MORNING WORSHIP

July 31, 2016 9:30 AM

Series: MADE FOR WORSHIP: Singing Matters!

WELCOME Rodney Barbour

PREPARATION MUSIC This is My Song Summer Choir

Tom Fettke
Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine! O what a foretaste of glory divine! Heir of salvation, purchase of God,
born of His Spirit, washed in his blood. Perfect submission, perfect delight! Visions of rapture now
burst on my sight; Angels descending bring from above echoes of mercy, whispers of love. Perfect
submission, all is at rest, I in my Savior am happy and blest; watching and waiting, looking above, filled
with his goodness, lost in his love. This is my story, this is my song, praising my Savior for all the day
long; this is my story, this is my song, praising my Savior all the day long. This is my story, this is my
song.

CALL TO WORSHIP Denise Chambers, elder

Leader: Clap your hands, all you peoples; shout to God with loud songs of joy;
People: For the Lord, the Most High, is awesome, a great king over all
the earth.
Leader: God has gone up with a shout, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet.
People: Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises to our King, sing
praises. (Psalm 47:1-2, 5-6)
Leader: Make a joyful noise to God, all the earth; sing the glory of his name; give
to him glorious praise.
People: All the earth worship you; they sing praises to your name (Psalm
66:1,4). We have come with shouts of joy to sing and to make music to the
Lord. Let us worship God in spirit and in truth. Teach us your ways and
make straight our paths. (John 4)

*HYMN OF PRAISE Sing Praise to the Father Hymnal, No. 9

Vs1
Sing praise to the Father, Creator and King,
Whose mercy has taught us a new song to sing.
Who make us, and loved us tho’ rebels and lost,
And planned our redemption at infinite cost.
Chorus
Bless the Lord, bless the Lord, bless the Lord, O my soul,
For the grace that redeems, for the love that makes whole;
O come and adore him, his glories proclaim,
And worship before him the Lord is his name!
 Vs 2
Sing praise to the Savior, Redeemer and Friend,
For grace past all telling, for love without end;
Who stripped off his glory, put on mortal sin,
And died in our stead, full atonement to win. (CHORUS)
Vs3
Sing praise to the Spirit, the gift of God’s love,
Who quickens our hearts with new life from above,
Who woos us, subdues us, and seals us his own,
And faultless presents us before the White Throne. (CHORUS)
Vs4
Sing praise to the Father, sing praise to the Son,
Sing praise to the Spirit, great God Three in One;
The God of salvation, of glory, of grace,
Who wrought our redemption my soul, sing his praise! (CHORUS)

*PRAYER OF ADORATION Rodney Barbour

*SPIRITUAL SONG I Will Sing of the Mercies Hymnal, No. 30

Psalm 89:1
I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever, I will sing, I will sing.
I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever, I will sing of the mercies of
the Lord.
With my mouth will I make known your faithfulness, your faithfulness;
With my mouth will I make known your faithfulness to all generations.
I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever, I will sing of the mercies of
the Lord.

CHILDREN’S MOMENT Cynthia Tate

Children: May the Lord bless you as you worship him…
People: and may the Lord bless you as you learn to follow him.

Confessing Sin
CALL TO CONFESSION Denise Chambers, elder
Leader: Lord, it’s difficult to sing so early in the morning. It’s hard to come here
with gladness sometimes. It was not so easy serving you this week—it’s been hot
and been hard to keep the joy. This world is a mess and I can’t do much to
change things. Problems are so close to me that I can’t seem to see the answers.
But, I know that you, O GOD, are the answer—and for that I will sing to you with
my whole heart.
People: Restore my soul, O Lord, and renew a right spirit within me.
Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which you have
broken may rejoice. Cast me not away from your presence; and take not
your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation and
uphold me with your Holy Spirit.

SILENT CONFESSION (Use this time for your personal confession as the Holy Spirit
leads you.)

*ASSURANCE OF PARDON
Leader: Our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ gave himself for us to redeem us
from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own,
eager to do what is good.
People: Thanks be to God for his inexpressible gift! (Titus 2:13-14; 2 Cor. 9:15)

*SHARING THE LOVE & PEACE OF CHRIST

Telling Truth
SCRIPTURE Colossians 3:16 and Ephesians 5:18-19

SERMON Made for Worship: Singing Matters!

Rodney Barbour, Director of Worship and Arts

SPIRITUAL SONG We Will Glorify Hymnal, No. 118

Vs1
We will glorify the King of kings, we will glorify the Lamb;
We will glorify the Lord of lords, who is the great I AM.
Vs2
Lord Jehovah reigns in majesty, we will bow before his throne;
We will worship him in righteousness, we will worship him alone.
Vs3
He is Lord of heaven, Lord of earth, he is Lord of all who live;
He is Lord above the universe, all praise to him we give.
Vs4
Hallelujah to the King of kings, hallelujah to the Lamb;
Hallelujah to the Lord of lords, who is the great I AM.
 Responding to God

MINISTRY OPPORTUNITIES

OFFERING (Please pass the Fellowship Pad to record your presence with us.)

OFFERTORY O That I Had a Thousand Voices Teri McKibben, organ

D. Busarow
Oh, that I had a thousand voices to praise my God with thousand tongues! My heart,
which in the Lord rejoices, would then proclaim in grateful songs to all, wherever I
might be, what great things God has done for me.

PRAYERS OF GOD’S PEOPLE Rodney Barbour

Going into the World

*HYMN OF RESPONSE Come, Thou Almighty King Hymnal, No. 5, vs. 1,4
Vs1
Come, thou Almighty King, help us thy name to sing,
Help us to praise:
Father, all glorious, o’er all victorious,
Come and reign over us, Ancient of Days.
Vs4
To thee, great One in Three, eternal praises be
Hence, evermore!
Thy sovereign majesty may we in glory see,
And to eternity love and adore!

*CHARGE & BLESSING Rodney Barbour

*POSTLUDE For the Music of Creation Teri McKibben

C. Callahan

* Congregation standing for those who are able