Morning Service
SUNDAY JULY 19, 2020
*congregation standing as able
PRELUDE
Capriccio di Durezze by Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583–1643)
Nathaniel Efthimiou, organ
* CALL TO WORSHIP from Psalm 90
led by David Rix, Elder
Leader: Lord, you have been our dwelling place throughout all generations.
People: Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
Leader: A thousand years in your sight are like a day that has just gone by, or like a watch in the night.
People: Teach us to number our days aright, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.
Leader: Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.
* HYMN No. 38 Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise
* 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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Family Ministries Update
Adam Herndon, Minister to Families
OLD TESTAMENT READING
Alex Pless
Genesis 6:1–18
Leader: The Word of the Lord
People: Thanks be to God
* HYMN No. 92 A Mighty Fortress Is Our God
NEW TESTAMENT READING
1 Peter 3:17–22
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
“Why Suffer?”
Julian L., Minister of Missions
* HYMN No. 598 Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah
CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER
Bill Pearson, Director of Health Science Ministries
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Meditation on Rhosymedre (or “Lovely”)
by R. Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Nathaniel Efthimiou, organ
* HYMN No. 295 Crown Him with Many Crowns
* BENEDICTION
POSTLUDE
Great God, Our Creator & Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise
by Michael Bukhardt (b. 1957)
Nathaniel Efthimiou, organ