Morning Worship at Plymouth Church | Ninth Sunday after Pentecost | July 25, 2021 | 9 A.M.
ONLINE BULLETIN: https://www.plymouthchurch.com/worshi... ==== GATHERING | Chimes indicate the beginning of worship. CONCERT PRELUDE Thornwood Clarinet Quartet 0:00 Members: James Orlando Garcia, Christopher Goodson, Elizabeth Peterson, Carrie Siepel “Nimrod” from Enigma Variations | Edward Elgar (1857-1934) “Allegretto” & “Finale” from Petite Quartet | W.A. Crosse, 1919 Andante (originally for piano) | Jakob Schmitt (1803-1853) Bagatelle for Four Bb Clarinets | Clare Grundman (1913-1996) WELCOME & CALL TO WORSHIP Rushing Kimball 4:32 Leader: Wisdom cries out in the streets. People: Let us worship in wisdom and truth. Leader: Come and listen to the words of life and love. People: Let us worship in wisdom and truth. Leader: We are seeking a Spirit-filled life. People: Let us worship in wisdom and truth. OPENING VOLUNTARY | Trumpet Voluntary | Attr. J. S. Bach Linda Bryant, organist 5:35 +GATHERING SONG | From this Bright Hour | Mark A. Miller | All are invited to sing. 7:24 +OPENING PRAYER | Unison 9:10 Let us pray. God of holy wisdom, our lives are full of questions and we long for understanding. Speak to us today. Teach us your wisdom so we may better love you and love one another. Prepare our hearts to listen to your message and grant us the courage to respond. We ask through Jesus Christ, who loves us and who taught us to pray... +THE LORD’S PRAYER | Using debts 9:46 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. +ASSURANCE OF GOD’S LOVE | SINGING AFFIRMATION | All are invited to sing. 10:20 PROCLAMATION OF THE WORD STORY FOR ALL AGES Mary Kate Buchanan 11:34 ANTHEM | How Great Thou Art | Stuart K. Hine Cecil Goettsch, soloist 13:36 See Hymn P—5 for text. CALL TO PRAYER 17:58 The Spirit of God be with you. And also with you. Let us pray. PASTORAL PRAYER | Begins with silent prayer 18:35 +HYMN 6 | Bring Many Names | WEST CHASE 22:53 SCRIPTURE LESSON | Genesis 32: 22-32 28:10 The same night he got up and took his two wives, his two maids, and his eleven children, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. 23He took them and sent them across the stream, and likewise everything that he had. 24Jacob was left alone; and a man wrestled with him until daybreak. 25When the man saw that he did not prevail against Jacob, he struck him on the hip socket; and Jacob’s hip was put out of joint as he wrestled with him. 26Then he said, ‘Let me go, for the day is breaking.’ But Jacob said, ‘I will not let you go, unless you bless me.’ 27So he said to him, ‘What is your name?’ And he said, ‘Jacob.’ 28Then the man said, ‘You shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, for you have striven with God and with humans, and have prevailed.’ 29Then Jacob asked him, ‘Please tell me your name.’ But he said, ‘Why is it that you ask my name?’ And there he blessed him. 30So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, ‘For I have seen God face to face, and yet my life is preserved.’ 31The sun rose upon him as he passed Penuel, limping because of his hip. 32Therefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the thigh muscle that is on the hip socket, because he struck Jacob on the hip socket at the thigh muscle. SERMON 33:53 RESPONSE VOLUNTARY | “Jupiter Hymn” from The Planets | Gustav Holst (1874-1934) Clarinet Quartet 44:10 ANNOUNCEMENTS | ”Growing in love of God and neighbor” 46:31 CALL TO SHARING 49:43 To give online, use the included QR code in the sidebar. To give in-person, use the offering containers near the entrances as you enter or depart. OFFERTORY | Amazing Grace with Scott Joplin’s The Entertainer | arr. John A. Dempsey Clarinet Quartet 50:31 +DOXOLOGY | OLD HUNDREDTH | All are invited to sing. 53:10 SENDING FORTH AN ORDER OF FAREWELL TO A PASTOR 54:45 Introduction | Karen Jeske, Director of Transition into Ministry Programs +BENEDICTION 1:02:56 +SUNG BENEDICTION | May the Lord Be Always With You | Ben Allaway 1:03:17 CLOSING VOLUNTARY | Hymn to Joy | Michael Burkhardt Linda Bryant, organist 1:05:05
