Month: August 2019

We begin and prepare for worship by centering ourselves, remembering the waters of baptism.

In baptism, we are joined to Christ and made members of one body— a people seeking to live faithfully into God’s purpose for us and for all creation.

PRELUDE 

*CALL TO WORSHIP From Psalm 81:1, 10-16

Sing aloud to God our strength;
shout for joy to the God of Jacob.
“But my people did not listen to my voice;
So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts,
O that my people would listen to me,
Then I would quickly subdue their enemies,
and turn my hand against their foes.
Those who hate the Lord would cringe before him,
I would feed you with the finest of the wheat,
and with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”

*HYMN 14 For the Beauty of the Earth [DIX]

*INVITATION TO CONFESSION

*PRAYER OF CONFESSION

God of Others, we are amazed by the vast diversity of your Creation—of people with perspectives both like and unlike our own. We admit that it is tempting to exalt our own identities—to assume knowledge is a glass house, a stable palace void of ambiguity and open doors.

Strengthen us, O God, so that we may appreciate difference, welcoming the Stranger, the Other, and recognizing in turn our own Strange Otherness. In the vast glory of your Creation, we are but a portion of a whole greater than the sum of its parts. As we seek to follow the way of Christ, your Beloved, Anointed One, let us embrace those parts. Let us embrace one another.
Amen.

Silent confession.

*CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE Kyrie Eleison

A copy of this response can be found on the seat of your pew.

*ASSURANCE OF GRACE

Believe the Good News of the Gospel.
In Jesus Christ we are loved and befriended by God.

*PASSING OF THE PEACE

And since we have been reconciled to God, let us also be reconciled to one another.

The peace of Christ be with you.
And also with you.

The congregation is invited to exchange signs of peace.

*HYMN 623 I’ve Got Peace like a River

1. I’ve got peace like a river; I’ve got peace like a river;
   I’ve got peace like a river, in my soul. (repeat)
2. I’ve got joy like a fountain…
3. I’ve got love like an ocean…

SCRIPTURE READING  Jeremiah 2:4-13

SCRIPTURE READING  1 John 3:1-3

For the word of God in scripture, for the word of God among us, for the word of God within us — thanks be to God.                 

SERMON                 Dancing with Jesus                  Sara Staats

*HYMN 822 When We Are Living [SOMOS DEL SENOR]

PRAYERS OF SUPPLICATION AND INTERCESSION

O God, in your lovingkindness,
         Hear our prayer.

INVITATION TO THE OFFERING

OFFERING

There are three ways to give:

1. Through the offering plate.
2. Through the “Give-lify” app.
3. By clicking the “donate” button on the homepage of our website, woodlandnash.org.

*DOXOLOGY LASST UNS ERFREUEN

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow.
Praise God all creatures high and low.
Alleluia, alleluia!
Praise God in Jesus fully known:
Creator, Word, and Spirit one.
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!

HOLY COMMUNION

INVITATION TO THE TABLE

*PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING

Lift up your hearts.
We lift them up to God.
Let us give thanks to God.
It is right to give God thanks and praise.
(The prayer continues.)

Silent meditation.

We give thanks to you in all things, O God, as we pray, saying:

Our Father-Mother, 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 sins, as we forgive the sins of others; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil; for thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever. Amen.

*HYMN 157 I Danced in the Morning [LORD OF THE DANCE]

*DISMISSAL

POSTLUDE

*Please rise in body or in spirit.

We thank those who served in and prepared for worship today:

Sara Staats, Preacher
Jeff Moles, Director of Music Ministries
Greg Gardner, Liturgist
Cliff Mundy and Steve Fay,Offering Takers

We begin and prepare for worship by centering ourselves, remembering the waters of baptism.

In baptism, we are joined to Christ and made members of one body— a people seeking to live faithfully into God’s purpose for us and for all creation.

PRELUDE 

*CALL TO WORSHIP From Psalm 71:1-6

In you, O God, I take refuge;
let me never be put to shame.
In your righteousness deliver me and rescue me;
incline your ear to me and save me.
Be to me a rock of refuge,
a strong fortress, to save me,
for you are my rock and my fortress.
For you, O God, are my hope,
my trust, O God, from my youth.
Upon you I have leaned from my birth;
it was you who took me from my mother’s womb.
My praise is continually of you.

*HYMN 666 O Splendor of God’s Glory Bright
[PUER NOBIS NASCITUR]

*INVITATION TO CONFESSION

*PRAYER OF CONFESSION

God of Daring,
we are inspired by your bountiful Creation,
a world that shapes us as much as we shape it.
We acknowledge that passivity here is enticing,
that it is all too easy to deny our own abilities
to enact change, to support growth, and to learn new things.
It is easy to regress into statements of “too much,”
too young, too old, too unskilled, too weak,
instead of relying on the One who has known us
and paths that bid us to recognize our own talents.

