

*Gloria Patri 579    Glory Be to the Father                                                       GLORIA PATRI

 

*Passing the Peace    Please share the peace of Christ with one another.  Peace be with you.

                                                          

 Children’sTime                                                                                                     

 

Ministry of Music    O Rest in the Lord (from ELIJAH)                                             Felix Mendelssohn

                    Jenifer Mercer-Klimowski, mezzo-soprano

 

O rest in the Lord, wait patiently for Him,

And He shall give thee thy heart’s desires.

Commit thy way unto Him, and trust in Him,

And fret not thyself because of evil doers.

 

 

Congregational Prayer

and the Lord’s Prayer

 

Scripture Reading   Psalm 139: 1-12, 23-24 (NT pp 540-541)

 

*Hymn 386    O for a World                                                                                                     AZMON

 

Scripture Lesson   Luke 4: 16-21 (NT p 53)

Sermon    Liberation Theology                                                                                     James L. Wallace

 

Sacrament of Baptism   Emily Ann Croft

 

Offering

Organ Offertory    Pastorale                                                        Wilber Held

 

*Doxology 592    Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow                      OLD HUNDREDTH

 

*Hymn 432    Song of Hope                                                                                                                                     ARGENTINA

 

* Benediction   

 

Closing Voluntary  Fugue in d minor                                                       Johann Kaspar Kerll

 

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