SERVICE FOR TRINITY SUNDAY
GATHER IN GOD’S NAME
PRELUDE Rondo
Exsultate D. Wagner
CARILLON, WELCOME, REGISTRATION, ANNOUNCEMENTS
PRELUDE Ride the Chariot
in the Mornin’
H. Morris
CALL TO WORSHIP (In Two Voices)
LIGHTING THE CHRIST CANDLE
*PROCESSIONAL HYMN # 455 (vs. 1,2,3,4,6) All
Creatures of Our God and King
OPENING PRAYER (unison)
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Holy One--Ghost
and God, Creator and Creature:
In creed we
claim you show holiness in three persons.
In fact you
come to us in many persons, some within this room now.
We Bless you
for your lively and enlivening love for us
and your universe and its creatures,
in our brother Jesus, the Christ. Amen.
CONFESSION OF WHO WE ARE from Seasons of the Spirit Congregational Life
Leader: O God, Creator and lover of the universe,
we
confess that we have sometimes
put out the light of
joy in someone else
with an unkind word or
a thoughtless act.
People:
Forgive us, holy God.
Leader: We confess that we have sometimes
put poisons in the sky that hurt the air
and put litter in the earth that hurts the soil.
People: Forgive us, holy God.
Leader: We confess that we have sometimes
taken more than our share from the bounty of the earth
and left others with less than they need.
People:
Forgive us, holy God.
Leader: We confess that we have sometimes
driven the other creatures who share our world
out of their homes and habitats
or we have killed them needlessly.
People:
Forgive us, holy God.
Leader: We confess that we have sometimes
made war with other human beings
or treated them badly because they differ from us.
People:
Forgive us, holy God.
Leader: We confess that we have sometimes
not taken Sabbath time.
We have not paused to rest and be refreshed.
We have not trusted that you will provide what we
need.
People:
Forgive us, holy God.
ASSURANCE OF WHOSE WE ARE
Leader: God created us in God’s own image:
an image of love, of wisdom, of hope.
God came in human form to show us
that we can be holy people.
God’s own spirit gives us strength and guidance
to live the good news.
Response:
Thanks be to God! Alleluia! Amen!
*RESPONSE # 576 Gloria, Gloria
*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
OLD TESTAMENT PSALM
Psalm 8 (NRSV)
ANTHEM Spirit, Spirit of Gentleness arr. M. Hassell
WORD WITH CHILDREN
OLD TESTAMENT LESSON Genesis 1: 1 – 2:4 (The
Message)
SERMON
“Dominion”
RESPOND TO GOD’S WORD
OFFERINGS OF OURSELVES TO GOD’S PURPOSES
Call to Respond
Offertory So
Much to Sing About
arr. M. Kellner
*Response
# 592
Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow
*Prayer of Dedication
PRAYERS OF THANKSGIVING AND INTERCESSION, THE LORD’S
PRAYER
DEPART IN GOD’S NAME
*HYMN # 422 God, Whose Giving Knows No Ending
*CHARGE & BENEDICTION
POSTLUDE Somebody’s
Knocking at Your Door
Spiritual/Page
*Congregation
stands as able
Next Week’s Script. Readings:
Gen. 6:9; Ps. 46; Rom.