Service for the Lord's Day

The Seventh Sunday of Easter

Sunday, May 12, 2024 | 11 a.m.

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ORDER OF WORSHIP

Gathering and Centering Ourselves for Worship

Prelude

Come, Thou Almighty King - arr. Gary Norian

Welcome

Call to Worship

One:

Come

Many:

we are called by God.

One:

Come

Many:

we are named by Christ.

One:

Come

Many:

we are sustained by the Spirit.

One:

Come

Many:

with your whispers of love.

One:

Come

Many:

with your shouts of joy.

One:

Come

Many:

with your songs of hope.

One:

Come, let us worship God.

Hymn

Good Christians All, Rejoice and Sing

GELOBT SEI GOTT

Prayer of the Day

(in unison)

Lead us in your truth, gracious God. We long to know your ways and to be guided by your Spirit. We want to grow in the likeness of Jesus to learn to live in ways that are pleasing to you. We wait now, eager to respond to your instruction. Be with us in this hour as we offer you our worship and praise. Amen.

Assurance Response

Day of Delight

IN DIR IST FREUDE

Passing of the Peace & Announcements

Minute for Mission

Madeline Dasch

Proclaiming the Word

A Reading from the Epistles

I Thessalonians 1:1-10

The Word of the Lord | Thanks be to God

Anthem

Let the Song Go Round the Earth - Buryl A. Red

The Southminster Choir

Let the song go round the earth, Jesus Christ is Lord! Sound His praise, tell His worth, be His name adored; every clime and every tongue join the grand, the glorious song! Let the song go round the earth, where the summer smiles; let the notes of holy mirth break from distant isles; inland forests, dark and dim, icebound coasts give back the hymn. With the story of His worth let the whole earth ring; him creation all adore evermore and evermore. Let the song go round the earth, Jesus Christ is King!

A Reading from the Acts of the Apostles

Acts 17:1-9

The Word of the Lord | Thanks be to God

Sermon

Turning the World Upside Down

Rev. Kent Winters-Hazelton

Our Response to the Word

Affirmation of Faith

from The Confession of Belhar

(in unison)

We believe that God has entrusted the church with the message of reconciliation in and through Jesus Christ; that the church is called to be the salt of the earth and the light of the world; that the church is called blessed because it is a peacemaker, a witness both by word and by deed to the new heaven and the new earth in which righteousness dwells.

Hymn

Come, Thou Almighty King

ITALIAN HYMN

The Church at Prayer

The Lord be with you | And also with you.

The Lord's Prayer

(in unison)

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on Earth and it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil For Thine is the kingdom and power and the glory forever. Amen.

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The Presentation & Dedication of Our Gifts

Offertory

Gelobt sei Gott - arr. van der Hel

Offertory Response

Doxology

LASST UNS ERFREUEN

Prayer of Thanksgiving

(in unison)

Through our gifts and offerings, O God, give your loving Spirit to a world in need of comfort. Make our many gifts one offering for the world in the name of Jesus, amen.

Going Forth into the World to Live the Gospel

Hymn

Lift High the Cross

CRUCIFER

Benediction & Response

Alleluia

ALLELUIA No. 7 (TAIZÉ)

Postlude

Gelobt sei Gott - arr. Jan Bender

The flowers for today’s worship service are given by Annhara Tatschl to the glory of God in honor of the Southminster faith community.

Linda Milligan, liturgist

Bryan Johnson & Rick Newkirk, audio/visual

SOUTHMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH STAFF

Rev. Kent Winters-Hazelton, Pastor (Transitional)

Joshua G. Hearn, Director of Music Ministry

Paula Kane, Church Administrator