Pine Street Presbyterian Church in the City of Harrisburg
June 28, 2020 Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
GATHERING IN THE PRESENCE OF THE RISEN CHRIST
VOLUNTARY
INTROIT
Tell Out My Soul Joseph Garrison J. Wayne Kerr
Pine Street Quartet
Open to me the Gates of Righteousness Eric Thiman
Open to me the gates of righteousness, I will go into them, and I will praise the Lord.
SALUTATION Dr. Sullivan
CALL TO WORSHIP
One: God calls us by name into the presence of holiness as God’s holy people.
Many: We answer this call by the grace of God through the power of the Holy Spirit in the name of God’s own Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
One: Come, let us worship God.
HYMN You Servants of God, Your Master Proclaim (from Glory to God) HANOVER
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
O Lord our God, we confess that we do not reflect your glory. You deliver us from death to life, but we live as though we are slaves to sin. You welcome us in Christ, but we fail to welcome others. Forgive us; restore and reorder our lives by the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ. Help us to live in faith and faithfulness, responding to your call—here I am— to the glory of your holy name.
SILENCE FOR PERSONAL CONFESSION
ASSURANCE OF PARDON
GLORIA
Glory Be to the Father 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.
READING AND HEARING THE WORD
PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION
FIRST TESTAMENT
Jeremiah 28:5-9
One: The Word of the Lord. Many: Thanks be to God.
HYMN
Fairest Lord Jesus (from Glory to God) CRUSADERS’ HYMN
LESSON FOR YOUNG CHRISTIANS
SECOND TESTAMENT
Romans 6:12-23
Matthew 10:40-42
SERMON “Dueling Preachers” Dr. Sullivan
AFFIRMATION OF FAITH
The Apostles’ Creed I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth. And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; he descended into hell; the third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy catholic church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. Amen.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
ANTHEM
Thy Perfect Love Pine Street Quartet John Rutter
Jesu, my love, my joy, my rest, thy perfect love close in my breast that I thee love and never rest; and make me love thee of all things best, and wounded my heart in thy love free, that I may reign in joy evermore with thee.
SEALING THE WORD
SACRAMENT OF THE LORD’S SUPPER
One: The Lord be with you.
Many: And also with you.
One: Lift up your hearts.
Many: We lift them to the Lord.
One: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
Many: It is right to give God thanks and praise.
Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might, heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest.
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.
The prayer continues.
… Great is the mystery of faith: Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again.
INTERCESSION, SUPPLICATION, AND CONSECRATION
One: In your mercy, Many: Lord, hear our prayer.
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 debts as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the Kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
HYMN Jesus, Thy Boundless Love to Me (from Glory to God)
ST. CATHERINE
1. Jesus, thy boundless love to me
2. O grant that nothing in my soul no thought can reach, no tongue declare; may dwell, but thy pure love alone; O knit my thankful heart to thee, O may thy love possess me whole, and reign without a rival there! my joy, my treasure, and my crown! Thine wholly, thine alone, I’d live; All coldness from my heart remove; myself to thee entirely give. may every act, word, thought be love.
3. O Love, how gracious is thy way! All fear before thy presence flies; care, anguish, sorrow melt away where’er thy healing beams arise. O Jesus, nothing may I see, nothing desire, or seek, but thee.
DISTRIBUTION
OF THE BREAD AND CUP
Please share in your home bread and juice or wine.
BEARING AND FOLLOWING THE WORD OF GOD INTO THE WORLD
HYMN
I, the Lord of Sea and Sky (from Glory to God) HERE I AM, LORD
BENEDICTION
Dr. Sullivan
CHORAL BENEDICTION
VOLUNTARY
Three-fold Amen Pine Street Quartet
McNeil Robinson II
Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee Joseph Garrison
Michael D. Costello
LEADING IN WORSHIP TODAY
The Rev. Dr. Russell C. Sullivan, Jr., Pastor Joseph W. Garrison, Minister of Music and Worship Chris Earhart, Timothy Lupia, Amy Sprenkle, and Susannah Woodruff Pine Street Quartet
COPYRIGHT NOTES
Hymns in the bulletin are used by Permission. Printed legally under OneLicense.net #A-71074. All rights reserved.
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND NOTICES
WORSHIP AND THE BUILDING
Public worship at Pine Street has been canceled until the Session determines when it is possible to return. The service will be recorded each week and posted to the website and Facebook.
CELEBRATE: NEW SOUND AND VIDEO STREAMING ON THE WAY!
Session has approved the installation of new sound and video streaming systems for the sanctuary. The firm that will install the systems is Sage Technology Solutions of Mt. Joy, Pennsylvania. Our worship – in the sanctuary and on-line – is a gift to our community. We will be contacting you about how you can contribute financially to underwrite this project.
PRESBYTERY WIDE STUDY FOR THE SUMMER
This summer our Presbytery is offering an 8-week opportunity for us to study racism and its impact on our society. This educational event features a study of the book Anxious To Talk About It: Helping White Christians Talk Faithfully About Racism. The Rev. Dr. Gene Gordon, Pastor of Capital Presbyterian Church, will also provide two presentations. In one presentation, Gene will talk about the origins of the slave trade, drawing upon his recent travels to Ghana with the 1619 Project. His second presentation will provide tools for addressing wounds that stem from racism and how we offer spiritual support as people of faith. You have two choices of times for the study, Wednesday evening or Thursday morning. The study will be conducted on-line via Zoom. Here’s the schedule for the study:
Write office@carlislepby.org, and indicate in the e-mail your preference for the Wednesday evening Zoom on-line study or the Thursday morning Zoom on-line study. An invitation/link will be sent to you for your preference. You can order the book on-line with Amazon. It’s also available in an e-book format. Join your friends and colleagues in the Presbytery for this important and timely study.
THIS WEEK IN PRAYER
Jane Hess, hospitalized Jesse Weigel, hospitalized Centre Presbyterian Church | Loysville, PA
“Welcome one another, therefore, just as Christ has welcomed you for the glory of God!”
(Romans 15:7)
Who is welcome at Pine Street Presbyterian Church?
You are!
If you are young or old or middle-aged …
If you are homeless or rent or own …
If you have a lot of faith, little faith, or no faith at all …
If you are male or female or trans*…
If you are a Republican, a Democrat, or care little for politics ...
If you are gay or straight …
If you are married, single, or partnered …
If you are Asian, Hispanic, Black or White …
If you are poor or rich, hungry, or well-fed,
If you have addictions, phobias, depression, or mental illness …
If you are strong or weak …
If you wear blue jeans or business casual …
If you hunger to know more about God and life …
If you seek more purpose to your daily living …
If you long for a better and more just world …
You are welcomed and affirmed here!
Come with your gifts and strengths, thoughts, doubts and questions, passions and fears.
Come with the experiences and traditions that formed you. Come to seek and to listen to God. Hear God call you to love your neighbor with all your heart, mind, and soul! Christ welcomes all and so do we!
Pine Street Presbyterian Church is a welcoming and affirming congregation!
Adopted by action of the Session, March 25, 2019