SERVICE FOR TRINITY - June 7, 2009, 10:30 a.m.

 

                                                          GATHER IN GOD

 

OPENING SENTENCES                                                                   from Call to Worship 42.1

Waiting for the touch of the wind,

     we find the Spirit.

 

                                            Rhosymedre (“Lovely”)                                R. Vaughan Williams

                                           Prelude in Classic Style                                                    G. Young

 

WELCOME, ANNOUNCEMENTS & REGISTRATION

 

*CALL TO WORSHIP & LIGHTING THE CHRIST CANDLE from Call to Worship 42.1

 

            Blowing in our lives, disturbing and rearranging,

                 The Spirit finds us.

            Awed by the colors of sunrise and sunset,

                 We meet the Creator.

            Seeing our fellow creatures with wings, scales and fur,

                 The Creator meets us.

            In the breaking of bread and the pouring of water,

                 We meet the Redeemer.

            In our work to seek the lost and heal the hurt,

                 The Redeemer meets us.

            As one people, we worship God—Creator, Redeemer, Spirit.

 

*PROCESSIONAL HYMN # 138                            Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty!

 

*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH                                                       The Nicene Creed (Ecumenical)

 

          We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth,

          of all that is, seen and unseen.

 

          We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God,

          eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light,

          true God from true God, begotten, not made, of one Being with the Father;

          through him all things were made.

          For us and for our salvation he came down from heaven,

          was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary and became truly human.

 

          For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate; he suffered death and was buried.

          On the third day he rose again in accordance with the Scriptures;

          he ascended into heaven and is seated on the right hand of the Father.

          He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead,

          and his kingdom will have no end.

 

          We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,

          who proceeds from the Father (and the Son),

          who with the Father and the Son is worshiped and glorified,

          who has spoken through the prophets.

          We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church.

          We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.

          We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.

                           (worshipers exchange words and gestures of the peace of Christ)

 

                                                  PROCLAIM GOD’S WORD

 

OLD TESTAMENT LESSON                                                                Isaiah 6: 1-8 (NRSV)

                                                                                               Pew Bible Old Testament pp. 597-98

 

ANTHEM                             All Things Bright and Beautiful                                    J. Rutter

 

MOMENT WITH THE YOUNG

       Recognition of Teachers

        Response # 335, v. 1                                                                   Though I May Speak (NRSV)

 

PSALM 29                                                                       Pew Bible Old Testament pp. 477-78

                                                                         (See Hymn #180 The God of Heaven Thunders)

 

SERMON                                                                                                “Learn to say ‘Glory!”

 

                                                RESPOND TO GOD’S WORD

 

OFFERING OURSELVES TO GOD, CHRIST & THE HOLY SPIRIT

            Call to Respond

            OFFERTORY             On Jordan’s Stormy Banks I Stand                            arr. D. Williams

                Welcome New Members affirming & reaffirming faith

 

PRAYERS THANKING AND ASKING GOD, THE LORD’S PRAYER     Hymnal p. 16

 

                                                   GO INTO GOD’S WORLD

 

*HYMN # 339                                                                                            Be Thou My Vision

 

COMMISSIONING MISSION WORK CAMPERS                   Book of Occasional Services

               We are called by God to be the church of Jesus Christ,

a sign in the world today of what God intends for all humankind.

   The great ends of the church are

                   the proclamation of the gospel for the salvation of humankind;

                   the shelter, nurture, and spiritual fellowship of the children of God;

                   the maintenance of divine worship; the preservation of the truth;

                   the promotion of social righteousness;

       and the exhibition of the Kingdom of Heaven to the world.

The call of Christ is to willing, dedicated discipleship.

Our discipleship is a manifestation of the new life we enter through baptism.

Discipleship is both gift and commitment, an offering and a responsibility.

The grace bestowed on you in baptism is sufficient to your calling

as mission work campers at Camp Westminster, Michigan, because it is God’s grace.

By God’s grace we are saved and enabled to grow in the faith

and to commit our lives in ways that serve Christ.

Show your purpose by again answering the questions of discipleship….

 

Do you, members of Overbrook, confirm the call of God to our brothers and sisters

as mission work campers in the service of Jesus Christ?

 

*CHARGE & BLESSING

POSTLUDE                                             Psalm XIX                                              B. Marcello

                        (Note that some will be seated and others depart in joy and silence.)

 

                            WE ARE A STEPHEN MINISTRY CONGREGATION

 

                                                       WORSHIP LEADERS

Liturgists

Rev. Jonathan C. Siehl

Sermon

William R. Leety

Moment with the Young

Hope Boring

Musical Leadership

Chancel Choir

Sarah Shaffer, Choirmaster

Nancy Deeth, Organ/Piano

Head Usher

Bob Glaeser