Marshall Presbyterian Church
August 22, 2021, 21st
Sunday in Ordinary Time
Carol Ann West, Pianist
Alex and Carol Brown, Liturgists
Rev. Melissa Upchurch, Pastor
ASSEMBLING IN GOD’S NAME
PRELUDE
wELCOME
* CALL TO WORSHIP
One: Choose this day
whom you will serve.
All: As for me and my household, we will
serve the Lord.
* Opening Prayer
* HYMN Red
Hymnal #143 This Is My Father’s World
UNISON PRAYER OF
CONFESSION
If we are honest with ourselves and with you, Holy God, we can confess the many gods who have staked a claim in our hearts. Whether it be our
worship of money or power, nation or family, personal liberty or individual
choice, alcohol or some other form of numbing drug, we betray you in a myriad of ways…silent prayers
of confession…Have mercy on us, O God. Turn us from the
golden calves we erect in your presence. Return us and
our hearts to worship you. Amen.
* ASSURANCE
OF PARDON
One: In body and in soul, in life and in death,
our salvation lies in the faith and the hope that we are not our
own, but belong to our faithful Savior, Jesus Christ. In
Christ, we are forgiven. We are freed from sin. We are given permission to begin again.
All: Thanks be to God. Amen!
* 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.
* PASSING THE PEACE
Special MUSIC:
HEARING AND RESPONDING TO
GOD’S WORD
prayer for illumination
THE Scriptures
Old
Testament: 1 Kings 8:22-30, 41-43 Epistle: Ephesians 6:10-20
Gospel: John
6:56-69
One: The Word of God for the
people of God!
All: Thanks be to God!
TIME WITH YOUNG DISCIPLES
Message Rev. Melissa
Upchurch
* AFFIRMATION OF FAITH (From A Brief Statement of Faith – PC(USA))
We trust in God the Holy Spirit, everywhere the giver and renewer of
life. The Spirit justifies us by grace
through faith, sets us free to accept ourselves and to love God and neighbor, and binds us together with all believers in the one body of Christ, the Church. The same Spirit who inspired the prophets and
apostles rules our faith and life in Christ through Scripture, engages us through
the Word proclaimed, claims us in the waters of baptism, feeds us with the
bread of life and the cup of salvation, and calls women and men to all ministries of the Church. In a broken
and fearful world the spirit gives us courage to pray without ceasing, to
witness among all peoples to Christ as Lord and Savior, to unmask idolatries in
Church and culture, to hear the voices of peoples long silenced, and to work
with others for justice, freedom, and peace.
In gratitude to God, empowered by
the Spirit, we strive to serve Christ in our daily tasks and to live holy and joyful lives, even as we watch for God’s new heaven and new earth, praying, “Come, Lord Jesus!”
* HYMN Red
Hymnal #403 Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation
SHARING JOYS AND CONCERNS
PrAyers of the People AND
LORD’S PRAYER
Sharing the Gifts of
God
Offertory
*Doxology (ca. 1500s)
Praise God from whom all blessings flow;
Praise him all creatures here below;
Praise him above, ye heavenly host;
Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
*Prayer of dedication And thanksgiving
Almighty God,
from whom all blessings flow, help us to be thankful
for all your gifts. Accept these
offerings as tokens of our thanks and praise.
Accept our
commitment to serve and worship you as our lived
response of gratitude. Amen
GOING FORTH IN GOD’S NAME
* HYMN Red
Hymnal #526 The Solid Rock
* INVITATION
* CHARGE
* BENEDICTION
* POSTLUDE
