WORSHIP OF GOD Sunday, June 2, 2024 at 11 a.m.
PRELUDE
WORSHIP OF GOD Sunday, June 2, 2024 at 11 a.m.
Roy Douglas
Jubilate
Jack Mitchener, organ
Chorus:
CHORAL CALL TO WORSHIP HYMN NO. 58
WELCOME & INVOCATION SCRIPTURE
(from the Inclusive Psalter)
Rev. Allie Osborne
WE'RE "PEOPLE PEOPLE" FOR GUESTS WE HAVEN'T MET YET Welcome to church! Make yourself at home here! Settle in for a transformative and joyful hour of worship. We'd love to be helpful in your faith journey. There's a green card in the pew rack—I'm New Here—use it to share as much information as you like and drop it in the offering plate. We understand that some people are hesitant to fill out church cards. It's true—a member of our pastoral staff will reach out, but you won't be flooded with calls, emails or requests. Engagement with us will be at your own pace; we just want to know who you are and how we can pray for you.
Sight after myst’ry, oh, sun after rain, Joy after sorrow, peace after pain; After distant, oh, gleam after gloom, Love after loneliness, life after tomb.
Rev. Jonathan Hall Psalm 139:1–6, 13–17
Sunday, June 2, 2024 at 11 a.m.
Alpha and Omega, beginning and the end, He is making all things new, Springs of living water shall wash away each tear He is making all things new.
ST. DENIO
Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise
WORSHIP OF GOD
Repeat Chorus
OFFERTORY PRAYER
Andy Hogans
Congregation: God, You have searched me out and known me; You know my sitting down and my rising up; You discern my thoughts from afar.
OFFERTORY
Leader: You trace my journeys and my resting-places and are acquainted with all my ways.
DOXOLOGY (HYMN NO. 706) Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow
Congregation: Indeed, there is not a word on my lips, but You, O God, know it altogether.
Children K–5 may leave during this time for Kids Worship. Parents, please pick up your children in room C-305 of the Children's Building after the service.
Leader: You press upon me behind and before and lay Your hand upon me.
PASTORAL PRAYER
Congregation: Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is so high that I cannot attain to it.
HYMN NO. 395
Leader: Where can I go then from Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence? Congregation: I will thank You because I am marvelously made; Your works are wonderful, and I know it well. Leader: My body was not hidden from You, while I was being made in secret and woven in the depths of the earth. Congregation: Your eyes beheld my limbs, yet unfinished in the womb; all of them were written in Your book; they were fashioned day by day, when as yet there was none of them.
SCRIPTURE SERMON
Come, your hearts and voices raising Jack Mitchener, organ
Open My Eyes, That I May See
Dr. Daniel Vestal
A Lifelong Passion
Dr. Vestal
HYMN OF RESPONSE NO. 497 I Have Decided to Follow Jesus
BENEDICTION
HYMN NO. 586
POSTLUDE
All Things New
Hagenberg
Sanctuary Choir; Joy Callaway, piano Light after darkness, gain after loss, Strength after weakness, crown after cross; Sweet after bitter, hope after fears, Home after wand’ring, praise after tears.
ASSAM
Those wishing to join Second-Ponce today are invited to come down front at this time.
Congregation: If I were to count them, they would be more in number than the sand; to count them all, my life span would need to be like Yours.
ANTHEM
SCOTT
Philippians 3:7–21
(p. 955 in your pew Bible)
OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENGAGEMENT
MOODY
OLD 100TH
Bill Gabbard
Leader: How deep I find Your thoughts, O God! How great is the sum of them!
Grace Greater Than Our Sin
Healey Willan
Bill Gabbard Dr. Vestal
Trumpet Tune in D Major Jack Mitchener, organ
David N. Johnson
LEADING OUR OFFERTORY PRAYER Andy Hogans joined Second-Ponce in 2013. He currently serves as our Church Treasurer and is active in the EEE-George Ray Bible study class. Andy is also a member of the Deacon body and active with the Prime Timers senior adult ministry. He enjoys reading books and spending time with his family and friends.
FOR GUESTS WE KNOW & CHURCH MEMBERS Welcome back to church! Your presence is part of what makes Sundays at Second-Ponce so wonderful. If you're a guest who's ready to take the next step or a church member who wants to deepen your involvement, fill out the red pew card—I'm a Regular—and drop it in the offering plate. Let us know how we can help.
MORE GOOD STUFF EVERYONE IS AN "INSIDER" AT SPDL We're pulling back the curtain on some experiences and words you'll encounter today. • Doxology: The Doxology is a short hymn of praise. We use it as transition music when children leave the Sanctuary for Kids Worship. • Inclusive Psalter: A translation of the Psalms, compiled by Young Peoples’ Theology, that maintains tradition, eliminates exclusion and welcomes a wide liturgical audience. • Invocation: The first prayer of the service invoking the spirit of God to be with us as we worship. • Respite Care Atlanta: A nonprofit organization on the SPdL campus providing an engaging and spiritual environment for adults experiencing cognitive decline, while offering respite and support to their primary caregivers. • SPdL: An abbreviation for Second-Ponce de Leon. We pronounce it "Spee-duhl." • SPdLU: An acronym for Second-Ponce de Leon University, our Wednesday evening time of adult discipleship. CHILDCARE DURING WORSHIP We love to see children at Second-Ponce, and we have a Kids’ Club area just for them! It's one floor up from the Sanctuary, and our greeters will be happy to show you the way. In the Kids' Club, there’s a nursery and Kids Worship for babies–5th grade. You may take your children to the Kids' Club before the service or, if you prefer, they can stay with you in the Sanctuary for the entire hour or until the Doxology (when kids leave with children's ministry leaders). After worship, pick them up in the Kids’ Club. HOW TO JOIN Second-Ponce enthusiastically welcomes you to make a commitment to Christ and our community of faith. At any time during the Hymn of Response, simply walk to the front of the Sanctuary where a member of our ministry team will greet you with warmth and joy. If you're uncomfortable being "in the spotlight," but still want to join–that's ok! Speak with one of our ministers after worship and they'll walk you through an alternate plan.