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Worship Service each Sunday at 10:00 a.m.

Sunday, July 25th – 10 a.m. – 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time


VISITORS

Welcome to First Presbyterian Church!  Let us get to know you better!  Please fill out the friendship pad in the pew, and join us for refreshments in the Fellowship Room following the worship service.  The Fellowship Room is downstairs – use either the elevator or the central passageway from the main entry.  

 

TODAY’S SERVERS

Guest Preacher Wayne Shippen
Greeters Melissa & Linda Howar
Litugist Rick Kuhn
Head Usher Harry Geist
Ushers Terry & Phyllis Fletcher, steve & Sue Knott
Deacon Ambassador
for the
Month of July
Dick Irwin


Christ, you are stem, stalk, tree!

Let your fruit take root in me.

                                                              --Miriam Therese Winter



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First Presbyterian Church

of Twin Falls, Idaho

...a living example of God’s love in the world


Sunday, July 25th – 10 a.m. – 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time

An “*” asterisk, means that those who are able may please stand.


                     

GATHERING AND WELCOMING EACH OTHER AS THE BODY OF CHRIST

 

Music Medley, Welcome, Notices of Community Life, & Signing the Friendship Pad


PRAISING GOD AND PREPARING OUR HEARTS TO RECEIVE THE WORD

Opening Our Souls to Worship         “Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing”   Dengler                                                                                                  

Call to Worship (from Monday worship service 219th General Assembly)                                                                                                                  

Liturgist:          Come breathless to the Lord, that you may take in the breath of life.

People:           We share the Breath of Life. Our spirits soar with the hawk.

Liturgist:          Bring your life to the Lord that you may be carried upon the living waters.

People:           We drink from the Living Water.  Our bodies float in the sea of life.:   

People:           Creator Spirit in your presence we feel your breath and drink your

                        Water as we raise our voices in prayer in the name of Jesus, who is

                         the Christ.

*Praising God      “Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing”     #356                                      

*Prayer of Confession (from Friday worship service, 219th General Assembly

            On this very day, Waiting God, we admit all the lengths to which we go so we might avoid you.  You offer us that kingdom of joy and wonder, yet we would hide in places where temptation waits.  You invite us to feast on your grace and peace, but we stubbornly refuse, because you also welcome those we call “outsiders” and we fail to see them as our sisters and brothers.  We are quick to see all the mistakes that those around us make, but hope you will ignore our foolish choices.

*Assurance of Pardon (from Friday worship service 219th General Assembly)

Liturgist:  God rolls away everything that stands in our way –our past, our sin, our pain, our hesitation and reshapes us into new people living in the new creation.  What wonderful grace.   We are Forgiven

People:    Broken, we are made whole;

                Lost, we are brought home;

               Empty, we are filled with songs of gladness.

                We rejoice and give thanks to God who has graced us with mercy.

                Amen.

 

*Praising God for Our Forgiveness and Wholeness:
“Glory Be to the Father”
     #579

     Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit;

     As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end.  Amen.

* Passing the Peace:  Please turn and share the love of God with all around you! 

                  

Children’s Time                                                                                             


HEARING THE GOOD NEWS

 

Praying to hear God’s Word (pray together)

Liturgist:           Let us pray.

People:           Father God, move your spirit in our minds, that we may understand the wisdom of your word.  In the name of Jesus Christ we pray.  Amen.

 

First Reading     Deuteronomy 16:13-20     pages 166-167                                                  

 

Special Music      “ Lord, You Have Come To The Lakeshore”     #377                                                                       

Second Reading     Rev. 3:14-22, Rev. 16:16     pgs. 226, 240                             

 

Proclaiming the Good News           “The General What?”


                                                           RESPONDING TO GOD’S WORD

 

Our Covenant, read responsively      

*Singing Our Response     “Here I am Lord”     #525

 

Joys and Concerns

 

Supporting the Mission of Christ                                                                      

            The Invitation

            The Offertory                                      Deep River Medley”                               Rendler                    

*Praising God & Dedicating Our Gifts to Christ’s Use:
“The Doxology”
     #592

     Praise God from whom all blessings flow; Praise Him, all creatures here below,

     Praise Him above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.  Amen.


DEPARTING TO LIVE AS FOLLOWERS OF THE RISEN CHRIST

 

*Closing Hymn     “The Summons”

 *Receiving the Blessing

Postlude      “You Have Come to the Lakeshore”     Sedio


         

 

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