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God may be calling YOU, but probably not on your cell phone. Please turn offyour cell phone, orput it on vibrate.
Before the worship service begins, please turn off your cell phone.Slide2
Welcome!
We are so glad you are here!
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Prelude:O Love That Wilt Not Let Me
Go
arr
. Mark HayesSlide4
To love another person is to see the face of God.Victor Hugo,
Les Miserabl
esSlide5
How bold one getswhen one is sure
of being loved
.
Sigmund FreudSlide6
Love cures people. Both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it.Karl
Menninger,
PsychiatristSlide7
If we hate ourselves, we can never love others, for love is the gift of oneself. How will you make a gift of that which you hate?William Sloan CoffinSlide8
Love is not justa pleasant
feeling;
it
is a way of regarding another person and treating that person
.
Norman Vincent PealeSlide9
The two longings deepest in your heart – the longing to love and to be loved – are not merely psychological needs; at a more profound level, they are the stirring of God within you.John O’DonohueSlide10
We can’t love in general. We can’t love by categories. We can’t love by desire or legislation. We can love only a named person who has a past, a present and a future.
Eugene
Peterson,
Leap
Over a
WallSlide11
When you are behaving as if you loved someone, you will presently come to love him.C.S. Lewis, WriterSlide12
Who has not foundthe heaven below
Will fail of it above.
God’s residence
is
next
to mine,
His furniture is love
.
Emily DickinsonSlide13
My favorite definition of heaven comes from a Benedictine sister who told me that that as her mother lay dying in a hospital bed she had ventured to reassure her by saying, “In heaven, everyone we love is there.” The older woman had replied, “No, in heaven I will love everyone who’s there.”Kathleen Norris, Amazing Grace Slide14
PRAYER OF TRANSFORMATIONSlide15
HYMN
Love Divine,
All Loves Excelling
# 376 in the Blue Hymnals
Slide16
Love divine, all loves excelling, Joy
of heaven to earth come down, Fix
in
us
Thy
humble dwelling
, All
Thy faithful mercies crown!
Jesus, Thou art all compassion,
Pure, unbounded love Thou art
; Visit
us with Thy salvation,
Enter every trembling heart.
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Breathe, O breathe Thy loving Spirit Into every troubled breast! Let
us all in Thee inherit
, Let
us
find
the
promised
rest
; Take
away the love of sinning
; Alpha
and Omega be
; End
of faith
,
As its
beginning,
Set our hearts at liberty.Slide18
Come, Almighty to deliver,Let us all Thy life receive;
Suddenly return, and never,
Nevermore Thy temples leave.
Thee we would be always blessing
, Serve
Thee as Thy hosts above
, Pray
, and praise Thee without ceasing,
Glory in Thy perfect love.Slide19
Finish, then, Thy new creation;Pure and spotless let us be;
Let us see Thy great salvation
Perfectly restored in Thee;
Changed from glory into glory,
Till in heaven we take our place
, Till
we cast our crowns before Thee
, Lost
in wonder, love, and praise.Slide20
Prayer for Forgiveness
(in unison
)
Adapted
from
The
Alternate Service Book
,
1980Slide21
Lord, you have taught us that all our doings without love are worth nothing. Forgive us when we have forgotten this, and lived lives outside the flow of your love. Slide22
Send your Holy Spirit and pour into our hearts that most excellent gift of love, the true bond of peace and all virtues, without which whoever lives is counted dead before you.Slide23
Grant this for the sake of your only Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Slide24
You may use this time for silent prayer, meditation, or simplyto rest in the presenceof God. A Time for SilenceSlide25
Assurance
of
Forgiveness Slide26
Glory be to the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Ghost;As it was in the beginning,
is
now, and ever shall be,
world without end. Amen.
As it was in the beginning,
is
now, and ever shall be,
world without end. Amen.
Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen
.
Amen
. Amen. Amen.
Slide27
A TIME
WITH THE
ChildrenSlide28
The News
of
the
Community
Slide29
Visitors, to First Church!Following worship,
please join us
on the patio for
Juice and coffee.Slide30
Please date, fill out, and pass the red Friendship Register to your neighbor.Slide31
Monday, July 24th, 9:00 a.m. – Noon Friday, July 28th, 9:00 a.m. – Noon Slide32
ANTHEM —
Peace
Be within Your
Walls
Ken Benoit
Ken Benoit, tenor
The
Anthem is a prayer.
Please
, no applause
.
Slide33
Living in the LoveSlide34Slide35Slide36Slide37
Thanksgiving for the WordSlide38
O Word of God incarnate,
O Wisdom from on high,
O Truth unchanged, unchanging, O Light of our dark sky:
We praise You for the radiance That from the hallowed page,
A lantern to our footsteps, Shines on from age to age.
