FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF WAUWATOSA

 

June 26, 2005

MORNING WORSHIP 10:00 a.m.

Sixth Sunday after Pentecost

           

 

GATHERING MUSIC                                                                                                          

 

WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS                                 Rev. Carrie Kreps Wegenast

 

THE PRELUDE                   If Thou but Suffer God to Guide Thee                                       Bach

                          

CHIMES AND TOWER BELLS 

 

CALL TO WORSHIP                                                                                           Erin Callen                                                                        

Liturgist:    Out of the fullness of the lives God has given us we have come to worship and to praise.

People:     With thanks we offer to God the creativity of our minds, the warmth of our hearts, the joy of our spirits.

Liturgist:    We love because God has first loved us.

People:     With glad hearts let us join together in singing praise to God: Creator, Word and Holy Spirit. Amen.

 

*HYMN 74                               O How Glorious, Full of Wonder

 

*CHORAL CALL TO WORSHIP

 

*INVOCATION AND LORDÕS PRAYER (unison)

O God, in mystery and silence you are present in our lives, bringing new life out of destruction, hope out of despair, growth out of difficulty. We thank you that you do not leave us alone but labor to make us whole. Help us to perceive your unseen hand in the unfolding of our lives, and to attend to the gentle guidance of your Spirit, that we may know the joy you give your people. We pray these things in the name of the one who taught us to prayÉ

 

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.

 

*THE GLORIA PATRI (Hymn 513)

 

THE SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM

                          Delaney Danielle, daughter of Grant and Kimberly Thekan

 

*HYMN 339                             All My Hope on God Is Founded

(Children 2nd grade and younger are dismissed to Sunday School during the singing of the hymn.)

 

THE OLD TESTAMENT LESSON   Genesis 22:1-14                                    Bible, page 16

 

PSALM RESPONSE (unison)                  Psalm 13                                         Bible, page 470

 

THE GOSPEL LESSON                 Matthew 10:40-42                                  Bible, page 844

 

THE ANTHEM                   Lord, My God, Hear Now My Pleading         Mendelssohn-Pfautsch

                                   

THE CALL TO PRAYER and SILENT MEDITATION

 

THE PRAYER OF PEOPLE AND MINISTER

 

THE CHORAL RESPONSE TO PRAYER

 

THE SERMON                                    ÒFinal ExamÓ                            Rev. Kreps Wegenast

 

THE OFFERTORY

 

THE ANTHEM                                  Worship the Lord                                             Cronham

                                   

*DOXOLOGY  (Hymn 515)

 

*THE PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING

 

*HYMN 400                                More Love to Thee, O Christ               

 

*THE CHARGE AND BENEDICTION

 

*THE CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE

 

Go now in peace. Never be afraid. God will go with you each hour of every day.

Go now in faith, steadfast, strong and true. Know He will guide you in all you do.

 

Go now in love, and show you believe. Reach out to others so all the world can see.

God will be there, watching from above. Go now in peace, in faith, and in love.

THE POSTLUDE                             Fantasy in C Major                                                  Bach

 

*The congregation is invited to stand.

 

TodayÕs Chancel flowers are given in memory of
 Jean Wendt
 from her family.

 

CARE  FOR  CHILDREN

A nursery for infants and toddlers is available during the 10:00 a.m. service.

Sunday School for children 2nd grade and younger at 10:00 a.m.

 

Worship Preview for Sunday, July 3, 2005 at 10:00 a.m.

Rev. Steven A. Peay, Ph.D. will offer the sermon ÒFreely Yoked for the Common Good.Ó 

Ralph Ehlert is the organist.

Jim & Charmaine LaBelle and Dean & Marj Fowler will be our guest soloists.

 

SERVING June 26, 2005

Head Greeters: Marilyn Auer, David Moore

Head Ushers: John OÕMeara, Sharon Raymond

Ushers: 10:00 a.m. John OÕMeara – Captain, David Moore, Merrick Wells, Jeff Kelling and Beth Kelling

Greeters: 10:00 a.m. Ginny McClellan

Acolytes: 10:00 a.m. Andrew Duszynski and Danielle Cook-Bahr

 

CALENDAR WEEK OF June 26, 2005

SUNDAY, June 26
@Kansas City-NAPF/HOPE/NA mtg.

