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©Order of Worship August 14, 2022
10th Sunday After Pentecost
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Text for hymns are found below each hymn. Click on the hymn highlighted text for music.
Prelude and Call to Worship: “The Risen Christ”, Words and Music by Keith Getty and Phil Madeira © 2005 Thankyou Music………………………………………………Musicians
Coming of the Light:……………………………………..Evan G.
Greetings………………………………………Pastor Steven
Opening Prayer: …………………………………Melrose D.
Holy God,
You offer such goodness to us. You give so much to us, blessing us with resources that many go without. Despite your goodness, humanity has collectively responded selfishly, taking what we can get, using it for our own gain, and not thinking of the consequences. Forgive us for producing rotten fruit when you’ve given us everything we need so that ALL people can thrive. May we learn to be more like you, bringing forth goodness and care so that good fruit may come to the world.
Opening Hymns:……“How Firm a Foundation” #529 UMH
Words: “K” in Rippon’s A Selection of Hymns, 1787
Music: Early USA melody; harm. From Tabor, 1866
1.How firm a foundation ye saints of the Lord,
is laid for your faith in his excellent world!
What more can he say than to you he hath said,
to you who for refuge to Jesus have fled?
2.”Fear not, I am with thee, O be not dismayed,
for I am thy God and will still give thee aid;
I’ll strengthen and help thee, and cause thee to stand,
up held by my righteous, omnipotent hand.
3.”When through the deep waters I call thee to go,
the rivers of woe shall not thee overflow;
for I will be with thee, thy troubles to bless,
and sanctify to thee thy deepest distress.
4.”When through fiery trials thy pathways shall lie,
my grace, all sufficient, shall be thy supply;
the flame shall not hurt thee; I only design
thy dross to consume, and thy gold to refine.
5.”The soul that on Jesus still leans for repose,
I will not, I will not desert to its foes;
that soul, though all hell should endeavor to shake,
I’ll never, no, never, no, never forsake.”
“Guide My Feet” #2208 TFWS
Words and Music: African American spiritual
Harm. © Estate of Wendell Whalum
1.Guide my feet while I run this race.
Guide my feet while I run this race.
Guide my feet while I run this race,
for I don’t want to run this race in vain!
2.Hold my hand…
3.Stand by me…
4.I’m your child…
5.Guide my feet…
Psalter: Psalm 82……………………………..Melrose B.
God has taken his place in the divine council; in the midst of the gods he holds judgment:
“How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked?
Give justice to the weak and the orphan; maintain the right of the lowly and the destitute. Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.”
They have neither knowledge nor understanding, they walk around in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.
I say, “You are gods, children of the Most High, all of you;
nevertheless, you shall die like mortals, and fall like any prince.”
Rise up, O God, judge the earth; for all the nations belong to you!
Psalter Response: “Glory Be to the Father” #70 UMH
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
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Offertory: “There Shall be Showers of Blessings” Words by El Nathan and Music James McGranahan………………..….Greg D.
Offertory Response: “The Doxology” #94 UMH
Words: Thomas Ken, 1674 Music: Geistliche Kirchengesänge, 1623;
Adapt. © 1989 The United Methodist Publishing House
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; praise God,
all creatures here below: Alleluia! Alleluia! Praise God the
source of all our gifts! Praise Jesus Christ, whose power up-lifts! Praise the Spirit, Holy Spirit! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
Prayer After Receiving:………………………Pastor Steven
Hymn of Preparation:..“Abide with Me” #700 UMH
Words: Henry F. Lyte, 1847, Music: W.H. Monk, 1861
Verses: 1,2,3
1.Abide with me; fast falls the eventide;
the darkness deepens; Lord, with me abide.
When other helpers fail and comforts flee,
Help of the helpless, O abide with me.
2.Swift to its close ebbs out life’s little day;
earth’s joys grow dim; its glories pass away;
change and decay in all around I see;
O Thou who changest not, abide with me.
3.I need thy presence every passing hour.
What but thy grace can foil the tempter’s power?
Who, like thyself, my guide and stay can be?
Through cloud and sunshine, Lord, abide with me.
Gospel Lesson: …..…..Luke 12:49-56..…….Melrose D.
12:49 “I came to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!
12:50 I have a baptism with which to be baptized, and what stress I am under until it is completed!
12:51 Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division!
12:52 From now on five in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three;
12:53 they will be divided: father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”
12:54 He also said to the crowds, “When you see a cloud rising in the west, you immediately say, ‘It is going to rain’; and so it happens.
12:55 And when you see the south wind blowing, you say, ‘There will be scorching heat’; and it happens.
12:56 You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of earth and sky, but why do you not know how to interpret the present time?
Sermon: …..……A Family Divided………..Pastor Steven
Anthem: “O Magnify The Lord” Words and Music by Dick and Melodie Tunney © 1982 Meadowgreen Music Company………………………….……………………Marcel P.
Prayers of the People: ……………………Pastor Steven
Announcements:……………………………………Lorri B.
Closing Hymn:“Shout to the Lord” #2074 TFWS
Words and Music: Darlene Zschech © 1993 Darlene Zschech/
Hillsongs Publishing, admin, by Integrity’s Hosanna! Music
My Jesus, my Savior, Lord, there is none like you.
All of my days I want to praise the wonders of your
mighty love. My comfort, my shelter, tower of refuge
and strength. Let every breath, all that I am
never cease to worship you.
Shout to the Lord, all the earth, let us sing power
and majesty, praise to the King. Mountains bow down
and the seas will roar at the sound of your name. I sing
for joy at the work of your hands, forever I’ll love you,
forever I’ll stand. Nothing compares to the promise
I have in you.
Shout to the Lord, all the earth, let us sing power
and majesty, praise to the King. Mountains bow down
and the seas will roar at the sound of your name. I sing
for joy at the work of your hands, forever I’ll love you,
forever I’ll stand. Nothing compares to the promise
I have in you.
Nothing compares to the promise I have in you.
Dismissal with Blessing:……………………Pastor Steven
Postlude: “He Hideth My Soul” Words by Fanny J. Crosby, Music by William J. Kirkpatrick …………………….Greg D.
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