WELCOME TO WORSHIP
THE LORD’S PRAYER 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.
(Children, kindergartners through third grade, are invited to exit the Sanctuary for Children’s Worship. Children will return to reserved pews in the Sanctuary at the close of worship.)
TWELFTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST • AUGUST 31, 2025 • 11:00AM
CANTICLE You’ll Never Walk Alone (from Carousel) — Rodgers & Hammerstein When you walk through a storm, hold your head up high and don’t be afraid of the dark. At the end of the storm is a golden sky and the sweet silver song of the lark. Walk on through the wind, walk on through the rain though your dreams be tossed and blown. Walk on walk on with hope in your heart and you’ll never walk alone. You’ll never walk alone.
WE HEAR THE WORD PROCLAIMED
THE COMMUNITY GATHERS Welcome to worship at Centenary! We are a church for everyone. As you prepare for worship, we invite you to greet your neighbor and share the love of Christ. †
SCRIPTURE — Mark 4:35-41 This is the word of God for the people of God. Thanks be to God.
Please stand as you are able
SERMON PRELUDE
“In the Midst of a Storm”
GREETING INTROIT
My God Is a Rock — Spiritual, arr. Shaw-Parker My God is a rock in a weary land, shelther in a time of storm. I know He is a rock in a weary land, shelter in a time of storm.
CALL TO WORSHIP Welcome this day to the house of our God. We are greeted in peace and in love. Welcome this day to the worship of our Creator. We worship in hope and with grace. Welcome this day to our community of faith, Where we are sisters and brothers in Christ. Welcome this day to the worship of God. Blessed be the name of the Lord!
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HYMN OF PROCESSION #66 Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven — LAUDA ANIMA
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WE RENEW OUR COMMITMENT OFFERTORY You Do Not Walk Alone — Elaine Hagenberg May you see God’s light on the path ahead when the road you walk is dark. May you always hear, even in your hour of sorrow, the gentle singing of the lark. When times are hard may hardness never turn your heart to stone. May you always remember when the shadows fall You do not walk alone. DOXOLOGY #95 Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow — OLD 100th Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; praise God, all creatures here below; praise God above, ye heavenly host; praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
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PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
PARTICIPANTS IN WORSHIP
WE GO AS GOD’S PEOPLE INTO THE WORLD
AFFIRMATION OF FAITH We are not alone, we live in God’s world. We believe in God: who has created and is creating, who has come in Jesus, the Word made flesh, to reconcile and make new, who works in us and others by the Spirit. We trust in God. We are called to be the church: to celebrate God’s presence, to love and serve others, to seek justice and resist evil, to proclaim Jesus, crucified and risen, our judge and our hope. In life, in death, in life beyond death, God is with us. We are not alone. Thanks be to God. Amen.
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GLORIA PATRI #71 Glory Be to the Father — GREATOREX 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.
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PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
SERMON NOTES
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“The Storm on the Sea of Galilee”— Rembrandt van Rijn (1633)
HYMN
#534 Be Still, My Soul — FINLANDIA
BENEDICTION
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BENEDICTION RESPONSE Amen (from Geistliches Lied, Op. 30) — Johannes Brahms
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POSTLUDE
Thank you for joining us in worship today.
PREACHING The Reverend Lara “Willis” Greene Senior Minister LITURGIST Tammy Pollock Director of Youth Ministries MUSIC Jonathan Emmons, Director of Music Ministries Joshua Sobel, Organist Jonathan Blake Borton, piano Alden Pridgen, mezzo-soprano The Chancel Choir
CRUCIFER JoJo Johnson TORCHBEARERS Eleanor Coulter Georgia Elliott FLOWERS The Chancel flowersare given in loving memory of Mary Anne Maynard by her family.
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