PRELUDE: Toccata on “Old Hundredth” by John Feguson
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
CALL TO WORSHIP
HYMN: Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise [St. Denio]
PRAYER
INTROIT: The Earth is the Lord’s by Hank Beebe
The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof, the world and they that dwell therein, for He hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods. [from Psalm 24]
PRAYER
SCRIPTURE LESSON: Psalm 89:1-2, 11-14
HYMN: We Give Thee but Thine Own [Schumann]
SERMON: “Those without Anything Bless Everyone”
ANTHEM: We Give Thee But Thine Own by Robert Elmore
We give Thee but Thine own, what-e’er the gift may be: all that we have is Thine alone, a trust, O Lord, from Thee. May we Thy bounties thus as stewards true receive, and gladly, as Thou blesses us, to Thee our first-fruits give. Our hearts are bruised and dead, and homes are bare and cold, and lambs, for whom the Shepherd bled, are straying from the fold! To comfort and to bless, to find a balm for woe, to tend the lone and fatherless, is angels’ work below. The captive to release, to God the lost to bring, to teach the way of life and peace, it is a Christ-like thing. And we believe Thy word, though dim our faith may be; what-e’er we do for Thine, O Lord, we do it unto Thee. [Bishop W. Walsham How]
PRAYER
HYMN: Heaven Is Singing for Joy [Alegria]
BENEDICTION
BENEDICTION RESPONSE: A Grateful Heart by Katherine Danforth Fisher
God, who has given us so much, give us one thing more; give us a grateful heart. Amen. [George Herbert]
POSTLUDE: Postlude on “Woodlands” by Denis Bédard
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