GREETINGS, WORDS OF WELCOME, RITUAL OF FRIENDSHIP AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Lord is King.
He rules the nations.
PRELUDE Gigue J. Coen
CALL TO WORSHIP
As a deer longs for flowing streams, so my soul longs for you, O God.
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and behold the face of God?
Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you disquieted within me?
Put your hope in God, for I shall again praise the One who is my help and my God.
PRAYER OF THE DAY
*HYMN #482 Praise Ye the Lord, the Almighty Lobe Den Herren
*CALL TO CONFESSION
*UNISON CONFESSION OF SIN
O God, Many are the sins that torment us, holding us captive and restricting the life you intend: bitterness and jealousy, resentment and envy, selfishness and pride, self-loathing and contempt, and more that we cannot even name. What have you to do with us and sinful ways? Have you really come to release us? Is forgiveness really possible? Is the news really that good? We hope it is so. Lord, make it so. Wash us with your mercy. Seal us in your love. We pray in Jesus’ name. Amen.
Lord, have mercy upon us.
Christ, have mercy upon us.
Lord, have mercy upon us.
*CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE
Thanks be to God,
In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven!
FIRST LESSON I Kings 19
MOMENT WITH THE CHILDREN Hannah Sherrod
MINUTE FOR MISSION Operation Kindergarten Amy Coen
SECOND LESSON Luke 8
SERMON Ain’t It Awful Rev. Bill Shenk
*HYMN #345 Dear Lord and Father of Mankind Rest
*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH – The Nicene Creed Hymnal Page #15
We believe in one God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible; And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, Very God of Very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father by whom all things were made; who for us all, and for our salvation, came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the Virgin Mary, and was made human, and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate. He suffered and was buried, and the third day he rose again according to the Scriptures, and ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of the Father. And he shall come again with glory to judge both the quick and the dead, whose Kingdom shall have no end. And we believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord and Giver of Life, who proceedeth from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son together is worshiped and glorified, who spoke by the prophets. And we believe one holy catholic and apostolic church. We acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins. And we look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.
INSTALLATION OF ELDER
SHARING OF CONCERNS AND PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
OFFERING
OFFERTORY MUSIC Lord, You Have Come to the Lakeshore Hymn #377
Tú Has Vinido a la Orilla
*DOXOLOGY Hymn #592
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;
Praise Him, all creatures here below;
Praise Him above, ye heavenly host;
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
*PRAYER OF DEDICATION
*HYMN #275 God of Our Life Sandon
*CHARGE AND BLESSING
*CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE Hymn #539 vs.2
Grant us Thy peace upon our homeward way;
With Thee began, with Thee shall end the day.
Guard Thou the lips from sin, the hearts from shame,
That in this house have called upon Thy name.
Postlude
