Rev Ed Sunday-Winters – Service
Hal Parker – Musical Director
Priscilla Bonney-Smith – Flowers
Sunday Service
(11th Sunday after Pentecost)
August 13, 2023
10:00am
Scripture: 1 Kings 19:9-14
Sermon: “God in the Silence” by Rev. Ed Sunday-Winters
*Hymn: #275 (Songs of Spirit) Dear Lord, Who Loves All Humankind
*Hymn: #S-22 (Songs of Spirit) Come and Find the Quiet Center
*Hymn: #S-4 (Songs of Spirit) Spirit of Gentleness
Prelude: “Intermezzo” by Johannes Brahms, Charleen Stevens Watson, piano
Welcome & Announcements
Call to Worship
One: God moves among us.
Many: We welcome your presence, Lord, no matter by what means you arrive.
One: Reach out your hand and I shall always be with you.
Many: We reach for you, Jesus, and trust that you are present when we fear or ache.
One: Your presence, Oh Lord, calms the seas as it calms our hearts.
Many: May we rest assured that you are ever present with us, assuaging our worries as you love our anxieties into softness.
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: #275 (Songs of Spirit) Dear Lord, Who Loves All Humankind
Scripture: 1 Kings 19:9-14 Penny Bretschneider
Anthem: “The Gift of Love” Arr. Hal Hopson, Gina Jenkins, recorder
Sermon: God in the Silence Rev Ed Sunday-Winters
A Time of Silence
Offertory
*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.
*Unison Prayer of Dedication
Holy One, we thank you for revealing yourself to us in ways both big and small, in ways miraculous and mundane. Use our gifts to further your loving justice in neighborhoods near and far. Amen.
*Hymn: #S-22 (Songs of Spirit) Come and Find the Quiet Center
Prayers of the People and The Lord’s Prayer
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 debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.For thine is the kingdom,
and the power, and the glory,
forever.
*Hymn: #S-4 (Songs of Spirit) Spirit of Gentleness
*Benediction: Rev Ed Sunday-Winters
*Musical Benediction: “Sevenfold Amen”, #814 New Century Hymnal
Postlude: solo organ, Hal