Pine Street Presbyterian Church in the City of Harrisburg
July 19, 2020 Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
GATHERING IN THE PRESENCE OF THE RISEN CHRIST
VOLUNTARY
Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing Gabriel Meza, violin
Holy Manna Joseph Garrison, piano
Arr. by Lee Burswold
INTROIT
I Was Glad When They Said Unto Me Pine Street Quartet Eric Thiman
I was glad when they said unto me, let us go into the house of the Lord: Our feet shall stand, shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem
SALUTATION
CALL TO WORSHIP
One: O Lord, our Sovereign, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens.
Dr. Sullivan
Many: When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars that you have established; what are human beings that you are mindful of them, mortals that you care for them?
One: Yet you have made them a little lower than God and crowned them with glory and honor.
HYMN Love Divine, All Loves Excelling (from Glory to God)
HYFRYDOL
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
Your love, O God, is a never-ending stream. Our love for others is often weakened with greed, envy, and self-interest because we worry about what we think you will give to us. Forgive us, God of compassion, and teach us to love humbly, gracefully, and generously in your name. Add our drops of love to your river that flows to all people through Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior.
Amen.
SILENCE FOR PERSONAL CONFESSION
ASSURANCE OF PARDON
GLORIA Glory Be to the Father GLORIA PATRI
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen, Amen.
READING AND HEARING THE WORD PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION
FIRST TESTAMENT Genesis 28:10-19a
One: The Word of the Lord. Many: Thanks be to God.
METRICAL PSALM 139
You Are Before Me, Lord SURSUM CORDA
LESSON FOR YOUNG CHRISTIANS
SECOND TESTAMENT
Romans 8:12-25
Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43
SERMON “Stay Out of the Weeds!” Dr. Sullivan
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
ANTHEM
Lord, Thou Hast Searched Me Pine Street Quartet
Howard Helvey Gabriel Meza, violin
Lord, thou hast searched me and dost know where’er I rest, where’er I go; thou knowest all that I have planned, and all my ways are in thy hand.
My words from thee I cannot hide; I feel thy power on every side; O wondrous knowledge, awful might, unfathomed depth, unmeasured height!
Where can I go apart from thee, or whither from thy presence flee? In Heaven?
It is thy dwelling fair; in death’s abode? Lo, thou art there.
If I the wings of morning take, and faraway my dwelling make, the hand that leadeth me is thine, and my support thy power divine.
If deepest darkness cover me, the darkness hideth not from thee; to thee both night and day are bright, the darkness shineth as the light.
SEALING THE WORD
SACRAMENT OF THE LORD’S SUPPER
One: The Lord be with you.
Many: And also with you.
One: Lift up your hearts.
Many: We lift them to the Lord.
One: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
Many: It is right to give God thanks and praise.
Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might, heaven and earth are full of your glory.
Hosanna in the highest.
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.
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. ANTHEM
Be Thou My Vision Gabriel Meza, violin Joseph Garrison, piano
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 For the Fruit of All Creation (from Glory to God)
AR HYD NOS
BENEDICTION Dr. Sullivan
CHORAL BENEDICTION
Threefold Amen Pine Street Quartet
McNeil Robinson II
VOLUNTARY
Festive Trumpet Tune
David German
LEADING IN WORSHIP TODAY
The Rev. Dr. Russell C. Sullivan, Jr., Pastor
Joseph Garrison
Joseph W. Garrison, Minister of Music and Worship
Chris Earhart, Kierra Heinly, Timothy Lupia, and Amy Sprenkle, Pine Street Quartet
Gabriel Meza, violin
COPYRIGHT NOTES
Hymns in the bulletin are used by Permission and printed legally under OneLicense.net #A-71074. All rights reserved.
MUSIC NOTES
Our guest violinist this morning is Gabriel Meza who currently serves as Assistant Concertmaster of the Annapolis Symphony, Principal Violin II of the York Symphony, and as a section violin member of the Harrisburg Symphony. In 2016 Mr. Meza graduated from the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University with a bachelor’s and a master’s degree and a graduate performance diploma. While at Peabody, he was awarded first prize in its undergraduate violin competition (Marbury Violin Competition), and he was awarded top merit scholarships for all of his studies there. Mr. Meza’s teacher throughout his years at Peabody was Mr. Keng-Yuen Tseng. Not only a performer, Mr. Meza has also enjoyed teaching violin students in a variety of settings. He is currently on the faculties of Annapolis Symphony Academy in Maryland and Keystone Musical Arts Center in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania. He has taught extensively both in person and through live online video. For more information, visit https://www.gabrielmezaviolinstudio.com/.
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND NOTICES
WORSHIP AND THE BUILDING
Public worship at Pine Street has been canceled until the Session determines when it is possible to return. The service will be recorded each week and posted to the website and Facebook.
THIS WEEK IN PRAYER
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“Welcome one another, therefore, just as Christ has welcomed you for the glory of God!”
(Romans 15:7)
Who is welcome at Pine Street Presbyterian Church?
You are!
If you are young or old or middle-aged …
If you are homeless or rent or own …
If you have a lot of faith, little faith, or no faith at all …
If you are male or female or trans*…
If you are a Republican, a Democrat, or care little for politics ...
If you are gay or straight …
If you are married, single, or partnered …
If you are Asian, Hispanic, Black or White …
If you are poor or rich, hungry, or well-fed,
If you have addictions, phobias, depression, or mental illness …
If you are strong or weak …
If you wear blue jeans or business casual …
If you hunger to know more about God and life …
If you seek more purpose to your daily living …
If you long for a better and more just world …
You are welcomed and affirmed here!
Come with your gifts and strengths, thoughts, doubts and questions, passions and fears.
Come with the experiences and traditions that formed you. Come to seek and to listen to God.
Hear God call you to love your neighbor with all your heart, mind, and soul! Christ welcomes all and so do we!
Pine Street Presbyterian Church is a welcoming and affirming congregation!
Adopted by action of the Session, March 25, 2019
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