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9:00am/10:30am Services
June 30, 2024
SERVICE FOR THE LORD’S DAY
Sunday, June 30, 2024 9:00am & 10:30am
PLEASE SILENCE OR PLACE YOUR CELL PHONE ON VIBRATE.
GATHERING
PRELUDE
WORDS OF WELCOME
*CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader: Come, with undivided attention, to meet God, who calls you away from old routines.
People: Our souls wait for God in silence. Our hope is in God, our rock and our salvation. Leader: Come without anxiety or fear, for God cares for you.
People: We come with devotion to our Lord, in whom time is fulfilled and life has meaning.
Leader: Let us seek the Lord in prayer.
*PRAYER OF INVOCATION
*HYMN Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty!
*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH (Apostles’ Creed)
I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, And in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; He descended into hell; the third day He rose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost, The holy catholic church, The communion of saints, The forgiveness of sins, The resurrection of the body, And the life everlasting. Amen.
*GLORY BE TO THE FATHER
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
Almighty God, no temptation has overtaken us that is not common to humanity, and we realize that You are faithful and will not let us be tempted beyond our ability to resist. So please forgive us for our sins and strengthen us, Lord, that we may find the way to escape temptation and live fully for You. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.
ASSURANCE OF PARDON (John 3:16-17)
Leader: For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him. Therefore, let us assure one another of God’s pardon. All: In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven. Thanks be to God.
ANTHEM
Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken arr. Kenneth T. Kosche Summer Choir
Glorious things of thee are spoken, Zion, city of our God; He whose word cannot be broken Formed thee for His own abode. On the Rock of Ages founded, What can shake Thy sure repose? With salvation’s walls surrounded, Thou may’st smile at all Thy foes.
PRAYER OF ILLUMINATION
Savior, since of Zion’s city I thro’ grace a member am, Let the world deride or pity; I will glory in Thy name. Fading is the world’s best pleasure, All its boasted pomp and show; Solid joys and lasting treasures None but Zion’s children know.
Spirit of God, speak once again through the Words of Scripture that our listening ears may hear Your voice. Help us to place Your Word in our minds, treasure it in our hearts, choose it with our wills, and live it through our bodies. In Christ’s name we pray. Amen.
SCRIPTURE
Leader: This is the word of the Lord.
All: Thanks be to God!
Ecclesiastes 2:1-11
Page 951 Pew Bible
CARING
ORDINATION AND INSTALLATION (9:00am) - Margo Kowal, Elder for Childrens Ministry
RECEIVE CONFIRMATION CLASS (10:30am)
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
THE 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.
OFFERINGS OF THE PEOPLE
OFFERTORY
*DOXOLOGY
*PRAYER OF DEDICATION *HYMN Be Still, My Soul
GROWING
SONG OF PREPARATION
First Time: Choir Only, Second Time: Congregation
SCRIPTURE Esther 2
SERMON
“Chasing after the Wind”
*HYMN Great Is Thy Faithfulness
GOING
*BENEDICTION & RESPONSE Now unto Him
*POSTLUDE
