THE GIVING OF OUR TITHES AND OFFERINGS The Call to Give.........................................................Sondra Ladd The Offertory........

Stephan Wilson Deep River arr. Bob Borroughs

Deep river, my home is over Jordan: deep river, Lord, I want to cross over into campground. Oh don't you want to go to that gospel feast, that promised land where all is peace? -African-American Spiritual

*The DoxologyPraise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow........ No. 50

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; praise God, all creatures here below: Alleluia! Alleluia! Praise God, the source of all our gifts! Praise Jesus Christ, whose power uplifts! Praise the Spirit, Holy Spirit! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! *The Thanksgiving for Tithes and Offerings......................Sondra Ladd THE CELEBRATION OF THE LORDS SUPPER The Call to Commune Together.................Nancy Trench The Hymn of Preparation..............No. 417 We Place Upon Your Table, Lord The Prayer of the Elder for the Bread..........................Keri Bruce The Prayer of the Elder for the Cup..................................Shirley Brownlee
Distribution: All believers are invited to partake of the Bread when it is passed. Retain the Cup, and we will partake together after reciting John 3:16 in unison.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only-begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him shall not perish, but have everlasting life. CELEBRATION AND DEDICATION OF 2 FOR 2OO THE INVITATION TO DISCIPLESHIP *THE HYMN OF COMMITMENT.........................No. 715 Now Thank We All Our God
*THE BENEDICTION

THE POSTLUDE........................David Hughes Now Thank We All Our God Georg Friderich Kaufmann

ORDER OF WORSHIP Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost August 4, 2013 at 9:00am

THE PRELUDE...David Hughes Meditation Csar Franck
*Please stand if you are able.

THE LIFE OF THE CHURCH...............Owen Cayton

*THE CALL TO WORSHIP.......Ashley Nance Leader: O give thanks to the Lord, for God is good. People: Gods steadfast love endures forever. Leader: Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, People: Let them thank the Lord for steadfast love, Leader: For God satisfies the thirsty, People: And the hungry God fills with good things. All: O give thanks to the Lord, for God is good. *THE HYMN OF PRAISE AND ADORATION...............................No. 24 The God of Abraham Praise *THE INVOCATION AND LORDS PRAYER (In Unison) God of the universe, your steadfast love never fails us. Embrace us in your power and presence as we worship that we might place our trust in you rather than our possessions or money or our own abilities to secure our future. We pray this in the name of Jesus who taught us to pray for your Kingdom saying, 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 GLORIA PATRI...No. 36

THE SCRIPTURE................Ashley Nance Colossians 3:1-11 *THE GOSPEL............................Owen Cayton Luke 12:13-21 THE MESSAGE..........Owen Cayton Possessed THE PRAYER HYMN...................No. 573 Purer in Heart, O God THE JOYS/CONCERNS OF THE CHURCH......Owen Cayton

THE PASTORAL PRAYER.......................Owen Cayton

THE PRAYER RESPONSE...Hear Our Prayer, O Lord.. No. 306 Hear our prayer, O Lord, hear our prayer, O Lord, incline thine ear to us, and grant us thy peace. Amen.