Worship 6/9/24

Starling Avenue Baptist Church Third Sunday after Pentecost June 9, 2024 ╬ 11:00 a.m.

TheWorshipofGod

Third Sunday after Pentecost June 9, 2024 ╬ 11:00 a.m.

*We invite you to stand as you are able.

Gathering at God’s Invitation

Welcome

CalltoWorship

We wait for you, O God, More than those who watch for the morning. We wait for your steadfast love, More than those who watch for the morning. We wait for you to lift the lowly, More than those who watch for the morning. We wait for your unexpected grace, More than those who watch for the morning. Let us sing of God’s holy ways, The glory of the one for whom we wait.

AngelaZimmerman

AngelaZimmerman

LightingoftheChristCandle DuaneLewis

We light the Christ candle as a reminder that Christ is the one who has drawn us to this place, abides with us now, and is with us to the end of the age.

Prelude Peace, Perfect Peace

GeorgeT.Caldbeck arr.GailSmith

LifeoftheCommunity AlexisGarten

Offering Ourselves to God

*Hymn(seeinsert)

ScriptureReading

We Have Heard the Joyful Sound

1Samuel8:4-20

The Word of God for the People of God

Thanks Be to God.

JESUSSAVES

AngelaZimmerman

AffirmationofFaith

We trust in Jesus Christ, fully human, fully God. Jesus proclaimed the reign of God: preaching good news to the poor and release to the captives, teaching by word and deed and blessing the children, healing the sick and binding up the brokenhearted, eating with outcasts, forgiving sinners, and calling all to repent and believe the gospel. Unjustly condemned for blasphemy and sedition, Jesus was crucified, suffering the depths of human pain and giving his life for the sins of the world. God raised this Jesus from the dead, vindicating his sinless life, breaking the power of sin and evil, delivering us from death to life eternal. With believers in every time and place, we rejoice that nothing in life or in death can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. Amen.

AlexisGarten

The Word of God for the People of God Thanks Be to God.

*Hymn#443

Ask Ye What Great Thing I Know HENDON

GivingourTithesandOfferings

OffertoryPrayer

Offertory Hallelujah, What a Savior

*CongregationalResponse(Hymn#518)

LindaPulliam

PhilipP.Bliss arr.TedSmith

May the grace of our Lord Jesus, and the blessed love of God, the communion of the Spirit, richly bless and keep you all.

Listening to God

*ScriptureReading

Mark3:20-35

AlexisGarten

For the Word of God in Scripture, for the Word of God among us, for the Word of God within us. Thanks be to God.

TheChurchatPrayerandtheLord’sPrayer AngelaZimmerman

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 trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.

SpecialMusic Give Me Jesus TraditionalSpiritual (CharlesDameron,Soloist)

Sermon

DisciplineofSilence

“SoISpoke” AngelaZimmerman

To be in God’s presence is to be changed. During this moment of silent reflection, consider the change God wishes to make in you.

Responding to God’s Word

*Hymn#503

Lord, Speak to Me, That I May Speak CANONBURY

If you sense God calling you today, we invite you to respond during this time of invitation. If God is calling you to follow Jesus for the first time, to rededicate yourself as a Christ-follower, or as a faithful Christian, to join the fellowship of our church, we encourage you to come forward to speak to our pastor during this closing hymn.

Sending Into God’s World

Benediction AngelaZimmerman

Postlude

Variations on Pisgah

J.C.Lowry arr.JosephM.Martin