Sunday Morning Worship Service
June 27, 2004
TO OUR GUESTS, we extend a warm welcome. We invite you to participate in signing our Friendship Folder, adding your address and phone number if you'd like to receive our church newsletter or a pastoral call. When we pray the Lord's Prayer at Bethel, we say "sins...sin against us" rather than "debts..." or "trespasses..."; during "a time for sharing" we welcome prayer requests from the congregation. On first Sundays each month, all who put their trust in Christ and who have received baptism in any Christian church are invited to share his sacred meal. We are glad you are with us. Please come again.
THE SERVICE FOR THE LORD’S DAY
Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
June 27, 2004
GREETING, WORDS OF WELCOME, RITUAL OF FRIENSHIP, AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts;
The whole earth is full of God’s glory.
PRELUDE Love Lifted Me Smith
CALL TO WORSHIP
Cry out with joy to the Lord, all the earth. Worship the Lord with gladness.
Come into God's presence with singing!
For the Lord is a gracious God, whose mercy is everlasting;
and whose faithfulness endures to all generations.
Praise the Lord.
The Lord's name be praised.
*PRAYER OF THE DAY
*HYMN # 481 Praise the Lord, God’s Glories Show Llanfair
*UNISON PRAYER OFCONFESSION –
Eternal God, in whom we live and move and have our being, whose face is hidden from us by our sins, and whose mercy we forget in the blindness of our hearts: Cleanse us from all our offenses, and deliver us from proud thoughts and vain desires, that with reverent and humble hearts we may draw near to you, confessing our faults, confiding in your grace, and finding in you our refuge and strength; through Jesus Christ your Son.
*CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE Gloria Patri Hymn # 579
*ASSURANCE OF PARDON –
The mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting. I declare to you, in the name of Jesus Christ, you are forgiven. May the God of mercy, who forgives you all your sins, strengthen you in all goodness, and by the power of the Holy Spirit keep you in eternal life..
In Jesus Christ we are forgiven!
SILENT PRAYER, THE PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE & THE LORD’S PRAYER
A TIME WITH THE CHILDREN
SCRIPTURE Matthew 10:34-39
SPECIAL MUSIC El Shaddai Michael Card
Julie Bunch -Vocal, Bob Jones-Guitar, Chelsea Richmond-Flute
El Shaddai, El Shaddai, El Elyon na Adonai
(God Almighty, God Almighty, God in the Highest, Oh LORD)
Age to age you're still the same by the power of the name.
El Shaddai, El Shaddai, Er Kahm ka na Adonai
(God Almighty, God Almighty, I will love you, Oh LORD)
We will praise and lift you high, El Shaddai.
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SCRIPTURE Acts 8:26-40
SERMON A New Family
Rev. Marc Sherrod
*HYMN # 333 Seek Ye First
Flute, Congregation sing 1st verse, 2nd verse, Flute Rafferty
Chelsea Richmond - Flute, Bob Jones- Guitar
*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH – Colossians 1:15-20
Jesus Christ is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation; in him all things in heaven and on earth were created, things visible and invisible. All things have been created through him and for him. He himself is before all things, and in him all things hold together. He is head of the body, the church; he is the beginning, the firstborn of the dead, so that he might come to have first place in everything. For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him God was pleased to reconcile all things, whether on earth or in heaven, by making peace through the blood of his cross. Amen.
DEDICATION OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS
OFFERTORY Be Still and Know Anonymous
*DOXOLOGY & PRAYER OF DEDICATION Hymnal # 592
HYMN # 436 We Are Your People Whitfield
*CHARGE AND BLESSING God Be With You Hymn # 540
God be with you till we meet again; Loving counsels guide, uphold you,
With a Shepherd’s care enfold you: God be with you till we meet again. Amen.
*POSTLUDE O Day of Peace Parry
*All who are able may stand.
This worship service is broadcast on WKTS 90.1 FM at 12:30 p.m. today.
Bethel offers Sunday school for children and four educational opportunities for adults at 9:45 AM. Childcare (babies and preschool age) is offered at 9:45 and 11 AM. Restrooms are located in our Educational Building, first floor and lower level. Ushers can provide large print hymnbooks and activity sheets for children.
The Sanctuary Flowers are provided by Tom & Jane Pickel.
Our Liturgist is Jane Walsh.
Our Ushers/Greeters are Chuck & Brenda Bunch.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
WE WELCOME the Mission Trip Group back from Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico.
BETHEL SYMPATHY is extended to Dr. Laura Thomas in the death of her sister Patricia Fortenberry. The service was at Bethel yesterday.
BETHEL SYMPATHY is also extended to Deb Hyder in the death of her mother Delvenia Beasley on Thursday.
CONGRATULATIONS to John & Mary Will on their two new grandchildren, Emma Grace and Walter Alan Askren, twins of their daughter in Lexington, KY.
THESE DAYS Daily Devotions for July-September are available in the narthex.
NO Body Recall in July.
| PLEASE PRAY FOR: Ella Winsbro, Ginny Warlick, Betty Ulrich, Carol Jane Row, Marge Hettrick, Lauren Shenk Fouts, Tora Phillips, Justin Earl, Christine Woods, Al & Dot Davis, Charles Pickel, Ruth Moutoux, Florence Simmons, Susan Todd, Dr. Laura Thomas in the death of her sister Patricia Fortenberry, Debbie Hyder in the death of her mother Delvenia Beasley. Presbyterian Churches & Pastors - Knoxville Spring Place (Elwyn B. Bryant) & Sweetwater St. Paul |
THIS WEEK
NO BODY RECALL IN JULY
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