May 27, 2018 — Trinity Sunday

We Come Together as God’s People

Prelude Ceremonial March  Herbert Sumsion (1899-1995)
Dr. John Allegar, organ

+ Welcome Rev. Owen J. Gray

Call to Worship Holy, Holy, Holy  arr. John Yarrington
Summer Choir
Nathaniel Knoblock, Choral Scholar and Guest Conductor

Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty,
Early in the morning, Songs shall rise to thee.
Holy, holy, holy God!

Leader: God of Creation,

All: We gather to praise you for all you have made.

Leader: God of Salvation,

All: We gather to be reminded of your forgiveness.

Leader: God of Wind and Flame,

All: We gather to be filled by your presence.

Leader: Holy Trinity, Three in One,

All: We gather to join our voices and our lives in worship.

Prayer of Adoration

*+ Hymn #139 Come, Thou Almighty King   ITALIAN HYMN

Call to Confession

Prayer of Confession

Leader: Holy God, we know that you are always there to lead us,
yet somehow we lose our way and fall back into fear.

People: We confess that we have stumbled, and we recognize
our need for you to lift us up and help us start again.

Forgive us our failings; restore us to strength; and reconcile us with you, ourselves, and each other, through the power of Christ and the gift of your Spirit. Amen.

 Prayer of Confession reprinted by permission of Westminster John Knox Press
from Feasting on the Word Worship Companion. ©2015.

Silent Confession

Assurance of Pardon

*+ Response of Praise Gloria Patri (Hymn #579)

The Passing of the Peace

Leader: The peace of Christ be with you.

People: And also with you.

* Hymn #314 Like the Murmur of the Dove’s Song  BRIDEGROOM

Ritual of Friendship Rev. Meagan P. Findeiss

We Experience God’s Word

Time with the Children

Prayer of Illumination Lindsay Lewis

First Lesson Romans 8:12-17 (p.1030)

Second Lesson Isaiah 6:1-8 (p. 622)

Sermon Rev. Brian S. Shivers

"And the Center of All is Love"
"Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of His glory."
(Isaiah 6:3)

We Give Thanks to God

Invitation to Discipleship

* Affirmation of Faith The Apostles’ Creed (Traditional) (Hymnal p.14)

Offertory Trinitarian Blessings K. Lee Scott (b. 1950)

May the Sending One sing in you,
May the Seeking One walk with you,
May the Greeting One stand by you
in your gladness and in your grieving.

May the Gifted One relieve you,
May the Given One retrieve you,
May the Giving One receive you,
in your falling and your restoring.

May the Binding One unite you,
May the One Beloved invite you,
May the Loving One delight you,
Three-in-One, joy in life unending.

Text: Brian Wren ©1989 Hope Publishing Co. Reprinted under OneLicense #A-715008

The Invitation to the Lord’s Supper

The Great Prayer of Thanksgiving

Leader: The Lord be with you.

People: And also with you.

Leader: Lift up your hearts.

People: We lift them to the Lord.

Leader: Let us give thanks to the Lord.

All: It is right to give our thanks and praise.

Sanctus (from Mass in G Major, D 167)  Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus,            Holy, Holy, Holy,
Dominus Deus Sabaoth;                 Lord God of Hosts;
pleni sunt caeli et terra gloria tua.    Heaven and earth are full of your glory.
Hosanna in excelsis.                       Hosanna in the highest.

The Lord’s Prayer

The Breaking of the Bread and Passing of the Cup

The Communion Anthem Agnus Dei  Franz Schubert
(from Mass in G Major, D 167)
Caitlin Stewart, soprano; Samuel Spade, baritone

Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis.
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis.
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, dona nobis pacem.

Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world, have mercy on us.
Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world, have mercy on us.
Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world, grant us peace.

The Prayer after Communion

We Go Forth to Serve

* Closing Hymn #138 Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty! NICAEA

* Charge and Benediction

* Benediction Response Amen  McNeil Robinson, II (1934-2015)
* Postlude Vivace  Bob Chilcott (b. 1955)

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Gathering Music

Call to Worship Anna Owens

Leader: How manifold are your works, O Lord!

People: In wisdom you have made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.

Leader: You send forth your Spirit, and they are created;

People: And so you renew the face of the earth.

Leader: I will song to the Lord as long as I live;

People: I will praise my God while I have my being.

* Opening Hymn Every Time I Feel the Spirit Spiritual

Solo: Up on the mountain, when my Lord spoke,
Out of God’s mouth came fire and smoke.
Looked all around me, it looked so fine,
Till I asked my Lord if all was mine.

Refrain

Solo: Jordan river, chilly and cold,
It chills the body but not the soul.
There is but one train upon this track;
It runs to heaven and then right back.

Refrain

Call to Confession

Silent Confession

Assurance of Pardon

Response of Praise Every Time I Feel the Spirit   Spiritual

* Passing of the Peace

Leader: The peace of Christ be with you.

People: And also with you.

Welcome and Concerns of the Church Rev. David A. Berry

Offering

Offertory A Pentecost Prayer  Carson Cooman (b. 1982)

O God, who on this day taught the hearts of your faithful people by sending to them the light of your Holy Spirit:
Grant us by the same Spirit to have a right judgement in all things,
and evermore to rejoice in his holy comfort, through Jesus Christ our Lord: Amen.

First Scripture Reading Psalm 104:24-34, 35b

Leader: O Lord, how manifold are your works! In wisdom you have made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.

People: Yonder is the sea, great and wide, creeping things innumerable are there, living things both small and great.

Leader: There go the ships, and Leviathan that you formed
to sport in it.

People: These all look to you to give them their food in due season; when you give to them, they gather it up; when you open your hand, they are filled with good things.

Leader: When you hide your face, they are dismayed; when you take away their breath, they die and return to their dust.

People: When you send forth your spirit, they are created;
and you renew the face of the ground.

Leader: May the glory of the Lord endure forever; may the Lord rejoice in God’s works — who looks on the earth and it trembles, who touches the mountains and they smoke.

People: I will sing to the Lord as long as I live;
I will sing praise to my God while I have being.

Leader: May my meditation be pleasing to God,
for I rejoice in the Lord.

People: Let sinners be consumed from the earth,
and let the wicked be no more.
Bless the Lord, O my soul. Praise the Lord!

Second Scripture Reading Acts 2:1-21

Message  Josh Stanley

"Voices of Home"

"And at this sound the crowd gathered and was bewildered,
because each one heard them speaking in the native language of each."
(Acts 2:6)

* Affirmation of Faith The Apostles’ Creed (Traditional) Owen Gray

Prayers of the People and the Lord’s Prayer

Communion Anna Owens and Josh Stanley

Music during Communion The Lone, Wild Bird  arr. David N. Johnson (b. 1922)

Prayer after Communion

* Closing Song Mighty God Who Called Creation  Nettleton

* Benediction

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