8:45 a.m. Lectionary Bible Study-RC

10:00 a.m. Worship/Children in Church/ Sunday School for ages 4 & 5 and grades 1 & 2 in LL2 

11:00 a.m. Coffee Hour-Friendship Lounge

 

MONDAY, June 27
@Kansas City-NAPF/HOPE/NA mtg.
5:00 p.m. Cardinal Stritch class-SH

8:00 p.m. AA-LL5

 

TUESDAY, June 28

@Kansas City-NAPF/HOPE/NA mtg.

9:00 a.m. Tues. Morning Bible Study-RC

 

WEDNESDAY, June 29

@Kansas City-NAPF/HOPE/NA mtg.

6:15 a.m. @Currie Park-MenÕs 5th Wed. Golf Outing

6:30 a.m. WomenÕs Bible Study-Parlor

9:00 a.m. Chapel Devotions

9:30 a.m. Prayer & Pilates-Lounge

6:00 p.m. @OÕMearaÕs-College Student Cookout, Debtors Anonymous-LL5

 

THURSDAY, June 30

9:00 a.m. Big Band-SH

 

FRIDAY, July 1

8:15 a.m. St. VincentÕs prep.-Kitchen

4:15 p.m. Serve at St. VincentÕs

 

SATURDAY, July 2

No church events scheduled

 

 

Welcome to all visitors joining us today. Please  check the welcome tables in the atrium.

 

For those who wear a hearing aid, our Nave is equipped with an FM loop system. Simply set your hearing aid to the ÒTÓ setting.

 

Lectionary Bible Study has moved from Wednesday evenings to Sunday mornings as of June 12 until September 4 from 8:45 - 9:45 a.m. in the Resource Center. Drop in - no registration required. Childcare is available.

 

MenÕs Tuesday Night Church League Softball TeamÕs next game is June 28, 7:30 p.m. at Hart Park.

 

Follow the events of the 2005 NACCC Annual Meeting (Sunday, June 26 – Wednesday, June 29) by going to: www.naccc.org/webcast.htm

 

VBS 2005 Ventures to Jerusalem Marketplace.  Join us at Vacation Bible School Aug. 1 - 5, from 9 to 11:30 a.m.  Experience new traditions, taste new foods, try new arts and crafts projects and discover JesusÕ unfailing love for each of us.  Register at the church office early to help with planning, and be sure to invite your neighbors and friends!

 

Wauwatosa July 4th Parade - All people are welcome to walk or ride! Meet at the float, across from Mayfair Mall between 107th and 106th Streets, July 4th at 8 a.m. Wear your church t-shirt or red, white and blue. Questions? Contact Carrie Kreps Wegenast, (414) 258-7375.

 

Join us at the Drive-in – Families, come with blankets or chairs to view Monsters, Inc. July 8 at 6:30 p.m. in the Social Hall.

 

God and Me Program beginning this fall for first, second and third graders accompanied by a parent.  See Congregational Columns for more information.

 

                                                           Choir Anthems

 

 

Lord, My God, Hear Now My Pleading

English translation by Lloyd Pfautsch

 

Lord, my God, hear now my pleading,

turn your gracious ear to me.

As I ask of you, my helper,

nevermore my sins to see,

nevermore my sins to see.

 

Will my sins forever hold me?

Must I bow before my fear?

Weak and helpless, I beseech you

let your grace be always near.

 

Lord, my God, hear now my pleading,

turn your gracious ear to me.

As I ask of you, my helper,

nevermore my sins to see,

nevermore my sins to see.

 

Worship The Lord

John S. B. Monsell, 1863

 

Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness,

bow down before him, his glory proclaim;

gold of obedience and incense of lowliness,

Kneel and adore him the Lord is his Name.

 

Low at his feet lay thy burden of carefulness,

high on his heart he will bear it for thee;

comfort thy sorrows and answer thy prayerfulness,

guiding thy steps as may best for thee be.

 

Truth in its beauty, and love in its tenderness,

these are the offerings we lay on His shrine.

These, though we bring them in trembling and fearfulness,

he will accept for the Name all divine. Amen.