PRELUDE: I Want Jesus to Walk with Me Spiritual/arr. by Calvin Taylor
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
CALL TO WORSHIP
HYMN: I Will Call Upon the Lord [I Will Call]
PRAYER
SOLO: The God of Love My Shepherd Is by Eric H. Thiman; Desiree Flores, alto
The God of love my Shepherd is, and He that doth me feed; while He is mine and I am His, what can I want or need? He leads me to the tender grass, where I both feed and rest; then to the streams that gently pass: in both I have the best. Or if I stray, He doth convert, and bring my mind in frame, and all this not for my desert, but for His holy Name. Surely Thy sweet and wondrous love shall measure all my days; and as it never shall remove, so neither shall my praise. [George Herbert]
PRAYER
SCRIPTURE LESSON: Psalm 15
HYMN: Lord, I Want to be a Christian [I Want to Be a Christian]
SERMON: “How to Stay Close to God”
ANTHEM: Bring Us, O Lord, Closer to Thee by John Gambold; Maria Schafer, soprano soloist
Bring us, O Lord, closer to Thee and renew us with Thy presence as was promised. Bring us to Thee, Lord, Lord, bring us to Thee. [from Lamentations 5:21, translated from German by Karl Kroeger]
COMMISSIONING OF THE OFFICERS FOR THE PRESBYTERIAN WOMEN IN THE CONGREGATION
Moderator – Mary Lou Fourtane
Vice Moderator – Diana Law
Treasurer – Shelley Hellen
Recording Secretary – Ivy Mariotta
Corresponding Secretary – Parker (Ah’jea’le) Brown
Membership/Fellowship – Felecia Taylor
Mission/Publicity – Diana Law and Tonya Pearce
Hospitality – Cindy Kuhns
HYMN: Will You Come and Follow Me [Kelvingrove]
BENEDICTION
BENEDICTION RESPONSE: Hold Us Ever in Your Keeping by Gary Matheny
Hold us ever in your keeping, comfort us in pain and strife. Constant hope and faith renewing, lead us to a nobler life. Grant, O Lord, your richest blessing: send your servants forth in peace.
POSTLUDE: Novelette III by Richard J. Purvis
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