The Celebration of the Gospel
August 19, 2018 — 13th Sunday after Pentecost
______________ We Gather as the Body of Christ
GREETING
PRELUDE Petit Offertoire by César Franck
[As we listen to the music we quiet our minds and bodies,
listen for our hearts’ deepest desires,
and become present to the Holy One who is lovingly present for us.
We invite you to sign and pass the red attendance pads down the row and across the aisle—
and back again, so you can learn your neighbors’ names.
You may light a votive candle in prayer
any time during the prelude, hymns, offering, Peace, communion or postlude.]
* CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader: Creator God, you call us together in the power of your Spirit.
All: With awe and wonder we praise you.
Loving Christ, you gather us in the gift of your love.
With grateful hearts, transformed, we thank you.
Holy Spirit, you fill us with courage and compassion.
With hearts on fire with your grace, we open ourselves to you,
that we may serve you in joy. Alleluia!
* SONG Praise the Source of Faith and Learning
Black hymnal #2004
______________________ We Attend to the Word
CHILDREN’S TIME
THE WORD IN SONG Precious Lord, Take my Hand
arr: Kurt Kaiser (Marie Machecek, trombone)
OLD TESTAMENT Ezekiel 37:1-10
RESPONSE: The Word of life. All: Thanks be to God.
GOSPEL John 12:24-26a
RESPONSE: The Gospel of the Beloved, Jesus Christ. All: Thanks be to God.
SERMON Resurrecting Hope on Campus
Rev. Cody Neilsen
SONG Amazing Grace
Blue hymnal #378
* AFFIRMATION OF FAITH A Modern Affirmation
Blue hymnal # 885
* SONG Alleluia
(Black hymnal #2014)
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.
THE PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
[Anyone who wishes may share a prayer concern at the microphone.]
RESPONSE: This is my prayer. All: This is our prayer.
THE PRAYER OF JESUS
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.
SHARING THE PEACE OF CHRIST
___________ We Are Sent in Ministry to the World
OFFERING OUR GIFTS Souvenir by Marcel Dupré
* OFFERING SONG Doxology
Blue hymnal #94
* PRAYER
Gracious God, we give you our lives, symbolized in these gifts. Receive them with love, bless them with grace and use them according to your will. Send us in the power of your Spirit to share your grace, for the sake of the healing of the world, in the name of Christ. Amen.
THE LIFE OF THE CHURCH IN THE WORLD
* SONG O God, Our Help in Ages Past
Blue hymnal #117
* 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 C by Carlos Seixas