Invocation and Lord’s Prayer
Donna Dingus
Our Father, Who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil, for Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever. Amen.
Song of Hope: “The Prayer”
Christopher & Mycah Sizemore
I pray You’ll be our eyes, and watch us where we go, and help us to be wise, in times when we don’t know. Let this be our prayer, when we lose our way. Lead us to a place, guide us with Your grace to a place where we’ll be safe.
La luce che tu dai, I pray we’ll find your light
Nel cuore resterà, and hold it in our hearts
A ricordarci che, When stars go out each night
L’eterna stella sei. Nella mia preghiera, Let this be our prayer, Quanta fede c’è , When shadows fill our day. Lead us to a place, guide us with Your grace, give us faith so we'll be safe.
Sognamo un mondo senza più violenza (we dream of a world with no more violence); Un mondo di giustizia e di speranza (a world of justice and hope). Ognuno dia la mano al suo vicino (everyone lends a hand to their neighbor), Simbolo di pace e di fraternità (a symbol of peace and fraternity), La forza che ci dai (the strength you give us).
We ask that life be kind, È il desiderio che,
And watch us from above, Ognuno trovi amor.
We hope each soul will find, Intorno e dentro a sè, Another soul to love. Let this be our prayer, let this be our prayer, just like every child, just like every child, need to find a place, guide us with Your grace, give us faith so we’ll be safe.
E la fede che,(and the faith that) hai acceso in noi. (You have ignited within us), Sento che ci salverá, (I feel that it will save all of us).
Parent-Child-Church Dedication
Rich, Mara, & Hendrix Sutphin
Charge to Parents:
Rich and Mara, in presentingHendrix today, do you promise,through the grace given you and in
partnership with this church family, to teach him the truths of the Christian faith and to show him what it means to love and follow Jesus?
Parents’ Response:
With God as our Helper, we will.
Charge to Boys and Girls:
As Hendrix grows up, he will look to you to see what it means to be like Jesus. Do you promise to be true friends and examples to him?
Children’s Response:
Yes, we do.
Charge to Church Family:
Do you promise to fulfill your responsibility to support Rich and Mara as parents and to teach, serve, love, and nurture Hendrix so that from his earliest days of memory, he may see the face of Christ reflected in you?
Congregation Response:
We promise this in the name of Jesus who became a little child so that we might become children of God.
Our Future: Rev. Nancy Brannon
*Song of Thanks: No. 147
“How Great Thou Art”
Prayer of Thanks: Rev. Dr. Fred Lewis
Gloria Patri
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end, Amen, Amen.
Offertory: “How Great Thy One Foundation”
Jon Brannon, organ, Bret Hensley, trumpet
In Honor of our Sesquicentennial
Pastoral Prayer: Rev. Dr. David Carrico
Choral Anthem: “Psalm 150”
Cesar Franck
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
O praise ye the Lord, praise God in His temple.
O praise ye the Lord in the firmament of His power.
Praise ye Him for His mighty acts, praise Him for His mighty acts. Praise ye Him, praise ye Him according to His majesty. Praise ye Him, praise ye Him with the sound of the trumpet.
Let your praises resound upon the loud cymbals,
Yea, give praise to His name upon the high-sounding cymbals. Let everything that hath breath,
Let everything that hath breath praise,
Praise the Lord, sing praise to the Lord. (repeat first stanza)
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!