08/02/2015 Bulletin

BETHLEHEM
PRESBYTERIAN

CHURCH

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The Service for the Lord’s Day

Tenth Sunday after Pentecost

August 2, 2015
11:00 a.m.

GATHERING

WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

PRELUDE Behold, I Do a New Thing Kerby

(John Michael Jones, Pianist)

LIGHTING THE CHRIST CANDLE

*CALL TO WORSHIP (from Psalter) Mark Dotson, Liturgist

Oh sing to the LORD a new song;
For God has done marvelous things!

Sing to the LORD a new song;
Sing to the LORD, all the earth.

God has put a new song in our mouth,
It is a song of praise to our God.

*HYMN (Insert) Here I Am to Worship

*PRAYER OF CONFESSION

O God of New Life, You have come into our hearts with
Your Holy Spirit to do a new thing.

Yet we confess: We don’t like the new; we prefer our old ways.
We don’t like change – new songs, new friends, new habits.
We’d rather stay with the tried and true, the old and familiar.

Change scares us with its risks and challenges.
Your Holy Spirit scares us, too.

O God, forgive us. Forgive us for being stuck in our sinful ways.
Forgive us for resisting the new life Your Spirit can bring.
Help us now to trust Your loving, new ways
that will remake our life into something
useful and beautiful for Your glory…

(Silent confession…)
In the name of Jesus Christ, we pray. AMEN.

*ASSURANCE OF PARDON

*RESPONSE The Gloria Patri

*THE PEACE OF CHRIST

PROCLAIMING

CHILDREN’S CHAT Pastor Rebekah

(Children up to Kindergarten may be dismissed to the nursery at this time. Parents

need to pickup their children from the nursery immediately following the service.)

5 CENTS-A-MEAL OFFERING

(Today we receive our special offering that goes to feed the hungry in our community
and around the world. Please give generously as the children come around.)

PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION

SCRIPTURE READING Luke 5.33-39

MEDITATION “Like Something Old, Something New” Rev. Johns

Summer Sermon Series: “Personalizing the Parables”

RESPONDING

COMMUNION HYMN (Insert) Let Us Break Bread Together

THE SACRAMENT OF THE LORD’S SUPPER

This is the Lord’s Table. It is made ready for those who have been baptized; for
those who love Jesus Christ and want to love Him more. Baptized children who
are being nurtured and instructed in the faith are invited to partake of this holy
meal. This is the feast of God for the people of God.

THE GREAT THANKSGIVING
The Lord be with you.
And also with you.
Lift up your hearts.
We lift them to the Lord.
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.

It is right to give our thanks and praise…

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE

THE LORD’S PRAYER (congregation singing)
“Our Father, who art in heaven…”

BREAKING THE BREAD & POURING THE CUP

Please eat the Bread when it is served to you, celebrating your personal faith in
Jesus Christ. Then hold the Cup until everyone is served, so that we may drink
together, celebrating the unity we share as the body of Christ.

THE COMMUNION OF THE FAITHFUL

As The Lord’s Supper is served and the music played, receive the grace of Christ in
this Sacrament, confess sin and brokenness, seek reconciliation with God and
neighbor and trust in Jesus Christ for cleansing and renewal.

AFFIRMATION OF FAITH The Apostles’ Creed – 3rd Century

I believe in God the Father Almighty…

SHARING OUR TITHES AND OFFERINGS

OFFERTORY Just A Little Talk With Jesus Derricks
(Old Hundredth)
(Men’s Ensemble)

*DOXOLOGY
*PRAYER OF DEDICATION

FOLLOWING

*HYMN (Insert) He Touched Me

*CHARGE AND BLESSING

*POSTLUDE

*Please stand as you are able.

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BETHLEHEM PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

2446 Old Church Road
Mechanicsville, Virginia 23111

Office: (804) 779-3775

Email: [email protected]
Website: BethPresChurch.org

The Reverend Rebekah J. Johns, Pastor

John Michael Jones, BFA – Director of Music
Kylee Dotson – Presbytery Youth Council