Sunday, July 3, 2011                                                                        9:30 am

INDEPENDENCE SUNDAY

                                HOLY COMMUNION SUNDAY

                                               

TRUMPET SOLO               America the Beautiful                         Aiden Heflin

 

CHORAL INTROIT

 

CALL TO WORSHIP          Psalm 33.12, 16-18, 20-22               Juanita  Morton

One   Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord,

Many THE PEOPLE WHOM GOD CHOSE FOR HIS INHERITANCE.

 

One   No king is saved by the magnitude of his army;

Many NO WARRIOR TRIUMPHS BY HIS GREAT STRENGTH.

 

One   A horse is a vain hope for deliverance;

Many DESPITE ALL ITS GREAT STRENGTH, IT CANNOT SAVE.

 

One   But the eyes of the Lord are on those who stand in awe of Him,

Many ON THOSE WHOSE HOPE IS IN HIS UNFAILING LOVE,

 

One   We wait in hope for the Lord; He is our help and our shield.

Many IN HIM OUR HEARTS REJOICE, FOR WE TRUST IN HIS HOLY NAME.

 

One   May your unfailing love rest upon us, O Lord,

Many EVEN AS WE PLACE ALL OUR HOPE IN YOU.  AMEN.

 

OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM     The Star-Spangled Banner  Francis Scott Key    

O say, can you see, by the dawn’s early light,
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight,
O’er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets’ red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

 

O thus be it ever, when free men shall stand
Between their loved homes and the war’s desolation!
Blessed with victory and peace, may the heaven-rescued land
Praise the Power that has made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, for our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: “In God is our trust.”
And the star-spangled banner forever shall wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
 

                                                                                                   

WELCOME AND FRIENDSHIP TIME

Please remain standing, and give a friendly greeting to your neighbor.

 

RESPONSE                             The Spirit in Me                                 Strathdee

The spirit in me greets the spirit in you, Alleluia!

God's in us and we're in God, Alleluia!

 

CHORAL ANTHEM             In Remembrance of Me         Courtney and Red

 

INVITATION TO HOLY COMMUNION

 

SONG BEFORE PRAYER                 Lord, Listen            Faith We Sing, 2193

 

TIME OF SILENT CONFESSION

 

JOYS AND CONCERNS

 

THE GOOD NEWS

 

THE LORD’S PRAYER                                                                   Everyone

          Our Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy name.

          Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

          Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses,

          As we forgive those who trespass against us.

          And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil;

          For thine is the Kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever, Amen.

 

CHORAL RESPONSE

 

YOUNG PEOPLES’ MOMENT

Pre-Schoolers through 3rd graders can now go to Creative Expression time.

 

COMMUNION HYMN             Spirit Leading, vv.1-3                       See Insert

 

CONSECRATION OF THE ELEMENTS

 

COMMUNION HYMN               Spirit Leading, v.4                          See Insert

 

SHARING THE ELEMENTS

Please come forward via the center or left aisle to receive

Holy Communion by dipping the bread into the juice.

 

ANNOUNCEMENT TIME AND ATTENDANCE REGISTRATION

 

SCRIPTURE      II Chronicles 7.12-22; Matthew 5.17-20; II Corinthians 3.17-18

 

MESSAGE                                                                        Pastor Rich LaShure

               TOUGH LOVE FOR AMERICA

 

WORDS OF OFFERING AND OFFERTORY            

 

DOXOLOGY                                    Strathdee                                   Everyone

            Praise God from whom all blessings flow

            Praise God all creatures here below

            Praise God above the heavenly host

            Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Amen

               

PRAYER OF DEDICATION

 

WORSHIP SONG                 Shine, Jesus, Shine               Faith We Sing, 2173

 

BENEDICTION                                                                                              

 

RESPONSE                          He Came Singing Love                        See Insert