OPENING SENTENCES

Leader: The Lord be with you.

People: And also with you.

Leader: Lift up your hearts.

People: We lift them up unto the Lord.

PRELUDE “From All That Dwell Below the Skies” arr. J. Chrisman

CALL TO WORSHIP (from Psalm 117 and Hymn 327 “From All That Dwell Below the Skies”)

Leader: From all that dwell below the skies, let the Creator’s praise arise,

People: Let the Redeemer’s name be sung through every land, in every tongue.

Leader: In every land begin the song; to every land the strains belong;

People: In cheerful sound all voices raise and fill the world with joyful praise.

Leader: Eternal are thy mercies, Lord; eternal truth attends your word;

People: Your praise shall sound from shore to shore, till suns will rise and set no more. Alleluia!

HYMN 336 - We Gather Together, Kremser

FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST - JULY 5, 2020

WE’VE A STORY TO TELL

TO THE NATIONS

A FESTIVAL OF

HYMN SINGING:

CALL TO CONFESSION

Leader: The grace of God overflows for us through Christ Jesus who came into the world to save

sinners. Please join me in the prayer of confession...

PRAYER OF CONFESSION (in unison, verses 1-2 from Hymn 345 “In an Age of Twisted Values”)

In an age of twisted values, we have lost the truth we need. In sophisticated language we have justified our

greed. By our struggle for possessions we have robbed the poor and weak. Hear our cry and heal our na-

tion, your forgiveness, Lord, we seek. We have built discrimination on our prejudice and fear. Hatred swift-

ly turns to cruelty if we hold resentments dear. For communities divided by the walls of class and race, hear

our cry and heal our nation; show us, Lord, your love and grace.

(c) 1995 Kevin Mayhew Ltd. Reprinted under CCLI License No. 303748.

SILENT CONFESSION

ASSURANCE OF FORGIVENESS

Leader: Anyone who is in Christ is a new creation. The old life has gone; a new life has begun.

Know that you are forgiven and be at peace.

People: Praise God for grace and mercy! Thanks be to God.

PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION

Lord, open our hearts and minds by the power of your Holy Spirit that as the scriptures are read and your

word is proclaimed, we may hear with joy what you say to us today. Amen.

FIRST LESSON - Psalm 2: 1-9

Why do the nations conspire, and the peoples plot in vain?

The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord and his anointed,

saying, ‘Let us burst their bonds asunder, and cast their cords from us.’ He who sits in the heavens laughs; the

Lord has them in derision. Then he will speak to them in his wrath, and terrify them in his fury, saying, ‘I have

set my king on Zion, my holy hill.’ I will tell of the decree of the Lord:He said to me, ‘You are my son; today I

have begotten you. Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage, and the ends of the earth your posses-

sion. You shall break them with a rod of iron, and dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.’

HYMN 331 - God of the Ages, Whose Almighty Hand, National Hymn

HYMN 339 - Lift Every Voice and Sing, Lift Every Voice

SECOND LESSON John 17:20-26

‘I ask not only on behalf of these, but also on behalf of those who will believe in me through their word, that

they may all be one. As you, Father, are in me and I am in you, may they also be in us, so that the world may

believe that you have sent me. The glory that you have given me I have given them, so that they may be one,

as we are one, I in them and you in me, that they may become completely one, so that the world may know

that you have sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me. Father, I desire that those also, whom

you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory, which you have given me because you

loved me before the foundation of the world. ‘Righteous Father, the world does not know you, but I know you;

and these know that you have sent me. I made your name known to them, and I will make it known, so that

the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them.’

HYMN 321 - The Church’s One Foundation, Aurelia

HYMN 306 - Blest Be the Tie That Binds, Dennis

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE

Joys and Concerns

Pastoral Prayer

CALL TO DISCIPLESHIP

INVITATION TO THE LORD’S TABLE

GREAT PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING

Leader: The Lord be with you.

People: And also with you.

Leader: Lift up your hearts.

People: We lift them up unto the Lord.

Leader: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.

People: It is right to give our thanks and praise.

Leader: Eternal God (prayer continues...) We pray the prayer taught to us by our Lord Jesus

Christ...

THE LORD’S PRAYER

Leaders Today

Pastor .......................................................................... Pastor Scott Anderson

Minister of Music .......................................................................Joe Chrisman

AV/Tech .......................................................................................... John Tarr

Westminster Presbyterian * 608-238-3121 * 4100 Nakoma Rd, Madison, WI 53711

3. We’ve a message to give to the nations,

That the Lord who reigns up above

Has sent us His Son to save us

And show us that God is love,

And show us that God is love.

REFRAIN

4. We’ve a Savior to show to the nations,

Who the path of sorrow has trod,

That all of the world’s great peoples,

Might come to the truth of God,

Might come to the truth of God.

REFRAIN

BREAKING OF BREAD AND POURING OF CUP

COMMUNION OF THE PEOPLE

MUSIC DURING COMMUNION “Adagio” L. Van Beethoven

PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION (in unison)

God of grace, you renew us at your table with the bread of life. May this food strengthen us in love and help

us to serve you in each other. We ask in the name of Jesus the Lord, Amen.

HYMN - We’ve a Story to Tell to the Nations, Message

1. We’ve a story to tell to the nations,

That shall turn their hearts to the right.

A story of truth and mercy,

A story of peace and light,

A story of peace and light.

REFRAIN:

For the darkness shall turn to dawning,

and the dawning to noonday bright;

And Christ’s great kingdom shall come on earth;

The kingdom of love and light.

2. We’ve a song to be sung to the nations,

That shall lift their hearts to the Lord.

A song that shall conquer evil,

And shatter the spear and sword,

And shatter the spear and sword.

REFRAIN

*CHARGE AND BENEDICTION

Leader: Let us go out and tell a story to the nations,

People: The story of love and light!

POSTLUDE - Prelude in G Major, J.S. Bach