PRELUDE: Nocturne on “Conditor alme siderum” by Katherine Wright
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
CALL TO WORSHIP
INTROIT: You Got to Get Low by William Allen Pasch; Maria Schafer and Mark Waters, soloists
You got to get low, like our lowly King Jesus. Get low, the lowly shall inherit God’s kingdom of grace. Jesus washed the disciples’ feet, showing servant love, compassion complete. Hearts surrendered are washed clean. On loving grace alone we lean. When invited to the banquet hall, humbly take the lowest place of all. For the meek shall inherit the earth, blest are they who know humility’s worth. At the final trumpet blast all the last are first and the first are last. [Scott J. Seeke]
PRAYER OF PRAISE
HYMN: We Praise You, O God [Kremser]
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
ASSURANCE OF PARDON
SONG OF GRATEFUL PRAISE: Glory to God, Whose Goodness Shines on Me [Glory to God]
PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION
SCRIPTURE LESSON: Matthew 19:30-20:16
ANTHEM: Your Kingdom, O God, Is My Glorious Treasure by Scott M. Hyslop; Myles Mineer, soloist
Your kingdom, O God, is my glorious treasure, my pearl of incomparable worth. Its value exceeds every standard of measure, surpassing the wealth of the earth. Lord, give me Your grace and the power of the Spirit to value this treasure aright that, never allured by the world, I inherit Your kingdom of glory and light. Your kingdom, O God, is alive with the power Your Word and Your Spirit bestow. Like yeast, they affect the whole measure of flour, enabling Your kingdom to grow. Empower me, Lord, as I live Your commission, though humble my service may be, and bring every planting to perfect fruition, a mustard seed grown to a tree. Your kingdom, O God, is a field for the growing of seeds that Your mercy has sown; but still in our midst is the enemy sowing the weeds that imperil Your own. Sustain me, O Lord, till Your day of returning and harvest me homeward at last, to shine in the homeland that quiets all yearning, where sorrow and danger are past. [David W. Rogner]
SERMON: “The Unfairness of God”
HYMN: For the Fruit of All Creation [Ar Hyd Y Nos]
PRAYERS OF INTERCESSION
HYMN: I Want Jesus to Walk with Me [Walk With Me]
BENEDICTION
CHORAL RESPONSE: Where Is the Kingdom? Gaelic melody/arr. by Jeffrey Rickard
Whose is the kingdom, the kingdom of heaven? Whose is the kingdom, the kingdom of God? Christ’s is the kingdom, the Father has given it; and, if I serve Him, the kingdom is mine! [Rae E. Whitney]
POSTLUDE: Trumpet Tune in D Major by David N. Johnson
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