June 11 – The Call of Abram

Welcome to Ivy Chapel United Church of Christ! Our Savior Jesus Christ calls us to newness of life. What a joy it is that God gathers us for worship! Praise God for this morning!

WELCOME

PRELUDE – Antiphon III, Op. 18, No. 3 – Dupré

*CALL TO WORSHIP – John Weiland
One: Let us rejoice!
All: We rejoice, for Living God rules over all the earth!
One: All that lives and moves belongs to God.
All: Let everything that breathes praise the Lord!
One: God is good.
All: God’s mercies endure forever.

*HYMN – Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing – #82

Come Thou fount of every blessing,
Tune my heart to sing Thy grace;
Streams of mercy never ceasing,
Call for songs of loudest praise.
Teach me some melodious sonnet,
Sung by flaming tongues above;
Praise the mount, I’m fixed upon it
Mount of Thy redeeming love.

Here I raise my Ebenezer,
Here by Thy great help I’ve come;
And I hope by Thy good pleasure,
Safely to arrive at home.
Jesus sought me when a stranger,
Wandering from the fold of God.
He, to rescue me from danger,
Bought me with His precious blood

O to grace how great a debtor,
Daily I’m constrained to be!
Let Thy goodness, like a fetter,
Bind my wandering heart to Thee:
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it,
Prone to leave the God I love;
Here’s my heart, O take and seal it;
Seal it for Thy courts above.

*UNISON PRAYER OF INVOCATION – John Weiland
God, our Maker, Redeemer and Friend; you are always faithful. We rejoice that you are with us on this day and every day! As you once acted in our baptism, you are still acting to make all things new within us and among us. Gracious Savior, you change our hearts. You invite us to be your followers. Lead us, Jesus; for we seek to live as you live by offering all people your total love. Amen.

*RESPONSE – Change My Heart, O God – worship booklet, p. 33

Change my heart Oh God, make it ever true.
Change my heart Oh God, may I be like You.

You are the potter, I am the clay,
Mold me and make me, this is what I pray.

Change my heart Oh God, make it ever true.
Change my heart Oh God, may I be like You.

GOD’S WORD – Psalm 50:7-15 – John Weiland

SPECIAL MUSIC – Brethren, We Have Met to Worship – arr. Goss

GOD’S WORD – Genesis 12:1-9 & Matthew 9:9-13,18-26 – Pastor Dan

SERMON – Pastor Dan

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE AND THE LORD’S PRAYER – Pastor Dan

*HYMN – Wonderful Grace of Jesus – #319

Wonderful grace of Jesus, greater than all my sin;
How shall my tongue describe it, where shall its praise begin?
Taking away my burden, setting my spirit free,
For the wonderful grace of Jesus reaches me.

Refrain:
Wonderful the matchless grace of Jesus,
Deeper than the mighty rolling sea,
Higher than the mountain, sparkling like a fountain,
All sufficient grace for even me;
Broader than the scope of my transgressions, sing it!
Greater far than all my sin and shame.
O magnify the precious name of Jesus, praise his name!

Wonderful grace of Jesus, reaching to all the lost,
By it I have been pardoned, saved to the uttermost.
Chains have been torn asunder, giving me liberty,
For the wonderful grace of Jesus reaches me. [Refrain]

Wonderful grace of Jesus, reaching the most defiled,
By its transforming power making him God’s dear child,
Purchasing peace and heaven for all eternity,
And the wonderful grace of Jesus reaches me. [Refrain]

*BENEDICTION – Pastor Dan

*POSTLUDE – Toccata for a Joyous Occasion – Young