Sunday Worship Bulletin - Fourth Church

Bulletins are posted on the day prior.

Sunday, February 2
9:30 a.m. Worship Service

View mobile-device version of the back (announcements) half of the weekly bulletin

PRELUDE

Triptych
Stephen Paulus
I. Like an Ever-Rolling Stream
II. Still Be My Vision
III. As if the Whole Creation Cried

INTROIT
“Come, Ye That Love the Lord”
Alice Parker
Come, ye that love the Lord, and let your love be known; join in a song of sweet accord and thus surround the throne.

DOXOLOGY
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; praise God, all creatures here below; praise God above, ye heavenly host; Creator, Christ, and Holy Ghost. Amen.

CALL TO WORSHIP

One: Our help is in the name of the Lord,
All: who made heaven and earth.
One: So come, let us sing to the Lord, and shout with joy to the source of our salvation!
All: Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving, singing joyful songs of praise.

HYMN
“The Mighty God with Power Speaks”

The Mighty God with power speaks, and all the world obeys; from dawn until the setting sun, God’s wonder earth displays. The perfect beauty all around from Zion’s height shines forth; and stars across the firmament so brightly beam their worth.

God comes not with a silent form, but riding on the winds; before God’s face, the raging storm its blast of thunder sends. All hail the Judge, in bold array, whose promise is to bless; who sees our sins, yet also feels our thirst for righteousness.

The heavens declare your justice, Lord, as endless as the sky; against the taunts of disbelief, our God will testify. Receive my heartfelt gift of thanks, as honor to your might; refresh my faith with each new day; protect me through the night.

PRAYER OF CONFESSION

God of life and light, you call us to live as the salt of the earth, light in the darkness, and love born of your own heart. Yet we sometimes reduce your call to small measures, comforting ourselves through lowered expectations.
But then we are burdened by the weight of dreams denied, grace withheld, and lives withered by fear. We need your forgiveness, that we might be freed from a past we cannot change, and welcomed by a future in which we will all be changed. (Silent prayer)

DECLARATION OF PARDON
One: Friends, believe the good news.
All: In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven.

SHARING THE PEACE OF CHRIST
Leader: The peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.
People: And also with you.

We encourage those online to take a few seconds to share your presence with us, using the online form.

WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

FIRST LESSON
Acts 15:36–40
After some days Paul said to Barnabas, ‘Come, let us return and visit the believers in every city where we proclaimed the word of the Lord and see how they are doing.’ Barnabas wanted to take with them John called Mark. But Paul decided not to take with them one who had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not accompanied them in the work. The disagreement became so sharp that they parted company; Barnabas took Mark with him and sailed away to Cyprus. But Paul chose Silas and set out, the believers commending him to the grace of the Lord.

One: The Word of God for the people of God.
All: Thanks be to God.

GLORIA PATRI
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost: as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Amen.

SECOND LESSON
2 Timothy 4:9–11

Do your best to come to me soon, for Demas, in love with this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica; Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia. Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, for he is useful in my ministry.

One: The grass withers, and the flower fades,
All: but the word of our God shall stand forever.

SERMON
“Remembering Rightly”
Tom Are Jr.

HYMN
“There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy”

There’s a wideness in God’s mercy, like the wideness of the sea. There’s a kindness in God’s justice, which is more than liberty.

There is no place where earth’s sorrows are more felt than up in heaven. There is no place where earth’s failings have such kindly judgment given.

For the love of God is broader than the measures of the mind. And the heart of the Eternal is most wonderfully kind.

If our love were but more faithful, we would gladly trust God’s Word, and our lives reflect thanksgiving for the goodness of our Lord.

OFFERING

Gifts supporting the ministry and mission of Fourth Church can be made online

OFFERTORY ANTHEM

Wade in the Water
Spiritual/arr. Harry Burleigh
Wade in the water, children. God’s a-goin’ to trouble the water. See that band all dressed in white? God’s a-goin’ to trouble the water. The leader looks like the Israelite. God’s a-goin’ to trouble the water.

OFFERTORY RESPONSE
In gratitude and humble trust we bring our best today, to serve your cause and share your love with all along life’s way. O God who gave yourself to us in Jesus Christ your Son, help us to give ourselves each day until life’s work is done.

INVITATION

PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
Leader: The Lord be with you.
People: And also with you.
Leader: Lift up your hearts.
People: We will lift them up to the Lord.
Leader: Let us give thanks to God.
People: It is right to give our thanks and praise.

PRAYER
Leader: It is right to give our thanks and praise. . .
. . . We join with angels in singing your praise:

SANCTUS
Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power, God of might,
heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest.
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
Hosanna in the highest, hosanna in the highest.
Leader: . . . Great is the mystery of faith:

MEMORIAL ACCLAMATION (sung)
The Hymnal, 566
Christ has died; Christ is risen; Christ will come again. (repeat)

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. Amen.

THE COMMUNION

COMMUNION ANTHEM
“Epiphany Carol”
Bruce Neswick and Carl P. Daw

“Adore Te Devote”
Setting by Edwin Fissinger
Godhead here in hiding, whom I adore; masked in these bare shadows, shape and nothing more. See, Lord, at thy service low lies here a heart, lost, all lost in wonder at the God thou art. O thou our reminder of Christ crucified, Living Bread, the life of us for whom he died. Lend this life to me then: feed and feast my mind; there be the sweetness we are meant to find. Jesus, whom I look at veiled here below, I beseech thee send me what I long for so: someday to gaze on thee face-to-face in light, and be blest forever with thy glory’s sight.

PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION
God of unending mercy, we go from this table confident in the new life your love proclaims, and we are reminded that we are not defined by any lack that is within us, but by the fullness of life that is in you. Fed by your grace, we greet this day with hope. In the name of Christ we pray. Amen.

HYMN
“Give Praise to the Lord”

Give praise to the Lord, and sing a new song; amid all the saints God’s praises prolong; a song to your Maker and Ruler now raise, all children of Zion: rejoice and give praise.

With timbrel and harp and joyful acclaim, with gladness, O God, we praise your great name; for now in your people good pleasure you seek; with robes of salvation you cover the meek.

In glory exult, all saints of the Lord; with song in the night high praises accord; go forth in God’s service and strong in God’s might to conquer all evil and stand for the right.

For this is God’s word: the saints shall not fail, but over the earth their power shall prevail; all kingdoms and nations shall yield to their sway. To God give the glory; sing praises for aye.

CHARGE AND BENEDICTION

CHORAL BENEDICTION

POSTLUDE
Prelude and Fugue in B Major
Marcel Dupré

View mobile-device version of the back (announcements) half of the weekly bulletin

Back to top