Rev Ed Sunday-Winters – Service
Hal Parker – Musical Director
Priscilla Bonney-Smith – Flowers
Sunday Service
(12th Sunday after Pentecost)
August 20, 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: Solo piano, Hal
Welcome & Announcements
Call to Worship
One: O God Embodied, the one made flesh who dwelt among us, help us to arrive this morning with a “yes.” A “yes” to our faith that says our bodies are good and holy, just as and however they are.
All: A “yes” to show up here, even if our minds may be in other places at times.
One: A “yes” to believing enough in you, this community, and our own call to know this is where we need to be in this moment.
All: A “yes” to bringing all that comes from and through our hearts to you, O Heart-maker.
One: Come, let us bring ourselves to God’s table of plenty,
All: With our inherent worth and dignity to guide us. Selah. Amen.
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: #517 (Songs of Spirit) “O God of Every Nation”
Scripture: Isaiah 56:1, 6-8 Gina Jenkins
Anthem: “Where Charity and Love Prevail” by Hugh Livingston, Jr.
Sermon: God who Gathers 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
Let us give thanks for all that we share, as well as the way that we share. May our gratitude for this community and the Spirit’s presence in this space guide us in how to show up in our lives. May we know how to give but also how to receive, how to say, “yes” and when we need to say, “not today.” Let us lift up, and take in, the gift of thanksgiving. Amen.
*Hymn: #S-25 (Songs of Spirit) “Sweet Hour of Prayer”
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: #26 (Songs of Spirit) “Praise to the Lord, the Almighty”
*Benediction Rev Ed Sunday-Winters
*Musical Benediction “Sevenfold Amen”, #814 New Century Hymnal
Postlude: solo organ, Hal