THE GIVING OF OUR TITHES AND OFFERINGS The Call to Give........................................................Owen Cayton The Offertory.......

David Hughes Adagio George Frideric Handel

*The DoxologyPraise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow........ No. 50

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 uplifts! Praise the Spirit, Holy Spirit! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! *The Thanksgiving for Tithes and Offerings.............Owen Cayton THE CELEBRATION OF THE LORDS SUPPER The Call to Commune Together..................Owen Cayton The Hymn of Preparation..............No. 398 Be Known to Us in Breaking Bread The Prayer of the Elder for the Bread....................Shirley Brownlee The Prayer of the Elder for the Cup..........................................Charles Rogers
Distribution: All believers are invited to partake of the Bread when it is passed. Retain the Cup, and we will partake together after reciting John 3:16 in unison.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only-begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him shall not perish, but have everlasting life. THE INVITATION TO DISCIPLESHIP *THE HYMN OF COMMITMENT..............No. 717 Let All Things Now Living
*THE BENEDICTION

THE POSTLUDE........................David Hughes Little Prelude and Fugue in F Major attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach

ORDER OF WORSHIP Fourth Sunday after Pentecost June 16, 2013 at 9:00am
THE PRELUDE...............David Hughes Rhosymedre Ralph Vaughan Williams
*Please stand if you are able.

THE LIFE OF THE CHURCH...............Owen Cayton

*THE CALL TO WORSHIP...Mark Thomas Leader: In the morning we lift our songs and our prayers to God. People: In the morning God whispers to us on the gentle breeze and in the dew on the grass. Leader: In the morning we find God present and alive in the world around us. People: In the laughter of children, in the song of the faithful, in the joy of friendship, and in the green of the earth. Leader: Gathered this morning, let us look and listen for the presence of God. People: Gathered this morning, we celebrate the image and presence of God in the world! *THE HYMN OF PRAISE AND ADORATION............................No. 635 Faith of Our Fathers *THE INVOCATION AND LORDS PRAYER (In Unison) God of compassion, you suffer in the grief of your people and you confront injustice with your righteousness. Expose us in our injustices and heal us that we might have passion for your justice and love for our neighbor. We pray this in the name of Jesus who taught us to pray for your Kingdom of justice and life saying, 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 GLORIA PATRI...No. 36

THE SCRIPTURE...................Mark Thomas 1 Kings 21:1-10, 15-21a *THE GOSPEL.....................Owen Cayton Luke 7:36-8:3 THE MESSAGE....Owen Cayton You Cant Always Get What You Want THE PRAYER HYMN...................No. 253 Spirit, Come, Dispel Our Sadness THE JOYS/CONCERNS OF THE CHURCH.........Nancy Crenshaw

THE PASTORAL PRAYER..................Nancy Crenshaw

THE PRAYER RESPONSE...Hear Our Prayer, O Lord.. No. 306 Hear our prayer, O Lord, hear our prayer, O Lord, incline thine ear to us, and grant us thy peace. Amen.