Ordination and Installation of Officers
Today we ordain and install the following persons to lead our congregation:
Deacon Michelle Greve and Elder Rick Wielopolski
Do we, the members of the church, accept … the way of Jesus Christ?
We do.
Do we agree … serving Jesus Christ, who alone is Head of the Church?
We do.
Sheep May Safely Graze J.S. Bach
Flocks in pastures green abiding, safely with their Shepherd rest.
Cooled by waters gently gliding, flocks in pastures green abiding…
With the food of life he feeds them, to the fold he gently leads them,
There to dwell forever blessed.
September 3, 2023 Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost The Rev. Chrissy Westbury
My life flows on in endless song,
above earth’s lamentation.
I hear the clear, though far-off hymn
that hails a new creation.
Refrain:
No storm can shake my inmost calm
while to that Rock I’m clinging.
Since Christ is Lord of heaven and earth,
how can I keep from singing?
Through all the tumult and the strife,
I hear that music ringing.
It finds an echo in my soul.
How can I keep from singing? [Refrain]
What though my joys and comforts die?
I know my Savior liveth.
What though the darkness gather round?
Songs in the night he giveth. [Refrain]
The peace of Christ makes fresh my heart,
a fountain ever springing!
All things are mine since I am his!
How can I keep from singing? [Refrain]
I saw Eternity the other night,
Like a great ring of pure and endless light,
All calm, as it was bright;
And round beneath it, Time in hours, days, years,
Driv’n by the spheres
Like a vast shadow mov’d; in which the world
And all her train were Hurl’d.
There is in God, some say,
A deep but dazzling darkness, as we here
Say it is late and dusky, because we
See not all clear.
O for that night! Where I in Him
Might live invisible and dim!
A great ring of pure and endless light
Dazzles the darkness in my heart
And breaks apart the dusky clouds of night.
~ Madeleine L’Engle
Deep calls to deep
at the thunder of your torrents;
all your waves and your billows
have gone over me.
By day the Lord commands his steadfast love,
and at night his song is with me,
a prayer to the God of my life.
Psalm 42:7-8
I will sing with the spirit
I will sing with the spirit
Hallelujah, hallelujah
Hallelujah, hallelujah
And I will sing with the understanding also
Hallelujah, hallelujah
And I will sing with the understanding also
Hallelujah, hallelujah
I will sing with the spirit
I will sing with the spirit
Hallelujah, hallelujah
Hallelujah, hallelujah
Anthem: How Can It Be?
Laura Daigle/ Cheryl Fritz, soloist
I am guilty
Ashamed of what I've done, what I've become
These hands are dirty
I dare not lift them up to the Holy One
You plead my cause, you right my wrongs
You break my chains, you overcome
You gave your life, to give me mine
You say that I am free
How can it be? Yeah
How can it be? Yeah
I've been hiding
Afraid I've let you down
Inside I doubt, that you could love me
But in your eyes, there's only grace now
“Know that I am with you and will keep you… I will not leave you until I have done what I promised you.”
I’m Gonna Live So God Can Use Me African American Spiritual
I’m gonna live so God can use me
Anywhere, Lord, anytime!
I’m gonna work so God can use me
Anywhere, Lord, anytime!
I’m gonna pray so God can use me
Anywhere, Lord, anytime!
I’m gonna sing so God can use me
Anywhere, Lord, anytime!