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CHIMING THE HOUR
Let us quiet our hearts, minds, and voices in preparation for worship. Please turn off or silence electronic devices, including cell phones, remembering that our virtual congregation is joining us via livestream from prelude through postlude.
PRELUDE
Lord of All Hopefulness
(Organ Solo)
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Text: Jan Struther, 1931. Music: David Schwoebel, 2008
Text © 1931 Oxford University Press. Music © 2008 Celebrating Grace, Inc. Glory to God Presbyterian Hymnal #683
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GREETING/ANNOUNCEMENTS
INTROIT
The Steadfast Love of the Lord
(Lofty Ladies)
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by Edith McNeill Text and Music © 1974, 1975 Celebration
Responsive Reading © 1993 Order of St. Benedict (admin. The Liturgical Press). Glory to God #59
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CALL TO WORSHIP
You, who are many, are transformed to become one in Christ.
We, who are many, are called to worship God,
the Three in One.
Let us worship God.
OPENING PRAYER
*HYMN: GtG 729
Lord, I Want to Be a Christian
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Text and Music: African American spiritual
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CALL TO CONFESSION
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
Forgiving God,
We confess that we are conformed to this world.
We conform to this world’s frantic pace,
too hectic to notice all the blessings you provide.
We conform to this world’s reckless waste,
exploiting what you entrust to our care.
We conform to this world’s shallow values,
oblivious to the giftedness of people different from us.
We conform to the world’s impatient attitudes,
preferring the latest instead of the lasting.
Forgive our conformity and transform us, O God.
We pray in Jesus’ name. Amen.
ASSURANCE OF GRACE
If it had not been the Lord who was on our side,
we would now be lost in sin.
But it is the Lord who is on our side.
And so we are forgiven.
Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made
heaven and earth.
Thanks be to God!
*GLORIA: GtG 582
Glory to God, Whose Goodness Shines on Me
Glory to God, whose goodness shines on me,
and to the Son, whose grace has pardoned me,
And to the Spirit, whose love has set me free.
As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be. Amen.
World without end, without end. Amen.
World without end, without end. Amen.
World without end, without end. Amen.
As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be. Amen.
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Text: Trad. liturgical text; adapt. Paul M. Vasile, 2008; Music: Paul M. Vasile, 2008.
Text and Music © 2008 Paul M. Vasile. All Rights Reserved.
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THE PEACE
May mercy, peace, and love be yours in abundance. The peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. And also with you.
The people may exchange signs of God’s peace.
TIME WITH YOUNG DISCIPLES
PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION
SCRIPTURE: Psalm 138
1I give you thanks, O Lord, with my whole heart;
before the gods I sing your praise;
2 I bow down toward your holy temple
and give thanks to your name for your
steadfast love and your faithfulness,
for you have exalted your name and your word
above everything.
3 On the day I called, you answered me;
you increased my strength of soul.
4 All the kings of the earth shall praise you, O Lord,
for they have heard the words of your mouth.
5 They shall sing of the ways of the Lord,
for great is the glory of the Lord.
6 For though the Lord is high, he regards the lowly,
but the haughty he perceives from far away.
7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble,
you preserve me against the wrath of my enemies;
you stretch out your hand,
and your right hand delivers me.
8 The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me;
your steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever.
Do not forsake the work of your hands.
SCRIPTURE: Ephesians 3:14-21
This is the Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God!
ANTHEM
For the Beauty of the Earth
(Lofty Ladies and Soloists: Vivienne Grizzle-Jaber and Laura Matturro)
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Words by Folliott S. Pierpoint (1835-1917). Music by Michael Bussewitz-Quarm. Music © 2015 Michael Bussewit:-Quarm. P.O. Box 2046,Miller Place, New York 11764. ListenAfresh.com. All Rights Reserved
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SCRIPTURE: 2 Kings 22 and 23, selected verses
Holy wisdom, holy word.
Thanks be to God!
MESSAGE
Amazing Children of the Bible Series: Josiah
Pastor Karen Crawford
*HYMN: GtG 757
Today We All Are Called to Be Disciples
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Text: H. Kenn Carmichael, 1985; © 1989 H. Kenn Carmichael
Music: English Country Songs, 1893; harm. Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1906
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*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH (From A Brief Statement of Faith)
We trust in God the Holy Spirit,
everywhere the giver and renewer of life.
The Spirit justifies us by grace through faith,
sets us free to accept ourselves
and to love God and neighbor,
and binds us together with all believers
in the one body of Christ, the Church.
The same Spirit who inspired the prophets and apostles
rules our faith and life in Christ through Scripture,
engages us through the Word proclaimed,
claims us in the waters of baptism,
feeds us with the bread of life and the cup of salvation,
and calls women and men to all ministries of the Church.
SHARING JOYS AND CONCERNS
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
God of all, thank you for hearing these prayers:
For the human family with whom we share this world—
For the world we share with all creation—
For local, national, and international leaders—
For joys and concerns that occupy our thoughts today—
those we have spoken aloud and those we
ponder inwardly—
we give you thanks and ask that you be at our side,
guiding us to recognize that our help is in the
name of the Lord,
who made heaven and earth.
Hear the prayers we lift in silence. . . .
By the power of your Spirit, we make our prayer with resurrection hope, in the name of Jesus, who taught us to pray….
LORD’S PRAYER
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come; thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, for thine is the Kingdom and the power, and the glory forever. Amen.
INVITATION TO THE OFFERING
OFFERTORY
Change My Heart, O God
(Lofty Ladies)
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Words and Music by EDDIE ESPINOSA. Choral Setting by JOEL RANEY
© 1982 and this Arr. © 2017 Mercy/Vineyard Publishing (ASCAP).
Admin. in North America by Music Services o/b/o Vineyard Music USA. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
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*HYMN OF RESPONSE: GtG 39 (refrain only)
Great Is Thy Faithfulness
Great is Thy Faithfulness! Great is Thy Faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see;
All I have needed Thy hand hath provided;
Great is Thy Faithfulness, Lord, unto me!
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Text: Thomas O. Chisholm, 1923; Music: William Marion Runyan, 1923;
Text and Music © 1923, ren. 1951 Hope Publishing Company, Carol Stream, IL 60188. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
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PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING/DEDICATION
Gracious Lord, you have given us more mercy
than we could imagine
and more blessings than we deserve.
Receive now these gifts as tokens of our gratitude to you,
that your mercy may be multiplied
and your blessings abound
to embrace all those in need. Amen.
*HYMN: GtG 743
O God, You Are My God
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Text and Music: David Strasser (Beaker), 1991;
© 1991 Universal Music - Brentwood Benson Publishing/Kid Brothers of St. Frank Publishing
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*CHARGE/BENEDICTION
Do not be conformed to this world,
but be transformed to live as the body of Christ in the world.
May the Lord who made heaven and earth,
the Christ who lived and died for all,
and the Spirit who renews our minds and hearts
abide with you and all God’s people, now and forever. Amen!
POSTLUDE
Pequeña Toccata (Little Toccata)
(Organ Solo)
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By T. CARLOS ZINNA (1935). ©️T. C. Zinna (2019). Zinna Publications. Mendoza, Argentina.
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