“Partnering with the Spirit” Christopher Tweel

 WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

PRELUDE Chorale Prelude on “Douglass” (McNeil Robinson, 1943-2015)

†CALL TO WORSHIP Dana McKnight, Clerk of Session

†HYMN 1 (Red Hymnal) Praise Ye the Lord, the Almighty (Lobe den Herren)

†PRAYER OF CONFESSION (IN UNISON) Dana McKnight, Clerk of Session

†ASSURANCE OF PARDON

†GLORIA PATRI 579 (Blue Hymnal) Greatorex

PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION

OLD TESTAMENT READING Isaiah 56:1-8, Holy Bible, pp. 672-673

NEW TESTAMENT READING Acts 8:26-38, Holy Bible, p. 1002

SERMON “Partnering with the Spirit” Christopher Tweel

†HYMN 289 (Blue Hymnal) O God of Every Nation (Llangloffan)

†APOSTLES’ CREED (IN UNISON) Christopher Tweel

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE AND THE LORD’S PRAYER Christopher Tweel

PRESENTATION OF TITHES, OFFERINGS, AND GIFTS

ANTHEM A Jubilant Song (Mary Lynn Lightfoot, b. 1952)

†DOXOLOGY Old Hundredth

†PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING

†HYMN 443 (Blue Hymnal) O Christ, the Great Foundation (Aurelia)

†BENEDICTION AND CHORAL RESPONSE Sevenfold Amen (Peter Lutkin)

†POSTLUDE Toccata in F Dietrich Buxtehude, c. 1637-1707