Prelude: Jesus, the Name High Over All Thomas Phillips/arr. Colin Howland
Suzannah Waddington, soprano

Jesus! the Name high over all, in hell, or earth, or sky; angels and men before it fall and devils fear and fly. Jesus! the Name to sinners dear, the Name to sinners giv'n. It scatters their guilty fear; it turns their hell to heaven. Jesus! the prisoner's fetters breaks, and bruises Satan's head; power into strengthless souls it speaks, and life into the dead. His only righteousness I show, His saving truth proclaim; 'tis all my business here below to cry "Behold the Lamb!" Happy, if with my latest breath I may but gasp His Name; preach Him to all, and cry in death "Behold the Lamb!"

Welcome

Call to Worship

Doxology Old Hundredth

Praise God from whom all blessings flow; praise him, all creatures here below;
Praise him above, ye heav’nly host; praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.

Invocation

Hymn 116: For the Beauty of the Earth Dix

Responsive Reading: Psalm 33

Shout for joy in the Lord, O you righteous! Praise befits the upright.
Give thanks to the Lord with the lyre; make melody to him with the harp of ten strings!
Sing to him a new song; play skillfully on the strings, with loud shouts.
For the word of the Lord is upright, and all his work is done in faithfulness.
He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the steadfast love of the LORD.
By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, and by the breath of his mouth all their host.
He gathers the waters of the sea as a heap; he puts the deeps in storehouses.
Let all the earth fear the Lord; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him!
For he spoke, and it came to be; he commanded, and it stood firm.
The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nothing; he frustrates the plans of the peoples.
The counsel of the Lord stands forever, the plans of his heart to all generations.
Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people whom he has chosen as his heritage!
The Lord looks down from heaven; he sees all the children of man;
from where he sits enthroned he looks out on all the inhabitants of the earth,
he who fashions the hearts of them all and observes all their deeds.
The king is not saved by his great army; a warrior is not delivered by his great strength.
The war horse is a false hope for salvation, and by its great might it cannot rescue.
Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his steadfast love,
that he may deliver their soul from death and keep them alive in famine.
Our soul waits for the Lord; he is our help and our shield.
For our heart is glad in him, because we trust in his holy name.
Let your steadfast love, O Lord, be upon us, even as we hope in you.

Pastoral Prayer

Hymn 714: We Plow the Fields Wir Pflügen

Offering Prayer

Offertory: An Offering Dan Forrest Suzannah Waddington, soprano

O Christ, who spared not any cost, nor any grace withheld, but poured forth your redeeming blood in love unparalleled; what would you have me offer, Lord? What must I count as loss that I may taste the fellowship that brings me near the cross? Why should I cling to gifts you give? Why grasp in foolish pride what you who gave yourself for me now bid me lay aside? To know you is my highest gain, worth any sacrifice, a treasure worthy to possess at any earthly price. Yet if behind my open hands, my heart shrinks from the cost, teach me that nothing offered you is ever truly lost. A hundredfold reward awaits in one glimpse of your face, my sacrifice forgotten in the riches of your grace.

Scripture Reading: Psalm 104 (pew Bible p. 502)

Sermon: The Works of God in Nature Dr. Liam Goligher

Hymn 98: Now Thank We All Our God Nun Danket

Benediction

Postlude: We Thank Thee, God Johann Sebastian Bach

Colin Howland, organ

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