FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF WAUWATOSA

 

July 23, 2006

MORNING WORSHIP 10:00 A.M.

The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost

 

GATHERING MUSIC

                 

WELCOME                                                                                            Rev. Robert J. Brink           

(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                    Allegro Maestoso (Organ Concerto in B flat Major)                         Handel

                                                                                                                                                           

CHIMES AND TOWER BELLS 

 

THE CALL TO WORSHIP                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

Liturgist:    We come to this place of rest to be renewed.

People:     So that we might be comfort and peace for others.

Liturgist:    We come to this place of nourishment to be fed.

People:     So that we might be food for others.

Liturgist:    We come to this place of abundance to be stretched.

People:     So that we might be bounty for others.

ALL:         We come to this place to become people of God.

 

*HYMN 263                           Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation

 

*INVOCATION AND THE LORD’S PRAYER (unison)                                                     

Almighty God, in Jesus Christ you opened for us a new and living way into your presence. Give us pure hearts and constant wills to worship you in spirit and in truth; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, and who taught us to pray saying…

 

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.

 

*GLORIA PATRI

 

NEW TESTAMENT LESSON        Ephesians 2:11-22                               Bible, page 1018

 

THE CHILDREN’S SERMON                                                                             Rev. Brink

 

*HYMN 350                             O for a Closer Walk With God

                           {Children ages 3 through entering 3rd grade are dismissed

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

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS                                                                 Rev. Steven A. Peay, Ph.D.

 

PSALMODY (responsive)                   Psalm 89:20-37                                    Bible, page 515

 

GOSPEL LESSON                        Mark 6:30-34, 53-56                               Bible, page 873

                                                                                                                                               

SERMON                                                 “R & R”                                                   Dr. Peay

 


WORSHIP THROUGH MUSIC   Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing          American Folk Song

                                                               Kathleen Sonnentag                                arr. Walters

 

THE CALL TO PRAYER AND SILENT MEDITATION

 

THE PRAYER OF PEOPLE AND MINISTER

 

THE CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE                                                                           

                                                          Sweet Hour of Prayer

 

                                        Sweet hour of prayer! Sweet hour of prayer!

                                                Thy wings shall my petition bear

                                             To Him whose truth and faithfulness

                                                Engage the waiting soul to bless.

                                             And since He bids me seek His face,

                                            Believe His Word and trust His grace,

                                                  I’ll cast on Him my every care,

                                     And wait for thee, sweet hour of prayer. Amen.

 

THE OFFERTORY                                      

                 

SPECIAL MUSIC                                 In the Garden                                                      Miles

                 

*DOXOLOGY (HYMN 513)

 

*PRAYER OF DEDICATION AND THANKSGIVING

 

*HYMN 77                                         Be Still, My Soul

 

*CHARGE AND BENEDICTION

 

POSTLUDE                       Praise the Lord with Drums and Cymbals                           Karg-Elert

 

 

*The congregation is invited to stand, if able.

 

The Chancel flowers are given by
 Judy Bates

 in celebration of friendship, family, and freedom.

 

 

Kathleen Sonnentag is a professional mezzo-soprano who lives in Waukesha with her husband guitarist Bill Brenckle and their four year old son Benjamin. Most recently she has sung Handel’s Messiah” with the Southwest Florida Symphony, the Brahms “Alto Rhapsody” with the Festival City Symphony and the “Mozart Requiem” with the Fond du Lac Oratorio Society. Kathleen records regularly for the Hal Leonard Publishing Company and is currently on the voice faculty of the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music.

 

Worship Preview for Sunday, July 23, 2006 ~ 10:00 a.m.

Next week: Sunday’s sermon, entitled “Hungry?”

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

Jill Bruss will provide the special music.

Steve Jensen is the organist.