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11:00 a.m. July 20, 2003
Assemble in God’s Name
Organ Prelude:
Choral Introit:
s Hymnbook: "Onward, Christian Soldiers" #350
s Passing the Peace
Concerns of the Church
Call to Worship (John 10:27-28)
Leader: The Lord be with you.
People: And with you also.
Leader: Jesus said, I know my sheep, and they follow me.
People: I give them eternal life, and they will never perish.
Opening Prayer
Prayer of Confession (In Unison)
O Lord God, eternal and almighty Father, we confess and acknowledge unfeignedly before thy holy majesty that we are poor sinners, conceived and born in iniquity and corruption, prone to do evil, incapable of any good, and that in our depravity we transgress thy holy commandments without end or ceasing: Wherefore we purchase for ourselves, through thy righteous judgment, our ruin and perdition. Nevertheless, O Lord, we are grieved that we have offended thee; and we condemn ourselves and ours sins with true repentance, beseeching thy grace to relieve our distress. O God and Father most gracious and full of compassion, have mercy upon us in the name of thy Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. And as thou dost blot out our sins and stains, magnify and increase in us day by day the grace of thy Holy Spirit; that as we acknowledge our unrighteousness with all our heart, we may be moved by that sorrow which shall bring forth true repentance in us, mortifying all our sins and producing in us the fruits of righteousness and innocence which are pleasing unto thee; through the same Jesus Christ our lord. Amen.
(John Calvin Geneva 1542)
Declaration of Forgiveness
Leader: The saying is sure and worthy of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners (I Timothy 1:15).
People: He himself bore our sins in his body on the cross, so that, free from sins, we might live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed (I Peter 2:24).
s Gloria Patri #546
Presentation of Tithes and Offerings
Offertory
s Doxology #544
Children's Sermon: "Christine Forgives the Frog”
Matthew 6:12
Dismissal to Children’s Church (5 and Under)
Prayers of the People
s First Reading: Psalm 90:1-6, 13-17
s Hymnbook: "Lord Thou Hast Been Our Dwelling Place" #88
Second Reading: Ephesians 3:14-21
Anthem:
Sermon: "Holy Whirlwind”
Go in God’s Name
s The Apostles' Creed
s Prayer of Thanksgiving
s The Lord's Prayer
s Hymnbook: "Breath on Me, Breath of God " #275
s Charge and Blessing
Postlude:
s: all who are able, please stand.
We extend the hand of friendship to all who have come to worship. We rejoice in your presence and invite you to spend time after the service to get acquainted with those who are near you.
The flowers in the Sanctuary today are for the glory of God and in honor of Dot Yarborough on her seventy-second birthday and her forty-sixth wedding anniversary.
There will be a Congregational Meeting after Morning Worship today. The purpose of this meeting is to hear reports on the status of the various funds of the church.
In this our Sesquicentennial year, we are writing a history of the church. We intend to include a section on church anecdotes. If you have an interesting story that you would like to include this history. Please write it down and give it to the pastor.
Dr. Tony Grant will be on vacation next Sabbath. Zane Abernethy will be our guest speaker.
Psalm 90:1-6, 13-17
1 LORD, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.
2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
3 Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.
4 For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.
5 Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.
6 In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.
13 Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.
14 O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
15 Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil.
16 Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children.
17 And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.
If you have questions or comments, email Tony Grant
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