July 16, 2023 Service

7th Sunday After Pentecost July 16, 2023 11:00 a.m. Livestream CHIMES WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS PRELUDE To God Be the Glory arr. Lloyd Larson THE CALL TO WORSHIP Leader: Eternal God, you have called us to be members of one body. People: Join us with those who in all times and places have praised your name, Leader: that with one heart and mind, we may show the unity of your church, People: and bring honor to our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. *HYMN In My Heart There Rings a Melody Elton Roth 1 I have a song that Jesus gave me. It was sent from heaven above. There never was a sweeter melody, ‘tis a melody of love. REFRAIN: In my heart there rings a melody. There rings a melody with heaven’s harmony. In my heart there rings a melody. There rings a melody of love. 2 I love the Christ who died on Calvary, for He washed my sins away. He put within my heart a melody, and I know it’s there to stay. (refrain) 3. ‘Twill be my endless theme in glory. With the angels I will sing. “Twill be a song with glorious harmony when the courts of heaven ring. *CALL TO CONFESSION If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not within us. But if we confess our sins, God who is faithful and just will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. In humility and faith let us confess our sin to God. *PRAYER OF CONFESSION Merciful God, we confess that we have sinned against you in thought, word and deed, by what we have done and by what we have left undone. We have not loved you with our whole heart and mind and strength. We have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. In your mercy forgive what we have been, help us amend what we are, and direct what we shall be, so that we may delight in your will and walk in your ways, to the glory of your holy name. *SILENT CONFESSION *WORDS OF ASSURANCE Hear the good news! The saying is sure and worthy of full acceptance that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. He bore himself our sins in his body on the cross, that we might be dead to sin, and alive to all that is good. I declare to you in the name of Jesus Christ, we are forgiven. Amen. *CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE Deep and Wide Traditional Deep and wide, deep and wide, there’s a fountain flowing deep and wide. Deep and wide, deep and wide, there’s a fountain flowing deep and wide. *PASSING THE PEACE OF CHRIST Leader: The peace of Christ be with you. People: And also with you. PRAYER OF ILLUMINATION Living God, help us to hear your holy Word that we may truly understand; that, understanding, we may believe, and believing, we may follow you in faithfulness and obedience and praise. Amen. FIRST READING Deuteronomy 10:11-15, 20-22 NRSVUE (after Moses received the Ten Commandments, the Lord said to him…) 11 …‘Get up, go on your journey at the head of the people, that they may go in and occupy the land that I swore to their ancestors to give them.’12 “So now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you? Only to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, 13 and to keep the commandments of the LORD and his decrees that I am commanding you today, for your own well-being. 14 Although heaven and the heaven of heavens belong to the LORD your God, the earth with all that is in it, 15 yet the LORD set his heart in love on your ancestors alone and chose you, their descendants after them, out of all the peoples, as it is today. 20 You shall fear the LORD your God; him you shall serve; to him you shall hold fast; and by his name you shall swear. 21 He is your praise; he is your God who has done for you these great and awesome things that your own eyes have seen. 22 Your ancestors went down to Egypt seventy persons, and now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars in heaven. HYMNS Faith of Our Fathers Faber and Hemy Faith of our fathers living still in spite of dungeon, fire, and sword. O how our hearts beat high with joy whene’er we hear that glorious word. Faith of our fathers, holy faith! We will be true to Thee till death. Faith of our fathers, we will love both friend and foe in all our strife, And preach Thee too, as love knows how, by kindly words and virtuous life. Faith of our fathers, holy faith! We will be true to Thee till death. Trust and Obey Sammis and Towner When we walk with the Lord in the light of His Word, what a glory He sheds on our way. While we do His good will, He abides with us still, and with all who will trust and obey. Trust and obey for there’s no other way to be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey. Not a shadow can rise, not a cloud in the skies, but His smile quickly drives it away. Not a doubt or a fear, not a sigh or a tear ca