ORDER OF SERVICE
June 29, 2008
“In creating, the only hard thing is to begin; a grass blade is no easier to
make than an oak.”
-- James Russell Lowell
PRELUDE Elegie Op.10 #5 - J. Massenet
INTROIT Welcome! Welcome! - traditional Shaker greeting
OPENING WORDS Number
559 (unison) - Emma Goldman
*HYMN Number 111 (standing) Life of Ages
RESPONSIVE READING Number 585 (standing) Councils Marge Piercy
*SONG OF EXALTATION (standing) Genevan Psalter, 1551
All people that on earth do dwell,
Sing ye to God with cheerful voice;
Come serve with mirth, God’s praise forth tell.
Join ye together and rejoice.
Amen.
FIRST READING
*INTERLUDE Poem - Z. Fibich
SECOND READING
THOUGHTS FOR MEDITATION MOMENTS OF SILENCE (A time for contemplation and
prayer.)
ANTHEM Down by the Riverside - arr. Jay Althouse
OFFERTORY Intermezzo Op. 119 #3 - J. Brahms
ANNOUNCEMENTS
*HYMN
Number 90 (standing) From All the Fret and Fever of the Day
SERMON Taking Liberty to Heart - Dr. Lisa Jennings
CHORAL RESPONSE Benediction - Jason Shelton
BENEDICTION
POSTLUDE Shall We Gather at the River - R. Lowry arr. Kevin Eubanks
*Persons
arriving late may be seated at these times.
Large Print or Braille Hymnals, and
Assisted Hearing Devices may be requested from the ushers.
A Crying Room is available in the Emerson Wing. You can hear
the service while rocking the little one.
The Care Coordinator for June is Katy Spurlock. You can reach Katy at 276-9502
or cell 550-1042. The Care Coordinator for July is Anne Thompson. You can reach
Anne at 685-5614.
Now Available: CDs of the sermon each Sunday are now available for $5 or free on
loan from the library. Print copies are on the Welcome Table.
What are you called to do? Four opportunities:
(1) Soup Kitchen (Dan Bing at 763-2384); (2) COR meals-on-wheels (Jeane Umbreit
at 374-9114); (3) Hawkins Mill Elementary (Jerry Billmeier at 767-5311); Hope
and Healing (Sue Strong at 272-1853).
The XY & U group invites all 20-30 somethings to join them on Friday, July 11
for Bowling and on Saturday, August 9 at the Brooks Art Museum. Please call Matt
Holladay at 289-3987 or Amanda Cook at 377-8827 for further information. You can
also contact the group by email at
xyandumemphis@yahoo.com
Copies of the June 22nd Sermon, “Our Greatest Danger” are available on the
Welcoming table at the back of the Sanctuary.
Friday Evening July 4 the church grounds will be closed and there is no church
service on July 6.
Sunday, July 13 at 11:00 we will have our first Summer of Faith speaker,
Katherine Bush, Associate Rector of Holy Communion Episcopal Church. Andy
Branham will be the Lay Leader. Child care for infants through kindergartners
and art lessons for 1-6 grades Katie Jones, a Memphis artist will be in the Mimi
Loeb art room and her lesson on July 13 will be “Two Chrysanthemum Maidens” from
Japan -- a lesson in drawing.
Summer of Faith Brochures giving the entire schedule for July and August are on
the Welcoming Table. Please take one! Take two and share one with a friend!
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