Reverend Ed Sunday-Winters – Service
Hal Parker – Musical Director, Piano, Voice
Priscilla Bonney-Smith – Flowers
Sunday Service
(Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost)
August 29, 2021
10:00am
Scripture: James 1: 17-27
Sermon – “Pure Religion”
Hymn: #353 “Called As Partners In Christ’s Service”
Hymn: #S-22 “Come And Find The Quiet Center”
Hymn: #477 “God of Grace And God Of Glory”
Prelude
Chaconne from Concert In Trio in C Major by Antoine Dornel (1685-1765)
Sonia Dunbar and Gina Jenkins, recorders / Tom Anastasio, gamba / Hal Parker, harpsichord
Welcome & Announcements
*Call To Worship
Leader: We gather as a community of compassion and hope.
People: Jesus calls us to care for each other tenderly and willingly.
Leader: By this caring and sharing we will be known as followers of Jesus.
People: By our example may others be led to lives of peace.
Leader: Lord, open our hearts and minds this day to your word.
People: Teach us to serve you with all our gifts and talents.
Opening Prayer
*Gloria Patri #36
Glory be to the Creator, and to the Christ and to the Holy Ghost; as it was in the
beginning is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Amen.
*Hymn: #353 “Called As Partners In Christ’s Service”
Scripture – James 1:17-27 read by Hal Gray
Anthem – “Amazing Grace” performed by Jason Crane, soprano saxophone
Sermon – “Pure Religion” by Rev. Sunday-Winters
A Time of Silence
*Hymn: #S-22 “Come And Find The Quiet Center”
Prayers of the People
The Lord’s Prayer (using “debts:” turn to the bottom of page #271 in your hymnal)
*Doxology
Praise God from whom all blessings flow; Praise God, all creatures here below; Praise
God for all that love has done; Creator, Christ, and Spirit, One. Amen.
(If you want to give today, please find the offering plate at either entrance.)
*Prayer of Dedication
ALL: By your grace, O God, you have provided abundantly for us. May these
offerings from that abundance bring forth fullness of life for your children here and
around the world, for the sake of Christ our Lord. Amen.
*Hymn: #477 “God of Grace And God Of Glory”
*Benediction – Rev. Sunday-Winters
*Musical Benediction
Go now in peace, never be afraid. God will go with you each hour of every day. Go now
in faith steadfast strong and true, know he will guide you in all you do. Go now in love,
and show you believe, reach out to others so all the world can see. God will be there,
watching from above. Go now in peace, in faith and in love. Amen, amen, amen.
Postlude
Air grave, Air rustique from Concert In Trio in C Major by Antoine Dornel (1685-1765)
Sonia Dunbar and Gina Jenkins, recorders / Tom Anastasio, gamba / Hal Parker, harpsichord