GRACE COVENANT

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Awakening a Love for Christ in the Heart of Richmond July 28, 2013 The Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 10:55 a.m.

Please fill out the communication card and place it in the offering plate during the offertory. Please stand for these parts of the service.

WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

WE GATHER TO GLORIFY GOD

PRELUDE Aria CALL TO WORSHIP One: Many: One: Many: One: Many: Charles Callahan, b. 1951 from Psalm 130:5-7

Our souls wait for the Lord. We wait for the Lord more than those who watch for the morning. There is no darkness with you, O Lord. O Israel, hope in the Lord! For with the Lord there is a steadfast love, and with the Lord is plenteous redemption. There is no darkness with you, O Lord. Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. There is no darkness with you, O Lord.

HYMN 150 (Blue Hymnal) Come, Christians, Join to Sing

Madrid

PRAYER OF CONFESSION Merciful and mighty God, You have called us to be your people and claimed us for the service of Jesus Christ. We confess that we have not lived up to our calling. We have been timid and frightened disciples, forgetful of your powerful presence and the strength of your Spirit among us. Forgive us. As you have chosen us and claimed us in our baptism, strengthen us anew to choose Christs way in the world. In the name of Jesus, we pray. Amen. ASSURANCE OF PARDON ALLELUIA (All sing the Alleluia after the organ introduction.) Celtic

Alleluia, music by Fintan OCarroll and Christopher Walker, 1985 by G.I.A. Publications, Inc.

WE GIVE THANKS TO GOD

PRESENTATION OF TITHES, OFFERINGS, AND GIFTS SOLO Acquaint Now Thyself with Him Lisa Edwards-Burrs, soprano

Michael Head, 1900-1976

Acquaint now thyself with Him and be at peace; thereby good shall come unto thee. Exalt the Lord our God and worship at His holy hill, for the Lord our God is holy. O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. Fear before Him all the earth. Give unto the Lord the glory due unto His name. Bring an offering, and come unto His courts. Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before the most high God? Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings? He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God.
text adapted from Job 22, Psalms 99, 96, and Micah 6

DOXOLOGY 592 (Blue Hymnal) PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING

Old Hundredth Dana McKnight

WE HEAR THE WORD OF GOD

PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION Dana McKnight

EPISTLE READING

Colossians 1:15-20

Holy Bible, p. 190 NT

Leader: This is the Word of the Lord. People: Thanks be to God. CHILDRENS SERMON GOSPEL READING Luke 11:1-13 Bobby Hulme-Lippert Holy Bible, p. 71 NT

Leader: This is the Word of the Lord. People: Thanks be to God. SERMON The God Who Gives Bobby Hulme-Lippert

WE RESPOND TO GODS WORD

HYMN 398 (Red Hymnal) Sweet Hour of Prayer ORDINATION AND INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS AFFIRMATION OF FAITH The Apostles Creed Red Hymnal, p. 12 Greatorex Sweet Hour

GLORIA PATRI 579 (Blue Hymnal)

SOLO Aint-a Dat Good News Lisa Edwards-Burrs, soprano

I got a crown up in a dat Kingdom. Aint-a dat good news? I got a robe up in a dat Kingdom. Aint-a dat good news? I got a Savior in a dat Kingdom. Aint-a dat good news? I got a home up in a dat Kingdom. Aint-a dat good news? Im gonna lay down dis worl. Gonna shoulder up ma cross. Gonna take it home-a to my Jesus. Aint-a dat good news! spiritual

Charles Lloyd, Jr., b. 1948

PASTORAL PRAYER AND THE LORDS PRAYER

WE GO FORTH TO LOVE AND SERVE

HYMN 281 (Blue Hymnal) Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah BENEDICTION POSTLUDE Festive Trumpet Tune Cwm Rhondda

David German, b. 1954

Please join us in the Social Room following worship for refreshments and fellowship. The flowers are given to the glory of God and in gratitude for the ministry of our new pastor, Bobby Hulme-Lippert, and his wife Michelle, by Jean and Chuck Massey.

1627 Monument Avenue Richmond, Virginia 23220 804-359-2463 Office Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Email: info@grace-covenant.org Website: www.grace-covenant.org Radio: WLES 590 AM Pastor: Bobby Hulme-Lippert Director of Music: Christopher Martin Administrative Assistant: Vanessa Strait Bookkeeper: Martha Rubin Custodian: James Greene Child Development Center Director: Nicole Williams