We Gather Prelude Two Pieces for Organ Michael Sullivan (b. 1936)

Prelude in G, Op. 101 Charles Villiers Stanford (1852–1924)

Stewart Scharch, organ Welcome Peter Whitelock & Lauren Gully

Call to Worship Lauren Gully

We Praise Songs of Praise O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing (Hymnal #610) tune: Azmon

Creation Sings by David Leonard & Leslie Jordan

Prayer for Reconciliation Lauren Gully In Christ There Is No East or West (Hymnal #317) tune: McKee

Reading from Psalm 33 Julie Fulford

Preparation for Prayer Unseen, But Not Unknown by Craig Curry

Summer ChoirPrayer of Confession & Assurance of Pardon Lauren Gully

Response Forever Chris Tomlin (b. 1972)

Peace Tony Domenick

We Hear the Word Sermon “Hail, Ceasar!” Peter Whitelock Hebrews 11:1–3 (p. 977)Pastoral Prayer & The Lord’s Prayer Gerald Chinen

We Respond We Are Called by Name Gerald Chinen

Moment for Ministry: Stephen Ministry

Offering The Swan C. Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)

Shain Carrasco, cello Closing Hymn Lift Every Voice and Sing (Hymnal #339) tune: Lift Every Voice

Prayer of Thanksgiving Gerald Chinen

Charge & Benediction Peter Whitelock

Postlude Air in D Henry Purcell (1659–1695)

Stewart Scharch, organ Everyone is invited to the Worship Plaza for coffee and fellowship.

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Call to Worship One: The heavens declare the righteousness of God. Many: The earth declares God’s beauty. One: From the rising of the sun to its setting Many: God’s word shines forth in glory.

Songs of Praise: O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing (Hymnal #610) Text: Charles Wesley, 1839, alt.; Music: Carl Gotthelf Gläser, 1828l arr. Lowell Mason, 1839 O for a thousand tongues to sing my dear Redeemer’s praise The glories of my God and King, the triumphs of God’s grace The name of Jesus charms our fears, and bids our sorrows cease Sings music in the sinner’s ears, brings life, and health, and peace Christ speaks, and listening to his voice new life the dead receive The mournful waken to rejoice, the poor in heart believe My gracious Master and my God, assist me to proclaim To spread through all the earth abroad the honors of thy name To God all glory, praise, and love be now and ever given By saints below and saints above, the church in earth and heaven

Creation Sings Words and Music by David Leonard and Leslie Jordan

In You we live, in You we move In You we have our being In every nation, all the earth This song of ours is rising Creation, all creation, sings Your glory Sings Your glory God Glory to the Father Glory to the Son Glory to the Spirit Who was and is to come

Prayer for Reconciliation God whose voice spoke creation into being, who ordered chaos in creation and set limits to the sea, who said “let there be” and there was. Words have become cheap. We are tired of trying to speak sense into the seas of torches of supremacy that have been burning for years. The words of evil voices are all around us chanting hate. We are now up to our necks. We need your help in raising our voices above the chaos of hate, violence, and racism now. We are calling out to you! Just as you sent your Son, who was your word, and lifted his own voice against injustice.

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Speak your love into creation again. Give words to those who have been silent in apathy. Let the chants rise of those pursuing justice. Help this world sing a new song. Help us to sing our anxiety into action, our discrimination into decency, our hate into humility. We will sing together your song of love, which is truer, stronger, and is always the last word. Amen

In Christ There Is No East or West (Hymnal #317) Text: John Oxenham, 1908, alt.; Music: African American spiritual; Jubilee Songs, 1884, adapt. H. T. Burleigh, 1940

In Christ there is no east or west, in him no south or north But one great fellowship of love throughout the whole wide earth In Christ shall true hearts everywhere their high communion find His service is the golden cord close-binding humankind Join hands, disciples of the faith, whate’er your race may be All children of the living God are surely kin to me In Christ now meet both east and west; in him meet south and north All Christly souls are one in him throughout the whole wide earth

Reading: from Psalm 33 Happy is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people whom he has chosen as his heritage. The LORD looks down from heaven; he sees all humankind. From where he sits enthroned he watches all the inhabitants of the earth— he who fashions the hearts of them all, and observes all their deeds. Truly the eye of the LORD is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his steadfast love, to deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine. Our soul waits for the LORD; he is our help and shield. Our heart is glad in him, because we trust in his holy name. Let your steadfast love, O LORD, be upon us, even as we hope in you.

Preparation for Prayer : Unseen, But Not Unknown Words: Ray Palmer, 1858, alt.; Music: Craig Curry

My Lord, these eyes have never seen that radiant form of Thine The veil of sense hangs dark between Thy blessed face and mine I see Thee not, I hear Thee not, yet Thou art oft with me

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And earth hath ne’er so dear a spot as where I meet with thee Like some bright dream that comes unsought When the night slumbers o’er me roll Thine image ever fills my thought And charms my ravaged soul Yet though I have not seen and still must rest in faith alone I love Thee, dearest Lord, and will, unseen, but not unknown

Prayer of Confession Holy God, you call us to do good, seek justice, and care for those in need, yet how often we place our own comforts above compassion for others. Forgive us, we pray, and cleanse us from these and all our offenses through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Response: Forever Words & Music: Chris Tomlin Give thanks to the Lord, our God and King God’s love endures forever For God is good, and is above all things God’s love endures forever Sing praise, sing praise With a mighty hand and outstretched arm God’s love endures forever For the life that has been reborn God’s love endures forever Sing praise, sing praise Chorus: Forever God is faithful, forever God is strong Forever God is with us, forever From the rising to the setting sun God’s love endures forever By the grace of God we will carry on God’s love endures forever Sing praise, sing praise Chorus

Scripture: Hebrews 11:1–3 Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. Indeed, by faith our ancestors received approval. By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen was made from things that are not visible.

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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 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.

Closing Hymn: Lift Every Voice and Sing (Hymnal #339) Text:James Weldon Johnson, 1900; Music: J. Rosamond Johnson, 1905 Lift every voice and sing Till earth and heaven ring Ring with the harmonies of liberty Let our rejoicing rise High as the listening skies Let it resound loud as the rolling sea Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us Facing the rising sun Of our new day begun Let us march on, till victory is won Stony the road we trod Bitter the chastening rod Felt in the days when hope unborn had died Yet, with a steady beat Have not our weary feet Come to the place for which our parents sighed We have come over a way that with tears has been watered We have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered Out from the gloomy past Till now we stand at last Where the white gleam of our bright star is cast God of our weary years God of our silent tears Thou who hast brought us thus far on the way Thou who hast by thy might Led us into the light Keep us forever in the path, we pray Lest our feet stray from the places, our God, where we met thee Lest, our hearts drunk with the wine of the world, we forget thee Shadowed beneath thy hand May we forever stand True to our God, true to our native land

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