for Sunday, 8 August, 2010

Gathering Songs

• Rejoice, the Lord is King, CH #699, vs. 1 & 2
• How Firm a Foundation, CH #618, vs. 1, 2, 5
• What Does the Lord Require for Praise, CH #659, all vs.
  

for Sunday, 8 August 2010

11th Sunday after Pentecost

After more than a month, we are back to our usual way of doing things in Mahany Hall.  Here is information about this week's service.
 

Worship Leaders

• Accompanist: Ann Willard
• Music Leader: Lisa Haley
• Liturgist: Lisa Haley
• Elder: Karen Jolliffe
• Preacher: Gerry Brague
• Communion Provider: Phyllis Stowell

Lectionary

• Isaiah 1:1, 10-20
• Psalm 50:1-8, 22-23
• Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16
• Luke 12:32-40

Music

• Leaning On the Everlasting Arms, CH #560
• Bless Now, O God, the Journey, CH #489
• In Memory of the Savior's Love, CH #405

Liturgy (from Thom Shuman)

Call to Worship
We are people who have been called to follow where God leads us.
By faith we can obey, even when asked to walk into an unknown future.
We are people who have been challenged to tell God's story to others.
By faith we have the ability to share the good news.
We are God's children who are invited to feast at the Table of grace.
By faith we will embrace our sisters and brothers in Christ.

Prayer of Approach
Creator of the light:
when our sins
stain our lives,
you dissolve them
with your mercy;
when our souls become calloused
by the hardness of our hearts,
your grace makes them as soft
as a cashmere sweater,
so we can be dressed
to serve others.

Creative Word:
when you had enough
of our hollow words
and empty promises,
you came to listen
to the echoes of your hope
deep within our hearts.
When you became bored
with our endless meetings
and petty squabbles,
you took delight
in our willingness
to follow you.

Breath of Creation:
when we could be sitting
at home watching television,
you encourage us
to rest in stillness with the grieving.
When we could be out shopping,
you nudge us to share our abundance
with the poor and needy.
When we could be relaxing
in our achievements,
you sit us down next to a child,
struggling to read.

God in Community, Holy in One,
as we seek to grow in our faith,
hear us as we pray...  

I expect my sermon to focus on the Hebrews passage and deal with the theme of faith.