BIBLE SENTENCE & PRAYER: Stated Supply Pastor Rev. Dr. R. Geoffrey Brown

PRELUDE: “Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise,” arr. Hayes

Musician today: Barbara Jayne, piano; Shannon Lewis, Violin; Gordon Moreshead, Trumpet

PLEASE NOTE: This music provides an opportunity for us to meditate, prepare our hearts, and reverently worship God the Father, the Son, & the Holy Spirit.

CALL TO WORSHIP: Elder Marylou Rossman

“Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and how inscrutable His ways!

For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been His counselor? Or who has given a gift to Him that He might be repaid? For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be glory forever. Amen.

I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and how inscrutable His ways! For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be glory forever. Amen.” (Rom 11:33-12:2)

HYMN OF PRAISE: “Battle Hymn of the Republic”

1 Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord;

he is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored;

he hath loosed the fateful lightning of his terrible swift sword;

his truth is marching on.

Refrain:

Glory, glory, hallelujah!

Glory, glory, hallelujah!

Glory, glory, hallelujah!

His truth is marching on.

2 I have seen him in the watchfires of a hundred circling camps,

they have builded him an altar in the evening dews and damps;

I can read his righteous sentence by the dim and flaring lamps;

his day is marching on. [Refrain]

3 He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat;

he is sifting out the hearts of all before his judgment seat.

O be swift, my soul, to answer him; be jubilant, my feet!

Our God is marching on. [Refrain]

4 In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea,

with a glory in his bosom that transfigures you and me;

as he died to make us holy, let us die to make all free,

while God is marching on. [Refrain]

5 We can almost hear the trumpet sound, the Lord’s return is near;

There is still so many people lost, His message they must hear;

Father, give us one more moment, one more day, just one more year

With God we’re marching on. [Refrain]

INVOCATION: In Unison

HYMN OF WORSHIP: “Eternal Father, Strong to Save”

1 Eternal Father, strong to save,

Whose arm does bind the restless wave,

Who bids the mighty ocean deep

Its own appointed limits keep;

O hear us when we cry to Thee

For those in peril on the sea.

2 O Savior, whose almighty word

The winds and waves submissive heard,

Who walked upon the foaming deep,

And calm amid the rage did sleep;

O hear us when we cry to Thee

For those in peril on the sea.

3 O Holy Spirit, who did brood

Upon the waters dark and rude,

And bid their angry tumult cease,

And give for wild confusion peace;

O hear us when we cry to Thee

For those in peril on the sea.

4 O Trinity of love and pow’r,

Your children shield in danger’s hour;

From rock and tempest, fire, and foe,

Protect them where-so-e’er they go;

Thus, evermore shall rise to Thee

Glad hymns of praise from land and sea.

CONFESSING OUR SIN TOGETHER: In Unison

ASSURANCE OF PARDON:

“He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.” (2 Cor. 5:21)

THE READING OF GOD’S WORD: Pastor Geoff

OT: Nehemiah 10:35-39; NT, Philippians 4:13-23

OFFERING OF OUR GIFTS TO GOD FOR RPC MINISTRY & MISSION:

OFFERTORY: “Spirit of God, Descend upon My Heart,” arr. Hayes

Tithes may be sent to: RPC, PO Box 247, Roslyn, WA 98941

DOXOLOGY: On Screen

Praise God from whom all blessings flow,

Praise Him all creatures here below,

Praise Him above, ye heav’nly host;

Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

Amen.

HYMN OF ADORATION: “My Country ’Tis of Thee”

1 My country, ’tis of thee,

sweet land of liberty,

of thee I sing:

land where my fathers died,

land of the pilgrims’ pride,

from every mountainside

let freedom ring!

2 My native country, thee,

land of the noble free,

thy name I love;

I love thy rocks and rills,

thy woods and templed hills;

my heart with rapture thrills

like that above.

3 Let music swell the breeze,

and ring from all the trees

sweet freedom’s song:

let mortal tongues awake,

let all that breathe partake;

let rocks their silence break,

the sound prolong.

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THE WORD SPEAKS TO OUR LIVES: Pastor Geoff

Summer/Fall Philippians Sermon Series

 God’s Glory = Our Joy – Part 16

 “A Godly BankCard Getting Heavenly Credit”

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CELEBRATION OF THE LORD’S SUPPER: Pastor Geoff

You will be directed when to take the Elements.

Taking of the Bread: Piano Mediation

Drinking the Cup in unison

CLOSING HYMN: “God of Our Fathers”

1 God of the ages, whose almighty hand

leads forth in beauty all the starry band

of shining worlds in splendor through the skies,

our grateful songs before thy throne arise.

2 Thy love divine hath led us in the past;

in this free land with thee our lot is cast;

be thou our ruler, guardian, guide, and stay,

thy Word our law, thy paths our chosen way.

3 From war’s alarms, from deadly pestilence,

be thy strong arm our ever sure defense;

thy true religion in our hearts increase;

thy bounteous goodness nourish us in peace.

4 Refresh thy people on their toilsome way;

lead us from night to never-ending day;

fill all our lives with love and grace divine,

and glory, laud, and praise be ever thine.