Precious Creator, we commit to embracing your gifts and to doing good work. Because we are able. Because you know that. And because we seek to follow the way of Christ, your Beloved, Anointed One. Amen.

Silent confession.

*CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE Kyrie Eleison

A copy of this response can be found on the seat of your pew.

*ASSURANCE OF GRACE

Believe the Good News of the Gospel.
In Jesus Christ we are loved and befriended by God.

*PASSING OF THE PEACE

And since we have been reconciled to God, let us also be reconciled to one another.

The peace of Christ be with you.
And also with you.

The congregation is invited to exchange signs of peace.

*HYMN 623 I’ve Got Peace like a River

1. I’ve got peace like a river; I’ve got peace like a river;
   I’ve got peace like a river, in my soul. (repeat)
2. I’ve got joy like a fountain…
3. I’ve got love like an ocean…

SCRIPTURE READING  Luke 13:10-17

SCRIPTURE READING  Jeremiah 1:4-10

For the word of God in scripture, for the word of God among us, for the word of God within us — thanks be to God.                 

SERMON                    The Gift Given                        Carol Tate

*HYMN 177 You Are Mine

PRAYERS OF SUPPLICATION AND INTERCESSION

O God, in your lovingkindness,
         Hear our prayer.

INVITATION TO THE OFFERING

OFFERING

There are three ways to give:

1. Through the offering plate.
2. Through the “Give-lify” app.
3. By clicking the “donate” button on the homepage of our website, woodlandnash.org.

*DOXOLOGY LASST UNS ERFREUEN

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow.
Praise God all creatures high and low.
Alleluia, alleluia!
Praise God in Jesus fully known:
Creator, Word, and Spirit one.
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!

*PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING

Lift up your hearts.
We lift them up to God.
Let us give thanks to God.
It is right to give God thanks and praise.
(The prayer continues.)

Silent meditation.

We give thanks to you in all things, O God, as we pray, saying:

Our Father-Mother, 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 sins, as we forgive the sins of others; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil; for thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever. Amen.

*HYMN 772 Live into Hope [TRURO]

*DISMISSAL

POSTLUDE

*Please rise in body or in spirit.

We thank those who served in and prepared for worship today:

Carol Tate, Preacher
Jeff Moles, Director of Music Ministries
Cliff Mundy, Liturgist
Kim Smith and Melissa Vargas, Offering Takers

A bilingual service of worship with Woodland Presbyterian Church and Eastminster Presbyterian Church.

HYMN 625 How Great Thou Art

ANNOUNCEMENTS Jenny

*CALL TO WORSHIP
(Based in Psalm 107)

Leader: Give thanks to the Holy One, for God is good; God’s great love endures forever.

People: We say this as the ones that were redeemed from the power of our foes, as the ones who were gathered from all countries, from east and west, from north and south.

Leader: We wandered through desert wastelands, without finding our path. Life was consuming us with hunger and thirst. In our trouble we cried out to the Holy One, and God delivered us from our affliction.

Unison: Let us give thanks to the Holy One for God’s great love, for God’s wonderful deeds in favor of God’s people!

*HYMN 397 Look and Wonder

PRAYER OF CONFESSION

God, we do not know how you never tire of calling us, when what we do when we hear your voice is to turn away. We worship the gods of money and egocentrism, without putting our minds on the things that matter. We do not leave behind the things that separate us from you, like corruption and greed. And we do not get rid of the things that damage our relationships like anger, rage, and malice.

God, put on us the new nature that we can only find in the redemption that has been given to us through Jesus Christ. Forgive our sins, and renew your image in us. Guide us to seek heavenly things, following the message and example of Christ. In him, and only in him, we shall find our life. Amen.

*PERSONAL PRAYER OF CONFESSION

DECLARATION OF FORGIVENESS

God leads us with cords of human kindness, with ties of love. God lifts the yoke from our necks and feeds us. This is the good news of the Gospel: God forgives us time and time again. In Jesus Christ we are forgiven. We can live in peace.

SCRIPTURE READING Luke 10:38-42

SERMON Eric Holness “Get Our of the Kitchen”

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE

TITHES AND OFFERINGS

*DOXOLOGY

COMMUNION

THE LORD’S PRAYER

Our Father-Mother, 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 sins, as we forgive the sins of others; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil; for thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever. Amen .

*HYMN Here I am, Lord

BLESSING OF THE BACKPACKS

We thank You, oh God, for your great love toward us manifested in these many ways. We pray special blessings upon our students, all students, and their represented families. Guard them, cover them, keep them in all things, and may we as a church family be sources of love and support along the journey. By faith, we believe that we will see Your hand at work in amazing ways. We thank You, oh God for your great love toward us! Amen.

