Worship for the Lord’s Day Trinity Sunday A.D. May 30, 2021 10:45 a.m.
PRELUDE "Our Help Is in the Name of God"
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
CALL TO WORSHIP Leader: Jesus prayed that we, the church, would be one, just as He and the Father are one. Today we offer our praise and prayer together, as one body, in Christ, through the power of the Holy Spirit. In harmony, let us glorify God! People: Father, Son, Holy Spirit! Forever and ever, Amen!
HYMN No. 1 "Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty!”
UNISON PRAYER OF CONFESSION Triune God, we praise you as the God of love and life. Though Jesus prayed that we would be one, we confess that we fail to live in unity with each other and with you. We break our communion through hostile words and unkind actions. We long for your Spirit to heal us. We long for you to help us experience communion with you and with each other, as we gather around the Word. Even now, dependent on your grace, we commit ourselves to live more fully in the unity you desire, through Christ our Lord.
SILENT PRAYERS OF CONFESSION
ASSURANCE OF PARDON Sisters and brothers, hear the good news: we did not receive the spirit of slavery, but rather the spirit of adoption. Your guilt has departed; your sin is blotted out, for you are God’s beloved children—forgiven, loved, and free. Friends, believe the good news of the Gospel. In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven.
THE PASSING OF PEACE Leader: Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts. To this peace we are called as members of a single body. The peace of Christ be with you. And also with you. (The congregation is invited to greet one another with words and signs of peace.)
GLORIA PATRI (Hymn No. 581)
BLESSING FOR THE CHILDREN
CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make his face shine upon you, and give you peace, and give you peace, and give you peace forever.
The children are now invited to listen to the Godly Play story that is posted on the website.
SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM Evelyn Barr, daughter of Matt and Marci Barr
BAPTISMAL HYMN No 482 "Baptized in Water”
SENIOR RECOGNITION
LISTENING FOR GOD’S WORD
PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION Come Holy Spirit, giver of life; breathe into us that we may hear a word of truth this day. Draw us into communion, enable us to love, conspire to make us one with you for the world you so deeply love, Amen.
GOSPEL READING: John 17:20-26 20 “My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, 21 that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. 22 I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one— 23 I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me. 24 “Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world. 25 “Righteous Father, though the world does not know you, I know you, and they know that you have sent 26 me. I have made you[a] known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them.” This is the Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
EPISTLE READING: Romans 8: 12-17 12 Therefore, brothers and sisters, we have an obligation—but it is not to the flesh, to live according to it. 13 For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live. 14 For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. 15 The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your 16 adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba,[b] Father.” The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children. 17 Now if we are children, then we are heirs— heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory. This is the Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, O Christ.
SERMON "We are Family" Rev. Allison Beaulieu
RESPONDING TO GOD’S WORD
PRESENTATION OF OFFERINGS AND PRAYER OF DEDICATION Stewardship is still a part of what we do about what we believe. Please mail your offering by check to the church, or send it electronically via the “Give Now” button at the top of our homepage.
OFFERTORY PRAISE SONG "Holy Spirit"
There's nothing worth more That could ever come close No thing can compare You're our living hope Your presence, Lord I've tasted and seen Of the sweetest of loves Where my heart becomes free And my shame is undone Your presence, Lord Holy Spirit, You are welcome here Come flood this place and fill the atmosphere Your glory, God, is what our hearts long for To be overcome by Your presence, Lord Your presence, Lord Let us become more aware of Your presence Let us experience the glory of Your goodness
Holy Spirit, You are welcome here Come flood this place and fill the atmosphere Your glory, God, is what our hearts long for To be overcome by Your presence, Lord
DOXOLOGY (Hymn No. 606)
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
THE LORD’S PRAYER IN UNISON
HYMN No 300 "We Are One in the Spirit"
BENEDICTION
CONGREGATIONAL BENEDICTION RESPONSE “Three-fold Amen”
POSTLUDE "God of Grace and God of Glory"
Peace Pearl: We cannot have peace within ourselves until we have Christ within our hearts.
Next Sunday, June 6, 2021 2nd Sunday After Pentecost
8:30 a.m...... Service for the Lord’s Day 9:30 a.m...... Sunday School/Adult Education 10:45 a.m ...... Service for the Lord’s
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2021 MEMORIAL DAY PRAYER LIST
Memorial Day emerged from the grim shadows of the American Civil War. Before the close of the war, women began decorating the graves of soldiers who had died in that war. The practice quickly spread, and a few years later May 30, 1868, was designated as Decoration Day – a day for placing flowers on the graves of Union and Confederate soldiers throughout the United States. In 1882, Decoration Day became known as Memorial Day, and soldiers who died in other wars were also honored. Over the years, it has become a day when all loved ones who have died – in war and otherwise – are remembered. In 1971, the United States Congress declared Memorial Day a national holiday to be observed annually on the last Monday in May. On this Memorial Day, remember those who gave their lives for our country. But also pray for those who continue serving to keep America free, especially those who are in harm’s way.
