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Church Worship Service - Cell Phone Etiquette & Community Updates

Join us at First Church for a transformative worship service. Please silence your cell phones to fully engage. Visit our website for more info. Experience hymns, prayers, readings, and community news. All are welcome!

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Church Worship Service - Cell Phone Etiquette & Community Updates

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  1. Before the worship service begins, please turn off your cell phone. God may be calling YOU, but probably not on your cell phone. Please turn off your cell phone, or put it on vibrate.

  2. Welcome! We are so glad you are here!

  3. CALL TO REFLECTION • PRELUDE – • Chorale and Variation • Ovid Young

  4. The News • of the • Community

  5. Visitors, to First Church! Following worship, please join us on the patio for refreshments.

  6. Monday, June 17th, 9:00 – Noon Friday, June 21st, 9:00 – Noon

  7. For information about First Church and our activities, please visit our website: fpcoh.org

  8. PRAYER OF TRANSFORMATION

  9. HYMN • This Is My Father’s World • # 293, in the Blue Hymnals

  10. This is my Father’s world, And to my listening earsAll nature sings, and round me rings The music of the spheres.This is my Father’s world: I rest me in the thoughtOf rocks and trees, of skies • and seas; His hand • the wonders wrought.

  11. This is my Father’s world. Oh, let me ne’er forget That though the wrong seems oft so strong, God is the ruler yet.This is my Father’s world: The battle is not done:Jesus who died shall be satisfied,And earth and heaven be one.

  12. PRAYER OF FORGIVENESS – • (in unison) • Adapted from • Martin Luther, • 1483-1546

  13. Behold, Lord, empty vessels that need to be filled. My Lord, fill us. Where we are weak in the faith, strengthen us. Where we are cold in • love, warm us and make us fervent that our love may go out to our neighbor.

  14. When we do not have a strong and firm faith; when we doubt and are even unable to trust you altogether, O Lord, forgive us, help us, and strengthen our faith and trust in you. In Jesus name we pray. Amen. • .

  15. A TIME • OF SILENCE

  16. Assurance of Forgiveness

  17. *Take My Life (# 391, verse 6) Take my love, my Lord, I pour At Thy feet its treasure store. Take myself, and I will be Ever, only, all for Thee, Ever, only, all for Thee.

  18. Solo — • Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring • Johann Sebastian Bach • Carolyn Smylie, soloist

  19. A TIME WITH THE Children

  20. The News • of the • Community

  21. Visitors, to First Church! Following worship, please join us on the patio for refreshments.

  22. SUMMER WORSHIP SCHEDULE (June 9th through mid-August) 8:30 a.m.: Morning Glory Service 10:00 a.m.: Bible Study 11:00 a.m.: Classic Service

  23. The Rescue from Slavery Galatians 1:1-5

  24. The Rescue from Slavery Galatians 1:1-5

  25. Thanksgiving for the Word

  26. O Word of God incarnate, O Wisdom from on high, O Truth unchanged, unchanging, O Light of our dark sky: We praise You for the radiance That from the hallowed page, A lantern to our footsteps, Shines on from age to age.

  27. Scripture Readings — Galatians 1:1-5 (New Testament, Page 187 in NRSV pew Bible)

  28. Paul an apostle—sent neither by human commission nor from human authorities, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead—and all the members of God’s family who are with me,

  29. To the churches of Galatia: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, who gave himself for our sins to set us free from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

  30. The Rescue from Slavery Galatians 1:1-5

  31. * This We Believe • (in unison) • John 3:16-17, NRSV This We Believe (in unison) The Apostles’ Creed I believe in God the Father Almighty, creator of heaven and earth, And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried; he descended into hell; the third day he rose again from the -dead; he ascended into heaven, and sits on the right hand of God the Father; from thence he shall come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sin, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen. *Hymn of Commitment - Christ, When for Us You Were Baptized # 70 The News of the Community (Sing 2 times) Holy Spirit, come to us, Kindle in us the fire of your love. Holy Spirit, come to us. Holy Spirit, come to us. Prayers of the People & The Lord's Prayer - (Debtors version) (front of Hymnal, pg. 16) Response - Spirit of the living God, Fall afresh on me; Spirit of the living God, Fall afresh on me; Melt me, mold me, Fill me, use me. Spirit of the living God, Fall afresh on me.

  32. For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life. Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. This We Believe (in unison) The Apostles’ Creed I believe in God the Father Almighty, creator of heaven and earth, And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried; he descended into hell; the third day he rose again from the -dead; he ascended into heaven, and sits on the right hand of God the Father; from thence he shall come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sin, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen. *Hymn of Commitment - Christ, When for Us You Were Baptized # 70 The News of the Community (Sing 2 times) Holy Spirit, come to us, Kindle in us the fire of your love. Holy Spirit, come to us. Holy Spirit, come to us. Prayers of the People & The Lord's Prayer - (Debtors version) (front of Hymnal, pg. 16) Response - Spirit of the living God, Fall afresh on me; Spirit of the living God, Fall afresh on me; Melt me, mold me, Fill me, use me. Spirit of the living God, Fall afresh on me.

  33. HYMN • Just As I Am • # 370 in the Blue Hymnals

  34. Just as I am, without one pleaBut that Thy blood was shed for me,And that Thou bidst me come to Thee,O Lamb of God, I come, I come!

  35. Just as I am, though tossed aboutWith many a conflict, many a doubt,Fightings and fears within, without,O Lamb of God, I come, I come!

  36. Just as I am, Thou wilt receive,Wilt welcome, pardon, cleanse, relieve;Because Thy promise I believe,O Lamb of God, I come, I come!

  37. Just as I am, Thy love unknownHas broken every barrier down;Now, to be Thine, yea, Thine alone,O Lamb of God, I come, I come!

  38. The Prayers • of the • People

  39. Turn your eyes upon Jesus, Look full in his wonderful face And the things of earth will grow strangely dim In the light of his glory and grace.

  40. Prayer and The Lord’s Prayer (Debtors version)

  41. 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. Forgive us our debts, As we forgive our debtors. Lead us not into temptation. But deliver us from evil. For Thine is the Kingdom, the Power and the Glory. Amen.

  42. OFFERING • OUR TITHES • AND GIFTS • (Visitors, in the pew rack you will • find a Guest Information card. • Please complete the card, then • place it in the offering plate.)

  43. OFFERTORY — • I Am Thine, O Lord • arr. AlbinWhitworth • I am Thine, O Lord, • I have heard Thy voice, • And it told Thy love to me • But I long to rise in the arms of faith, And be closer drawn to Thee.

  44. * The Response of Praise — • Doxology (#592) • Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise Him, all creatures here below; O, praise Him! Alleluia! Praise Him above, • ye heavenly host; Praise • Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. • O praise Him, O praise Him! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

  45. Offering of Prayer (in unison) • Adapted from • Dietrich Bonhoeffer, • 1906-1945

  46. O God, as we gather this morning, help us to pray and think only of you. We cannot pray alone. In us there is darkness, but with you there is light. We are lonely • but you do not leave us.

  47. We are feeble in heart • but you do not leave us. • We are restless but with you there is peace. • In us, there is bitterness, but with you there • is patience.

  48. Your ways are past • understanding but you know the way for us because you are the way for us. In Jesus name, • we pray, who is the Way, the Truth and the Life. Amen.

  49. HYMN • Come Thou Fount • of Every Blessing • # 356 in the Blue Hymnals

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