Morning Service
SUNDAY OCTOBER 4, 2020
*congregation standing as able
PRELUDE
Nathan Skinner, organ
INTROIT
God Be In My Head
Words: Book of Hours, 1514
Music: John Rutter (b. 1945)
Park Street Chamber Choir
God be in my head, and in my understanding;
God be in mine eyes, and in my looking;
God be in my mouth, and in my speaking;
God be in my heart, and in my thinking;
God be at mine end, and at my departing.
* CALL TO WORSHIP from 46 & 47
Rob Bradley, Elder
Leader: God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.
People: Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea.
Leader: Come and see the works of the Lord—he makes wars cease to the ends of the earth.
People: The Lord Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress.
Leader: Clap your hands, all you nations; shout to God with cries of joy. God is the King of all the earth; sing to him a psalm of praise.
* HYMN No. 92 A Mighty Fortress Is Our God
* 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
Julian L., Minister of Missions
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ANTHEM
How Lovely Is Thy Dwelling Place
Words: Psalm 84:1,2,4
Music: Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
How lovely is thy dwelling place, O Lord of Hosts!
For my soul, it longeth, yea fainteth,
for the courts of the Lord.
My soul and body crieth out, yea for the living God.
How lovely is thy dwelling place, O Lord of Hosts!
Blest are they that dwell within thy house;
they praise thy name evermore.
How lovely is thy dwelling place!
OLD TESTAMENT READING
Jeremiah 7:1–15
Leader: The Word of the Lord
People: Thanks be to God
* HYMN All My Hope on God Is Founded
NEW TESTAMENT READING
John 2:13–22
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
“A New Temple”
Mark Booker, Senior Minister
* HYMN No. 351 Built on the Rock the Church Doth Stand
CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER
Julian L.
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The Call
Words: George Herbert (1593-1633)
Music: Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Christopher Zini, tenor
Come, my Way, my Truth, my Life:
Such a Way, as gives us breath:
Such a Truth, as ends all strife:
Such a Life, as killeth death.
Come, My Light, my Feast, my Strength:
Such a Light, as shows a feast:
Such a Feast, as mends in length:
Such a Strength, as makes his guest.
Come, my Joy, my Love, my Heart:
Such a Joy, as none can move:
Such a Love, as none can part:
Such a Heart, as joys in love.
* HYMN No. 345 Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken
* BENEDICTION
POSTLUDE
Praise to the Lord, the Almighty
arr. Craig Phillips (b. 1961)
Nathaniel Efthimiou, organ