July 11 Livestream – Joy!

Today is the seventh Sunday after Pentecost.

Gather with us on this day with Joy as we thank God. Worship with us today on YouTube, and remember you are invited to be here in person next week.

July 11 Livestream – JOY!

WELCOME

PRELUDE – Anna DiVesta

*CALL TO WORSHIP – Pastor Dan
One: Welcome to this house of prayer.
All: We are on holy ground.
One: The Church is God’s sanctuary where everyone is welcome.
All: All people are God’s guests here.
One: It is a blessing to join together in worship.
All: Let us praise God!

*HYMN – All Creatures of Our God and King – #33

  1. All crea-tures of our God and King,
    Lift up your voice and with us sing
    Al-le-lu-ia, Al-le-lu-ia!
    Thou burn-ing sun with gold-en beam,
    Thou silv-er moon with soft-er gleam,
    O praise Him, O praise Him
    Al-le-lu-ia, al-le-lu-ia, al-le-lu-ia!
  2. Thou rush-ing wind that art so strong,
    Ye clouds that sail in heav’n a-long,
    O praise Him, Al-le-lu-ia!
    Thou ris-ing morn in praise re-joice,
    Ye lights of eve-ning, find a voice,
    O praise Him, O praise Him
    Al-le-lu-ia, al-le-lu-ia, al-le-lu-ia!
  3. Thou flow-ing wa-ter, pure and clear,
    Make mu-sic for thy Lord to hear,
    Al-le-lu-ia, Al-le-lu-ia!
    Thou fire so mas-ter-ful and bright,
    That giv-est man both warmth and light,
    O praise Him, O praise Him
    Al-le-lu-ia, al-le-lu-ia, al-le-lu-ia!
  4. And all ye men of ten-der heart,
    For-giv-ing others, take your part,
    O sing ye, Al-le-lu-ia!
    Ye who long pain and sor-row bear,
    Praise God and on Him cast your care,
    O praise Him, O praise Him
    Al-le-lu-ia, al-le-lu-ia, al-le-lu-ia!
  5. Let all things their Cre-a-tor bless,
    And wor-ship Him in hum-ble-ness,
    O praise Him, Al-le-lu-ia!
    Praise, praise the Fa-ther, praise the Son,
    And praise the Spir-it, three in one,
    O praise Him, O praise Him
    Al-le-lu-ia, al-le-lu-ia, al-le-lu-ia!

*PRAYER OF INVOCATION – Pastor Dan
We gather to thank you, Gracious God. Hear our praises! Even in our darkest moments you surround us with a love which is stronger than all of our difficulties, doubts or fears. In worship together, we express our joys and our sorrows. Dear God, you share in all of our emotions, and we are deeply grateful for your genuine caring.
Living God, you are the One who makes us whole. Come to us now, that we may receive glimpses of your Realm Eternal, which is far larger and grander than the conventional focus of our narrow, daily concerns. In the blessed name of Jesus; we await your Word. Amen.

*PRAISE RESPONSE – Seek Ye First – #615

Seek ye first the King-doom of God,
And his right-eous-ness.
And all these things should be add-ed un-to you!
Al-le-lu, al-le-lu ia!

*HYMN – Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee – #13

  1. Joy-ful, joy-ful, we a-dore Thee,
    God of glory, Lord of love;
    Hearts un-fold like flow’rs be-fore Thee,
    Open-in to the sun a-bove.
    Melt the clouds of sin and sad-ness;
    Drive the dark of doubt a-way;
    Giv-er of im-mor-tal glad-ness,
    Fill us with the light of day
  2. All Thy works with joy sur-round Thee,
    Earth and heav’n re-flect Thy rays,
    Stars and an-gels sing a-round Thee,
    Cen-ter of un-bro-ken praise.
    Field and for-est, vale and mount-ain,
    Flow-dry mead-ow, flash-ing sea,
    Chant-ing bird and flow-ing fountain
    Call us to rejoice in Thee.
  3. Thou art giv-ing and for-giv-ing,
    Ev-er bless-ing, ev-er blest,
    Well-spring of the joy of liv-ing,
    Oc-ean-depth of hap-py rest!
    Thou our Fa-ther, Christ our Bro-ther—
    All who live in love are Thine;
    Teach us how to love each oth-er,
    Lift us to the joy di-vine.
  4. Mor-tals join the might-y cho-rus
    Which the morn-ing stars be-gan;
    Fa-ther love is reign-ing o’er us,
    Bro-ther love binds man to man.
    Ev-er sing-ing, march we on-ward,
    Vic-tors in the midst of strife;
    Joy-ful mu-sic leads us sun-ward
    In the tri-umph song of life.

    CHILDREN’S MESSAGE – Tara Lowry

    GOD’S WORD – Psalm 48 – Pastor Dan

    SPECIAL MUSIC – God of Wonders (Hindalong) – Sarah Wilson, Trumpet

    GOD’S WORD – Mark 6:1-13 – Pastor Dan

    SERMON – Pastor Dan PASTORAL PRAYER AND THE LORD’S PRAYER (debts… debtors) – Pastor Dan

*HYMN – Lord of the Dance – worship booklet, pp. 66-67

  1. I danced in the morn-ing when the world was be-gun,
    And I danced in the moon and the stars and the sun,
    And I came down from heav-en and I danced on the earth.
    At Beth-le-hem I had my birth.

Refrain:
Dance, then, wher-ev-er you may be;
I am the Lord of the Dance, said he.
And I’ll lead you all wher-ev-er you may be,
And I’ll lead you all in the dance, said he.

  1. I danced for the scribe and the Phar-i-see,
    But they would not dance and they would not foll-ow me;
    I danced for the fish-er-men, for James and John;
    They came to me and the dance went on.

Refrain

  1. I danced on the sab-bath when I cured the lame,
    The ho-ly peo-ple said it was a shame;
    They whipped and they stripped and they hung me high;
    And they left me there on a cross to die.

Refrain

  1. I danced on a Fri-day and the sky turned black;
    It’s hard to dance with the de-vil on your back;
    They bur-ied my bo-dy and they thought I’d gone
    But I am the dance and I still go on.

Refrain

  1. They cut me down and I leapt up high,
    I am the life that’ll ne-ver, ne-ver die;
    I’ll live in you if you’ll live in me;
    I am the Lord of the Dance, said he.

Refrain
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*BENEDICTION

*POSTLUDE

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