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ST. ANDREW'S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

WE WELCOME YOU TO OUR SERVICE OF WORSHIP THIS MORNING

St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church lives to celebrate God’s love through worship, seek God’s truth through education, and share God’s gifts through mission and fellowship. We encourage you to join us in the Fellowship Hall for a time of coffee, cookies and fellowship following the morning service. All who profess Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior are welcome to join St. Andrew's. If you have no church home, we invite you to consider uniting with us as we seek to faithfully serve our Lord.  Speak to an usher or the Pastor at the close of the service to learn more.

Greeter:  Richard Wilson

Acolytes:  Joey Wilcox and Will Baird

Children’s Church:  Candace Baird

Ushers:  Pat Barnard and Jan Talbott

Coffee Hosts:  Betty Harris and Betty Harper

(Click this link to read the calendar insert)

ORDER OF WORSHIP

  16th Sunday in Ordinary Time

July 23, 2006                                                                                                    10:00 a.m.

*Those able may stand

GREETINGS, CONCERNS OF THE CHURCH AND REGISTRY OF ATTENDANCE

PRELUDE                            “Meditation”                                                      Massenet

BRINGING THE LIGHT OF CHRIST INTO THIS ROOM

*CALL TO WORSHIP

ALL:  (Hymn 138, verse 1)  Holy, holy, holy!  Lord God Almighty!  Early in the morning our song shall rise to Thee; Holy, holy, holy! Merciful and mighty!  God in three Persons, blessed Trinity.

ONE:  We are no longer strangers and aliens, but members of the household of God!

ALL:  Our household is built upon the firm foundation, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone.

ONE:  In Jesus the whole structure is joined together, and grows into a holy temple.

ALL:  In Jesus we are built together spiritually into a dwelling place for God.

ONE:  Let us worship God!                                           (From Ephesians 2)

*HYMN INSERT          “Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing”

*PRAYER OF CONFESSION AND ASSURANCE OF PARDON

O God, we come in need of your healing mercy!  We know where we have fallen short of Your design: We too easily expel strangers and deny hospitality with our attitudes; we cause conflict and tension with our hasty words; we disturb Your peace with our self-absorption.  As You sent Christ to reconcile Your people, forgive our failures and show us once again the image of Your Son.

            *SILENT PRAYER

            *ASSURANCE OF GOD’S PARDON

            *GLORIA PATRI (Hymn 579)

              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.

READING FROM OLD TESTAMENT                                               2 Samuel 7:1-14a

READING FROM THE EPISTLE                                                   Ephesians 2:11-22

ANTHEM                                “Boundless Love”                                         arr. Hayes

TIME WITH THE CHILDREN

Jesus loves me, this I know!  For the Bible tells me so.  Little ones to him belong, They are weak, but he is strong!  Yes, Jesus loves me!  Yes, Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me, the Bible tells me so!

(Toddlers may go to the Nursery, older children to Children’s Church)

READING FROM THE GOSPEL                                                         Luke 6:30-44

SERMON                      “Big Treasures in Little Packages”                 Rev. Ann LaMar

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HYMN  280            “Amazing Grace, How Sweet the Sound”

* AFFIRMATION OF FAITH (from A Brief Statement of Faith, 1991)

In life and in death we belong to God.  Through the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit, we trust in the one triune God, the Holy One of Israel, whom alone we worship and serve.  We trust in Jesus Christ, fully human, fully God, [who] proclaimed the reign of God.  We trust in God, whom Jesus called Abba, Father.  In sovereign love God created the world good and makes everyone equally in God’s image.  We trust in the Holy Spirit, everywhere the giver and renewer of life.  With believers in every time and place, we rejoice that nothing in life or in death can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE AND THE LORD’S PRAYER (Page 16, Traditional)

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.

PRESENTATION OF OUR TITHES AND OFFERINGS

       OFFERTORY                   “Olivet”                                                         Mason

       *DOXOLOGY (Hymn 592) AND PRAYER OF DEDICATION

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise Him, all creatures here below; Praise Him above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.

*HYMN  426         “Lord, Speak to Me, That I May Speak”

*THE CHARGE AND THE BENEDICTION

*CARRYING THE LIGHT OF CHRIST INTO THE WORLD

*CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE

And the peace of God, that passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts, shall keep your minds on Jesus Christ.

POSTLUDE                     “Laudes Domini”                                    German Hymn

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