Slide39
Scripture Reading—1 John 2:7-14(New Testament, Page 239in
pew Bible)
Slide40
Beloved, I am writing you no new commandment, but an old commandment that you have had from the beginning; the old commandment is the word that you have heard. Slide41
Yet I am writing you a new commandment that is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining. Slide42
Whoever says,“I am in the light,”while hating a brother or sister, is still in the darkness. Slide43
Whoever lovesa brother or sisterlives in the light,and
in such a person there is
no
cause for stumbling. Slide44
But whoever hates another believer is in the darkness, walks in the darkness, and does not know the way to go, because the darkness has brought on blindness.Slide45
I am writing to you, little children, because your sinsare forgiven on accountof
his name.Slide46
I am writing to you, fathers, because you know himwho is from the beginning.Slide47
I am writing to you,young people, because you have conquered the evil one.Slide48
I write to you, children, because you know the Father.I write to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning.Slide49
I write to you, young people,because you are strongand the word of God
abides in you,
and
you have
overcome
the
evil one.Slide50
Living in the LoveSlide51
This We Believe (in unison) The Apostles’ Creed
I believe in God the Father Almighty, creator 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, died and was buried; he
descended into hell; the third day he rose again from the -dead; he ascended into heaven, and sits on the right hand of God the Father; from thence he shall come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sin, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.
*
Hymn of Commitment -
Christ, When for Us You Were Baptized
# 70
The News of the Community
(Sing 2 times)
Holy Spirit, come to us, Kindle in us the fire of your love.
Holy Spirit, come to us. Holy Spirit, come to us.
Prayers of the People & The Lord's Prayer
-
(Debtors version) (front of Hymnal, pg. 16)
Response - Spirit of the living God, Fall afresh on me; Spirit of the living God, Fall afresh on me; Melt me, mold me, Fill me, use me. Spirit of the living God, Fall afresh on me.
* This We Believe
(In unison)
I Corinthians
13,
The MessageSlide52
This We Believe (in unison) The Apostles’ Creed
I believe in God the Father Almighty, creator 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, died and was buried; he
descended into hell; the third day he rose again from the -dead; he ascended into heaven, and sits on the right hand of God the Father; from thence he shall come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sin, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.
*
Hymn of Commitment -
Christ, When for Us You Were Baptized
# 70
The News of the Community
(Sing 2 times)
Holy Spirit, come to us, Kindle in us the fire of your love.
Holy Spirit, come to us. Holy Spirit, come to us.
Prayers of the People & The Lord's Prayer
-
(Debtors version) (front of Hymnal, pg. 16)
Response - Spirit of the living God, Fall afresh on me; Spirit of the living God, Fall afresh on me; Melt me, mold me, Fill me, use me. Spirit of the living God, Fall afresh on me.
If I speak with human eloquence and angelic ecstasy but don't love, I'm nothing but the
creaking
of
a rusty gate. Slide53
This We Believe (in unison) The Apostles’ Creed
I believe in God the Father Almighty, creator 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, died and was buried; he
descended into hell; the third day he rose again from the -dead; he ascended into heaven, and sits on the right hand of God the Father; from thence he shall come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sin, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.
*
Hymn of Commitment -
Christ, When for Us You Were Baptized
# 70
The News of the Community
(Sing 2 times)
Holy Spirit, come to us, Kindle in us the fire of your love.
Holy Spirit, come to us. Holy Spirit, come to us.
Prayers of the People & The Lord's Prayer
-
(Debtors version) (front of Hymnal, pg. 16)
Response - Spirit of the living God, Fall afresh on me; Spirit of the living God, Fall afresh on me; Melt me, mold me, Fill me, use me. Spirit of the living God, Fall afresh on me.
If I speak God's Word with power, revealing all his mysteries and making everything plain as day, and if I have faith that says to a mountain, "Jump," and it jumps, but I don't love, I'm nothing. Slide54
This We Believe (in unison) The Apostles’ Creed
I believe in God the Father Almighty, creator 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, died and was buried; he
descended into hell; the third day he rose again from the -dead; he ascended into heaven, and sits on the right hand of God the Father; from thence he shall come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sin, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.
*
Hymn of Commitment -
Christ, When for Us You Were Baptized
# 70
The News of the Community
(Sing 2 times)
Holy Spirit, come to us, Kindle in us the fire of your love.
Holy Spirit, come to us. Holy Spirit, come to us.
Prayers of the People & The Lord's Prayer
-
(Debtors version) (front of Hymnal, pg. 16)
Response - Spirit of the living God, Fall afresh on me; Spirit of the living God, Fall afresh on me; Melt me, mold me, Fill me, use me. Spirit of the living God, Fall afresh on me.
If I give everything I own to the poor and even go to the stake to be burned as a martyr, but I don't love, I've gotten nowhere. So, no matter what I say, what I believe, and what I do, I'm bankrupt without love.
