Sunday, July 30, 2023

Prelude

Welcome & News of the Church

Call to Worship

Hymn of Praise - (#323) "Holy! Holy! Holy! Lord God Almighty"

Praise Songs - "A Shield about Me" by D. Thomas & C. Williams - Tim Illick, tenor

Confession, Assurance, and Gloria Patri

Special Music - "We Sing Alleluia" by Farrah/Schrader - Micah Wright, piano; Cornel Radulescu, organ

Sermon - "Give Us a Discerning Heart" (I Kings 3:5–12) - by Rev. Jason Griffice

Hymn of Response - (#468) "Be Thou My Vision"

Receiving of our Tithes and Offerings

Offertory

Doxology

Pastoral Prayer

Sending Hymn - (#528) "God of Grace, God of Glory"

Benediction

Postlude

Holy! Holy! Holy! Lord God Almighty

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! 

Holy, holy, holy! all the saints adore Thee, 

Casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea; 

Cherubim and Seraphim falling down before Thee, 

Who wert, and art, and evermore shalt be. 

Holy, holy, holy! though the darkness hide Thee, 

Though the eye of sinful man Thy glory may not see; 

Only Thou art holy--there is none beside Thee 

Perfect in power, in love and purity. 

Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty! 

All Thy works shall praise Thy name in earth and sky and sea; 

Holy, holy, holy! merciful and mighty! 

God in three persons, blessed Trinity! 

Amen. 

Be Thou My Vision

Be Thou my Vision, O Lord of my heart; 

Nought be all else to me, save that Thou art—

Thou my best thought, by day or by night, 

Waking or sleeping, Thy presence my light. 

Be Thou my Wisdom, and Thou my true Word; 

I ever with Thee and Thou with me, Lord; 

Thou my great Father, I Thy true son; 

Thou in me dwelling, and I with Thee one. 

God of Grace, God of Glory

God of grace and God of glory, 

On Thy people pour Thy power; 

Crown Thine ancient church's story, 

Bring her bud to glorious flower. 

Grant us wisdom, 

Grant us courage, 

For the facing of this hour, 

For the facing of this hour. 

Lo! the hosts of evil round us

Scorn Thy Christ, assail His ways! 

From the fears that long have bound us, 

Free our hearts to faith and praise. 

Grant us wisdom, 

Grand us courage, 

For the living of these days, 

For the living of these days. 

Cure Thy children's warring madness; 

Bend our pride to Thy control; 

Shame our wanton, selfish gladness, 

Rich in things and poor in soul. 

Grand us wisdom, 

Grand us courage, 

Lest we miss Thy kingdom's goal, 

Lest we miss Thy kingdom's goal. 

Set our feet on lofty places, 

Gird our lives that they may be

Armored with all Christ-like graces

In the fight to set men free. 

Grant us wisdom, 

Grand us courage, 

That we fail not man nor Thee, 

That we fail not man nor Thee. 

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