FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF WAUWATOSA

 

July 9, 2006


MORNING WORSHIP 10:00 A.M.

The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost

 

GATHERING MUSIC

                 

WELCOME                                                                                                                           

(Please pass the red pew pads now. If you are a guest this Sunday, we would love to

greet you following the service or at Coffee Hour in Friendship Lounge.)

 

PRELUDE                                      Adagio (Suite Modale)                                              Peeters

                                                                                                                                                           

CHIMES AND TOWER BELLS 

 

THE CALL TO WORSHIP                                                         Rev. Steven A. Peay, Ph.D.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

Liturgist:    Hear, O Church! The Lord our God, the Lord is one.

People:     It is God who made us, and we are God’s.

Liturgist:    We are God’s people, the sheep of God’s pasture.

ALL:         Let us rejoice and sing.

 

*HYMN 319                             Just as I Am, Without One Plea

 

*INVOCATION AND THE LORD’S PRAYER (unison)                                                     

O Lord, our God, gather us in from our hectic lives. Gather us in from our politics. Gather us in from our work and our play. Gather our wandering minds and bring us together by the power of your Holy Spirit. Unite us into one church, the body of our Lord Jesus Christ, who taught us to pray:                                                                  

 

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

 

THE NEW TESTAMENT LESSON   2 Corinthians 12:1-10                      Bible, page 1010

 

THE PSALMODY (responsive)              Psalm 123                                        Bible, page 537

 

THE CHILDREN’S SERMON                                                              Rev. Robert J. Brink

 

*HYMN 404                                Take My Life and Let It Be

{Children ages 3 through entering 3rd grade are dismissed

to Sunday School, in room LL2, during the singing of the hymn.}

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

THE GOSPEL LESSON                       Mark 6:1-6                                       Bible, page 872

 

SPECIAL MUSIC                             Wayfaring Stranger                                         Traditional

                                                   Pike Creek Bluegrass Band

 

THE CALL TO PRAYER AND SILENT MEDITATION

 

THE PRAYER OF THE PEOPLE AND MINISTER

 

THE SERMON                       “Oxymoron: Casual Christian”                               Rev. Brink

 

THE OFFERTORY                                      

                 

SPECIAL MUSIC                      Little Mountain Church House                   Rushing and Jackson

                 

*DOXOLOGY (HYMN 513)

 

*THE PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING

 

*HYMN 232                        Spirit of God, Descend Upon My Heart

 

*THE CHARGE AND BENEDICTION

 

THE POSTLUDE              Praise the Almighty, My Soul Adore Him                                Peeters

 

*The congregation is invited to stand, if able.

 

The Chancel flowers are given in honor of
 Karen Mason’s first birthday and in memory of her mother

whose gift from God is shared by our entire congregation. Thank you Lord.

 

The Pike Creek Bluegrass Band - Mark Vitkus (guitar/mandolin/vocals) and Scott DeKok (bass/vocals) are charter members of Pike Creek, a 1999 WAMI (Wisconsin Area Music Industry) award winner (bluegrass band category) that’s been playing in the Milwaukee area for over twenty-five years. Susan Nicholson (fiddle and WAMI award winning for fiddle-playing in 2005) has been with the band for the last six years, and also performs with her husband John in the Celtic ensemble Frogwater.  This trio comprises three-fifths of the band’s normal complement. Mike Brey (guitar) and Colin O’Brien (banjo) were unavailable to perform for this morning’s church service.

 

 

Worship Preview for Sunday, July 16, 2006 ~ 10:00 a.m.

Next week: Sunday’s sermon entitled, “Graced: Dancing to a New Beat,”

will be delivered by the Rev. Steven A. Peay, Ph.D.

 Sean DeBoth will provide the special music.

Ralph Ehlert is the organist.