Morning Service
SUNDAY JULY 12, 2020
*congregation standing as able
PRELUDE
Chorale Prelude on Nun Danket (Now Thank We All Our God)
by William Timberlake Allen (1926–2016)
INTROIT
O Taste and See
Words: Psalm 34:8 | Music: R. Vaughan Williams (1872–1958)
Park Street Chamber Choir
O taste and see how gracious the Lord is,
Blest is the man that trusteth in him.
* CALL TO WORSHIP from Psalm 119
led by David Rix, Elder
Leader: O Lord, your word endures for ever; it stands fast in the heavens.
People: Your faithfulness remains from one generation to another;
you have laid the foundation of the earth, and it abides.
Leader: I am yours; O save me! For I have sought your commandments.
People: My lips shall pour forth your praise.
Leader: Surely my tongue shall sing of your word.
* HYMN No. 76 Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven
* INVOCATION, CONFESSION, & 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 coming day’s bread;
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors;
And lead us not into trial, but deliver us from the Evil One.
For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
* PEACE
LIFE OF THE CHURCH
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Mike Ahearn, Church Administrator
ANTHEM
Let Me Hide Myself in Thee
Words: Augustus M. Toplady (1740–1778)
Music: Craig Courtney (b.1948)
Park Street Chamber Choir
Rock of Ages, cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in Thee;
Let the water and the blood,
From Thy wounded side which flowed,
Be of sin the double cure;
Save from wrath, and make me pure.
Nothing in my hand I bring,
Simply to the cross I cling;
Naked, come to Thee for dress;
Helpless, look to Thee for grace;
Foul, I to the fountain fly;
Wash me, Savior, or I die.
While I draw this fleeting breath,
When mine eyes shall close in death,
When I soar to worlds unknown,
See Thee on Thy judgment throne.
Rock of Ages, cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in Thee.
OLD TESTAMENT READING
Psalm 34
Leader: The Word of the Lord
People: Thanks be to God
* HYMN No. 167 When Morning Gilds the Skies
NEW TESTAMENT READING
1 Peter 3:8–17
Leader: The Word of the Lord
People: Thanks be to God
GLORIA PATRI (Hymn No. 734)
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.
SERMON
“A Provocative Hope”
Mark Booker, Senior Minister
* HYMN No. 108 Whate’er My God Ordains Is Right
CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER
Pat Chen, Minister of Pastoral Care & Small Groups
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OFFERTORY
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The Lord is the Everlasting God
Words: Isaiah 40:21–22,25–26,28–31
Music: Kenneth Jennings (1925–2015)
Park Street Chamber Choir
The Lord is the everlasting God,
The Creator of the ends of the earth,
Who does not faint or grow weary;
Whose understanding is unsearchable.
God gives power to the faint,
And strengthens the powerless.
Even youths will faint and be weary,
And the young will fall exhausted;
But those who wait for the Lord
Shall renew their strength,
They shall mount up with wings like eagles,
They shall run and not be weary,
They shall walk and not faint.
Have you not heard?
Have you not known?
* HYMN No. 98 Now Thank We All Our God
* BENEDICTION
POSTLUDE
Praise My Soul, the King of Heaven
by William T. Allen (1926–2016)