Morning Service
SUNDAY OCTOBER 18, 2020
*congregation standing as able
PRELUDE
Nathan Skinner, organ
INTROIT
I Sat Down Under His Shadow
Words: Song of Solomon 2:3–4
Music: Edward Bairstow (1874–1946)
Park Street Chamber Choir
I sat down under his shadow with great delight,
and his fruit was sweet to my taste
he brought me to the banqueting house,
and his banner over me was love.
* CALL TO WORSHIP from Psalm 90
Margaret Sloat, Elder
Leader: Lord, you have been our dwelling place throughout all generations.
People: From everlasting to everlasting you are God.
Leader: Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love,
People: that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.
Leader: Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us,
for as many years as we have seen trouble.
* HYMN No. 30 Our God, Our Help in Ages Past
* 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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ANTHEM
Like as the Hart
Words: Psalm 42:1–3
Music: Herbert Howells (1892–1983)
Like as the hart desireth the waterbrooks,
so longeth my soul after thee, O God.
My soul is athirst for God,
yea, even for the living God.
When shall I come to appear before the presence of God?
My tears have been my meat day and night,
while they daily say unto me,
“Where is now thy God?”
OLD TESTAMENT READING
Linda Hemphill
Ezekiel 47:1–12
Leader: The Word of the Lord
People: Thanks be to God
* HYMN I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say
NEW TESTAMENT READING
Kris Perkins, Associate Minister
John 4:1–26
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
“The Gift of God”
Mark Booker, Senior Minister
* HYMN No. 508 Jesus, Lover of My Soul
CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER
Kris Perkins
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I Hunger and Thirst
Words & Music: traditional Shaker (Alfred, Maine)
arr. Kevin Siegfried (b. 1969)
I hunger and thirst after true righteousness;
In what I’ve obtained my soul cannot rest.
An ocean I see without bottom or shore,
O feed me I’m hungry, enrich me I’m poor.
I will cry unto God, I never will cease,
Till my soul’s filled with love, perfect love and sweet peace.
* HYMN No. 604 Rejoice, Ye Pure in Heart
* BENEDICTION
POSTLUDE
Chorale Fantasia on “Our God, Our Help in Ages Past” (C. H. H. Parry, 1848-1918)
Nathan Skinner, organ