PRELUDE: Prayer of Our Mother (from “Gothic Suite”) by Leon Boëllmann
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
CALL TO WORSHIP
HYMN: Immortal,Invisible, God Only Wise [St. Denio]
PRAYER OF PRAISE
INTROIT: Lord of All Being by Kinlock-Lowell Mason/arr. by George Brandon
Lord of all being, throned afar, Thy glory flames from sun and star; center and soul of every sphere, yet to each loving heart how near! Sun of our life, thy quickening ray sheds on our path the glow of day; star of our hope, thy softened light cheers the long watches of the night. Our midnight is Thy smile withdrawn; our noontide is Thy gracious dawn; our rainbow arch, Thy mercy’s sign; all are Thine. Lord of all life, below, above, whose light is truth, whose warmth is love, before Thy ever-blazing throne we ask no luster of our own. Grant us Thy truth to make us free, and kindling hearts that burn for Thee, till all Thy living altars claim one holy light, one heavenly flame. Amen. [Oliver Wendell Holmes]
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: Acts 17:22-28
HYMN: O God, in a Mysterious Way [Dundee]
SERMON: “The Known Unknown One”
ANTHEM: He Comes to Us by Jane M. Marshall
He comes to us as One unknown, without a name, as of old, by the lakeside He came, He came to those men who knew Him not. He speaks to us, He speaks the same word: “Follow! Follow thou me!” and sets us to the tasks which He has to fulfill for our time. He commands. And to those who obey Him, whether they be wise or simple, He will reveal Himself in the toils, the conflicts, the sufferings which they shall pass through in His fellowship, and, as an ineffable mystery, they shall learn, shall learn in their own experience who He is. [Albert Schweizer]
PRAYERS OF INTERCESSION
HYMN: Sing Praise to God Who Reigns Above [Mit Freuden Zart]
BENEDICTION
CHORAL RESPONSE: O God, Show Mercy to Us Thaxted/by Gustav Holst
O God, show mercy to us, and bless us with your grace; and cause to shine upon us the brightness of your face, so that your way most holy on earth may soon be known, and unto every people your saving grace be shown. Let all the peoples praise you; let all the nations sing; in every land let praises and songs of gladness ring. [paraphrase of Psalm 67]
POSTLUDE: Toccata (Psalm 150:4) by Douglas Wagner
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