Service for the Lord's Day

The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost

Sunday, July 3, 2022 | 11:00 a.m.

ORDER OF WORSHIP

Gathering and Centering Ourselves for Worship

Welcome & Announcements

Prelude

Come, Holy Ghost, with God the Son - Neale

Call to Worship 

(in unison)

from Isaiah 25:6-8

One:

On this mountain the Lord of all hosts will make for all peoples

a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wines,

of rich food filled with marrow, of well-aged wines strained clear.

Many:

And God will destroy on this mountain the shroud

that is cast over all peoples, the sheet that is spread over all nations;

he will swallow up death forever.

One:

Then the Lord God will wipe away the tears from all faces,

Many:

and the disgrace of his people he will take away from all the earth,

for the Lord has spoken.

 

Hymn of Praise

Come, O Spirit, Dwell Among Us

EBENEZER

Prayer of Confession

(in unison)

a prayer of Alan Paton, South Africa, adapted

O God, we confess that we are sinners, in need of your forgiveness and mercy. Through the grace you bring in Jesus Christ, restore us to right relationship with you and one another.

Give us courage, Lord, to stand up and be counted, to stand up for those who cannot stand up for themselves, to stand up for ourselves when it is needful to do so. Let us fear nothing more than we fear you, let us love nothing more than we love you, for thus we shall fear nothing also. Let us have no other gods before you, whether nation or party or state or church.

Let us seek no other peace but the peace which is yours, and make us instruments, opening our eyes and our ears and our hearts, so that we should know always what work of peace we may do for you.

Grant us these graces and gifts in our turn away from sin and violence and back to you. Amen.

Confession Response

Come, Ye Sinners, Poor and Needy

RESTORATION

The Assurance of Forgiveness

Affirmation of Community | Passing of the Peace

Proclaiming the Word

The Epistle Reading

Galatians 3:27-29

The Word of the Lord - Thanks be to God.

Musical Offering

There is a Balm - Spiritual

A Time for All God's Children

A Reading from the Acts of the Apostles

Acts 10:1-48

The Word of the Lord - Thanks be to God.

Sermon

"The Movement of the Holy Spirit:

What God Has Made Clean, You Must Not Call Profane"

Rev. Jeffrey C. Clayton

Hymn

There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy

IN BABILONE

Our Response to the Word

The Invitation to Discipleship and Life in the Church

The Church at Prayer

The Lord be with you. And also with you.

The Sharing of Joys and Concerns - Lord, hear our prayer.

The Lord’s Prayer

(in unison)

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 daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.

The Presentation & Dedication of Our Gifts

Offertory

Breathe On Me, Breath of God - Jackson

Doxology

We Give Thee But Thine Own

SCHUMANN

Invitation to the Lord's Table

The Lord's Supper

As a sign of our unity in Christ, let us hold the cup until all have been served,

and partake together.

The Invitation

The Great Prayer of Thanksgiving

The Words of Institution

The Communion

Going Forth into the World to Live the Gospel

Sending Hymn

O Beautiful for Spacious Skies

MATERNA

Benediction & Response

God Welcomes All

THEMBA AMEN

Postlude

My Country, 'Tis of Thee - Carey

The flowers for today’s worship service are given by

Lee and Rebecca Sigmon to the Glory of God in loving memory

of Rebecca’s parents, Sarah and Phillip Shackelford,

on what would have been their 75th anniversary.

Becky Newkirk, liturgist

Joyce Randolph, guest organist

Rick Blinn & Tim Thomas, audio/visual

SOUTHMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH STAFF

Rev. Jeffrey C. Clayton, Pastor

Rev. Karen Wright, Associate Pastor

Joshua G. Hearn, Director of Music Ministry

Denise Dillon-Gruber, Office Manager

Come, O Spirit, Dwell Among Us | Text: Janie Alford, ©1979 Hope Publishing Company. Reprinted with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-726989. All rights reserved.

God Welcomes All | Text: John L. Bell; Tune: South African song; transcr. John. L. Bell, © 2008 WGRG, Iona Community (admins. GIA Publications, Inc.). Reprinted with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-726989. All rights reserved.