Sunday, August 29, 2021
PRELUDE
Andrea Shakespeare
WELCOME FROM THE PULPIT
HYMN
For the Beauty of the Earth UMH #92
For the beauty of the earth, for the glory of the skies, for the love which from our birth over and around us lies;
Refrain: Lord of all, to thee we raise this our hymn of grateful praise.
For the beauty of each hour of the day and of the night, hill and vale, and tree and flower, sun and moon, and stars of light; (Refrain)
For the joy of ear and eye, for the heart and mind’s delight, for the mystic harmony linking sense to sound and sight; (Refrain)
For the joy of human love, brother, sister, parent, child, friends on earth and friends above, for all gentle thoughts and mild; (Refrain)
For thy church, that evermore lifteth holy hands above, offering up on every shore her pure sacrifice of love; (Refrain)
For thyself, best Gift Divine, to the world so freely given, for that great, great love of thine, peace on earth, and joy in heaven: (Refrain)
CHILDREN’S TIME (11:00am)
Christie McCaa
PASTORAL PRAYER & LORD’S PRAYER
Our God 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 trepasses, 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.
PRAYER RESPONSE
Kyrie Eleison UMH 483
PSALM 45:1-2, 6-9
Joe Krider (8:30am), June Untalan Sulivan (11:00am)
My heart overflows with a goodly theme; I address my verses to the king; my tongue is like the pen of a ready scribe.
You are the most handsome of men; grace is poured upon your lips; therefore God has blessed you forever.
Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever. Your royal scepter is a scepter of equity; you love righteousness and hate wickedness.
Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your companions; your robes are all fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia.
From ivory palaces stringed instruments make you glad; daughters of kings are among your ladies of honor; at your right hand stands the queen in gold of Ophir.
HYMN
The Gift of Love UMH #408
Though I may speak with bravest fire, and have the gift to all inspire, and have not love, my words are vain, as sounding brass, and hopeless gain.
Though I may give all I possess, and striving so my love profess, but not be given by love within, the profit soon turns strangely thin.
Come, Spirit, come, our hearts control, our spirits long to be made whole. Let inward love guide every deed; by this we worship, and are freed.
SCRIPTURE READING
Song of Solomon 2:8-13
Joe Krider (8:30am), June Untalan Sulivan (11:00am)
The voice of my beloved! Look, he comes, leaping upon the mountains, bounding over the hills.
My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look, there he stands behind our wall, gazing in at the windows, looking through the lattice.
My beloved speaks and says to me: “Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away; for now the winter is past, the rain is over and gone.
The flowers appear on the earth; the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.
The fig tree puts forth its figs, and the vines are in blossom; they give forth fragrance. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
SERMON
“So about this thing called love“
Pastor Mark Cordes
WORSHIP WITH TITHES AND OFFERINGS
OFFERTORY
Andrea Shakespeare
DOXOLOGY & DEDICATION
Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow UMH #94
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; praise God, all creatures here below: Alleluia! Alleluia!
Praise God, the source of all our gifts! Praise Jesus Christ, whose power uplifts! Praise the Spirit, Holy Spirit! Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
PRAYER OF DEDICATION
HYMN
Blest Be the Tie That Binds UMH #557
Blest be the tie that binds our hearts in Christian love; the fellowship of kindred minds is like to that above.
Before our Father’s throne we pour our ardent prayers; our fears, our hopes, our aims are one, our comforts and our cares.
We share each other’s woes, our mutual burdens bear; and often for each other flows the sympathizing tear.
When we asunder part, it gives us inward pain; but we shall still be joined in heart, and hope to meet again.
BENEDICTION
POSTLUDE
Andrea Shakespeare
FLOWERS
The flowers on the altar are given by Gayle and Ken Riley in honor of their daughter’s wedding on August 28, 2021 – Congratulations Karina Riley and Jared Farr!