Slide55
*Hymn Though I May Speak
# 335
in the Blue Hymnals
Slide56
Though I may speak with bravest fire, And have the gift to all inspire, And have not love, my words are vain;
As sounding
brass,
and
hopeless gain.Slide57
Though I may give all I possess, And striving somy
love profess,
But not be given by love within
, The
profit
soon
turns
strangely thin.Slide58
Come, Spirit, come, our hearts control, Our spirits long to be made whole.Let inward love guide every deed
; By this we worship and are freed.Slide59
The Prayers of
the
People
Slide60
Turn your eyes upon Jesus, Look full in his wonderful face And
the things of earth will grow strangely dim In the light of his glory and grace.
Slide61
Prayer andThe Lord’s Prayer (Debtors version
)Slide62
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
Forgive
us our debts
As
we forgive our debtors.
Lead us not into temptation.
But
deliver us from evil.
For
Thine
is the Kingdom, the Power and the Glory. Amen.
Slide63
Response Spirit of the living God,
Fall
afresh on me;
Spirit
of the living God,
Fall
afresh on me;
Melt
me,
mold
me, Fill me, use me.
Spirit
of the living God,
Fall
afresh on me.
Slide64
OFFERING OUR TITHES AND GIFTS
(Visitors, in the pew rack you
will find a Guest Information card.
Please complete the card, then
Place it in the offering plate.)
Slide65
Offertory Solo How Lovely Is
Thy
Dwelling
Place
Ken Benoit
Kay Hall, sopranoSlide66
The Response of Praise
Praise God,
from whom all blessings flow;
Praise Christ,
all people here below;
Praise Holy Spirit evermore;
Praise Triune God,
whom we adore.
Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen.Slide67
Offering of Prayer (in unison)
Adapted
from
William
Law
(1686-1761
)Slide68
O God, in whom nothing can live but as it lives in love: grant us the spirit of love, which does not want to be rewarded, honored or esteemed, but only to become the blessing and happiness of all who need it; this we pray in your name, for you yourself are Love, in time and eternity. Amen. Slide69
This We Believe (in unison) The Apostles’ Creed
I believe in God the Father Almighty, creator 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, died and was buried; he
descended into hell; the third day he rose again from the -dead; he ascended into heaven, and sits on the right hand of God the Father; from thence he shall come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sin, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.
*
Hymn of Commitment -
Christ, When for Us You Were Baptized
# 70
The News of the Community
(Sing 2 times)
Holy Spirit, come to us, Kindle in us the fire of your love.
Holy Spirit, come to us. Holy Spirit, come to us.
Prayers of the People & The Lord's Prayer
-
(Debtors version) (front of Hymnal, pg. 16)
Response - Spirit of the living God, Fall afresh on me; Spirit of the living God, Fall afresh on me; Melt me, mold me, Fill me, use me. Spirit of the living God, Fall afresh on me.
*The Hymn of Commitment
–
Jesu
, Jesu
,
Fill
Us with Your Love
# 367
in the Blue Hymnals
Slide70
Jesu, Jesu, Fill us with Your love, Show us how to serve the neighbors we have from You
. Kneels at the feet of his friends
, Silently
washes their feet
, Master
who acts as a slave to them. Slide71
Jesu, Jesu, Fill us with Your love, Show us how to serve the neighbors we have from You
. Neighbors are rich and poor
, Varied
in color and race
, Neighbors
are near and far away. Slide72
Jesu, Jesu, Fill us with Your love, Show us how to serve the neighbors we have from You
. These are the ones we should serve
, These
are the ones we should love
; All
are neighbors to us and You. Slide73
Jesu, Jesu, Fill us with Your love, Show us how to serve the neighbors we have from You
. Loving puts us on our knees
, Serving
as though we are slaves,
This is the way we should live with You. Slide74
Jesu, Jesu, Fill us with Your love, Show us how to serve the neighbors we have from You
. Kneel at the feet of our friends
, Silently
washing their feet
, This
is the way we should live with You. Slide75
Jesu, Jesu,Fill us with Your love, Show
us how to serve
the
neighbors we have from You
. Slide76
*Charge and Blessing
Congregational Response:
God be with you till we meet again; Loving counsels guide,
uphold you, With a Shepherd’s care enfold you; God be
with you till we meet again.
*Postlude -
Morning Has Broken
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . arr. H. Royce Eckhardt
~ ~ ~
Lay Reader
- Marilyn McIntosh
The flowers in the sanctuary
are given by Jerry & Judy Gensel
in memory of Jerry’s brother, Phil.
LAST WEEK’S VITAL STATISTICS:
Attendance:
146
AMOUNT RECEIVED AMOUNT NEEDED
Offering: Operations $2,810 $5,361
Additional Income:
Christmas Offering 275
Deficit 5
Major Repairs 100
* CHARGE AND BLESSING -
Congregational Response:
God be with you till we meet again; Loving counsels guide,
uphold you, With a Shepherd’s care enfold you; God be
with you till we meet again.Slide77
Postlude Soli Deo
Gloria
Marianne
Kim