Traditional Worship Bulletin
Traditional Worship Service
June 9, 2024 | 11:00 am
What Does
Revelation Reveal?
Revelation 5:1-14
Rev. Lance Marshall, Senior Pastor
Welcome
Dr. Mike Marshall, Associate Pastor
Opening Prayer
Organ voluntary: “I Need Thee Every Hour”
Jason Payne, arranger
Peggy Graff, organist
*Call to Worship
Rev. Phyllis Barren, Associate Pastor
One: Great and marvelous are your works,
Lord God Almighty!
Just and true are your ways,
O King of the nations.
Who will not fear you, O Lord, and glorify your name?
All: You alone are holy.
All the earth will come and worship before you,
for your righteous deeds have been revealed
for all to see.
*Hymn 158: “Come, Christians, Join to Sing”
1 Come, Christians, join to sing:
Alleluia! Amen!
loud praise to Christ our King:
Alleluia! Amen!
Let all, with heart and voice,
before his throne rejoice;
praise is his gracious choice.
Alleluia! Amen!
2 Come, lift your hearts on high:
Alleluia! Amen!
Let praises fill the sky:
Alleluia! Amen!
He is our guide and friend;
to us he’ll condescend;
his love shall never end:
Alleluia! Amen!
3 Praise yet the Lord again:
Alleluia! Amen!
Life shall not end the strain:
Alleluia! Amen!
On heaven’s blissful shore
his goodness we’ll adore,
singing forevermore:
Alleluia! Amen!
*Affirmation of Faith 881
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 Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, dead, and buried;
the third day he rose from the dead;
he ascended into heaven,
and sitteth at 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 Spirit,
the holy catholic◦ church, the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting. Amen.
*Gloria Patri 70
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.
**Please be seated
Sacrament of Baptism
Margaret Belle and Beverly Patricia Boswell,
daughters of Ashley and Lowell Boswell
Baptismal Hymn 191: “Jesus Loves Me” (vs. 1)
Jesus loves me, this I know,
for the Bible tells me so.
Little ones to him belong;
they are weak, but he is strong.
Yes, Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me!
Yes, Jesus loves me! The Bible tells me so.
Congregational Response
With God’s help we will so order our lives after the example of Christ that Margaret Belle and Beverly Patricia, surrounded by steadfast love, may be established in the faith, and confirmed and strengthened in the way that leads to life eternal.
Faith Like a Child
Amber Shive, Director of Children’s Ministries
*Hymn 175: “Jesus, the Very Thought of Thee”
1 Jesus, the very thought of thee
with sweetness fills the breast;
but sweeter far thy face to see,
and in thy presence rest.
2 O hope of every contrite heart,
O joy of all the meek,
to those who fall, how kind thou art!
How good to those who seek!
3 But what to those who find? Ah, this
nor tongue nor pen can show;
the love of Jesus, what it is,
none but his loved ones know.
4 Jesus, our only joy be thou,
as thou our prize wilt be;
Jesus, be thou our glory now,
and through eternity.
Scripture: Revelation 5:1-14
God speaks to us through the reading of scripture.
Thanks be to God.
Sermon Series: What Does Revelation Reveal?
Rev. Lance Marshall, Senior Pastor
Pastoral Prayer
The 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 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. (Matthew 6:9-13)
Offertory: “Sicilienne” (from Pelléas et Mélisande)
Gabriel Fauré, arranger
Katie Dupré, flute; Wendy Jenkins, piano
*Doxology 95
Praise God, from Whom all blessings flow.
Praise God, all creatures here below;
Praise God above, ye heavenly host.
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
*Benediction
One: Our gathering will soon be ended. Where will we go, and what will we do?
All: We will go out to be God’s people in the world.
One: May grace, peace, hope, love, and joy forever accompany you. Amen.
*Congregational Benediction: “Blest Be the Tie That Binds”
Blest be the tie that binds
our hearts in Christian love;
the fellowship of kindred minds
is like to that above.
*Postlude: “Gelobt sei Gott”
Charles Callahan, arranger
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Notes from First Church
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In addition to your regular contribution, every one dollar ($1) bill placed in the offering plate for the month of June will support camperships for the First Street Methodist Mission.
The Sanctuary Flowers are given in honor of Peggy Cable Graff for her birthday.
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