Traditional Worship Bulletin
Traditional Worship Service
July 28, 2024 | 11:00 am
A Faith That Works
James 2:8-17
Rev. Lance Marshall, Senior Pastor
Welcome
Rev. Zhenya Gurina Rodriguez, PhD, Associate Pastor
Opening Prayer
Organ voluntary: “Bist du bei mir”
S. Bach, composer
Peggy Graff, organist
*Call to Worship
One: We can trust God.
All: God is like the mountain: rock solid.
One: God loves all the people:
All: the poor, the disabled, the outcast, the stranger.
One: We can depend on God.
All: God feeds the hungry, heals the sick, and restores relationships.
One: Praise our Loving God.
All: Hallelujah, Amen!
*Hymn 400: “Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessings”
1. Come, thou Fount of every blessing,
tune my heart to sing thy grace;
streams of mercy, never ceasing,
call for songs of loudest praise.
Teach me some melodious sonnet,
sung by flaming tongues above.
Praise the mount! I’m fixed upon it,
mount of thy redeeming love.
2. Here I raise mine Ebenezer;
hither by thy help I’m come;
and I hope, by thy good pleasure,
safely to arrive at home.
Jesus sought me when a stranger,
wandering from the fold of God;
he, to rescue me from danger,
interposed his precious blood.
3. O to grace how great a debtor
daily I’m constrained to be!
Let thy goodness, like a fetter,
bind my wandering heart to thee.
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it,
prone to leave the God I love;
here’s my heart, O take and seal it,
seal it for thy courts above.
*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
Faith Like a Child
“Mister Mark” Burrows, Director of Children’s Ministries
*Hymn 463: “Lord, Speak to Me”
1. Lord, speak to me, that I may speak
in living echoes of thy tone;
as thou hast sought, so let me seek
thine erring children lost and lone.
2. O strengthen me, that while I stand
firm on the rock, and strong in thee,
I may stretch out a loving hand
to wrestlers with the troubled sea.
3. O teach me, Lord, that I may teach
the precious things thou dost impart;
and wing my words, that they may reach
the hidden depths of many a heart.
4. O fill me with thy fullness, Lord,
until my very heart o’erflow
in kindling thought and glowing word,
thy love to tell, thy praise to show.
5. O use me, Lord, use even me,
just as thou wilt, and when, and where,
until thy blessed face I see,
thy rest, thy joy, thy glory share.
Scripture: James 2:8-17
God speaks to us through the reading of scripture.
Thanks be to God.
Sermon Series: A Faith that Works
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 Prayer
Rev. Phyllis Barren, Associate Pastor
Offertory: “Here I Am, Lord”
Hymn 593
Thomas Williams, director
Verse 1 Women — Refrain All
Verse 2 Men — Refrain All
Verse 3 All
1. I, the Lord of the sea and sky,
I have heard my people cry.
All who dwell in dark and sin
My hand will save.
I who have made the stars of the night,
I will make their darkness bright.
Who will bear my light to them?
Whom shall I send?
[Refrain]
Here I am, Lord. Is it I Lord?
I have heard you calling in the night.
I will go Lord, if you lead me.
I will hold your people in my heart.
2. I the Lord of the snow and rain,
I have born my people’ pain.
I have wept for love of them.
They turn away.
I will break their heart’s of stone,
Give them hearts for love alone.
I will speak my word to them.
Whom shall I send?
[refrain]
3. I, the Lord of wind and flame,
I will tend the poor and lame,
I will set a feast for them.
My hand will save.
Finest bread I will provide
Till their hearts be satisfied
I will give my life to them
Whom shall I send?
[refrain]
*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: “God is Good All the Time”
God is good, God is good all the time
God is good, God is good all the time
In our doubts, hopes and fears, joys and tears,
God is good, God is good all the time
*Postlude: “Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessings”
Albert Travis, arranger
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