AUGUST 1, 2021 WATTS STREET BAPTIST CHURCH DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA THE WORSHIP OF GOD AUGUST 1, 2021 THE TENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

GATHERING Chimes Welcome – Dorisanne Cooper Minister: The Lord be with you. People: And also with you. Prayer of Thanksgiving for the Light Prelude: “Toccata before the Sunday Mass” ...... Girolamo Frescobaldi

PRAISING GOD Call to Worship Minister: Hungering and thirsting, we come to the Lord. People: Jesus is the living bread! Minister: O God, Feed us with your love and healing power. People: Give us the bread of hope and compassion that we may also feed others. Minister: Praise be to you, O God, for your compassion for us. People: Praise be to you for your steadfast love. Hymn 419: “All Who Hunger, Gather Gladly” ...... HOLY MANNA

PRAYING TOGETHER Minister: The God revealed to us in the scriptures is a welcoming and inclusive God who directs us to love one another. We seek to remove all the barriers that keep us from that love. Come now to confess all that separates us from one another and from God. Prayers of Confession in Silence Corporate Confession: We come believing in our emptiness, believing that we will never have enough, believing that what we have is unworthy. We come fearful of sharing, fearful of losing our tenuous grip on security, fearful of touching and knowing the pain of others. We come overwhelmed by the hunger, overwhelmed by the suffering of children near and far, overwhelmed by the endless tales of senseless violence, greed, and death. We come aching from the weight of the responsibility, aching from the chilling challenge of knowing our abundance, aching from the gnawing awareness that we have much to share. We come clinging to our meager lunches; bless them, and us. break them, and us. share them, and us. Amen. Assurance of Pardon People: Thanks be to God. Pastoral Prayer

TENDING TO THE WORD Gospel: John 6:1-13 Minister: The Word of God for the people of Christ. People: May the Spirit grant us understanding. Meditation – Dorisanne Cooper Silence

OFFERING OUR GIFTS Minister: Generous God, in Christ you give us the true bread from heaven. You satisfy our spiritual hunger and thirst, filling our hearts with your abundant love. People: Help us to work not for perishable goods, but for love that endures. May these offerings contribute to your nurturing work in the world. Receiving Our Gifts Offertory: “Toccata at the Elevation” ...... Girolamo Frescobaldi Doxology...... LASST UNS ERFREUEN 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! Prayer of Dedication COMMITTING OUR LIVES IN FAITH Invitation Hymn 420: “I Come with Joy” ...... DOVE OF PEACE Benediction Carrying the Light into the World Postlude: “Canzona after the Epistle” ...... Girolamo Grescobaldi

Bulletin Cover Art: Pictured is one of the mosaics at the Church of the Multiplication of the Loaves and Fishes at Tabgha by the Sea of Galilee. The mosaics are remnants of a 4th-century church in the same location. This best-known mosaic, on the floor near the altar, refers to the miracle the church commemorates. It shows a basket of loaves flanked by two Galilee mullet. Music Credits: Prelude, Offertory, and Postlude: Public Domain Hymn Credits: © 1995, Chalice Press, All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission under ONE LICENSE, License #A-700000. All rights reserved. Music Note: Today our tour takes us to Rome, Italy. Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643) published his Fiori Musicali in 1635. The work contains three organ settings of the communion service, along with several other pieces. Frescobaldi’s printed collections contain some of the most influential music of the 17th century. His work influenced Johann Jakob Froberger, Johann Sebastian Bach, Henry Purcell, and countless other major composers. Pieces from Fiori musicali were used as models of strict counterpoint as late as the 19th century. Today’s postlude was used as a theme for variations by French composer Jean Langlais in the 20th century.

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