June 7, 2009
MORNING WORSHIP 10:00 A.M.
Youth Sunday

(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 fellowship
in the Friendship Lounge and the Atrium.)

THE PRELUDE Kum Ba Yah setting Behnke

CHIMES AND TOWER BELLS

THE CALL TO WORSHIP Daniel Miles

Leader: We are no longer children; we are not yet adults.
Group: We are becoming. God has a plan.
Leader: We are shaped and molded like clay on a potter’s wheel. We have been slammed, smashed, rolled, and cut. We will eventually go through the fire.
Group: We are becoming. And God will be with us.
Leader: Sometimes it just hurts. Whatever doesn’t kill us will make us stronger.
Group: Whatever holds us down will be broken when we stand up and dance. Amen.

*HYMN 163 Lord of the Dance

*THE PRAYER OF THE DAY and THE LORD’S PRAYER (unison)

Anyone who says we need to grow up is already too old. We are young and alive. We deserve a break.School’s out for summer. No more lockers, or passwords. No more book bags that weigh as much as we do. We have studied. We have worked. We have stressed out to the point of illness. We did this so we can be prepared for the so-called real world. We are not yet old. We are not yet dead. We will celebrate having air in our lungs. And we will pray as Jesus taught us, 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.

*THE GLORIA PATRI (Hymn 558)

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen, Amen.

THE ANNOUNCEMENTS Rev. Robert J. Brink
[Text questions or comments to 414-467-3874.]

SCRIPTURE READING Ecclesiastes 3:1-10 Max Hawthorne Bible, page 604 Children’s Bible, page 929

THE INVITATION TO SUNDAY SCHOOL Rev. Steven A. Peay, Ph.D.

*HYMN 71 Lord, I Lift Your Name on High

SCRIPTURE READING Ecclesiastes 9:1-4, 11-12 Justin Meyer Bible, page 608 Children’s Bible, page 936

SCRIPTURE READING Ecclesiastes 11:7-10 Bible, page 609 Children’s Bible, page 939

THE SERMON “Back to the Future” Rev. Brink

SENIOR RECOGNITION Class of 2009

Eric Haas Taylor Lindl Justin Meyer
Dan Miles Molly Rowbottom Ari Russ
Kate Schalmo Breanne Sherman Shaun Stacey

THE CALL TO PRAYER and SILENT MEDITATION

THE PRAYER OF PEOPLE AND MINISTER

THE OFFERTORY

THE ANTHEM Concertino III Perlman
Chris McAttee, Violin

*THE DOXOLOGY (Hymn 563)

Praise God from whom all blessings flow; Praise Him, all creatures here below;
Praise Him above, ye heav’nly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.

*THE PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING AND DEDICATION

*HYMN 62 You Are My All in All

*THE CHARGE and BENEDICTION

*THE POSTLUDE Finale Behnke

*Indicates where the congregation is asked to stand.

Today’s Chancel flowers are dedicated in honor of God’s many gifts.

CARE FOR CHILDREN

A nursery for infants and toddlers begins at 9:00 a.m.
and is available during the 10:00 a.m. service.

Summer Sunday School for children ages 3 years through 4th grade.

Worship Preview for Sunday, June 14 10:00 A.M.

Next week is the 2nd Sunday after Pentecost, we’ll celebrate Holy Communion.
Dr. Peay’s Communion Meditation is entitled: “God Works…Mysteriously.”

Thomas Gregory is the organist.

Lee Jacobi directs the Choir of First Church.