THE GIVING OF OUR TITHES AND OFFERINGS The Call to Give........................Nancy Trench The Offertory...............

David Hughes "Ricercar" Orlando di Lasso

*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.........Nancy Trench THE CELEBRATION OF THE LORDS SUPPER The Call to Commune Together..........................Owen Cayton The Hymn of Preparation..............No. 400 When You Do This, Remember Me The Prayer of the Elder for the Bread................Diana Watkins The Prayer of the Elder for the Cup................................................Nancy Trench
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. 609 Take My Life
*THE BENEDICTION

THE POSTLUDE.........................David Hughes "Praeludium in C Major" Georg Boehm

ORDER OF WORSHIP Fourteenth Sunday After Pentecost September 2, 2012 at 9:00am

THE PRELUDE...................David Hughes "Praeludium in D Minor" Johann Pachelbel
*Please stand if you are able.

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

*THE CALL TO WORSHIP..............................Owen Cayton Leader: Come, let us sing to the Lord, and shout with joy to the rock of our salvation. People: Let us approach God's presence with a psalm of thanksgiving. Leader: Come, let us bow down in worship. People: Let us kneel before God, our Creator. Leader: The Lord is our God, People: And we are God's people. All: Come, let us worship.

THE SCRIPTURE READING......................Laura Sharp James 1:17-27 THE SCRIPTURE READING....................Owen Cayton Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 THE MESSAGE............................................................................................Owen Cayton Serve First THE PRAYER HYMN.................No. 97 Fairest Lord Jesus THE JOYS/CONCERNS OF THE CHURCH.........Beckie Rogers

*THE HYMN OF PRAISE AND ADORATION...................................No. 16 Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing *THE INVOCATION AND LORDS PRAYER (In Unison) God of grace, Author of life and Creator of all that is good, nourish us this day as we worship together. Empower us with your Spirit to serve first so that your reign of justice and goodness is manifest in our daily lives. We ask this in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ who taught us to pray for your Kingdom 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 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.

THE PASTORAL PRAYER..................Beckie Rogers

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.