Response of Praise OLD HUNDREDTH Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;

Praise God, all creatures here below; Praise God above, ye heavenly host; Creator, Savior, Holy Ghost. Amen.

*Unison Prayer of Dedication Because you have compassion on us, Steadfast Love, you do not hold anything back, but fill us with your good gifts. May we share from our abundance, as well as from our need, so our offerings might be an enduring witness to your hope, your peace, and your healing for all. Amen. *Hymn No. 200 “When the Storms of Life Are Raging” Green Hymnal *Benediction Rev. Dwight McCormick *Postlude “Fantasie” TELEMANN

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NORTHMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Sunday, July 22, 2018

Northminster Presbyterian Church Welcomes You to Worship

July 22, 2018 9th Sunday after Pentecost 10:00 A.M. Ministers: Everyone in the Congregation The Reverend Dwight McCormick II, Pastor

Prelude “Morning Has Broken” SHACKLEY Welcome and Announcements Prayer of Invocation and the Lord’s Prayer *Call to Worship Joe Stalder Leader: Neighbors and newcomers, families and strangers, People: we gather in this place built by God’s steadfast love. Leader: Strugglers and stragglers, pilgrims almost at the end of the journey, People: each of us seeks to follow Jesus, the compassionate One. Leader: Builders of bridges in fractured communities, those who stand on either side of walls of fear, People: the Spirit of faithfulness calls us to live as one people – God’s people!

*Hymn No. 43 “Lord, Be Glorified” Green Hymnal Call to Confession Joe Stalder

Unison Prayer of Confession

Steadfast God, we confess that we are so busy putting up walls between ourselves and others, we cannot see the home you are building for all of us. We spend so much time noting the differences between us and others, while you are embracing everyone as your child. We run to welcome those who look, talk, and act like us, and you throw open your doors to the stranger, the alien, in our midst. Forgive us, Faithful Heart. By your grace, help us to see the household you are building for all people: there are no plastic protectors on the furniture; there are no rooms that are off-limits; and even the smallest child is welcome to sit at the big peoples' Table and be fed by your grace. We pray this in the name of Jesus Christ, our peace, our hope, our Lord, our Savior.

Silence is kept for individual confession of sins

Leader: Amen

Assurance of Pardon Joe Stalder Leader: Do you remember? At one time, you were without Christ; you were the stranger, the outsider, and the alien. But now, in Christ, you have been brought home, living in God's household of hope and peace. People: God's covenant with us is everlasting; God's steadfast love is forever; God's forgiveness makes us new and whole. Thanks be to God. Amen. *Response of Praise “Glory Be to the Father”

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,

world without end. Amen, Amen. Joys and Concerns Rev. Dwight McCormick (Please use Prayer Request slip in Announcements and place in the offering plate to have someone added to our prayer list) Congregational Prayer Response

I cast all my cares upon You. I lay all of my burdens down at Your feet. And anytime that I don’t know what to do,

I will cast all my cares upon You.

Special Music “Blessings” STORY Cathy Reid Prayer of Illumination First Reading Old Testament Lesson 2 Samuel 7:1-14a Leader: Hear what the Spirit is saying to the Church People: Thanks be to God Second Reading New Testament Lesson Mark 6:30-34, 53-56 Leader: Hear what the Spirit is saying to the Church People: Thanks be to God Sermon “Compassion” Rev. Dwight McCormick Invitation to Discipleship Hymn “Healer of Our Every Ill” Please refer to the screen Invitation to the Offering Offertory “Alles ist an Gottes Segen” PEETERS