11:00 a.m. Ninth Sunday after Pentecost July 26, 2015 Worship this morning employs music from Children’s Songs by Chick Corea. There is a deep spirituality to these compositions that expresses our experiences with God. You are invited to join a duet of music and words as together we worship God.

Entering God’s Presence

*Expressing Our Joy Reece H. Smith

Leader: Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth. People: Worship the Lord with gladness; come into God’s presence with singing. Leader: Know that the Lord is God. People: It is he that made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of

his pasture. Leader: Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise. People: Give thanks to him, bless his name. Leader: For the Lord is good, his steadfast love endures forever, and his

faithfulness to all generations. (Congregation seated.) (Ps. 100)

Children’s Songs No. 14 Chick Corea

Children’s Songs No. 1 Chick Corea

Children’s Songs No. 3 Chick Corea

Invitation to Self-Examination

The proof of God’s amazing love is this: while we were sinners Christ died for us. Because we have faith in him, we dare to approach God with confidence. Let us admit our sins against God and one another.

Children’s Songs No. 19 Chick Corea

Prayer of Confession (For silent reflection during Children’s Song No. 19)

Eternal God, in whom we live and move and have our being, your face is hidden from us by our sins, and we forget your mercy in the blindness of our hearts. Cleanse us from all our offenses, and deliver us from proud thoughts and vain desires. With lowliness and meekness may we draw near to you, confessing our faults, confiding in your grace, and finding in you our refuge and strength.

Reassurance of God’s Forgiveness

Anyone who is in Christ is a new creation. The old has passed away; the new has come. Friends, hear and receive the Good News: in Christ Jesus we are forgiven. Amen. Alleluia!

Children’s Songs No. 14 Chick Corea

Welcome and Ritual of Friendship

A Moment with the Children

(Afterward, children kindergarten and younger may leave the Sanctuary for a period of supervised activity.)

*Hymn 472 O Sing to the Lord Brazilian folk melody Psalm 8 (NRSV) [You will find the text on page 466 in the pew Bible.]

Children’s Songs No. 6 Chick Corea

Mark 4:35-41 (NRSV) [You will find the text on page 36-37 in the pew Bible.]

Children’s Songs No. 16 Chick Corea

Meditation Beyond Words The Rev. Vance E. Polley Matthew Parker and Ignacio Barcia

Children’s Songs No. 4 Chick Corea

Children’s Songs No. 7 Chick Corea

Prayers with Silence

Gifts of Gratitude

Offertory Jesus, Jesus Rest Your Head arr. George Winston

(Note about Offertory: A number of years ago when my Great Aunt passed away, her family asked me to play a piece at the funeral. This one by George Winston immediately began ringing in my ears . . . it paints a poignant portrait of her old rustic home by the lake and the slow and gentle life of Pinopolis village. Matthew Parker)

*At the Presentation Doxology: Old Hundredth (Words: Hymn 592) arr. Bradley Sowash

*Prayer of Dedication and The Lord’s Prayer . . . and forgive us our debts . . .

Instrumental Benediction: Children’s Songs No. 18 Chick Corea

Spoken Benediction

*Going Out into the World

*All those who are able, please stand.

We welcome to worship this morning guitarist Ignacio Barcia. Matthew Parker and “Nacio” have been friends for years and first shared this special musical worship service with us in July 2007. Nacio is embarking on his next artistic adventure in London, UK.