Sunday Morning Worship Service
July 25, 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
Eighth Sunday after Pentecost
July 25, 2004
GREETING, WORDS OF WELCOME, RITUAL OF FRIENDSHIP AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts;
The whole earth is full of God’s glory.
PRELUDE Chanson Penfield
CALL TO WORSHIP (Paraphrase of Romans 8:18-24)
Surely the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.
All creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the children of God.
We groan inwardly as we wait;
And as we wait we hope for what we do not see.
As we wait and hope, let us worship God together.
PRAYER OF THE DAY
*HYMN # 478 Praise My Soul, the King of Heaven Lauda Anima
*CALL TO CONFESSION
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. But if we confess our sins, God who is faithful and just will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. In humility and faith let us confess our sin to God together.
*UNISON PRAYER OFCONFESSION
O God, Source of all that makes life possible, we come before you with all the broken pieces of our lives. We surrender our sins, ways we have strayed from your path, things we have done that have hurt others, and works of love we have left undone. We offer the fragments of hurt and pain that lay shattered in our souls. Piece by piece we hand over to you our anger, disillusionment, fear, and hopelessness. We lift up to you all of our sadness, our bitterness, our struggles, our exhaustion. Come, Lord Jesus, come. Mend our bodies and souls and make us whole once again by the power of your Spirit. Amen.
*ASSURANCE OF PARDON –
God promises us that in the midst of our brokeness and our failures, there are signs of wholeness, hope, and resurrection. God works in us to change despair and depression into awareness, breaking down the walls that divide, healing wounds of the spirit, and creating the power to live joyfully in new ways.
In Christ we are given new life.
God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him.
In the name of Jesus Christ, we are forgiven. Thanks be to God!
*CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE Gloria Patri Hymn # 539
OLD TESTAMENT SCRIPTURE Psalm 85
A TIME WITH THE CHILDREN
Rev. Pat Harvey
SPECIAL MUSIC
Katherine Dungan
*HYMN # 403 What a Friend We Have in Jesus Converse
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE & THE LORD’S PRAYER
Rev. Dick Hettrick
DEDICATION OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS
OFFERTORY How Gracious Are Thy Mercies, Lord Traditional
*DOXOLOGY AND PRAYER OF DEDICATION
Gracious God, we don’t pray for comfortable lives. We don’t pray for ministry equal to our faith, but for faith equal to the ministry you give us. Then our ministry shall be no miracle, but we shall be a miracle. Every day we will wonder at the richness of life coming to us through your grace. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
*HYMN # 539 Savior, Again to Thy Dear Name We Raise Ellers
*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 Heavenly Sunlight Cook
*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 today by Mary Ann Gessel to the glory of God and in memory of Denton Gessel.
The Liturgist today is Dolores Sandmel.
Our Ushers/Greeters today are Carol Brown and Ruth Ann Ludwig.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
CONGRATULATIONS to Ron & Joan Thompson grandparents to Berke Alan Thompson who was born 7/20/04 in Pittsburgh, PA. His parents are Jason & Marie Thompson.
REA CIRCLE will meet today at 6:00 p.m. in the room under the sanctuary.
OPERATION KINDERGARTEN PARTY set for Friday, July 30, 10:20 – 12:30, at Bethel. Sponsors are asked to arrive at 10:20 to be ready for the arrival of the family. If you have not had a chance to RSVP, please contact Linda Brown or Amber Jacks by Tuesday.
THE NEWSLETTER DEADLINE is July 26 at 9 A.M. this month. Please be prompt in getting your articles in. For those of you who can....please get in your articles EARLY.... this would be greatly appreciated!
IN SERVICE: Jason Brown is to report to Korea July 15. Bob Gaffin has been called up from the Reserves to Active Duty. Ronnie Phillips & Jimmy Walker have left for Camp Pendleton in California & will be deployed to Iraq. Please keep them & their families in your prayers.
| PLEASE PRAY FOR: Anne Robertson, Ella Winsbro, Ginny Warlick, Carol Jane Row, Tora Phillips, Christine Woods, Betty Ulrich, Al & Dot Davis, Ruth Moutoux, Susan Todd, Presbyterian Churches & Pastors - Chattanooga-Agape Mission Fellowship (Felix A. Burrows, Jr.) & Maryville-Baker’s Creek (Ronald E. Sabo) |
THIS WEEK
NO BODY RECALL IN JULY
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REA CIRCLE – 6:00 PM
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OPERATION KINDERGARTEN LUNCH – 10:30 A.M. -12:30 P.M. |
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