GATHERING TO PRAISE GOD Sunday, August 14, 2022
Prelude
Praise Song
Choral Introit
Welcome
The People Gather
L: Sing to the Lord a new song!
P: We sing a song of peace and hope!
L: Sing to the Lord a song of strength.
P: Our strength is in the Lord of hosts!
L: Sing to the Lord a song of joy!
P: Our song is a song of faith in God’s presence. AMEN.
Hymn
Reception of Paige Treadway into membership
The People Pray
Lord of all creation, you have called us this day to open our hearts, our minds, our spirits to hear your words of encouragement, healing, and hope. Give us patience and willingness to seek you in all that we do. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. AMEN.
Special Music
Children’s Moment
The Word of God for the People of God
Scripture 1 Samuel 17:19-27
They are with Saul and all the Israelite troops fighting the Philistines in the Elah Valley.”
20 So David got up early in the morning, left someone in charge of the flock, and loaded up and left, just as his father Jesse had instructed him. He reached the camp right when the army was taking up their battle formations and shouting the war cry. 21 Israel and the Philistines took up their battle formations opposite each other. 22 David left his things with an attendant and ran to the front line. When he arrived, he asked how his brothers were doing.23 Right when David was speaking with them, Goliath, the Philistine champion from Gath, came forward from the Philistine ranks and said the same things he had said before. David listened.24 When the Israelites saw Goliath, every one of them ran away terrified of him. (25 Now the Israelite soldiers had been saying to each other: “Do you see this man who keeps coming out? How he comes to insult Israel? The king will reward with great riches whoever kills that man. The king will give his own daughter to him and make his household exempt from taxes[a] in Israel.”)
26 David asked the soldiers standing by him, “What will be done for the person who kills that Philistine over there and removes this insult from Israel? Who is that uncircumcised Philistine, anyway, that he can get away with insulting the army of the living God?”
27 Then the troops repeated to him what they had been saying. “So that’s what will be done for the man who kills him,” they said.
Message A Tale of a Giant and a Boy
Pastoral Prayer
The People Bring Their Gifts
Please use the baskets in the back of the sanctuary or or use one of our various electronic methods.
The People Go into The World
Praise Song
Benediction
Postlude
Slides
1. Israel was at war with the
2. Goliath taunted the Israelites for
3. Saul’s first response to David was to
4. David did not see himself as an
5. David was confident because he knew who
6. David did not see a giant he saw
7. God sees
8. God calls the
The mission statement of our church is?
When you face a “giant” person or problem, do you feel more like Saul’s army, or like David?
How, if at all, does faith in God shape how you face the “giant”?
What can you do?
What are you capable of?
Where do you see possibilities for our church?