SERVICE FOR THE LORD’S DAY, July 24, 2005
17th Sunday in Ordinary Time, 10:30 a.m.
GATHER IN GOD’S NAME
CARILLON, WELCOME, REGISTRATION, ANNOUNCEMENTS
PRELUDE Prelude
and Fugue in B-Flat Major (The Little) J.
S. Bach
*CALL TO WORSHIP Psalm 105: 1-11 (NRSV)
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 those who seek the LORD
rejoice.
Seek the LORD
and his strength;
seek his presence continually.
Remember the
wonderful works he has done,
his miracles, and the judgments he uttered,
O offspring of
his servant Abraham,
children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
People: He is the LORD
our God;
his judgments are in all the earth.
He is mindful of his covenant forever,
of the word that he commanded, for a
thousand generations,
The covenant that he made with Abraham,
his
sworn promise to Isaac,
which he confirmed to Jacob as a statute,
to
saying, “To you I will give the
as
your portion for an inheritance.”
*HYMN # 281 Guide Me,
O Thou Great Jehovah
*LIGHTING THE CHRIST CANDLE
*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH/LESSON FROM THE
LETTER (unison)
Romans
8: 26-32 (NRSV)
…the Spirit
helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray
as we ought,
but that very Spirit intercedes with sighs too deep for
words. And
God, who searches the heart, knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the
Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. We know that all
things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according
to his purpose. For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed
to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn within a large
family. And those whom he predestined he also called; and those whom he called
he also justified; and those whom he justified he also glorified. What then are
we to say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us? He who did
not withhold his own Son, but gave him up for all of us, will he not with him
also give us everything else?
*THE PEACE
Leader: The peace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with
you all.
People: Peace be with you.
(worshipers share words and gestures of
God’s peace)
PROCLAIM GOD’S WORD
ANTHEM Peace Like a River, Kum ba Yah arr. J. Shafferman
WORD WITH CHILDREN
Concluding
as children say, “God be with you here.”
And
congregation response, “God be with you
there.”
LESSON FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT Genesis 29: 15-28 (NRSV)
SERMON “Favored/Unfavored”
RESPOND TO GOD’S WORD
OFFERINGS OF OURSELVES TO GOD’S PURPOSES
Call to Respond
Offertory Ain’t
Got Time to Die H. Johnson *Response # 592 Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow
*Prayer
of Dedication
PRAYERS OF THANKS AND FOR OTHERS, THE LORD’S PRAYER
DEPART IN GOD’S NAME
*HYMN # 354
Guide
My Feet
*CHARGE and BLESSING
POSTLUDE God
of Grace P.
Manz
*Congregation
stands as able
Next Week’s Script. Readings:
Gen.32: 22-31; Ps. 17: 1-7;
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