May 30, 2010
MORNING WORSHIP 10:00 AM
Trinity Sunday & Memorial Day
(Please pass the red pew pads now. If you are a guest this Sunday, we would love
to greet you following the service or at coffee fellowship in the Social Hall.)
THE WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS Rev. Steven A. Peay, Ph.D.
THE PRELUDE Fanfare for the Common Man Copeland/Gregory
CHIMES AND TOWER BELLS
*THE CALL TO WORSHIP Rev. Barry W. Szymanski, J.D.
Minister: O God, who created us in love,
People: Create us anew in love as we worship you.
Minister: O Jesus Christ, who redeemed this world in love,
People: Reclaim our hearts as we worship you.
Minister: O Holy Spirit, who moves this world toward its God-appointed end,
People: Move within us as we worship you. Amen.
*HYMN 247 Come, Thou Almighty King
*THE PRAYER OF THE DAY and THE LORD’S PRAYER (unison)
Come, almighty King,
and help us your name to sing,
for you are a God of love.
Come, incarnate Word,
and make known your wonders to our souls,
for you are a God of grace.
Come, holy Comforter,
and bear witness within every heart that we belong to you,
for you are a God who creates fellowship.
Come, triune God, that we might love
and adore you all the days of our lives,
even as we pray:
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.
*THE GLORIA PATRI (Hymn 558)
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.
CELEBRATION and PRAYER FOR THE NATION ON MEMORIAL DAY SUNDAY
Celebration in Song:
Hymn 298 God of Our Fathers, Whose Almighty Hand (verses 1 & 4)
Hymn 299 My Country, ‘Tis of Thee (verses 1 & 3)
Hymn 303 Battle Hymn of the Republic
Invitation to Prayer
A Prayer of Thanksgiving (unison)
Almighty God, Author of humanity, we thank you for the heritage and privilege of our beloved country, and for the wisdom with which you have led it from its perilous beginnings, through all the difficulties and dangers to this day of grace; reverently we take it to our hearts as we lift our prayer to you, beseeching you with passionate tenderness that your people may be delivered from every evil, turned from every error, and kept in the highway of a divine vocation; that your will may be done in familial righteousness, and your purpose fulfilled in the amplitude, power and prophecy of a nation called to you for a vast and holy errand in your world. As we come to you with thankful hearts, forgive us where we have failed to serve or to live out the freedom to which we have been called, and with which we have been blessed. We ask you to hear us, good Lord. Amen.
Prayers of Petition
[Please respond ‘Amen’ to each prayer.]
Response to Prayer My Country, ‘Tis of Thee Hymn 299, verse 4
THE ANTHEM From Sea to Shining Sea Ward
THE OLD TESTAMENT LESSON
Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31 Bible, page 579 Children’s Bible, page 887
THE CHILDREN IN WORSHIP Dr. Szymanski
*THE PSALMODY (sung) Psalm 8 sung to Rest
O Lord, our Lord, Thy majesty To see Thy glory face to face,
Is sung in all the earth; Thy goodness ev’rywhere?
Who hung the moon and stars in space,
And gave to us, Thy chosen race, All creatures bow beneath our feet;
From dust a noble birth. Through us their want attend.
For life and love so freely giv’n,
How vast the heav’ns, how small are we, May we preserve the gift of heav’n:
And yet we feel Thy care. Earth’s love that knows no end!
O who are we to own such grace,
THE NEW TESTAMENT LESSON Romans 5:1-5 Bible, page 1027 Children’s Bible, page 1602
THE GOSPEL LESSON John 16:12-15 Bible, page 984 Children’s Bible, page 1540
THE SERMON “The Common Good” Dr. Peay
THE OFFERTORY
THE ANTHEM Gloria! Moses
*THE PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING AND DEDICATION
Minister: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
People: It is right to give our thanks and praise.
Minister: Gracious Father, giver of all good things: For our home on earth and for your unfailing mercy,
People: We give you thanks.
Minister: Christ, our Redeemer: For your sacrifice on the cross and for rising from death so that we might live,
People: We give you thanks and praise.
Minister: Holy Spirit, giver of life: For your abiding presence in our lives and for comforting and guiding us,
People: We give you thanks, praise, and glory.
Minister: O triune God: To you be glory and praise now and forever.
ALL: Amen.
*HYMN 243 Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty
*THE CHARGE and BENEDICTION
Go forth to greet the world at work, as here the Lord has greeted us in worship.
Go forth in the name of God the Creator, whose strength empowers us;
in the name of Christ the Redeemer, whose love transforms us;
and in the name of the Holy Spirit, whose presence guides us. Amen.
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God,
and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with all of you. Amen. —from 2 Corinthians 13:14, NRSV
THE POSTLUDE Theme and Variation on America Linker
*Indicates where the congregation is asked to stand.
Today’s Chancel flowers:
We cherish too, the Poppy red
That grows on fields where valor led,
It seems to signal to the skies
That blood of heroes never dies.
Moina Michael, 1915
CARE FOR CHILDREN
A nursery for infants – 2 years is available during the 10:00 a.m. service.
Worship Preview for Youth Sunday, June 6 10:00 AM
We honor our graduates and celebrate YOUTH SUNDAY!
Rev. Kwiatkowski sermon is entitled, “The Creator's Playground.”
Thomas Gregory is the organist.
Lee Jacobi directs the Choir of First Church.