In Our Worship
Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
July 27, 2014
The Celebration of the Gospel
______ We Gather as The Body of Christ________
GREETING
PRELUDE Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu ens wend (Lord Jesus Christ, Turn to Us)
J.S. Bach
* CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader: The Earth is the Lord’s and everything in it.
All: The world and those that live in it.
The Lord has founded it on the Seas and established it on the rivers.
Who shall ascend the Hill of The Lord and who shall stand in the holy place?
Those who have clean hands and pure hearts.
Who do not lift up their souls to what is false.
* SONG Lord of the Dance
Blue hymnal #261
CHILDREN’S TIME
___________ We Attend to the Word___________
PRAYER OF THE DAY
Loving, creator, God, create in our hearts the stillness to hear your voice. Make each of us mirrors that reflect your love to the world. Amen.
THE WORD IN SONG
OLD TESTAMENT Isaiah 58:1-9
| 1 | “Cry aloud, spare not, lift up your voice like a trumpet; declare to my people their transgression, to the house of Jacob their sins. |
| 2 | Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as if they were a nation that did righteousness and did not forsake the ordinance of their God; they ask of me righteous judgments, they delight to draw near to God. |
| 3 | `Why have we fasted, and thou seest it not? Why have we humbled ourselves, and thou takest no knowledge of it?’ Behold, in the day of your fast you seek your own pleasure, and oppress all your workers. |
| 4 | Behold, you fast only to quarrel and to fight and to hit with wicked fist. Fasting like yours this day will not make your voice to be heard on high. |
| 5 | Is such the fast that I choose, a day for a man to humble himself? Is it to bow down his head like a rush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? Will you call this a fast, and a day acceptable to the LORD? |
| 6 | “Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the thongs of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke? |
| 7 | Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover him, and not to hide yourself from your own flesh? |
| 8 | Then shall your light break forth like the dawn, and your healing shall spring up speedily; your righteousness shall go before you, the glory of the LORD shall be your rear guard. |
| 9 | Then you shall call, and the LORD will answer; you shall cry, and he will say, Here I am. “If you take away from the midst of you the yoke, the pointing of the finger, and speaking wickedness, |
RESPONSE: The Word of life. All: Thanks be to God.
* PSALTER Psalm 24:1-6
Blue hymnal, page 755:2
GOSPEL Luke 12:13-21
| 13 | One of the multitude said to him, “Teacher, bid my brother divide the inheritance with me.” |
| 14 | But he said to him, “Man, who made me a judge or divider over you?” |
| 15 | And he said to them, “Take heed, and beware of all covetousness; for a man’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.” |
| 16 | And he told them a parable, saying, “The land of a rich man brought forth plentifully; |
| 17 | and he thought to himself, `What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?’ |
| 18 | And he said, `I will do this: I will pull down my barns, and build larger ones; and there I will store all my grain and my goods. |
| 19 | And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; take your ease, eat, drink, be merry.’ |
| 20 | But God said to him, `Fool! This night your soul is required of you; and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’ |
| 21 | So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.” |
RESPONSE: This is the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. All: Thanks be to God.
SERMON
SONG For the Beauty of the Earth
Blue hymnal #92
THE PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
RESPONSE: This is my prayer. All: This is our prayer.
THE LORD’S PRAYER
PASSING THE PEACE
_____ We Are Sent in Ministry to the World______
OFFERING OUR GIFTS
OFFERING SONG He Touched Me
Gaither (Trio)
* PRAYER
Gracious God, we give you these gifts as symbols of our lives. Receive them with love, bless them with grace and use them according to your will. By your Spirit in us, help us to work with you, for the sake of the healing of the world, in the name of Christ. Amen.
THE LIFE OF THE CHURCH IN THE WORLD
* SONG Fairest Lord Jesus
Blue hymnal #189
* THE BLESSING AND SENDING FORTH
RESPONSE Please stand and sing to your neighbors:
May the grace and peace of Christ be with you my friends.
Go and share the love of God, love that never ends.
POSTLUDE Toccata in Seven
John Rutter
[There are people ready to pray with you at the candle in the corner.]