GRACE COVENANT

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Awakening a Love for Christ in the Heart of Richmond January 26, 2014 The Third Sunday in Ordinary Time 10:55 a.m.

Please fill out the communication card and place it in the offering plate during the offertory. Please stand for these parts of the service.

WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

WE GATHER TO GLORIFY GOD

PRELUDE Allegro (Organ Concerto No. 1 in G Major), CALL TO WORSHIP (from Psalm 27) One: The Lord is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? All: The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? One: One thing I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after: to live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, All: To behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in his temple. One: Hear, O Lord, when I cry aloud, be gracious to me and answer me! All: Come, my heart says, seek his face! Your face, Lord, do I seek, O God of my salvation! HYMN 341 (Blue Hymnal) Blessed Assurance, Jesus Is Mine! Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750 Luke Woodcock

Assurance

PRAYER OF CONFESSION (IN UNISON) Gracious God, You have given us the Bread of Life, and yet we fill ourselves with sin, and we have turned from your table. Our transgressions have become too heavy to carry, too real to hid, and too deep to undo. Forgive what our lips tremble to name, what our hearts can no longer bear, setting us free from a past that we cannot change, opening us to a future in we can be changed, and granting us the grace to grow in your likeness and image; through Jesus Christ, the light of the world, and the Bread of Life. Amen ASSURANCE OF PARDON GLORIA PATRI 579 (Blue Hymnal) 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. SACRAMENT OF HOLY BAPTISM Emanuella Brantley Dickerson
At this time, children 9 years old and younger are invited to come to the front of the sanctuary with our volunteer leaders. The children and their leaders will worship in the chapel. They will be in "Children's Church" for the remainder of the morning and will meet parents in the social room.

Greatorex

WE HEAR THE WORD OF GOD

PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION OLD TESTAMENT READING GOSPEL READING Ruth 1:1-7 John 6:30-35 Beth Bowman Holy Bible, p. 236 OT Holy Bible, p. 95 NT

SERMON

A Rumor of Hope

Bobby Hulme-Lippert

WE RESPOND TO GODS WORD

HYMN 379 (Blue Hymnal) My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less APOSTLES CREED (IN UNISON) 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.

Solid Rock

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE AND THE LORDS 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, for ever. Amen.

WE GIVE THANKS TO GOD

PRESENTATION OF TITHES, OFFERINGS, AND GIFTS ANTHEM Thy Perfect Love
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 all things best, And wounde my heart in they love free, That I may reign in joy evermore with thee.
Text: 15th century

John Rutter, b. 1945

DOXOLOGY 592 (Blue Hymnal) Old Hundredth Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise Him, all creatures here below; Praise Him above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen. PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING

WE GO FORTH TO LOVE AND SERVE

HYMN 111 (Red Hymnal) O God, Our Help in Ages Past BENEDICTION AND CHORAL RESPONSE Fourfold Amen POSTLUDE Allegro assai vivace (Organ Sonata in F Minor) St. Anne Sir John Stainer Felix Mendelssohn, 1809-1847

For those who would like prayer, Reverend David Nambu and Reverend Kwasi Samuel Misrowoda will be available at the front the sanctuary immediately following worship.

Please join us in the Social Room following worship for refreshments and fellowship. The flowers are given to the glory of God and in loving memory of Gwen Ridenour Freeman, Charles Campbell Ridenour, Claude Freeman and Charles W. Appich, Jr., by the family.

1627 Monument Avenue Richmond, Virginia 23220 804-359-2463 Office Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Email: info@grace-covenant.org Website: www.grace-covenant.org Radio: WLES 590 AM Pastor: Bobby Hulme-Lippert Director of Music: Christopher Martin Administrative Assistant: Vanessa Strait Christopher Tweel: Christian Education Coordinator for Children Bookkeeper: Martha Rubin Custodian: James Greene Child Development Center Director: Nicole Williams Luke Woodcock: Seminary Intern