In his letter to a church going through a tough time, Paul describes the whole world— the whole universe as being in labor: something will be born.
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Hymn “Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing”
Text: #356 B; Tune: #68 R
Text: Robert Robinson
Tune: John Wyeth’s Repository of Sacred Music
(Public Domain)
Come, Thou Fount of every blessing, tune my heart to sing Thy grace;
Streams of mercy, never ceasing, call for songs of loudest praise.
Teach me some melodious sonnet, sung by flaming tongues above;
Praise the mount! I’m fixed upon it, mount of God’s unchanging love!
Here I raise my Ebenezer, hither by Thy help I’m come;
And I hope, by Thy good pleasure, safely to arrive at home.
Jesus sought me when a stranger, wandering from the fold of God;
He, to rescue me from danger, interposed His precious blood.
O to grace how great a debtor daily I’m constrained to be!
Let that grace now, like a fetter, bind my wandering heart to Thee:
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it, prone to leave the God I love;
Here’s my heart, O take and seal it, seal it for Thy courts above.
Hymn 469 R “Lord of All Hopefulness” (4 verses)
Text: Jan Struther
Tune: arr. Jack Schrader
(OneLicense #01648)
Lord of all hopefulness, Lord of all joy,
Whose trust, ever childlike, no cares could destroy,
Be there at our waking, and give us, we pray,
Your bliss in our hearts, Lord, at the break of the day.
Lord of all eagerness, Lord of all faith,
Whose strong hands were skilled at the plane and the lathe,
Be there at our labors, and give us, we pray,
Your strength in our hearts, Lord, at the noon of the day.
Lord of all kindliness, Lord of all grace,
Your hands swift to welcome, your arms to embrace,
Be there at our homing, and give us, we pray,
Your love in our hearts, Lord, at the eve of the day.
Lord of all gentleness, Lord of all calm,
Whose voice is contentment, whose presence is balm,
Be there at our sleeping, and give us, we pray,
Your peace in our hearts, Lord, at the end of the day.
Prelude:
“When We Are Living (Somos del Senor)"
Elise S. Eslinger, George Lockwood, Hal H. Hopson, Roberto Escamilla
CCLI #4968810
Children's Sermon:
"Children Of The Heavenly Father"
Ernst William Olson, Karolina Wilhelmina Sandell-Berg, Robert J. Hughes
CCLI #2137612
Anthem:
"O Sing To The Lord (Cantad al Senor)"
Jack Schrader
Arr. Dana Sullivan
OneLicense #03873
Prayer Response
“Put Peace Into Each Other’s Hands”
Fred Kaan
OneLicense #02344
Offering Response
“For the Life That You Have Given”
Text: Carl P. Daw, Jr. (OneLicense #23419)
Tune: Beach Spring (OneLicense #91029)
Postlude:
"Tell Out My Soul"
Timothy Dudley-Smith
CCLI# 2402653
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Pastor: Rev. Patricia Raube
Music Director: Chris Bartlette
Asst. Music Director: Colin DeLap
Pianist/Organist: Heather Ingraham
Media Manager: Ryan DeLap
Liturgist: Barbara Ann Dailey
Contributing Musicians: Dana Sullivan, Peg Williams
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