*BENEDICTION

May God teach us to walk and take us in God’s arms, putting us against God’s cheek and feeding us. May Christ help us to stay away from all kinds of ambition and of thinking that life only consists of the abundance of possessions. And may the Holy Spirit help us set our minds on the things above and not on the things on earth. May the Triune God give us grace and peace. Amen.

*HYMN This is the Moment

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Un servicio bilinugal de culto con Woodland Presbyterian Church y Eastminster Iglesia Presbiteriana.

*HIMNO 625 Cuán grande es Él

ANNUNCIOS Ana Lilia

*LLAMAMIENTO A LA ADORACIÓN

(Basado en el Salmo 107)

Líder: Den gracias al Señor, porque Dios es bueno; su gran amor perdura para
siempre.

Pueblo: Lo decimos quienes fuimos redimidos del poder del adversario, a quienes nos reunió de todos los países, de oriente y de occidente, del norte y del sur.

Líder: Vagábamos por parajes desiertos, sin dar con el camino. Con hambre y con sed, la vida se nos iba consumiendo. En nuestra angustia clamamos al Señor, y Dios nos libró de nuestra aflicción.

Unísono: ¡Demos gracias al Señor por su gran amor, por sus maravillas a favor de su pueblo!

*HIMNO 397 Miren qué bueno!

*ORACIÓN DE CONFESIÓN

Señor, no sabemos cómo no te cansas de llamarnos, cuando lo que hacemos cuando oímos tu voz es separarnos de ti. Adoramos a los dioses del dinero y del egocentrismo, sin pensar en poner nuestras mentes en las cosas de arriba. No dejamos atrás las cosas que nos separan de ti como lo son los malos deseos, y la avaricia. No nos deshacemos de las cosas que dañan nuestras relaciones como el enojo, la maldad, y los insultos.

Revistemos, oh Dios, de la nueva naturaleza que sólo podemos encontrar en la redención que nos ha dado Jesucristo. Perdona nuestros pecados y renueva tu imagen en nuestro ser. Guíanos a buscar las cosas del cielo, siguiendo el mensaje y el ejemplo de Cristo. En él, y solamente en él, hallaremos nuestra vida. Amén.

*CONFESIÓN SILENCIOSA PERDÓN

DECLARACIÓN DE PERDÓN

Dios nos atrae con cuerdas de ternura y con lazos de amor. Dios nos quita de la cerviz el yugo y con ternura se acerca para alimentarnos. Estas son las buenas nuevas del Evangelio: que Dios una vez tras otra nos perdona y nos da nueva vida. En Cristo recibimos el perdón por nuestros pecados. Podemos vivir en paz.

LECTURA BIBLICA Lucas 10:38-42

SERMÓN “Sal de la cocina” Eric Holness

*HIMNO 695 Cámbiame, Señor

ORACIÓNES POR EL PUEBLO

OFRENDAS Y DIEZMOS

*DOXOLOGÍA

COMUNIÓN

EL PADRE NUESTRO

Padre nuestro, que estás en los cielos, santificado sea tu nombre. Venga tu reino. Sea hecha tu voluntad, como en el cielo, así día, dánoslo hoy. Y perdónamos a nuestros deudores, como también nosotros perdónamos a nuestros deudores. Y no nos dejes caer en tentación, mas líbranos del mal. Porque tuyo es el reino, el poder, y la gloria, por todos los siglos. Amén.

*HIMNO Heme aqui, Dios

BENDICIÓN DE LAS MOCHILAS

Te agradecemos, oh Dios, por tu gran amor hacia nosotros manifestado en estas maneras. Pedimos bendiciones especiales sobre nuestros estudiantes, sobre todos los estudiantes y sus familias representadas. Guárdelos, cúbralos, manténgalos en todas cosas, y pedimos que nosotros, como familia de la iglesia, seamos fuentes de amor y apoyo en esta jornada de la vida. Con fe, creemos que veremos tu mano poderosa trabajando de maneras asombrosas. ¡Te damos gracias, oh Dios, por tu gran amor hacia nosotros! Amén.

*BENDICIÓN

Que Dios nos enseñe a caminar y nos tome en sus brazos, que nos ponga contra su mejilla y nos alimente; que Cristo nos cuide de toda clase de ambición y de pensar que la vida consiste en la abundancia de posesiones; y que el Espíritu Santo nos ayude a poner la mente en las cosas de arriba y no en las cosas de la tierra. Que el Dios Trino nos dé su gracia y paz. Amén.

HIMNO Este Momento