We remember in prayer these veterans who are now deceased:
Harold P. Adams W. Dale Brougher, Jr. J. Thomas Ehrhart Philip R. Adams, Jr. Milton E. Bruggeman Thomas O. Ehrhart Henry S. Aiken C. Robert Bruns George W. Eichelberger Joseph B. Anderson, Sr. George E. Buchanan III Winfield R. Fahs William J. Arthur, Jr. David C. Bylon Albert Farrar Perry McDonald Arugunes James G. Campbell Thomas R. Fink Robert M. Atkins Paul H. Carlson John G. Folckomer Kenneth Bachman Edward G. Carpenter Carey J. Frey Albert J. Bair Joseph H. Carter, Jr., M.D. Lester E. Gable Robert S. Barnhart William S. Carter Herman A. Gailey, Jr. M.D. Joseph King Bath John S. Clevenstine Herman A. Gailey, Sr. M.D. Robert O. Beers Raymond G. Delo Donald Geiselman John C. Beck William Taylor Delp, MD Janet Aileen George Wilson L. Bentz William H. Dick Samuel A. Gill George H. Black Lewis H. Dorward John A. Gotwald, Jr. Frederic E. Blackman Joseph J. Douglas Jack R. Green William G. Blankenship Richard L. Dressler Earl M. Grote Jane L. Boyd Robert B. Dundore H. Charles Hafey, Jr. Stephen H. Boyd Philip K. Eberly Fred D. Hagerty, MD Roy E. Hamm Kenith V. Lindstrom Robert Kern Shaffer Richard B. Harling James F. Lobach Jr. Michael S. Small John G. Hartman John T. Logan Frederick L. Smyser Wiley B. Hedgepeth W. Newton Long A. Robert Smith, Jr. Theodore C. Herzel Marlet W. Loucks Elwood J. Snow John B. Heyde, M.D. Howard H. MacDougall, MD George R. Spangler Harold W. Hildebrand Robert D. MacDougall, MD David L. Spencer Robert E. Hirschman Bruce W. Markel Robert J. Stambaugh Donald N. Holtzapple Leslie L. Matthews Robert J. Stewart James M. Hotham Kenneth W. Maxell Philip W. Stinger Donald L. Holroyd Robert N. McCarter, Sr. Harry C. Stitt, Jr. Mahlon C. Hoy Avery McCulloch Mark A. Stitt Clyde M. Hughes Jr. William T. McFeely Loyal H. Strickler Richard H. Humphreys D. J. McHenry James M. Suiter Richard D. Hupper, Ed. D Daniel G. Meckley, III Elsie Sullivan Jack C. Jaquet Ernest F. Melhorn Hugh McClune Sullivan Galen V. Jones Donald Kenneth Miller Richard T. Sweet, D.D.S. Jack M. L. Joslin Ernest Carrel Mitchell Emory Augustus Sweitzer, Jr. Donald A. King David R. Monroe Paul H. Sweitzer John W. Kinnikin William R. Morgan, M.D. Robert C. Sweitzer Henry H. Kirkpatrick Frank Motter Eugene L. Swensen E. Norman Kirsopp Otis B. Morse IV Edward F. Tomes Joseph A. Kling Jein B. Mummert Leonard L. Tomes Joseph D. Kling Tom Myton Leonard W. Turner Raymond B. Knaub Jim Nisbet Arthur J..Wagenknecht Lawrence R. Kursar Leonard J. Palmer, Sr. Donald F. Wagner Donald F. Landis Clyde Payne William F. Wagner Earl W. Lauer Richard G. Pennell Robert E. Watson Lloyd S. Lauer Donald B. Pennington Daniel E. Whiteley Ray Lauer N. Allan Pettit Jr. George H. Whiteley, Jr. William C. Langston, M.D. Edward R. Pierce John P. Whiteley, M.D. Clarence M. Lawyer, Jr. Thomas L. Pucillo Morgan S. Whiteley James R. Lease Edwin Rivera, MD George W. Williams, III Philip C. Lehn Wilbur L. Sanders William H. Willing William F. Lehn George S. Sechrist, Jr. James R. Wilson Everett E. Leierer Karl Vincent Schmittle Sr. Henry B. Wilt Martha B. Leierer, RN Thomas D. Schonauer, MD George D. Woody William P. Lentz William Brian Scotland Stephen H. Woodyard, Jr. Philip L. Lewis Arnold D. Scott Andrew E. Wotherspoon Walter B. Liggitt Melville A. Scott John C. Yates James W. Lindsey Eugene R. Shadle Charles L. Ziegler
Please notify the church office (843-8041) if you know of any other members who have served, and are now deceased. In November we will remember those veterans still living, on our Veteran’s prayer list.