Traditional Worship Bulletin
Traditional Worship Service
August 11, 2024 | 11:00 am
A Faith That Works
James 3:13-4:3, 7-8a
Rev. Lance Marshall, Senior Pastor
Welcome
Rev. Brenda Brooks Alexander, Associate Pastor
Opening Prayer
Organ voluntary: “Fugue in D Major a 3”
George Frideric Handel, composer
Peggy Graff, organist
*Call to Worship
Rev. Zhenya Gurina Rodriguez, PhD, Associate Pastor
One: Our good works are done with gentleness.
All: Bitterness only leads to anguish.
One: God seeks peace and hope for all God’s people.
All: But if our hearts are filled with anger, we reject God’s mercy.
One: Open our hearts, O Lord, and help us to listen.
All: Open our lives, O Lord, and prepare us to serve. AMEN.
*Passing of the Peace
*Hymn 103: “Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise”
1. Immortal, invisible, God only wise,
in light inaccessible hid from our eyes,
most blessed, most glorious, the Ancient of Days,
almighty, victorious, thy great name we praise.
2. Unresting, unhasting, and silent as light,
nor wanting, nor wasting, thou rulest in might;
thy justice like mountains high soaring above
thy clouds which are fountains of goodness and love.
3. To all, life thou givest, to both great and small;
in all life thou livest, the true life of all;
we blossom and flourish as leaves on the tree,
and wither and perish, but naught changeth thee.
4. Thou reignest in glory; thou dwellest in light;
thine angels adore thee, all veiling their sight;
all laud we would render: O help us to see
’tis only the splendor of light hideth thee.
*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
Blessing of the Backpacks
Lance Marshall, Senior Pastor
Amber Shive, Children’s Ministries Staff
*Hymn 398: “Jesus Calls Us” (vv. 1, 4, and 5)
1. Jesus calls us o’er the tumult
of our life’s wild, restless sea;
day by day his sweet voice soundeth,
saying, “Christian, follow me!”
4. In our joys and in our sorrows,
days of toil and hours of ease,
still he calls, in cares and pleasures,
“Christian, love me more than these!”
5. Jesus calls us! By thy mercies,
Savior, may we hear thy call,
give our hearts to thine obedience,
serve and love thee best of all.
Scripture: 3:13-4:3, 7-8a
Margaret Rolf, lay reader
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: “I Surrender All”
Hymn 354
Solo 1. All to Jesus I surrender;
all to him I freely give;
I will ever love and trust him,
in his presence daily live.
All Refrain:
I surrender all, I surrender all,
all to thee, my blessed Savior,
I surrender all.
Ladies 2. All to Jesus I surrender;
humbly at his feet I bow,
worldly pleasures all forsaken;
take me, Jesus, take me now. [Refrain]
Men 3. All to Jesus I surrender;
make me, Savior, wholly thine;
let me feel the Holy Spirit,
truly know that thou art mine. [Refrain]
All 5. All to Jesus I surrender;
now I feel the sacred flame.
O the joy of full salvation!
Glory, glory to his name! [Refrain]
Summer Choir
Taylor White, guest director
*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: “Praise to God, Immortal Praise!”
Douglas E. Wagner
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