Gathered together to worship God August 20, 2017 Kum Ba Yah public domain (new version) lower voices:kum ba yah, kum ba yah then higher voices:kum ba yah, kum ba yah verse: Somebody prayin, Lord, Kum ba yah (sing 3 times) 2. cryin.. 3. singin.. All: Singin wind, rain, firestorm, Kum ba yah Announcements Prelude Call to Worship Larghetto by Friedrich Keechlau Psalm 133 (expanded) Brethren, we have met to worship Hymnal #8 tune: Holy Manna words attributed to George Atkins Brethren, we have met to worship and adore the Lord our God. Will you pray with all your power while we try to preach the word?. All is vain unless the Spirit of the holy One comes down. Brethren, pray, and holy manna will be showered all around. 2. Sisters, will you come & help us? Moses' sisters aided him. Will you help the trembling mourners who are struggling hard with sin? Tell them all about the Savior. Tell them that he will be found. Sisters, pray, and holy manna will be showered all around. 1
3. Is there here a trembling jailer, seeking grace and filled with tears? Is there here a weeping Mary pouring forth a flood of tears? Brethren, join your cries to help them, sisters, let your prayers abound! Pray, oh pray, that holy manna will be scattered all around. 4. Let us love our God supremely, let us love each other, too. Let us love and pray for sinners till our God makes all things new. Christ will call us home to heaven, at his table we'll sit down. Christ will gird himself & serve us with sweet manna all around. Opening Prayer by David Chafin, Deputy Regional Minister Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in West Virginia Message, part 1 a brother s sorrow Confession Time Moment of Silence Wonderful grace of Jesus Hymnal #150 by Haldor Lillenas, 1922 Wonderful grace of Jesus, greater than all my sin; how shall my tongue describe it, where shall its praise begin? Taking away my burden, setting my spirit free, for the wonderful grace of Jesus reaches me. Refrain: Wonderful the matchless grace of Jesus, deeper than the mighty rolling sea, higher than the mountain, sparkling like a fountain, all-sufficient grace for even me; broader than the scope of my transgressions, sing it! Greater far than all my sin and shame. O magnify the precious name of Jesus, praise his name! 2
2 Wonderful grace of Jesus, reaching to all the lost, by it I have been pardoned, saved to the uttermost. Chains have been torn asunder, giving me liberty, for the wonderful grace of Jesus reaches me. Refrain: Wonderful the matchless grace of Jesus, deeper than the mighty rolling sea, higher than the mountain, sparkling like a fountain, all-sufficient grace for even me; broader than the scope of my transgressions, sing it! Greater far than all my sin and shame. O magnify the precious name of Jesus, praise his name! John 15:12-17 Hymnal #846 from the New Revised Standard Version copyright 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. All: This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Leader: No one has greater love than this, to lay down one s life for one s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you. People: I do not call you servants any longer, because the servant does not know what the master is doing; but I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have heard from my Father. Leader: You did not choose me but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that will last, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask him in my name. People: I am giving you these commands so that you may love one another. Camp Sharing Camp Sharing Lean On Me pictures by Bill Withers 1972 Interior Music, Inc. Universal/MCA Music Ltd. All rights reserved 3
Sometimes in our lives we all have pain, we all have sorrow. But if we are wise we know that there's always tomorrow Chorus: Lean on me, when you're not strong and I'll be your friend I'll help you carry on For it won't be long 'til I'm gonna need somebody to lean on 2. Please swallow your pride if I have things you need to borrow For no one can fill those of your needs that you don't let show Chorus: Lean on me, when you're not strong and I'll be your friend I'll help you carry on For it won't be long 'til I'm gonna need somebody to lean on 3. If there is a load you have to bear that you can't carry I'm right up the road, I'll share your load if you just call me Bridge: So just call on me brother, when you need a hand We all need somebody to lean on. I just might have a problem that you'd understand We all need somebody to lean on Chorus: Lean on me, when you're not strong and I'll be your friend I'll help you carry on For it won't be long 'til I'm gonna need somebody to lean on Sharing a joy, a concern, a word of testimony or praise Sanctuary by Jan Thompson & Randy Scruggs 1982 by Full Armor Music & Whole Armor Music CCLI #1347096 4
Lord, please make me a sanctuary, pure and holy, tried and true. And with thanksgiving I'll be a living sanctuary for you. Original words: Lord, prepare me to be a sanctuary.. Prayer 2000 Bruce D. Prewer Minister of the Uniting Church in Australia when prompted: Left - Let there be light, Right - let there be trust, Left - let there be hope, Right - let there be peace. Genesis 45:3-15 from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Message, part 2 I am your brother Heart with loving heart united Hymnal #420 text by Nicolaus L. Von Zinzendorf, 1723 Translation copyright 1969, 1983 Walter Klaassen music from Manuscript Chorale Book, 1735 Heart with loving heart united, met to know God's holy will. Let his love in us ignited more and more our spirits fill. He the head, we are his members, we reflect the light he is. He the master, we disciples, he is ours and we are his. Responding with our Tithes and Offerings prayer by Ken Sloane 2017 Discipleship Ministries. All Rights Reserved Offertory Video Forgiveness by Matthew West Heart with loving heart united Hymnal #420 text by Nicolaus L. Von Zinzendorf, 1723 Translation copyright 1969, 1983 Walter Klaassen music from Manuscript Chorale Book, 1735 5
2. May we all so love each other and all selfish claims deny, so that each one for the other will not hesitate to die. Even so our Lord has loved us, for our lives he gave his life. Still he grieves & still he suffers, for our selfishness & strife. 3. Since, O Lord, you have demanded that our lives your love should show, so we wait to be commanded forth into your world to go. Kindle in us love's compassion so that everyone may see in our fellowship the promise of a new humanity. Benediction Ephesians 3:20-21 from the New International Version, NIV Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide. Postlude Lancashire by Henry Smart 6