Morning Worship at Plymouth Church | Fourth Sunday After Pentecost | July 3, 2022 | 10 A.M.

Let us know you're here! https://bit.ly/Plymouth-Online ONLINE BULLETIN: https://www.plymouthchurch.com/worshi... PRAYER & CARE REQUEST: https://bit.ly/PlymouthPrayerCare ONLINE GIVING: https://www.plymouthchurch.com/give/ === GATHERING | Chimes indicate the beginning of worship. Jack Mahoney “No matter who you are, or where you are on life’s journey, you are always welcome here!” WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS | “Growing in love of God and neighbor” OPENING VOLUNTARY | Go Down, Moses | Calvin Taylor George Sargeant, organist +CALL TO WORSHIP | Taken from Psalm 118:24 & 51:15 Leader: Today is the day that God has made. People: Let us rejoice and be glad in it! Leader: O Lord, open our lips. All: And our mouths shall proclaim your praise! +HYMN 80 | Our God, Our Help in Ages Past | st. anne +OPENING PRAYER | Unison Jared Wortman God of perfect love, to know you is to know love. You created us to live in community one with another: Help us to see and know our neighbor so that we might better love them, even as you love us. We confess that we have failed to be faithful to you. We have not loved you with our whole heart. We have not loved our neighbor as ourselves. In your compassion, forgive us for the things we have done, and the things we have left undone. As we gather to worship together, renew us and shape us into a people who know you and love you. In your name we pray, Amen. +ASSURANCE OF GOD’S LOVE | SHARING THE PEACE OF CHRIST Let us offer one another signs of reconciliation and love: The Peace of Christ be with you. And also with you. +SUNG RESPONSE | Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty | nicaea Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty! Early in the morning our song shall rise to thee. Holy, holy, holy! Merciful and mighty, God in three persons, blessed Trinity! PROCLAMATION OF THE WORD STORY FOR ALL AGES Jack Mahoney ANTHEM | O Divine Redeemer | Charles Gounod ( 1818-1893) Sydney Frodsham, soloist Ah! Turn me not away, receive me, though unworthy! Hear, Thou, my cry. Behold, Lord, my distress. Answer me from thy throne, haste Thee, Lord, to my aid, Thy pity show in my deep anguish! Let not the sword of vengeance smite me, though righteous thine anger, O Lord! Shield me in danger, O regard me! On Thee, Lord, alone will I call. O Divine Redeemer! I pray Thee, grant me pardon, and remember not my sins! Forgive me, O divine Redeemer! Night gathers round my soul; fearful, I cry to Thee; Come to my aid, O Lord! Haste Thee, Lord, haste to help me! Hear my cry! Save me, Lord, in Thy mercy; hear my cry! Come and save me, O Lord! O Divine Redeemer! I pray Thee, grant me pardon, and remember not my sins! Save, in the day of retribution, from Death shield Thou me, O my God! O Divine Redeemer, have mercy! Help me, my Savior! SCRIPTURE LESSON | Acts 15:1-19, NRSVue Peter Strobel SERMON Peter Strobel RESPONSE CALL TO SHARING Jack Mahoney OFFERTORY | Nun danket alle Gott, BWV 657 | J.S. Bach George Sargeant, organist +DOXOLOGY | old hundredth | All are invited to sing. +INVITATION TO HOLY COMMUNION Lindsey Braun +THE GREAT THANKSGIVING The Spirit of God be with you. And also with you. Lift up your hearts. We lift them up to God. Let us give God thanks. It is right to give God thanks and praise. It is right, and a good and joyful thing... Institution Narrative THE LORD'S PRAYER SHARING THE BREAD AND CUP The body of Christ, given for you. Amen. | The cup of Christ, given for you. Amen. MUSIC DURING DISTRIBUTION ANTHEM | “The Call” from Five Mystical Songs | Ralph Vaughan Williams Sydney Frodsham, soloist Come, by Way, my Truth, my Life: Such a Way, as gives us breath; Such a Truth as ends all strife: Such a Life, as killeth death. Come, my Light, my Feast, my Strength: Such a Light, as shows a feast: Such a Feast, as mends in length: Such a Strength, as makes his guest. Come, my Joy, my Love, my Heart: Such a Joy as none can move: Such a Love, as none can part: Such a Heart, as joys in love. -George Herbert (1593-1633) VOLUNTARY | Elevation, Op. 2 | Marcel Dupré George Sargeant, organist +POST-COMMUNION PRAYER | All pray. Eternal God, We give you thanks for this holy mystery in which you have given yourself to us. Strengthen our faith, increase our love for one another, and grant that we may go into the world in the strength of your Spirit, to give ourselves for others, in the name of Jesus Christ our Savior. Amen. SENDING FORTH +HYMN 515 | This Is My Song | finlandia +BENEDICTION +SUNG BENEDICTION | May the Lord Be Always With You | Ben Allaway CLOSING VOLUNTARY | Soon I Will Be Done | Calvin Taylor George Sargeant, organist