June 21, 2020
Pine Street Presbyterian Church in the City of Harrisburg
Third Sunday after Pentecost
GATHERING IN THE PRESENCE OF THE RISEN CHRIST
VOLUNTARY
Two Voluntaries Joseph Garrison
1. Maestoso
2. Moderato
Samuel Jackson
INTROIT
Pine Street Quartet
O Come, Ye Servants of the Lord (Excerpt) Christopher Tye
O come, ye servants of the Lord, and praise his holy name; from early morn to setting sun his might on earth proclaim.
SALUTATION
CALL TO WORSHIP
One: God cares for us completely and calls for our total commitment.
Many: Christ gave his life that we might live and calls us to give our lives to him.
One: Through Christ we have died to sin; in Christ we are fully alive to God.
Dr. Sullivan
HYMN
The God of Abraham Praise (from Glory to God)
LEONI
1. The God of Abraham praise, 2. Your spirit still flows free, who reigns enthroned above, high surging where it will. the Ancient of Eternal Days, In prophet's word you spoke of old the God of love! and you speak still. The Lord, the great I am, Established is your law, by earth and heaven confessed, and changeless it shall stand, we bow before your holy name, deep writ upon the human heart forever blest. by your strong hand.
3. Your goodly land we seek,
4. You have eternal life with peace and plenty blest, implanted in the soul; a land of sacred liberty your love shall be our strength and stay, and Sabbath rest. while ages roll. There milk and honey flow, We praise you, living God! and oil and wine abound, We praise your holy name: and trees of life forever grow the first, the last, beyond all thought, with mercy crowned. and still the same!
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
God of Abraham, Sarah, and Isaac, God of Hagar and Ishmael, who gave us your Son, Jesus Christ the crucified, send your Holy Spirit to help us confess and truly repent of our sins. We turn against one another; we fail to care for the weak and poor among us. We pay no heed to the cries of the powerless; we seek our own advantage. Your Son emptied himself upon a Roman cross and revealed your eternal, self-giving love.
Forgive us, merciful God. Wipe sin from our lives and let us find ourselves wholly in Jesus Christ, our Savior. It is in his name that we pray. Amen.
SILENCE FOR PERSONAL CONFESSION
ASSURANCE OF PARDON
READING AND HEARING THE WORD
PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION
FIRST TESTAMENT Genesis 21:8-21 Rev. Sigler
One: The Word of the Lord. Many: Thanks be to God.
HYMN Why Stand So Far Away, My God? (from Glory to God) MORNING SONG
LESSON FOR YOUNG CHRISTIANS
SECOND TESTAMENT
Romans 6:1b-11
Matthew 10:24-39
Dr. Sullivan
SERMON “Hagar: Survival and Hope” Rev. Sigler
AFFIRMATION OF FAITH
The 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.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The prayer continues.
… Great is the mystery of faith:
Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again.
INTERCESSION, SUPPLICATION, AND CONSECRATION
One: In your mercy, Many: Lord, hear our prayer.
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.
HYMN You Belong to Christ (from Glory to God)
You belong to Christ, in whom you have been baptized. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
DISTRIBUTION
OF THE BREAD AND CUP
Please share in your home bread and juice or wine.
BEARING AND FOLLOWING THE WORD OF GOD INTO THE WORLD
HYMN Give to the Winds Thy Fears (from Glory to God)
FESTAL SONG
BENEDICTION Dr. Sullivan
CHORAL BENEDICTION
Three-fold Amen Pine Street Quartet McNeil Robinson II
VOLUNTARY
Suite from The Water Music Joseph Garrison
1. Harlequinade
Georg Philipp Telemann
LEADING IN WORSHIP TODAY
The Rev. Dr. Russell C. Sullivan, Jr., Pastor
The Rev. Heather M. Sigler, Parish Associate
Joseph W. Garrison, Minister of Music and Worship
Chris Earhart, Morgan Hackett, Timothy Lupia, and Amy Sprenkle, Pine Street Quartet
COPYRIGHT NOTES
Hymns in the bulletin are used by Permission. Printed legally under OneLicense.net #A-71074. All rights reserved.
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