Service for the Lord’s Day June 1, 2008

9^th Sunday in Ordinary Time

GATHER IN GOD’S NAME

PRELUDE Canzona from Concerto in C Major I. Handoshkin

Apres Un Reve (After a Dream) G. Faure

WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS

CARILLON - CHORAL INTROIT

LIGHTING THE CHRIST CANDLE

*CALL TO WORSHIP from Psalm 46

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

Though earth changes and mountains shake into the sea, we will not fear,

for God is with us.

The Lord of hosts is with us.

The Holy One of earth and heaven is with us.

*PROCESSIONAL HYMN # 379 My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less

*CONFESSION OF WHO WE ARE

In the time of Noah, earth had been dirtied by the wickedness of people.

Holy God:

We dirty your creation still and again:

fouling your waters,

leaving footprints of carbon in the air and on our lungs,

filling land with trash that outlasts us,

threatening whole populations with nuclear radiation or waste.

Forgive us, Lord. Spare us, spare the human family as you spared Noah,

at the cost borne in the love of Jesus Christ our Lord.

(time for silent, personal confession to God) Amen.

*ASSURANCE OF WHOSE WE ARE & THE PEACE

To make confession is to build an ark, and to count on God’s mercy.

We ride the dinghy of our repentance for the next 40 days,

knowing that God is not only part of the storm outside and in us,

but that God calms our storms with mercy.

God is our refuge and strength. We will not fear.

Thanks be to God that in Jesus Christ we are forgiven!

The peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.

Peace be with you.

(worshipers greet one another with words and gestures of peace)

PROCLAIM GOD’S WORD

FIRST LESSON Genesis 6:9-22 and 7:24 (NRSV)

Pew Bible, Old Testament p. 5

ANTHEM Lift Thine Eyes to the Mountains F. Mendelssohn-Bartoldy

WORD WITH THE WISE

SECOND LESSON Genesis 8:14-19 (NRSV)

Pew Bible, Old Testament p. 6

SERMON “Inching”

RESPOND TO GOD’S WORD

OFFERING OUR LIVES AND OUR COMMON LIFE TO GOD

Call to Respond

Offertory Lord, Lord T. Scott

*Response # 592 Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow

*Prayer of Dedication

PRAYERS OF THANKS AND ASKING,

THE LORD’S PRAYER (Ecumenical) Hymnal, p.16

GO IN GOD’S NAME

*HYMN # 191 God Is Our Refuge and Our Strength

*CHARGE from Psalm 46

We stand not on our good behavior, but on God’s promise.

Though earth changes and mountains shake into the sea, we do not fear.

*BLESSING

*CHORAL RESPONSE

POSTLUDE Fantasy Postlude T. Dubois

Next Week’s Scriptures: Genesis 12: 1-9; Psalm 33: 1-12; Romans 4: 13-25; Matthew 9: 9-13

WE ARE A STEPHEN MINISTRY CONGREGATION

WORSHIP LEADERS

Liturgists	Rev. Jonathan C. Siehl
Word with the Wise	Hope Boring
Sermon	Rev. William R. Leety
Musical Leadership	Chancel Choir Sarah Shaffer, Choirmaster Nancy Deeth, Organist