Rev Ed Sunday-Winters – Service
Hal Parker – Musical Director
Priscilla Bonney-Smith – Flowers
Sunday Service
Thirteenth Sunday After Pentecost
August 18, 2024
10:00am
Scripture: Ephesians 5:15-20
Sermon: “Be Careful” by Rev. Ed Sunday-Winters
*Hymn: #33 (Songs of Spirit) When in Our Music God is Glorified
*Hymn: # 518 (Songs of Spirit) Turn Back
*Hymn: # 111 (Songs of Spirit) When Morning Gilds the Skies
Prelude: Solo Piano
Welcome & Announcements
Call to worship
One: Praise the Holy One! Give thanks to God in the congregation.
Many: God’s works delight us, inspire us, challenge us, and uphold us.
One: Praise the Holy One! Give thanks to God in the congregation.
Many. Righteousness endures forever. The covenant is everlasting.
One: Praise the Holy One! Give thanks to God in the congregation.
Many: Honoring God leads to wisdom. Let us praise the Holy One forever!
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: #33 (Songs of Spirit) When in Our Music God is Glorified
Scripture: Ephesians 5:15-20
Anthem: “Gentle Spirit, Dwell With Me” by Jay Althouse
Sermon: “Be Careful” by 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
Generous and Wise God, you give freely and we receive freely. Sow in us discernment, understanding, and wisdom to be good stewards of the bounty we receive and the resources we have earned. Let us treat them all as gifts to be shared so that none will be in want or need to live full and abundant lives. Amen.
* Hymn: # 518 (Songs of Spirit) Turn Back
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: # 111 (Songs of Spirit) When Morning Gilds the Skies
*Benediction
*Musical Benediction #174 (Songs of Spirit), Amen, Amen
Postlude: solo organ